Willmar tribune., 1901-05-08

The government, in order to make
the path of the army reorganization
bill through the riksdag a little
smoother, has appointed committee tc
revise the penal code of the army so as
| to make it more humane, ':and make
the difference between this and the
civil laws less than it is at present. :"
The committee is composed of some ot
the most illustrious men in the kinu.
| dom.
The city of Malmo has 6O.454 inhabi.
tants, OF whom 2s,O92 are males and
a2,36s females.
Inc exact number of persons depend
ing upon the fisheries along the coast
OF Malmohus province for living was
s'1e4 in 1900, and their aggregate in.
come was $164,7oo. These returns are
below the average.
"A new peat drying establishment
| will soon be constructed in Rome, Got
land.
The city council of Hernosand has
subscribed $500 to the proposed Norr-
Ianu coast railway.
Prof. Otto Nordenskjold has Just re-
turned from London, where he spent
some time making arrangements fo1
his South Pole expedition. He has al
ready raised $50, 900 of the SAC, 900 which
the expedition is to cost, and he thinks
it will be an easy matter to raise the
balance. He intends to engage Capt
Larsen, Norwegian, as commander OF
the Antarctic, which Prof Norden-
skiold has purchased for the expedi
ton. There will be % persons on
board the ship, and the expedition will
leave Gothenburg Sept. i. Arof. Nor
denskjold will cooperate to certain
extent with similar expeditions from
Germany and England.
Two "national' concerts were re-
Gently given in Stockholm to test the
work of those Swedish poets who are
competing with each other IN an at
tempt to write a satisfactory national
hymn. A committee had selected ten
of the best songs written by the COM
peting poets. and all of these ten were
sung by the national choir" which
was accompanied by the music band of
the Gotta body guard. The attendance
was large at both concerts, but no
| number was received with marked en-
thusiasm. ''Du Svenska bygd, du hem
i NOrd' Thou Swedish settlement,
thou home in the North.) by Costa, re-
ceived 6s3 out of the /, 342 votes cast
by those who attended the concerts
One poem out of the ten received only
II votes. This way of producing ma
tlonal hymn is new, but so far its sue
cess is by no means unqualified.
DENMARK
The new folkething is composed Of IS
farmers and landowners, II journalists,
S teachers, 5 tenant farmers, business
managers, lawyers, 3 merchants, 2
ex-members of the cabinet, carpen-
ters, ? sea captains, ? candidates Of
theology, doctor of philosophy, can
didate of philosophy, painter, ma
chinist, maker of wooden shoes, 1
druggist, cigar manufacturer, l book
dealer, wholesale dealer, / superin-
tendent of schools, l alderman, state
auditor, l broker, l house owner,
count, physician, l publisher, city
mayor.
A rumor which was started in Copen-
hagen and reported to foreign papers
to the effect that Mr.. Bramson, the
minister for home uffairs, had handed
in his resignation, is absolutely with
ont foundation NJ oh So
cabinet will take place in the immedi-
ate future.
Christoffer Krabbe, conservative, was
the only candidate for the folkething
from the Kollundborg district. On his
tickets were 46 more nays than ayes,
but as no one person received more
votes than he did, he was elected any
how.
The Copenhagen butchers guild is
just $50 years old.
j. Z. Johansen, a recruit at Randers,
has been arrested on account of having
written a newspaper article under the
heading, The Military Humbug.''
Denmarl's oldest inhabitant, Karen
Jensen Brodbak, of Holstebro, COM
pleted her 1o4th year April 4.
Henrik Cavling, beyond comparison
the brightest and most interesting
Danish journalist of the day, is COM
pleting large volume on ten months
trip to the Orient.
The laborers in the iron industries
are demanding a reduction of thirty
minutes in the working day and an in
significant increase in the wages of the
most poorly paid laborers. The en-
ployers shave combined for a deter
mined resistance, and there is talk of a
general lockout. The employers claim
they are unable to pay higher wages
on account of foreign competition, and
the workngmen claim that they can
not live dccently unless their wages
are raised.
WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS.