Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-05-22

The storthing has voted an extra appro-
priation of $4,000 for an extension of the
jetty in Vadso harbor. This harbor vii,
not be perfectly safe until 100000 worth
OF improvements have been made on 1t.
Elgsater Sanitarium. near Trondh,em
IS advertised for sale. There is a deht nj
$500 on the institution. An offer of s2s
900 has been declined
Bergen. April %. The weather has been
very warm during the second half of
1Apri' Inc trees are green. the fruit trees
nave commenced to blossom and the
cnerry trees will be all white in a few
lays. ouch continuous hot weather in
Api' IS unique. The ground is already
ee'uhs 100 dry. and lichen fires have been
s'ar'eo near the city twice. In both cases
'"ahy planted trees were Destroyed
Inc whole quantity of Goldfish caught in
Norway since last summer is 30, $50 600
fish.
About $4,000 logs were piled up in a
single jam at Grindalen, In the Glommen
river.
ABOUT $4,000 live fish. mostly Goldfish.
were imported to Kristiania during April.
The city of Stavanger has contracted a
loan Of $4,000
On Sunday. April IA, about 1.e0o chill
dren were confirmed in the different
churches of Kristiania.
Kaiser Wilhelm is going to make his
usual trip along the coast of Norway
this summer.
The cabinet is in favor Of selling the
grounds of Bergenhus Fort, and the sale
is expected to bring s4OO, 600 into the ma
tional treasury.
1t was suggested that the celebra ton of
the Seventeenth of May in Kristiapia he
arranged in close connection with the I'M
yelling of the statue of Tordenskjold
But it was feared that the crowds would
become too large to handle, and only
representatives of the different societies
will be requested to bring their banners
and attend the unwilling of the statue at
one O'Clock in the afternoon.
Some people in Trondhjem have been
running an automatic restaurant but
they are withdrawing from the business
after having sunk $4,000.
Bishop Bang is of the opinion that a
Norwegian-Norwegia church in Kristi-
ania would be good thing for young
people who were brought up in the coun-
try districts. but who are suddenly
thrown into the whrl of city life. with
all its dangers.
The crown prince has stated that he in
tends to attend the unwilling Of the Tord-
enskjold statue in kristiania May Il.
Ole Olsen Kvisler and wife, of Hoff
Solor. celebrated their diamond wedding
May 4.
Brede Kristensen. Ph.D., a young Nor
wegian. has been appointed professor of
history and religion in the University of
Leyden. Efforts will, no doubt, be made
to secure position for him at the Uni
versty of Norway.
So many young people are emigrating
to the United States this spring that
those who remain at home cannot but feel
uneasy.
The Bergen forestry association is dis
tributins one million young trees this
season from its nursery at Tofteland.
DENMARK.
A young recruit from Odense being an
Adventist. persistently declined to take
part in the regular military training in
the army. After having been arrested
and released and monkeyed with in many
ways. all to no purpose as to his deter
mination. he was finally dismissed from
service because the physician found that
his chest was not of the most approved
construction. 1t looks as if this was the
easiest way of getting rid Of the young
man.
The Danish Coal Company handled
100000 tons of coal las: year.
The cooperative labor uniors Of Den
mark held a representative convention at
Copenhagen d few days ago. The unions
had been laboring under unfavorable cir
cumstances. but so ably had their work
been managed that 80 per cent of their
members had had their wages Increased
in the course of the year.
chester Anderson. the proprietor of a
Copenhagen restaurant. has been fined
s2,'sl for the illegal sale of liquors. He
has been fined many times before. and
each time the amount is doubled.
DR.. Oscar Hansen has written a popular
work on the theory Of evolution. 1t is
said that the common people of Denmark
the present time.
Axel Lassen. Copenhagen wholesale
merchant. was married May LIST to Miss
Marguerite Bech. of Stockholm, and they
have started on a combined wedding and
business trip around the GLOBE
FINLAND.
A deputation of thirty farmers from
the eight provinces Of Finland placed
eight wreaths at the statue of Alexander
H.. Helsingfors. March 13
The tariff rates will not be changed be-
fore the year 1904.
The Russian chancellor of the univers-
ity. Won Plehwe. prohibited the students
from singing hymns at the statue of
Runeberg on the birthday of the latter.
1t is stated that Governor General b.
brikof: has advised the car to introduce
the punishment of deportation as a perm
anent practice in Finland. but that for
the time being" the proposition will not
be acted upon.