Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-20

The king of Sweden and Norway. the
first royal guest in connection with
the exposition, arrived at Paris from
London June Z. President Loubet anG
the minister of foreign affairs, NJ. Del
casse, met him at the railway station
The band of the Republican Guards
played the Swedish national anthem
on the platform. NJ. Loubet accompa.
MED King Oscar in victoria to the
mansion on the Avenue du Bots Bo-
logne, which was formerly the resi-
oence OF DIR. Evans, the famous Ameri.
can dentist, which is now furnished
for the reception of royal visitors.
DENMARK.
The proposition to sell the Danish
west Indies to the United States has
surely been side-tracked for the time
being.
a Copenhagen, who had been pun
1shed rs times for rather insignificant
crimes, was recently before the SUI
preme court on the charge of having
stolen two tallow candles just before
Christmas. His lawyer excused the
man on account of his profound love
Tor liberty;' but he must repress
this love and spend 120 days in the
Workhouse.
Iceland and Greenland are well rep
resented at the Paris exposition.
Some one has said that CART Etlar,
the noted author who died few days
ago, was poor financier and was I'M
able to get as much money as he was
entitled to out of his literary work.
Carl Ewald, another author. tells us
that CART Etlar was very able finan-
cier, knowing his chances and i'm
proving them splendidly."
The splendid victory achieved by
the workingmen in the historic lock-
out of 1899, has encouraged the retail
merchants of Copenhagen to organize
themselves into union. The MEM
bers of the union live in the Narrebro
district, but if the organization proves
a success, it may serve as a nucleus
for union comprising the whole city.
The main objects of the union are to
resist the encroachments of the
wholesalers and monopolists and to
keep what may be called dead-beat
list
The suburbs, Brondshoi and Nalby,
have been incorporated into the city
of Copenhagen.
The Danish tourist club has char
tered steamer for students pleasure
trip to Iceland. The United Steam
ship company has charged only So, 700
for the use of the vessel, while the reg
ular charges would have been at least
$4,000. The trip is to last one month,
and the price of the ticket is $50. Only
two-thirds Of the excursionists are to
pay the full price, however, some of
the poor ones being admitted at half
rate, and a few worthy. but penniless,
students making the trip free of
charge. Short stops will be made at
Edinburgh and at two places in the
Farce islands One of the pleasantest
features of the whole trip will be an
expedition on horseback from Reyk ja-
vik to the interior of Iceland. Eng
ish and French tourists are in the
havit of paying $3.50 for trip like the
above.
SWEDEN.
Leo Tolstoi, Jr.. has written a letter
from Sweden which makes interesting
reading. He says: Sweden is a re-
markable country. 1t deserves to be
er attention than we Russians are pay
ing to it. Sweden. in fact, is the era
die and source of Russian civilization,
which fact we Russians have entirely
forgotten. Sweden has taught us Rus
slams to produce iron. to make horse
shoes and caunons, to fight, to estab-
lish our government; it has taught us,
by the will of Peter the Great, to be-
come human beings, though we are
unwilling even TO think of it. But
Sweden continues to teach us, to teach
us how to educate children intelli-
gently, to help the poor, to make the
telephones cheap. to elevate and de-
velop the people. Two hundred years
ago Peter knew where to obtain light
for his land, and. thanks to this i'm
pulse alone, Russia experienced an
awakening. Let us be friendly to
Sweden, let us copy the good features
of her institutions" At the close of
the letter we are told that Sweden is
happy country and that it may become
still happier by means of its safe geo.
graphical position, its mild climate, its
liberty, its general order, by means of
the intelligence as we'll as the natural
and acquired goodness of its people.
The health of Crown Princess Vic
toria improved somewhat during her
stay in Venice, and she is expected to
leave Italy soon for the North.
Three cases of cerebro-spinal menin-
gifts are reported from the Fristad
drill grounds. One of the victims has
already died.
The city of Malmo is about to float a
loan@of 81, $1,000.
There is still such lack of locomo-
motives on the state railways that so
more could be used to advantage.
Andreas Jakob Biorkman, forester
at Kinda and Malmskog. is dead. He
was regarded as Sweden's most sue
cessful fox-hunter. He is said to be
responsible for the death of about g.
600 foxes.
.S48 PrlVate parCleS are anxious TO rent
waterfalls. in the Lulea, sTornea@ and
Kalix rivers for manufacturing pur-
poses; but the government is no hurry
70 make contracts: -. IL. ::
Hundreds of laborers who were
thrown out Of work BY the great lock-
ont IN Stock holm have hired out in
the pineries and on farms.
Rev. Borjeson Of Karlstad is branch
ing out beyond his own comfort. In