Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26

It is proposed to distribute the profits
OF the government bank for the past year
as follows: To the government, $40 1000;
to the reserve fund $4,000; and to the
capital stock of the bank, $4,000.
The churches of Trollenes and Rem
mar1of, Skane, have resolved to abolish
the Office Of sexton, his duties to be d.
vided between the organist and the can
tor. g.
Two persons lost their lives in a fire in
a small two-story house on the Ulrtce-
hamn poor-farm 49, @..
The king has asked the members of the
general staff to come to him and have a
consultation about the proposed compro-
mise between the two chambers sof the
r1ksdas In regard to the army reorsan-
1zat1on bill. AS already stated, the first
chamber and the ca binet want IL months
training, while the second chamber voted
for months. This move on the part of
the King points strongly to compromise
A stork was seen this spring as far
north as Edsvalla, Vermland. The rare
bird created a stir among both men and
BIRDS The curiosity of impudent crows
was annoying to the stranger, and their
attentions may drive him down south
again.
Former Minister of Marine Dyrssen has
accepted the position of manager Of the
Finspong Iron Works.
Hospitals for poor inebriates will be
built near Gothenborg and Stockholm.
The army reorganization bill necessi-
tates the construction Of barracks at sew
era1 new places. In 1892 the places offer
ing the largest houses captured the new
barracks. Not so now. To avoid this
sort of "auctioneering'' the cabinet will
give out no information to the public I'M
til the locations of the new barracks have
been decided upon
A notable wedding took place at Schaer-
beck, June 5. The contracting parties
were Col Ricchiardi, former commander
of the Italian volunteers in the Boer
army, and Miss Myra Guttmann-Joubert.
a niece Of Gen. Joubert and half-sister of
Mr. Erloff, President Krugers nephew
and private secretary. A number of
Beers residing in holland officiated as
witnesses. President Kruger had ex-
planned that the political situation pre-
vented him from attending the wedding.
The married couple are making a we'd
ding trip through Sweden and Norway,
and they intend to settle in Rome.
A number of singing societies in Roms-
dalamt gave a sacred concert at Mode.
The attendance was 100.
DENMARK.
About fifty Copenhagen business men
have organized a society for the purpose
of developing the trade between Denmark
and France.
W. Montgomery, former manager Of the
gas works Of Malmo. Sweden, has been
appointed to conduct the work Of con-
structing a new electric light plant for
the city of Helsingfors. The plant is to
supply 10000 lamps. Mr.. Montgomery is
at present inspecting electric power
houses in foreign countries.
Prince Meshcherski, in his PAL per, Crash
DAMN, opposes the proposition to compel
Finish soldiers to serve in Russia, for it
stands to reason, he says, that those SOL
diers, upon returning to Finland will en-
gender hostility to Russia among their
countrymen- The prince also digs up past
history to prove that the loyalty of the
Finlanders to Russia could not well be
greater than it has been for decades past.
In 1854, during the Crimean war, a British
squadron entered the Bay of Finland and,
by offers Of princely payments, tried to
induce the pilots to serve on the British
ships. But every pilot remained true to
the great country to the east, and twenty
pilots sealed their fidelity with their own
1ife-blood. The article in the Grashdanin
has made profound impression in Rus
STA.
FINLAND.
A boat capsized about sixteen hundred
yards from the shore Of Iceland and q
out of total of g persons were drowned.
The gardeners Of Copenhagen are on
strike. They have a strong organization,
and ''scabs who are willing to take their
places are not plentiful.
When the Suborb Valby was incorpo-
rated into the city Of Copenhagen, Carl
Jacobsen, the millionaire brewer became
a citizen of the capital, and he has been
assessed on the basis Of an income of
1888, OO0
The fourth Scandinavian congress of
locomotive engineers has been held at
Copenhagen. About two hundred locomo-
tive engineers were in attendance, Swed-
en- being represented by q. Norway by g
and Finland by 2.
The authorities thought the smallpox
had been completely stamped out in Ran
ders. But they were mistaken. An eight
year-old girl from Danders Mark was
taken i'll with the dread disease. She is
a sister of patient who had been dis
missed from the hospital and considered
perfectly cured.
Fire broke out in the middle Of the
night in the hog stable OF creamery
night in the pig pen Of creamery
near Holbek. The fire soon spread to
the house where the employees were
sleeping. Two apprentices had their bed
in the attic. One of them succeeded in
leaving the building, but not until his
whole body had been badly singed The
other boy, whose name was Lauritz Mel
sen was burnt to death. Two dairy
maids saved their lives by jumping out
through a window. One of them was bad
~ burnt, the other was injured in the
fall The hogs and the cattle were all
burnt to death.
The Danish government pays out $2,7Oe
this year to young business men who go
abroad to prepare for their calling.
IN LITERARY wAV.