Willmar tribune., 1899-10-11
S 4 lANIlDIN / 4 VS.
Interesting Notes, From Across the
zSsz Ocean.
HAPPEy ylNCS in The FATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred n
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within = Week E5z -.
~ or So just Past. ~ *-.-

the three Scandinavian peoples have had
time to develop resources which have
placed them abreast Of the most ad-
vanced on earth. The old Swedish war
tribe has made of itself an industrial ma
tion around inventions which lead the
world. The Danish people have the most
perfect agricultural system in the world.
The Norwegians have, proportionately,
the largest merchant marine in the world
and have become leaders in political and
social liberty. All Of them have a sys-
tenn of popular education which has made
this progress possible. Their literature,
arts and sciences have advanced the
standards. We have something to pro-
tect and to carry forward to a greater
perfection. This we can do by co-operat-
ing. and it is accomplished only through
liberty" ..E$sx
SWEDEN.
An Odd Fellows hall in Malmo was
burnt down some time ago: but fine
flve-story block Will soon be built on the
old site.
Considerable quantities of seed grain
are exported to Denmark, Germany. Rus
sia and other countries this season..
H. Jeansson, of Ystad. Is making ar
rangements for starting a match factory
in South Africa.
The snow covered the ground in Norr-
land as early as Aug. 20.
The Nathorst expedition happened to
find Franz Josephs ford, on the east
coast of Greenland, free from ice. and
penetrated to the end, of it, where no
civilized man had been before. South of
this ford was found a large system of
fjords which was wholly unknown be-
fore, and the Nathorst expedition ex-
pl0red it and made a map of it. Numer-
Gus remains Of an extinct Eskimo tribe
were found at Franz Joseph's ford. The
weather was very fine last summer, the
sun being visible every day from July
20 to Aug. 30. The members Of the ex-
pedition killed % musk deer and II
white bears, not to mention smaller game.
Baron r. Klinckowstrom has notified
the landsting provincial legislature) Of
Elfsborg that he does not want to serve
any longer in the first chamber of the
riksdag. He is SO years old.
The maximum speed on the Malmo-
Continental railway is to be about 60
English miles an hour. the greatest on
any Swedish railroad.
The Crown Princess and two Of her
sons made trip to Gotland with Drott.
the royal pleasure yacht. They inspected
the famous ruins of visby in company
with Bishop Won Scheele.
The business men Of Malno are unit
ing their, efforts in endeavoring to induce
the government to establish a new line
of steamers for carrying railway cars be-
tween Malmo and Warremunde, Ger
many.
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lowed to vote for members Of the riks-
dag. The Judge of election must have
| acted on his own authority In the mat
ter. for the laws do not permit women to
vote.
Miranda) is visiting at her birthplace.
At royal hunt in the Flammarp ma
tional park the king killed one rabbit
one fox and two wood grouse. = - a.
Count Douglas, the minister for foreign
affairs. has spent ar<short vacation at
Perstorp. Ostergotland.
A rich collection of different articles
from the Viking age has been unearthed
at Roma. Gotland.
The Swedish Lawyers Association sent
a telegram to the attorneys of Dreyfus,
thanking them for their efforts in behalf
| Of justice.
Work has commenced on the new forti-
fcations in Vesterlerget. Gothenborg. and
the king discharged the first blast by
pushing the button.
NORWAY.
Bjornson has new plan for throttling
the union nightmare, He first mentions
| as 'stillborn" the proposition to establish
"a fnroiOn roinfcfore bo
| countries and common chancellor. The
! salvation, he says. lies in the dissolution
of the union. But this step must not be
taken in a slip-shod way An agreement
ought to be made that IL two-thirds OF
the voters. at two different elections.
which shall be at least three years apart
express themselves In favor Of withdraw
ing from the union then the union ought
| to be dissolved.
Smaalenenes Amtstidende is responsible
for bit of political news which is rather
too interesting to be true. The Norwe-
gian liberals are said to favor a union
chancellor, under whom two ministers for
foreign affairs. a Norwegian and a
Swede, are to serve. 1t is added tha,
Bjornson has been selected to announce
this new plank" in the platform of the
liberal party.
DR.. Lerner, German explorer. has
built a house in Bear Island on ground
owned by the Norwegians. and put up a
wire fence around the premises.
A boom broke in the Namsen river. and
1000 dozen logs were carried down the
river. y* @
The Swedish government has taken
steps to prosecute Patrolman Stertman
| and Sheriff Dryselins because they ar
rested Mr.. Tynas. a Norwegian citizen
serving as president Of q Swedish labor
union in Norrland. *5@ sz.s, ~ .'< [''.f-1'-..-
It takes only fairly good Norwegian
herring to fetch $13. so a barrel In the Ger
man market. The Norwegian fishermen
are exhausting their resources in captur-
Ing the silvery hosts of the deep. but with
very scant success =: sG:~si<1ss9 - III.
The Gjovik cellalose factory was sold
at public auction to Adolf skattum for
s2O0. 900. s2= s$5.@<.' ~. t5-,s..-' S ~:
Kristiania may appoint public midwives
to serve poor mothers at the expense of
the city, Z, .sz ,: s.%
An, eighty-year old woman was burned
to death IN Nedre Stolen. Bergen. Strange
to say, the fire8was put out before 1t did
much damage to the room in which she
stayed. $Ss5s*$#=5. # .ssz
skien. Sept. 13.-The water In the Skien
rivers IS SO low that It IL feared that the
steamboat trah1c will have to be discon-
tinued, IN the eastern districts at least.
But the factories are still running. The
ground Is IN q very unfavorable condition
for fall plowing. No trace of moisture IS
found even atE depth of SIX or eight feet.
The showers that we have had are not
able to penetrate the top earth.
Rev. Julius Brlun isHdead@ at the age
az 10 veara FHe was ordained In 1843 3s #s3#