Willmar tribune., 1900-04-04

The king, the crown prince and the
oldest son of the crown prince
mingled quite freely with the people
while on their recent visit to. Norway.
Alexander Rjelland has written an
open letter to Bjornson in which he
denounces the attempt to substitute
pure Norwegian for the present Dan
ish-Norwegian, as ''unfathomable will
ainousness" and ''heaven-crying in
gratitude" He thanks Bjornson for
taking the war-path at the critical
moment and giving the language re-
form monster the coup de grace.
Those who rent out houses in Kris
tiania often clear as much as ten per
cent on the money invested, and the
profit is very seldom as low as three
per cent.
The receipts from the customs for
the present fiscal year were put at
about $10,000,00o in the government
budget; but the receipts for the past
three months indicate that the re-
cepits from this source for the whole
year will be less than $4,000, 900.
W. T: Stead, the English publicist,
has expressed his opinion on Ibsen's
latest work, 'When We Dead Awake -
This work is "a disappointment to the
genuine admirer of Ibsen," says Mr..
Stead. The characters in the play are
only ''ghosts from former creations -
Instead of being compact, consistent
production it is "a devastated world. -
It would have been better for the
fame of Ibsen if this play had never
appeared.
1t is proposed to build dams for
regulating the water"of the Md river,
which flows through the city of
Trondhjem. The proposed improve
ment, is is claimed, would increase the
available water power of the river
from $4,000 to 100000 horse power.
DENMARK.
Vengence was more swift-footed
than DR.. Brandes and Actor Schyberg
expected. AS has been repeatedly men
toned in these columns, those two
gentlemen had hand-to-hand en-
counter and supposed they settled it
by going through the formalities of a
bloodless duel. But this settlement
proved to be just the thing that did
not settle the trouble, for each of the
two combatants have been sentenced
to fourteen days of solitary confine-
ment, not to mention the fact that
the expenses were divided equally be-
tween them.
The supreme court of Denmark has
handed down an interesting decision.
Miss Laura Pohlmann secured Ii
cense for selling liquors in Copen-
hagen, and she has been running a
business of her own ever since. In
1899 she was married to man named
Fisher. But they signed marriage
contract to the effect that each should
remain absolutely independent of the
! other in financial matters, and that
the saloon should remain her business
exclusively. But the police depart
ment declared that she had to give up
that business as unlawful. She point
ed to her contract, but in vain. Then
she appealed to the supreme court,
" A1AS1 uOI1ACu CAoU CAC COI-
tract was valid and that she had a
right to run her saloon as though she
had not been married.
An apoplectic stroke prostrated DR..
Schandorph, almost, paralyzing the
left half of his body. His physician
says that he will gradually recover in
about three weeks.
Knowing that Bech-Olsen, the heavy
weight champion wrestler of the Old
World, arrived in New York several
weeks ago, we have been watching the
sporting news very closely ever since.
And we have been rewarded. A dis
patch from New York gives the story
just as we expected it. Here you have
it:
An explosion in the Copenhagen
Spritfabriker (distilleries) killed the
chief engineer and injured another
man. Only the dead man knew the
cause of the accident. He was killed
by the concussion, being carried sew
eral yards and hurled against stone
wall.
New York, March 21.-Bech Olsen,
of Copenhagen, met Ernest Roeber,
the heavyweight champion wrestler of
America, at Madison Square Garden
tonight in Graeco-Roman match for
the worlds championship, and Olsen
| was declared the victor by Referee
! Sam Austin.
This match differed from recent
! contests of this order, inasmuch as it
| was to all intents and purposes, on
the level. Roeber gained the first fall
in "a minutes and rs seconds, by a
half Nelson hold.
The Dane secured the next fall,
which proved to be the last, by front
body hold and threw Roeber, who was
unable to come to the center at the
| call of time after ten minute inter
mission, and Olsen, therefore, was
given the match.
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
A bill to legalize marriage with de-
ceased wife's sister was read recently
| for the first time in the hOnse Of KEYS