Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18


1T Is feared that hundreds or eves,
thousands Of men In Kristiania will be
out OF work next winter. 81 IS
Norwegian working men contributed S.
600 to the relief fund Of the Danish work
ing men during the lockout. h.
The imports were much larger than the
exports In 1898, and, the difference on the
Sam side Of the ledger will be still larger
NorWegians are inclined to live beyond
their means. -
Vercens Gang, the great Liberal daily,
has 5000 subscribers. i =,
1t Is settled that Rev. Erichsen will be
appointed bishop of the Bergen diocese.
The municipal labor bureau of Kristi-
ania Is gaining the confidence Of the pub
lie. and the private intelligence offices are
losing ground. The number Of applicants
for positions at the former was 1877 in
the month of August. while only 662 par
ties applied for help.
The city Of Kristiania has foated a new
lot of bonds amounting to $,46O,O0O.
The Americans who have just returned
from North Greenland report chat the
Norwegians in the Fran, who foregather-
ed with Peary's hunting party in May,
are very depressed over their ill-fortune.
especially the death of their surgeon,
Svenson. Though the Fran did SO well
In her last cruise. she has failed to realize
expectations in this. The ice in the Green
land seas is much more difficult to navi-
gate than In the open Polar ocean north
OF Franz Josefland. The Norwegians are
disappointed most over their failure to
outdo Peary, added to which Is the very
meager result of their scientific work
Owing to their inability to get far north
this reason, it is believed the Fran will
abandon her proposed expedition next
spring.
DENMARK.
A delegation of engineers employed at
English gas works have made a close in
spection of the gas works of Copenhag-
en-, expecting to find something to learn.
The Copenhagen anti-rat war record: :
5.5lS rats slain for the seventh week. a.
757 for the whole campaign.
The 20 vessels engaged in whaling
around Iceland killed 7s4 whales last sum-
w. T. Stead, the English journalist. in
The Review Of Reviews, extols the viz
tues of the Danish workingmen and their
behavior during the great lockout
An electric railway line is in process of
construction between Copenhagen and
Fredriksberg.
from their countrymen in America during
Tx1,o
was raised by Sophus Neble, the publish
er OF Den Danske Pioneer, Omaha, Neb.
The rigsdag convened to an ordinary
session Oct. 2.
A Scandinavian society has been organ
lzed in Copenhagen for the purpose of
contributing to a better understanding
among the different Scandinavian coun-
tries.
Able men are opposing the traditional
way OF imparting a university training
by means of public lectures. It Is far
better, they claim to let the student find
his own way through his university ca
reer
Denmark will contribute her share of
the attendance at the Paris worlds fair.
thanks to the reduction of the expenses
as compared with former worlds fairs.
Ey paying $3.50 a Dane may get: one
return trip ticket to Paris, second class:
board and bed at hotel in Paris for
seven days; a two days ride in Paris:
one trip to Versailles and four tickets
to the fair. Danish interpreters will be
on hand throughout the trip.
The Car of Russia is justly popular
with the police Of Copenhagen At his
last visit he distributed 81, 900 in cold cash
among them, and officers of rank re-
ceived medals and other decorations.
The government of Denmark is spend
ing $SO,O00 on the Paris worlds fair. Den
mark will have no building Of her own,
however, but the Danish exhibits will be
distributed at nine different places on the
fair grounds. The committee has sue
ceeded in obtaining very favorable 1oca-
tions for some departments. Dr. Finsen's
light chamber" for the treatment of skin
diseases will surely be a drawing card.
and Danish dairy in actual operation
is expected to be a great advertisement
for Danish butter.
After Jan. l, 1901, the shipping between
Russian ports will be carried on exclu-
sively in Russian ships and will be known
as cabotage, or coast trade, even between
ports located on different seas, as st. Pet
ersburg and Odessa. The present coast
trade does not include traffic across large
seas and oceans, and Scandinavian ship
owners are making considerable money
on this particular trade. At the above
date they will be wholly excluded from
this field. 1t was this extension of the
Russian coast trade which recently gave
rise to a misleading cable to the effect
that after Jan. l, 1901, all foreign ships
would be excluded from Russian seaports.
AS matter of act, only foreign vessels
carrying goods from other Russian ports
will be excluded.
Premier Horring has not yet found sat-
isfactory timber for the portfolio of iu,-
tice.
A book-dealer named Sorensen. In Aal-
enraa German, Apenrade), exhibited in
his window a book called Sonderjylland
(South Jutland). This was too much for
the Germans. To use this name instead
of the German name Schleswig-Holstein
was looked upon as a. step towards trea-
son, and the book-dealer ',ad to pay
fine of 73 cents, besides expenses, and to
serve term of "a hours in Jail
OF INTEpECT tn W0MEN