Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-04

The government has ordered u ouantit,
| of heavy steel projectiles from = Kris.
| tlan1a firm at price which Is ten nor
cent above the average bids from foraion
manufacturers. The Kristiania factory
| IN order to fill the contract. mist no an.
! larged and improved at a cost of sim nm
The city of Farsund has purchasers tn.
| nus Olsen's steamship uuay and othnr
property for $4,000. ~
! The expedition sent by Trondhiono
firm to Spitzbergen to mine coal has 70.
turned. A cargo of coal was taken a,ons
| as d sample. and the projectors are salts
neo with the results of the exnedi+ton
several new and very rich deposits OF
| coal were discovered.
| Inc statesmen hate to borrow money
abroad But what else can thew do as
long as the interest is higher at home
| than abroad?
st. Petri church was opened to the tenn
| Perance people of Malmo for the cele-
oiatfon or the Coco Templars' semi-cen-
tennial jubilee.
"A crop OF lndSn corn became ripe last
summer on about an acre of ground at
Simrishamn.
| The congregation of the city of Hell
s'nsoorg has been in the habit of letting
out incorrigible children to poor farm
! ers residing In the surrounding country
But such children have caused SO much
trouble that the experiment must be re-
garded as failure, and outside newspa-
pers are warning the farmers against the
| inducements offered for keeping city
| children
Experiments made at the Marina prov
ing grounds demonstrated that Major
fingers flying torpedoes can be thrown
with accuracy about one English mile.
The northernmost telephone line in
Sweden, that between Haparanda and Pa
Jala, has just been completed
The Death Dance, Strindberg's latest
play, will be represented on the Berlin
stage next winter.
A number of tobacco raisers at Rinka-
by organized themselves into co-opera-
tive company to take better care of their
products At their storehouse they be-
! gan to make cigars on small scale as
| an experiment. and this departure soon
proved such success that the company
has decided to establish regular cigar
factory, at a cost of $4,000
The armored cruiser &c" was launched
at Malmo Nov. 7. in the presence of the
crown prince.
The police court Of Gothenburg fined S.
Mally. barber, 1910 for shaving a man
| on Sunday. The Gotta court as we'll as
the King have reversed the decision.
Shaving, therefore, is permitted on Sun
day.
Eighty-three numbering firms in Norr--
land and Dalarne have signed an agree
| ment to reduce their cut by S,629,62 logs
next winter. Their aggregate cut last
winter being 26,61O, 43O, the reduction will
be almost one-third. Those eithty-three
firms represent about three-fourths of the
numbering Industry of northern Sweden
Eleven firms in southern Sweden that cut
z,41.OOO logs last winter have agreed on a
| reduction of IS per cent. and the lumber
mems union of Finland will cut only s.
per cent of last winters output This
wholesale reduction is expected to stimu-
late the prices of lumber very materially,
The Stenbock statue at Helsingborg will
| not be unveiled until Dec. 8. The crown
prince has declared that he cannot at
tend the ceremonies.
The board of aldermen of Kristianstad
has proposed that the city take up loan
of $5OO,OO0, most of which amount shall
be used for refunding old debts, and for
putting up new public school building.
Norrkoping has had a milk war; The
milkmen raised the price to 31a cents a
quart. But the city people held a mass
meeting, which was attended by 1900 peo-
pie, and resolved to boycott the milk
men until they would sell milk at ~
cents a quart. The milkmen took the
hint and proposed to split the difference,
Offering to sell unskimmed milk at cents
a quart.
The city Of Boden has no noted park
But large number Of citizens of both
sexes and all ages have just spent two
days clearing the ground at "Klappen,
just outside the city, and If this practice
is continued for few years the COM
munity will have a fine park practically
without any cash outlay
A score of shipowners in Helsingborg
have memorialzed the king in favor of
abolishing the law providing that ships
bought or ordered abroad shall not f1v
the Swedish colors until they have been
taken to a Swedish port for registrat ton
This trip to Sweden costs so much that
many ships owned by Swedes are f1yiug
the colors of some other country in or
der to save a few hundred dollars The
memorial mentions Swedish shipowner
residing in China who controls about
twenty ships. and all Of them sail under
British colors as matter Of economy.
The Gustaf Adolf society of Lund cele-
brated the anniversary of the death of
King Gustaf Adolf, Nov. 6, by services in
All Saints Church. The annual meeting
of the society was held on the same &C.
casion, Bishop Billing occupying the
chair. The society had contributed $500 to
the support of Lutheran congregations in
Catholic countries.
The trains on the Hor and Horley rail-
way make a speed of about Is English
miles an hour. This is a record breaker
at the ragged end of the scale.
The public authorities are endeavorins
to minimize the operations of a Russian
warship at GLAND. but the government is
making thorough investigation of the
matter. One of the officers of the ship