Willmar tribune., 1900-10-24

A commercial paper claims that the
aggreRate income off the Norwegian
people will be larger this year than
any previous year. The same author
ity concludes that the hard times, which
were caused by unhealthy speculation,
will soon be . thing. of the pass
& "a very respectable sprinkling of the
clergy Of Norway petit1oned the de-
partment of ecclesiastical affairs, to
strike out the word he1vede (hellI in
the second article of Luther's catechism
and put dodsriget (the kingdom of the
dead) in its place. The department re-
ferred the matter to the bishops and
the theological faculty of the univer-
sity; but the latter authorities prefer
to let the the word hell remain where
it is They are heaping much criti-
cism upon themselves for choosing this
course, their detractors claiming point
blank that hell is an incorrect trans
lation.
The Norwegian whaling expeditions
to Iceland are returning home. The
crew of each vessel has caught from 80
to 60 whales, and the total catch is
above the average. A Kristiania COM
pany, which had two whaling steam
ers, has extracted 1000 barrels of
whale oil. Those that spent the sum-
mer fishing whales among the Farce
islands were still more successful, the
crew of Norddebli, Kristiania craft,
having killed Sc whales. The price of
oil is rs per cent higher than a year
ago.
1t is proposed to open nine new sa-
looms in Kristiania.
The government proposes an appro-
priation of So, ,791, 623.5O for the army,
including an extra outlay of $12O, 600.
The amount demanded for the coast
defenses is '$1,22s, 500, or $4,000 more
than the expenditures of the present
year.
The imports of distilled liquors to
Kristiania increased 60 per cent dur
ing the years 1897 to 1900.
DENMARK.
A French syndicate has been boring
for coal in the Farce islands during
the past few years, but the results
were not satisfactory. Now an Eng
lish syndicate has been granted per-
mission to continue the work. Coal
has recently been found at Tjornnes,
Iceland. The coal bed is close to the
sea, and the main vein is said to be six
feet thick.
A hurricane threw fourteen fishing
vessels upon the beach at Ofjord, Ice
land. Several persons lost their lives,
three houses were blown down and
three persons were killed or injured
by falling stones. Large quantities of
hay blew away.
A patient at the Aarhus insane asy-
lum who has repeatedly threatened to
kill the crown prince of Denmark,
managed to steal away from the insti-
tuition. There is no reason for doubt
ing the purpose of the maniac, and the
authorities became quite nervous.
Fortunately, however, he was captured
three days after his escape.
The rigsdag convened to its regular
session Oct. /. The folkething re-elect-
ed its president and vice presidents.
The landsthing reelected President
Matzen and elected Nelleman and Stef-
fensen as vice presidents.
A Danish syndicate has been organ
lied for working gold and silver mines
in Siam. The government of Siam has
granted valuable concessions to the
company.
The social democratic members of
the rigsdag are preparing a bill pro-
viding for a public sanitarium for
scrofulous children, and another for
persons suffering from tuberculous
diseases.
The minister of agriculture will pro-
pose more rigid laws for controlling
the trade in meats, part of the laws
providing for compulsory insurance of
cattle to be killed.
The Danish budget OF expenses con-
tains an item of $4,000 for a new ice
boat to keep an open passage between
Helsingor and Helsingborg during the
cold season.
The state of Greece has forwarded,
free of charge, about so copies of
statues from the golden age of Greek
art to the royal collection of models.
Some of them are of life size, some
still larger, and the collection also in
cludes a number of reliefs.
The intercession of the Princess of
Wales, says a dispatch from Copen-
hagen, has secured the liberation of
some Danes who were compelled by
the Beers to fight against the British
and had been imprisoned at Simons-
town, Cape Colony.
A Dane who served as a volunteer in
the Boer army was captured by the
English and whipped SO severely that
it caused his death, This news was
received a few days ago in letter
from Danish captive in St. Helena.
The letter was smuggled from St.
Helena to Holland in a piece of soap
and forward ed from there to Wort
Land. Copenhagen newspaper.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.