Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-09

s. @tEa
A cable dated Copenhagen, July 25,
says: The building trades contractors
today delivered to the trades unions
an ultimatum requiring compliance
with their demands before Friday. II
the unions fail to come to the terms OF
the employers, the present lockout will
be made more stringent and compre-
hensive. It is considered likely that
the unions will declare the ultimatum
unacceptable. and the. chance of the
1000 men out of work resuming their
places will thus become more remote
than ever.
July 6, the fiftieth anniversary of
the victory over the Germans at Fred
erica, was celebrated throughout the
whole country with magnificent dis
play. The capital city was richly dec
GRATED with the national colors. But
Frederick was the great center of at
traction, that city being visited by 3d.
600 strangers in the course of the day.
The festivities were introduced by the
unwilling of monument, at the ''Den-
mark Bastion," in honor of Lieutenant
Colonel Lunding, who distinguished
himself in the famous battle which
was the occasion OF the celebration.
The English word lockout" is now
used in all Scandinavian papers.
Danes are expelled from South Jyl-
land nearly every week.
author, is critical.
One of the conditions of settlement
OF the lockout is that the employees alb
stain from Intoxicating drinks during
working hours.
An Ameri can who weighs 495 pounds
is advertising certain bicycle by rid
ing through the streets of Copenhagen
on wheel that weighs 81 pounds.
FINLAND.
y. M. NOrmanHausen was Danish
member of the international committee
which went to St. Petersburg to plead
the cause of Finland, but which, after
waiting six days in the Russian CAPT
tai, finally received this answer: ''Sa
majestic ma pas voulu recevoir lie adj
dresses (his majesty has not desired
to receive the addresses). Nothing
could be more touching than the man.
ner in which this committee was re-
ceived at every station on it's return
through Finland. Space forbids de-
tails. But we select Norman-Hansen's
account of the embarkment and de-
parture of tht committee at Abo: "We
reached Abo at two o'clock in the
night. On the quay and along the hill
side stood those thousands of people
who now gave us farewell which nc
emperor for ages will enjoy. They re-
ceived us with profund silence. The
mayor of the city stepped up and qui-
city extended his hand to each one OF
us. Young girls, without words, handed
us fowers-their hands shook as they
extended them, and we felt our hands
tremble also as we took the flowers.
Lilac were strewn along our way up
to the deck of our steamer. When we
arrived up there we were greeted with
songs. The small choirs started and
the thousand on shore joined in
''Suomis Song" ''Vart Land" and last
and most powerfully, "Ann Har Fin
lands Kraft Ell Dott" (the strength OF
Finland isn't dead), Our steamer,
Bore, dressed in flowers and birch
leaves as on midsummer's eve, moved
out toward the sea. All at once five
steamers were filed with people and
they steamed up in our wake. Each
one had choir on board, and all
around us rockets flew up into the
bright summer night. At last the
students little tug put on full steam
and came up kissing alongside the
Bore, and as they were singing they
all threw their caps on board our
ship at given signal. A dozen white
caps fell on our deck, and with these
we waved our last farewell. We
strangers-the most of us were quite
strong men-but at this moment we
had tears in our eyes, and those of us
who tried to say something could pro-
duce no words-only strong sobs. We
realized as never before how great and
deep was the sorrow of Finland. But
we also took with us strong convic-
had before-that out of this struggle
Finland will come vitorious at last.
The Russian Bear has opened his huge
jaws, he holds Finland between his
white, shining teeth; he roars deep and
long before he bites. And if he does
bite? His teeth may break, for Fin
land is of stone."
If the Finlanders keep on emigrat-
ing at the present rate there will soon
be no one to Russify in "Suamrs
Land" The young men are leaving
the country by the thousand, and in
some localities there are practically
only old men, women and children left
of the population. Many emigrants
of Swedish stock 60 to Sweden, but
the bulk of the Finnish stock goes to
America.
Samman Hanomat, a paper published
at Fredrikshamn, has been suppressed
for the time being by the Russian au-
thorities.
GENERAL INFORMATION.