Willmar tribune., 1900-08-01

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ton at Fredrikshald and agreed to call
their union the Conservative and Mod
crate labor organization. Professor
Yngvar Nelson was the leading man
at the convention. Several important
questions were discussed thoroughly
and learnedly, but no striking resolu-
tions were passed.
The fishing season in Finmarken is
closed, and the fishermen have been
speeding homeward by the thousands.
The whole catch was about $4,000 tons
of Goldfish, besides 5,675 barrels of cod
liver oil. This is considerably above
the average for the past five years, and
Sc per cent above the catch in Lofoten,
which usually exceeds the former.
The cash value of the Finmarken catch
was almost $1,Ooo,Oo0, the average for
each fisherman being about $50.
The new ironclad Norge will be fin
ished about Sept. Is, and it will be
turned over to the state of Norway
some time in October. This is accord
ing to the contract. But the compile
ton of the Eidsvold will be delayed
two months beyond the time fixed by
the contract. The department of de-
lenses has sent six men from Horton
to the docks of Armstrong, where they
will be permitted to study and assist
in constructing the hulls and the ma
chimes of the two warships.
Bergen exported TO England Sl4, 1000
worth of fresh fish in one day.
Arendal is in the throes of a strug-
gle for and against the saloons. Sven
Aarrestad, the champion of prohibi-
ton, is in the thick of the fight.
Verdens Gang complains that the
Danes are trying to annex" Ibsen
and make him quasi Danish author.
The great boom of 1898 and 1899 is
already matter of past history. But
its after-effects are obnoxiously evil
dent, especially in Kristiania. In no
branch does this appear more striking
ly than in the import trade. During
the past six months l,4O0 vessels came
to Kristiania from foreign ports, as
against 1000 for the same period in
1899. The customs receipts for the
same time show a reduction of about
$500, 900. This reduction is becoming
very embarrassing to the politicians,
who have been shoveling money out
of the national treasury with a lavish
hand, and it will surely contribute to
the Strengthening of the conservative
party at the coming elections.
Kaiser Wilhelm has no time to visi,
Norway this summer on account o1
the troubles in China.
A young peoples Christian conven.
tioh has been held at Levanger, sew.
eral thousand people being in attend
ance.
The late Mrs. Louise Hansen o1
Arendal has. bequeathed $4,000 tc
needy people of her city.
Prince Eugen is stopping at Voxen
kollen sanitarium.
DENMARK.
The experiment of employing con
victs to improve waste land is de-
cided success, and colonies on The
heath' may be regarded as part o.
the penal institutions of Denmark
Twenty conyicts have just returned t
the korsen penitentiary after having
worked for two months on the heath
of the Steen-Blicher forestry associa
! tion. Their work was very satisfac
tory. They first planted 100000 pin,
and spruce trees and then dug hole
and cutters for trees on 500 acre.
more. Several of the convicts will re
ceive bounties from the association
and all of them distinguished them
selves by an exemplary behavior. II
September new colony will be sen
out to continue the work.
| A Bohemian edition of Hans Chris
| tian Anderson's stories will soon b,
| Published in Prague. This is tn,
eighth language into which the worl
has been translated.
FINLAND.
The refusal of the Finnish senat,
to promulgate the rescript limiting tn,
use OF the Finnish language in the diff
ferent branches of the government ha
been received with general satisfaction
by the people of Finland. The pro
mitigation of a manifesto in Februar,
created general dissatisfaction, ant
submissiveness has proven to be of NJ
use. The newspapers praise the sena
tors for their courage. It is feared
that the complete abolishment of thu
senate is only question of time.
DR.. Lille, publisher of Nye Pressen
which was suppressed short tim.
ago, says. that everything points to tn,
justification of Finland. At first i
was thought that the present policy O.
Russia in regard to Finland wa!
crowded upon the car. But now it is
plain that the czar himself is thor
oughly committed to the policy O.
Russifying Finland as speedily as pos
sible. The only salvation lies in tht
remote possibility of Russia being
drawn into some terrible world-wa1
that may exhaust her strength.
FROM A DOCTORS NOTEBOOK.