Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-23

A number Of ''tire-proof' safes made In
kr1stiania proved to be failures in the
great Bergen fire. The papers which thew
contained were burnt, and the coins bad
~ furnished. The outer walls GENERALLY
plugged out, and the inner walls bulged in
the opposite direction. The hre-proof
vaults stood the test admirably.
On account of defective calculations. thu
ne" sp1re OF the cathedral Of Trondhiem
s"ays trom II to IA inches in rough wealth.
er. This Is considered dangerous, and
."o siucture Will have to be somewhat
modified
bergen. Sept. 22.-Fire broke out a little
oe1ore midnight in Alvar's warehouses.
IRE alarm had called the fire depart
nent TO another section of the city. The
IRE was fed by train-oil, kerosene and
other lntammable materials, and some
oarses In the harbor were kindled. The
vessels in the outer harbor were lowed
beyond the danger line. Two firemen fell
INTO the flames. One of them died at
once. and the other was seriously in
1ured. A number of other persons also
sustained injuries. It took six hours to
check the fire, and several hours more to
put it out entirely. The loss is unknown
at this writing. but it runs up into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
SWEDEN.
1t is customary that the foremen of the
d11terent departments in the great sugar
factories of southern Sweden distribute
the pay among their men every SATURDAY.
the weekly wages of each man having
previously been put up in a package at
the office. A certain foreman at one of
the greatest factories suddenly took sick.
Inc men were now ordered to call at the
Office In person and receive their paw.
But nine packages remained unclaimed,
and the following week a clerk took them
to the place where the men were at work
and called out the names written on the
packages To the establishment Of every
body 1t was found that one Of the nine
men had been dead 12/years, two of them
had been discharged several years ago,
three were wholly unknown to the men,
etc. Further Investigations revealed the
fact that the foreman in question had
been carrying a number of bogus names
on his payroll for years. The wages
averaged about 81 week, and the extra
income thus pocketed by the thrifty fore
man runs up into thousands of dollars.
The foreman was, of course, discharged,
but the managers made no more fuss
about it, because it reflected very I'M
favorably upon their business methods.
The Swedish farmers have commenced
to use a new kind of scare crow which
is said to be most effective. Six or seven
foot stakes are run into the ground about
one hundred feet apart each way
Threads are next stretched between the
tops of the stakes each way. That's ALL
The crows do not dare to approach the
threads. They seem to suspect that they
are snares. Bits of rags tied to the
threads will improve their effectiveness.
The Copenhagen Politiken gives a Sc
ries of facts connected with Andree's ex-
petition and finally draws the conclusion
that his balloon, the Eagle, was loaded
down with ice and snow and fell into the
sea between Franz Josef's Land and
Spitzbergen, on or shortly after July 16,
1897. this theory is the most probable
that has come to our knowledge.
Carl Hakansson has invented an auto
mobile to be used on snow or ice. It rests
on runners like a sled, and it is driven
forward by means of an endless chain
having cogs, or teeth, which strike the
ice or snow on which the vehicle is rum
ming.
The royal hunt on the island of Hveen
was responsible for the death Of 2S6 rab-
bits, of which King Oscar himself shot a
goodly number.
Memorial services were held at IRA
nenborg, on the island of Hveen, Sept.
%, the occasion being the 300th anniver-
sary of the death of Tyeho Brahe, the
greatest astronomer of his time Bishop
Billing preached sermon. the audience
consisting of the king and some of the
most illustrious men of Sweden and Dem
mark.
The new museum building in Malmo will
be dedicated Oct. IL.
A farmer at Ekebo, Skane. raised two
crops of potatoes on the same piece of
ground last summer.
The lumbermen of Norrland are serious
ly considering material reduction Of
their output next winter. The only uues-
ton that bothers them is, how can the
reduction be made so general as to in
fluence the prices of lumber next sum-
mer? A meeting of representative lum-
bermen, which was held at Sundsvall,
took steps to have the lumbermen Of Fin
land reduce the cut next winter
The ironclad Odin struck a rock at
Sandman, and the damage done to its
hull is considerable. Three gunboats fol-
lowed in it's wake, and it required skillful
maneuvering to avoid collisions.
The Karin Steamship Company of Hell
singborg, has just brought a new steel
freight steamer having tonnage of 4,4OO,
at Sunderland.
Nils Peter Magnussen, a young man at
Ryet. Orkelljunga parish, was stung in
the face by four bees. His face began
to swell up very rapidly, and leeches
were applied. But this only aggravated
the case, and a doctor was sent for. When
he arrived, however, the blood poisoning
was so far advanced that the young
mans life could not be saved
The heirs of c.. Won Bahr, a prominent
public man, have perpetuated his men,
ory by establishing $1,000 fund for the
benefit of the law department of the Uni
versity of Upsala.