Willmar tribune., 1900-08-22

Der factory at Gislaved< have decided
to rebuild the plant, which was burned
down last June.
The whole number of students who
have passed the final college examina-
tions this season is 742, emitting them
to be styled students and to wear the
white cap. The whole number Of
those who failed was 121.
Several cases of splenic fever have
appeared in Gotland.
A lieutenant in a Norrland regi-
ment was decorated with an order of
honor by the sultan of Turkey. But
one of his comrades reported that the
recipient of the decoration was on the
sick list at the time, and this was such
serious breach of the military rules
that he was courtmartialed to twelve
days arrest.
The Swedish geodetic survey expe-
ditlon is greatly hampered by ice at
Spitzbergen.
Three burial mounds and a so-called
court ring have been discovered on a
high knoll at Svaltorna, near the
Herrljunga railway station. The finds
date from the iron age. There are al
so numerous ancient gravestones in
that neighborhood.
The consistory of Stockholm has pro-
posed that the letter of installation to
the new archbishop of Sweden provide
Tor changes which would result from
the separation of Stockholm from the
diocese of the archbishop; but the
king has refused to approve the propo-
sitiOn.
Bellman is the great glorifier of wine
and women, and his birthday is usually
celebrated in an appropriate manner
by the lovers of the cup that doth in
ebriate. But as curious anomaly it
is mentioned that the police of Stock
holm ran across a fewer number of
drunks on Bellman's birthday than on
any other day of the year.
The king is in receipt of letter
from DR.. Sven Hedin. It Is dated
Jungi-Koll, Central Asia, Feb. 25, 1900,
and gives an account of three
months journey along the Jarkust-
Darja, and twenty days trip across
a desert. DR.. Hedin went into winter
quarters at the above place and date
Baron TOLLS polar expedition left
Tromso July % for the Arctic regions.
Erik E. Bohmer has been granted
permission to start a newspaper in
Hudiksvall.
The non-commissioned officers in
Trondhjem visited their Swedish COM
rades at Ostersund July 20.
Ruins of an ancient "stave-church''
have been found at Larbro, Gotland.
Such churches were common in Scan
dinavia in the middle ages. Their
walls were made chiefly of planks
standing on eu1a.
The municipality of Sofelund has
taken up loan of $12, 900 for the con-
struction of sewers and for street paw
ing.
Several members of the riksdag have
resigned their seats.
The average number of children for
each teacher in the public schools of
Sweden in 1897 was 5O-43 in the cities
and 50 in the rural districts. In the
province of Blekinge the number was
70, in the city of Stockholm SO.
DENMARK.
Princess Alexandrine gave birth to
a boy at Sorgenfri Slot, July S7. Both
mother and son are getting along
nicely.
About 20, 900 people attended pub
lie gathering at the Copenhagen Tivoli
on the occasion of the return of the
cruiser Valkyrien from a voyage to
eastern Asia. Prince Valdemar, the
commander of the expedition, and
Princess Marie, were greeted with
wild cheers when they entered the
building. Magnificent fireworks con-
stituted part of the program. The
enthusiasm of many people was so
great that they spent practically the
whole night at the pleasure resort.
A new public hall was recently dedi-
Gated at Odense in the presence of sew
eral thousand people. The cost of the
building is $4,000.
During thunder storm which swept
large part of Denmark July 25, many
AoA Al AAOuSOo dAu OVCA pcTSOuS were
struck by lightning. In most instances
the buildings were destroyed by fire,
while the persons, with few excep-
tions, were only stunned.
If we are to believe such an illus
trious authority as Goorg Brandes, the
Danish students pleasure trip to Ice
land means a great deal more than
what is seen in the announcements and
papers. ut MEANS" he says, 'a dec.
laration of love by Denmark to Ice
land" It means that the young peo-
pie of Denmark have not forgotten
their Icelandic friends, and that they
want to. demonstrate the fact by a
somewhat pompous expedition.
Fifteen persons were poisoned by q
dinner given by Mr.. Blach, at Aarhus.
Four of them died within three days.
The remains of the dinner were sent
to Copenhagen to be analyzed.
ALL FROM ABROAD.
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