Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

The great Gyllebo farm In Jemmer-
stad, Skane, has been sold at public
auction to syndicate. The land will
be divided up into small farms, many
of which will doubtless be sold to the
tenant farmers occupying the land.
The crown prince Of Denmark and
Prince Carl spent half an hour at the
peoples kitchen in Stockholm. Thew
also sampled the food and drink and
expressed their satisfaction with the
establishment.
Prot. D. $. Hector put his hand into
hornets nest when he wrote an elab-
crate magazine article to demonstrate
that peat is three times as expensive
as coal. His antagonists, however,
dispute his data and calculations onlv
oy anonymous newspaper articles, and
one OF their arguments is that he
should not discourage the home indus
tries by belittling the value of Swed-
ish peat as fuel. Prof. Hector answers
that he proposes to tell the truth i'm
partially. one truth being his state
ment in regard to the relative values
of coal and peat.
At an executive meeting of the con-
gregation of Harja, Skane, the ques-
ton of abolishing the Office of sexton
was discussed. But the discussion
gradually drifted into the question of
improving the military defenses of the
country. This is leading question
just at present, and the gentlemen at
tending the meeting angrily voted
down every motion made.
The liquor problem, in spite of the
Gothenburg system. is far from set
tied. It is agitated so generally that
the distillers themselves are in favor
OF throwing additional safeguards
around the retail liquor trade.
A Swedish soap trust was organized
few months ago. The baby is very
robust for its age, the average rise in
the price of soap being almost II
cents pound. The price of soda has
also been raised trifle.
The grip has made such inroads in
Stockholm that some manufacturing
establishments have been forced to
close down. In one district just half
the policemen were ON the sick list at
one time.
The Russian saw filers, who were
generally supposed to be spies, are
still haunting some If the members Of
the riksdag, and motion has been
made to pass rigorous laws against
spies Count Douglas, ex-minister Of
foreign affairs, and Baron Lagerheim,
the present minister, spoke against
the motion as a measure that would
cause useless friction between Sweden
and her neighbors. The Swedish gov
eminent they claimed. is fully able to
handle the spy problem without new
laws The motion was voted down in
a spirited manner, indicating tina. al
overwhelming majority of the riksdag
has absolute confidence in the govern
ment.
FINLAND.
The governor general has discharged
j. s. Gardie, the chief Of police of He!-
singfors.
1t is asserted that the Russ: an i'm
perial council has decided, in view of
the fact that no Finnish soldiers are
to be sent to Russia, to abolish the
Finnish reserve and to increase :he &C.
tive troops by 1900. In time If war
Finnish troops may be employed out
side of Finland, but not outside OF
Europe.
Large crowds of people surged
through the streets of Helsingfors in
the evening of Feb. IS, the anniver-
sary of the PRONUNCIATION of the in
famous edict of Feb. Is, 1899. The ex
cesses were absolutely insignificant,
but Governor General Bobrikoff sum-
marily discharged the chief of police
and haughtily added that if he could
not find suitable Finlander for the
place he would fill it with Russian.
The proper way would have been to
consult the governor of the province
(Nyland). AS the governor genera.
failed to do this, Col. Won Mlnkwitz.
the governor of Nyland, resigned his
position on the ground that his con-
stitutional authority had been over
ridden.
The car has issued an edict by which
$500, 900 shall be distributed among
Finlanders who own no land.
The Dagligt Allehanda has been
for three months on account
of ''agitatiug in the same obnoxious
way as Nya Pressen," paper which
was entirely suppressed long ago.
General Schipoff, the temporary gov
ernor general of Finland, has isued
letter to all the provincial
governors of the country in regard to
the suppression of seditious literature.
A large number of writings of this
class are enumerated in the letter.
Protests must be of some avail even
in the Finland of today. Eight nun
dred Helsingfors ladies forwarded a
protest to the vice president of the
Finnish senate against transferring
the records of the office of the secre-
tary of state of Finland to st. Peters
burg, and Secretary of State Won
Plehwe gave orders to have said rec.
ords kept where they are.