Willmar tribune., 1900-06-06

The city Of Lund has 16, 25l inhabi-
tants7,O ,O41 males and 9,211 females.
The l'l1 increase for one year was 176.
4 The blossoms on the pear trees in !
the Grenna district promise rich crop.
The railway department. of the gov
ernment has ordered 502 new freight
cars, IS passenger cars and 6S locomo-
tives. All the orders have been placed
in Sweden. The cars must be ready |
within one year, and the engines with
in two years. ~~&E - <-@5*:y'%
The wages, paid to the employees on
the government railroads are so low
that they frequently leave the service
OF the government to accept more re-
munerative positions offered by pri-
vate parties.
X. The wife of Gunnar Wennerburg is
dead. Her maiden name was Hedvig
Sofia Cronstedt.
Consul G. f. Goransson of Sandwich
is dead. He was instrumental in maxi
ing the Sandviken iron works the most
noted establishment of its kind in
Sweden.
The government proposes to. set
aside $375, 900 in 1900 for the laborers'
insurance fund.
The budget for 1901 closes with esti-
mated expenditures amounting to $780,
33333, $40. The receipts, however, will
be $4,000 less. The government pro-
poses to cover this deficit by a special
tax on real estate and incomes.
1t is estimated that the new Gelli-
ware and Ofoten railway will require
50, 725, 900 for the continuation of the
work in 1901. 20 -. 80 81: saY
A monument to the memory of Prof.
c. L. Wahlin, noted educator, was
unveiled May 18th in the Malmo ceme-
terry. Bishop Billing addressed large
audience, and DR.. Carl Wahlin, a son
OF the man whose memory was thus
honored, expressed his thanks to those
who had contributed to the erection of
the monument
It is estimated that it costs between
$500 and 5000 to educate "a common
school teacher in Norway.
The gold reserve in the bank of
Norway is $11,20O,OOO.
The special committee on the pro-
posed school of technology, by vote
of four against three, is in favor of 10.
eating the school in Kristiania.
Prof. Karl Holtermann, a Norwe-
gian who is connected with the uni
versity of Berlin, has been appointed
to make a trip to Ceylon to study the
plant life of that island. Said uni
versity will defray the expenses,
which amount to about $1,5OO.
The word for lobbying in the Nor
| wegian storthing seem to be "borri.
arbeide'-corridor work. Not a
bad idea.
What purports to be a cablegram
from Kristiania states that the minis
try has announced it's determination
to resign because the prince regent has
refused to sanction the tonnage tax
bill.
The whaling steamer Uller from
Tonsberg was found drifting in the
North Sea, bottom up, and was towed
to Aalesund. Upon investigation it
| was found that the berths contained
six human bodies in an advanced state
of decomposition.
The first estimate of the cost of the
Ofoten railway was $1.62O,O0O. But
the figures of the engineers must have
got badly mixed up, for the actual
cost will be at least So, ,43O,O The
storthing, without dissenting vote,
but not without much harsh talk, ap
propriated the latter amount.
The aid fund raised for the families
of the fishermen who lost their lives
in a storm Oct. Is, 1898, amounts tc
S215,OOO.
| The Bergen art society has started a
bitter war among the artists b7 refus.
ing to exhibit a painting by Asor Han
sen. The painting represents a nude
woman lying on a lounge with he1
eyes closed, and a man STOPPING down
to kiss her.
The crown prince celebrated the
Seventeenth of May by giving ban
quet to a number of prominent Nor
wegians and Swedes at the royal pal
ace in Stockholm. Never before did q
ruler of Norway and Sweden go so ia,
in recognizing the independence day
of Norway.
Half a dozen small steamship com
panies in Thelemarken have been con
solidated into one, which will be
known as the Thelemarken Steamship
company. The new company controls
eight steamers.
Bjornson has written poem for the
definite and obvious purpose of glori,
flying the Danish-Norwegian language
1t is not a poorly written poem, but il
is hardly up to the average of hi:
poetical productions.
Henry Olcott of New York, the pres
ident of the theosophical society, i.
visiting the Scandinavian countries
He claims that there are fifteen theo
sophical societies in those countries.
TREES AND THEIR PRODUCTS.
! Pine and hemlock stumps and old
logs that were supposed to have be-