Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-11-27
A Russian gunboat has been sounding
he water along the southeast coast Of

A Russian gunboat has been sounding
the water along the southeast coast Of
GLAND.
The appointment of Knut wicksell to
the chair of political economy and COM
merc1al law in the University Of Lund
Is a striking Illustration of the liberality
OF the king and the government of Swed-
en-. Prof. Wicksell was strongly opposed
not only by the religious element but
also by those who early and late pose
as the keepers of Swedish patriotism, his
man blemish being that he would rather
nave Sweden form a union with Russia
than with Germany OR England. But in
the eyes of the government his eminent
scholarship more than outweighed all his
shortcomings, and the ultra-religious and
ultra-patriotic elements were worsted.
The liquor bolag of Vaxio has made q
new departure in .ee line of practical
temperance work by running a restaurant
Where no liquors are handled. The in
stltut1on is very popular, and the growth
OF the business has necessitated a new
aodltlon to the room in which it was
started. 1t is a curious fact that the
polas, being liquor dealing concern
does not directly run the restaurant,
though 1t opened and still controls the
business. The experiment has aroused
great interest in other cities, and the
newspapers are devoting some space to
the "Vaxio system"
&. Hallberg, a Falun mining engineer.
gas invented a new method Of mining
iron ore at some depth. 1t is said to be
cheaper than the old method, and it
comes in the nick of time for the Cell
ware Mining Company, the surface Of the
Nalmberget deposits having been pretty
we'll SKINNED by this time.
Dr. Sven Hedin, in letter dated Nav
To- states that he was about to leave
Charkhllc for Thibet, and that he had
discovered interesting ruins, etc.
prominent medical authorities have pre-
scr1ped modified isolation cure at Ba-
den-Baden for the crown princess, the
time required for the treatment being
from six to eight weeks. But she is to
spend some time in Italy before taking
this treatment.
flint knife was found at Svartla, Hal
land. 1t was imbedded in clay at depth
of four feet. The government paid the
finder five dollars for the find.
Prof John BorjesOn, the sculptor, is
the author OF nine statues raised at prom
1nent public places in Sweden and Nor
way. The Norwegians broke the ice for
BorJeson the first Of the nine monuments
being the statue of Ludwig Holberg at
Bergen. The most noted statues are those
or John Ericsson, Oxenstierna and STEM
DOCK. 1t has taken Borjeson almost TWEEN
ty years to establish his present fame as
a sculptor.
DENMARK.
nicto
folkething for an appropriation of 1850,
600 for new field pieces.
1t is rumored that the sickness of
Horup. the new minister of public traffic;
is incurable, the electric treatment which
ne Is undergoing being only the last des-
perate resort.
EneVold Sorensen, the minister of the
interior, who has spent almost three
months at a hospital, has been wholly re.
stored to health.
The American dailies claim that Drach-
| man, the Danish poet, is dangerously i'll
! and has been obliged to abandon his pro-
jected visit to the United States this win.
ter.
A straw slipped into the throat Of q
! three-weeks-old baby at Olsker, Bornholm
and though medical aid was summoned
the life Of the poor thing could not be
saved.
The United Steamship Company has
| aroused some unfavorable comment in the
Swedish press by establishing line OF
steamers between Denmark and Sunds.
vail, Sweden.
John Mathiasen, of Copenhagen, took a
| quantity of butter to Manchester, Eng.
land. in person in order to respond to a
challenge made by firm exporting but
ter from Ireland. But when Mr.. Mathia.
sen came to Manchester the challengers
failed to put in an appearance in any
shape or form. The judges declared the
Danish article to be first class.
The work of mining coal in Trangis-
vaag, Farce Islands, is progressing in q
satisfactory manner. Tests at different
places have shown that the thickness OF
the seam of coal is about w feet.
Jesen, Danish editor in Flensborg
has been put up by the Danes as candi.
date for the seat in the German reichstae
which was left vacant by the death OF
Gustav Johannsen.
The German majority was defeated a
year ago in Sonderborg, and this fall
three Danes were elected members of the
chamber of agriculture of Slesvie-Hol.
stein.
The remains of c. F. Tietgen the great
business genius, were placed in a vault
built Of yellow stone, under the ground
| in Lyngby church yard.
The permanent court of arbitration has
rendered a significant decision, instruct
ing the employers Union" to pay ar
indemnity Of $40 to the "Co-operative
Trades Unions" The Employers Union
contrary to an agreement of Sept. S. 1899
supported the Burmeister & Vain Iron
Works during strike, though the latter
did not belong to the Employers Union
The support given to the Burmeister &
Vain Iron Works was indirect the En-
ployers' Union locking out electricians
who had left the iron works on account
of the strike. The Employers Union also
had to pay the costs, which amounted to
$780,
Seven Danish citizens were expelled
from Apenrade because they sang Danish
national hymns at wedding.