Willmar tribune., 1900-09-05

Il Is rumored that Premier Bostrom
is going to resign on account Of feeble
health and old age.
The production of gold for the year
1899 was little over 200 pounds, val
ued at almost $40, 900; the production
OF silver little over ~ tons, having
value Of $45, 900; and the production
of copper 179 tons, or Sc tons less than
in 1898. The number of men engaged
in the different branches of mining
last year was 10000.
Carl David, of Wirsen, is the head of
the so-called Nobel institute, liter
ary bureau established by the late AL
fred Nobel, the millionaire philan thro-
pist, for awarding prizes for the best
literary productions of the world. The
adherents of the liberal, sensualistic
school do not take kindly to the ap-
pointment of c. D. of Wirsen for this
position, because he is up in arms
against that school. In a review of
the works of Ellen Key, one of the
greatest lights of this school, he ex-
pressed himself as follows: "a future
age will be astonished at the preten-
tlons and the emptiness which are
combined in Ellen Keys bombastic
prose, in Werner won Heidenstam's
poems of 1895, and in Oscar Levertin's
sensualistic lyrics, where the vapors
from the censer mingle with the per-
fumes from the rococo boudoir of es-
thetic sensualism. 1t was the Ellen
Keyan period in our literature, it was
the glorious era of self-assertion."
This comment alone shows that the
sensualistic school in Sweden and the
authors of ''swine literature" in Den
mark and Norway have good reasons
for fearing that they will receive scant
appreciation from the Nobel institute
as long as Carl David of Wirsen is at
the head of it.
Frau Won Mecklenburg a German
lady who owns and is managing the
Lung estate, Ostergotland, frequent
ly receives attention in the news
papers. She seems to be wholly un-
able to get along with her servants,
and the result is that her hired men
and girls leave her after brief SER
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they very often have to leave their
countrywoman empty-handed. Being
without means of support, the poor
people are picked up by the authori-
ties and returned to Germany at pub
| lie expense. Some public officers Pc
titioned the king to compel Frou Won
Mecklenbur to refund the travelling
! expenses advanced by the government;
! but his majesty has answered that
these expenditures must be paid out of
certain poor fund.
DENMARK.
| Rev. DR.. Talmage writes to the New
| York Herald about his recent visit to
the Danish court: THE crown prince
received us in his palace and all his
family came in with hearty greetings,
and more delightful domestic group
was never gathered. From the uncon-
ventional manner in which they re-
ceived my family and myself, one
would not think there had ever been
a crown in the ancestral line or ever
would be. Himself on the way to the
throne and a brother of the princess
of Wales and of the king of Greece and
of the dowager empress of Russia, and
all his life mingling with royalties, he
was less pretentious than any of the
officers in the ante room of the palace.
He freely and famlliarly conversed OF
the great international questions
which are now disturbing Europe and
Asia. He will soon take the govern.
ment, for his father is S4 years of age
and must soon by natural law put
down the scepter. Thesqueen, though
heir to uncounted millions, has not
been made worldly, but is chiefly in.
terested in religious work in all parts
of the world. The oldest daughter is
a marvel of beauty and good sense,
speaking English almost as we'll as
Danish. After conversation the whole
group accompanied us in a ramble
through the royal gardens; amid trees
themselves monarchs and by fountains
that had crowns of rainbow and by
flower beds where queens of beauty
reigned. After the ladies of our party
had captured all the princely auto
graphs they wished to win, we left
this brilliant home. But the kindness
of these royal folks did not cease when
we descended the steps, for the lovely
group of the palace stood stood wav-
ing to us from the windows as long as
we were in sight"
Copenhagen, Aug. IA wrestling
match between Paul Belling the cham.
pion wrestler of Austria, and Bech.
Olsen took place this afternoon at
Charlottenlund, in the presence of ten
thousand people. This was Bech.
Olsen's first appearance after his re.
turn from America, At the last mo.
ment it was decided that the com.
bat should continue until one of the
two was beaten, and not two or three
rounds, as usual. After a 13-minute
struggle Bech-Olsen succeeded in
pressing both shoulders of his oppo-
nent to the ground, and once more the
public could salute their popular coun-
tryman as victor.
ODDS AND ENDS.