Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-05-15

The king seems to have yielded a point
to the Norwegian cabinet in regard to the
appropriation of s75O.O00 for Notifications
near the Swedish boundary line.
The city Of Kristiania has about 40
manufacturing establishments The in
crease of the number during the year 1900
was Is, but the number of employees drop-
ped 10 per cent during the same time.
The total number of accidents reported
for said year was 1872, and one case proved
fatal
A taxpayer in Stavanger sent $500 Of
conscience money to the city council
through Rev. Se1mer. An anonymous let
ter accompanying the money stated that
the sender in the course Of time had de-
1rauded the government out of that
amount by failing to pay part of his just
taxes
Noreglan sportsmen have erected a
hunters cottage in Sikkilsdalen and pre-
scented it to the sons of the crown prince.
Sikkilsdalen belongs to the government,
and permission has been secured for the
princes to hunt and fish In the vicinity.
The cottage is a neat one-story building,
and a magnificent view of the valley may
est room contains an open chimney. a
chandelier of elks' horns, three elevated
seats and a table and chairs of old Morse
patterns. There are also four bedrooms.
bathroom. a room for the servants and
kitchen, all of which are completely
furnished and ready for use. The Princes
Gustav Adolf and Erik are expected to
spend a part Of the summer in Sikkils
doll
prince may stop there while when he
goes to his annual hunt in Jotunheimen.
The cabinet has resolved that a new
ritual shall be drawn up for the wedding
ceremony. The old one contains certain
expressions to which intelligent women
have been Directing for decades past.
Both the old and the new ritual shall be
valid, and the bridal couple may decide
which of the two shall be used at their
wedding.
There has been some doubt in regard to
the duties Of army officers who have been
honorably dismissed from active service
on account OF old age. The question has
now been solved by the commanding gen.
eral. who has ruled that such officers
shall serve within the limits Of the coun-
try in case of a foreign INVASION This
adds a serviceable and important fl1ce to
the regular militia.
The prospects for an early spring were
not bright about the twentythird of
April. There was no snow at that time
on the open ground in the valley. But
the snow was still deep in the forests
and on elevated ground. Warm weather
may. however. have made a great change
in few days. there being but little frost
in the ground.
Nineteen mem bers of we'll organized
gang of thieves have been arrested in
Kristiania. They kept accounts. and every
one had to make regular reports. Their
standing depended upon the number Of
times they had been arrested. and the
leaders had been in jail eight or ten
times.
DENMARK.
Dr. Hegelurd veterinary is claimed
to have devised a new way of milking,
by which cow may be made to yield
much more milk than she does when
MIXED in the old way. DR.. Hegelund has
given regular courses in milking cows.
Emil Sloman a prominent educator, is
preparing a series of readers for use in
the public schools. The illustrations are
to be furnished by staff of artists who
are to work under the leadership OF Ger
hard Heilmann.
The crown prince and the crown prin-
cess of Denmark left for Stockholm April
q.
The national bank of Denmark is to
establish one new branch office in Fyen
and another in South Jylland.
Outside Of Copenhagen. Holding is the
first Danish city to provide meals for
poor school children The number OF
lunches served last winter was 33 237. and
the cost of each lunch was lie cents.
Halger Drachmann has written a can
tata which is to be given when the stu
dents association moves into the new
building on Frue Plads, Copenhagen
Carl Nielsen, the composer. is setting the
poem to music.
A recruit from Randers was sentenced
to imprisonment in a dark cell for thirty
days on account of an article on the Dan
ish army which he wrote for Randers
Arbeiderblad.
The conservative club of COPENHAGEN
recently had political gathering at
hotel The sentiments of the club were
voiced by Paul Rasmussen. the new men,
Der of the falkething from Randers. who
maintained that the social democracy
must be combatted because it exerts
dangerous and demoralizing influence
upon the workingmen.
A German window polisher stole a num-
Der of valuable rings from Thoroaldsen's
museum. Copenhagen, but was compelled
to return the goods
The library of the University of Upsala,
the largest in Sweden. has 100000 VOL
umes. 1t dates from the early part of the
seventeenth century. and it's present
growth is about 1000 volumes a year
About 10000 stitched pamphlets and
copies of newspapers are also added each
year.
The whole number Of votes cast at the
recent election was $500 for government
candidates and 1H,3O0 for opposition
candidates.
The Danish labor unions have resolved
to aid their Norwegian colleagues in fu-
ture strikes.