Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-21

u Capt. Johan p. PAST, OF Alien, -'in-
n: arken, Norway. thinks the snow that
fell between the sixteenth and twentieth
Of July, 1897, loaded down. Andree's ball
loon and forced II to the ground He
also believes that the balloon fell down
between Novajasenblja and Franz Josefs
Land. Captain Pasti, who has had
forty years experience as a navigator
in the Arctic seas, was at the time men
toned above farther, north than any 9TH
err known sailor. and he kept q minute
record Of the weather during those days.
An eight-year-old girl fell from pom
toon bridge into the Ronnea river. Her
four-year-old brother threw himself down
on the brink of the river. seized her by
her hair and kept her face above the
water until grown people came and saved
her. s@ r. ., :. -; -,..-,s7 :
The Gellivare Mining Company sold
986, 600 tons Of iron ore during the past
year. The stockholders have received q
dividend Of six per cent on their invest
ments. The fact that some Of the rec
ords were withheld from the board Of
auditors at the annual meeting of the
company has been widely and unfavor-
ably commented upon, by the press.
A reform school for boys may be estab-
Nshed at Hessleholm. If the plan is car
ried through, the institution must be
large enough to accommodate one hum
dred boys. - =: ''~S~, -
Six thousand buckets of 5fresh herring
was taken from Simrishann to Stock
holm one morning The fish had been
caught by fifty boat crews. and this
was the biggest haul Of the season.
Aug. Rohss. a. Wholesale merchant, do
mated 100000: to the Gothenborg high
school on condition that new chairs be
established for instruction in political
economy, sociology geography and eth
biography, The endowment fund of the
school now amounts to $S5O,00O.
Four of the leading ice dealers of
Stockholm disposed of one thousand tons
of ice In one week.
DENMARK.
Juul-Rysensteen, former minister OF
public traffic, removed one railway en-
plOye to prevent him from running for
a seat In the rigsdag and another In Or
der to cripple the railway union: Horup,
the new minister Of public traffic, has
ordered the two employees back to their
former places. Thus the most note
worthy act of Minister Juul-Rysensteen
has been undone. And the Danish people
are enjoying the affair immensely.
1t is reported from. Prague that the
earthly remains of Tycho Brahe were
placed in silver casket which was SOL
dered up. The casket is only about 40
inches long and weighs IS pounds. On
the front side Of it is plate which con-
tains this inscriptions: '1601. Tycho
Brahe. 1907 ~ =
The appointment of ~ new cabinet is
giving such great satisfaction that the
people have commenced to celebrate the
event by Publication rallies. ~.
Prince Valdemar, and Princess Marie
represented the royal house Of Denmark
at the wedding of Grand Duchess Olga,
Of Russia.
Rev. Koch and Rev. Poulsen Will be in
stalled Nov. as bishops of Ribe and
Viborg, respectively. The ceremony will
take place at Vor True Kirke, Copenha-
gen. ..
Decorations of honor were conferred
upon "a persons during the Sehested adj
ministration. The shower Of decorations
was heaviest during the closing days Of
the cabinet, no less than is persons be-
ing made commanders, 81 knights and Is
Dannebrogmen during the II days imme-
diately preceding the expiration of the
most important government which Dem
mark has had for series of years. But
the mistakes of the cabinet came from
the head rather than from the heart, and
ridicule Is almost the only punishment
that its members are subjected to. One
instance will illustrate this: On July %,
the last day Of the cabinet, E. w. Weller,
the proprietor of Hotel Hanffe, Leipzig,
Germany, was made 'Purveyor to the
Court Of His Majesty the King of Dem
mark" To this Socialdemokraten says:
"There were evidently no more Danish
Conservatives to decorate, and therefore
a German had to be made happy at the
last moment"
A tenant farmer near Silkeborg found
q fox cub in hillside. Having no place
to keep the animal until he went home
to dinner, he pulled of his vest and tied
up the little animal in it by means of his
suspenders. While the farmer was down
to brook to get g. drink his vest and
the cub disappeared. Afterwards he found
out what had been the matter with the
vest and it's contents. The screams of
the cub had attracted its mother. and
of safety, torn the vest and liberated her
little cub. Next time the farmer will
treat fox cubs differently when he runs
across them.
Stadil, the place where ]. c. Christen-
sen, the new minister Of public instruc-
ton, formerly taught school, is advertis-
ing for a. new teacher The regular SAL
airy offered is $1ss and a small amount
for leading the choir in. church. Finan-
ciallY at least, Mr.. Christensen has made
great leap-trom a village school into
the cabinet
Edward Wavrinsky, Swedish reformer
and member of the rtksdag, has made a
thorough study Of the employment bu-
reau established and operated by the city
of Copenhagen, and has expressed HIM
self in very flattering terms about the
new institution. ID" -
Twenty convicts have been sent from
the Horsens penitentiary to Lem. where
they are going to work on a farm -
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AS DAME FASHION DEGREES.
The latest spangle is square. Z: !,