Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
DENMARK.

The Germans continue the work of
suppressing the. Danish language in
South Jylland. Some time ago the
Danish services in the church at Flens-
borg were reduced one-half, and hence
forth no confirmation in the Danish
language will be tolerated in that
city.
The manager of the biological gar
dens Of Copenhagen sold 800, 900 tickets
during the past year. The receipts
are not large enough to coyer the run
ming expenses julius Schiott, the
manager, is in favor of moving the in
stitution to Ostre Anlag, park which
is more centrally located. The change
would entail an expenditure of $780,
600; but it is calculated that the at
tendance would be doubled at the new
place.
N. Schultz, manager of the Arena
theater in Copenhagen, is about to
withdraw from business, having
cleared $25, 900 in few years.
A giant eel was recently caught near
Copenhagen. 1t was four feet six
inches tong and weighed 20 pounds.
Its market price was almost $s.
The position of professor of church
history, left vacant by the death OF
Bishop Fr. Nielsen, will be filed by
competitive examination. The work
required by the censors is so compre-
hensive that the result will not be
known until April next.
The remains of Mrs. Richter were
were cremated Oct. 30 at Copenhagen.
Mr.. Heide, a Copenhagen banker,
has bought the old Kokkedal manor at
Rungsted for 100000.
A ''pest laboratory" has been estab-
lished in connection with the bacterio-
logical laboratory of the university as
precaution against the plague.
Captain Johansen, a Dane. sailed in
an open boat from Gibraltar to Florida
without any mishap
A complete edition of Soren Kierke-
gaard's works will appear this fall.
A uew passage is to be cut through
the foot of the noted Round Tower in
Copenhagen to afford more space for
the foot passengers.
The empress of Russia and other
members of the imperial family will
return to Russia by rail Nov. Is.
The new court house of Copenhagen
is partly ready for occupancy, and one
of the city departments after the other
is moving into the new quarters. A
souvenir medal has been coined for
distribution among those who have
assisted in erecting the new structure.
A mail car caught fire at Fredericia
in the middle of the night, and thirty
bags of newspapers and quantity OF
silk cloth were destroyed.
An old and elaborate chest was pur-
chased 1T q public auction in Copen-
hagen by dealer in antiquities. He
paid $500 for it. This was considered
a stiff price, but he sold the chest the
next day to a Swede from Halland for
$40.
Somebody seems to have been mis-
taken about the proposed sale of the
Danish West Indies. The assertion
that the Danish minister is returning
to the United States with an offer to
sell the islands, and that treaty to
that effect will be placed before rigs
dag one of these days, were officially
denied in Copenhagen, Oct. "a. The
story must have been gotten up by in
terested parties as a ''feeler."
A man who was herding cattle at
night in the neighborhood of Randers
was anxious to get hold of some wild
geese that were within sight. HAVING
no gun, he kept quantity of peas in
alcohol for few days and scattered
them where the geese were won't to
alight. They ate some of the peas and
soon began to quarrel among them.
selves, and while they were under the
influence of the alcohol the man
watched his chances and captured sew
eral of them before they realized what
was going OIL.
SWEDEN.
The hazel nut crop is so rich in the