Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-24

excavations at Sala. He found three
tombs. Two Of the collins were made out
Of solid oak logs. One of the corpses had
a chicken at its feet. on which the de-
ceased was to feed after death. Prof
Almgren is to draw an exact map Of the
excavations and take photographs of the
relics found there.
The merchants union petitioned the
government for permission to test i'm
ported goods at the custom house before
the import duty was paid but the peti-
ton was not granted.
Teh attendance at the GeAe exnosit,on
is increasing, and the. financial success
OF the enterprise is assured.
1t Is proposed to establish a whiskey
dlstlllery In the neighborhood of Kingston
king Lake,. most probably at Horny.
sugar beets will be used as raw material.
Marshal Printzskold and Prof Linroth
have been appointed to represent Sweden
at British convention for combating
tunerculous diseases. The convention is
A rat of highly developed acrobatic
propensit1es was seen to pass along a
telephone cable which was stretched
u.
Cloetta Brothers of Malmo have do
mated all the cacao and chocolate which
Prof. Otto Nordenskjold's Attic expedi-
ton will need on the coming trip and
John D. Anderson, OF Malmo, has do
mated all the towels and soap needed.
A painter who wanted to go to Gran
holmen boarded the steamer Victoria at
Stockholm without asking whether the
which was not the case. But the painter,
who was visibly intoxicated, declared in
matter-of-fact way that he was going
to leave the steamer at Granholmen. Just
as Victoria passed the quay he jumped
into the sea. This created great COM
motion on board Victoria 1t was sup
posed that the man had fallen into the
sea accidentally, and the captain stopped
the steamer as quickly as he could The
painter. however, who proved himself to
be fair swimmer. soon reached the
shore. When he was out of the water
he made some disrespectful gestures to
the boat to call attention to the fact that
he did disembark at the place of his
destination after all. A few days later
the painter again boarded the same
steamer at Stockholm. The captain
recognized him, and in order to avoid a
repetition of the former incident he gave
orders to touch at Granholmen, though
this place was not included in the route
of the steamer. Accordingly the steamer
touched at the quay at Grannolmen SOLE
ly for the purpose Of getting rid of the
painter. But when the steamer had made
complete halt the painter raised his
voice and said: mo, thank you, today
l am not going to Granholmen but to
Edlunda."
Col Won Heland who is at the head
of the Jemtland field troops, intended
to give a series of lectures to the soldiers
of Jemtland this summer. In order to
get pointers as to the needs of the
soldiers he propounded three questions to
them:
l. Who is king of Norway?
2. Give the largest city of Sweden, and
the next largest ones.
3. How does it happen that we have
day and night?
To the first question SO per cent of the
militia gave correct answers. the remain
ing seven per cent either thought there
was no such king or did not know who
he is.
To the second question 81 per cent
answered that Stockholm is the largest
city. and the other nine per cent guessed
London, Paris, Sundsvall. etc. Two men
knew of no other city than Ostersund.
Fifty-six per cent mentioned the two
largest cities of Sweden, and 80 per
cent knew the names Of the three larg-
est ones.
To the third question 81 per cent gave
correct answers. Some of the others
answered: In order that people shall
rest In the night and work in the day."
and few fell back on the religious
explanation, that God wills it, One
answer read as follows: because the
sun turns, so that when it is night here
he shines in Stockholm"
DENMARK.
The great railway committee which
has been at work for two and a half
years, has completed it's task The COM
mittee proposes a complete rearrange-
ment of the management of the Danish
railway system. The bookkeeping is to
be greatly simpl1fied so that the clerical
force may be materially reduced, and an
executive committee is to take the place
of the general director. The employees
shall not be allowed to be engaged in any
other business. A majority of the COM
mittee favors higher rates, but the
minority is actively opposing the raise
1t is estimated that the proposed increase
in the rates would amount to s5SO,OOO a
year. 1t is estimated that the expenses
Of the administration may be cut down
about $4,000.
The managers of TivoH, the famous
amusement resort of Copenhagen, pro-
pose to utilize Tivoli Lake in a novel
way. An island is to be constructed in
the middle of the lake. and a large build
ing is to be put up on the island. On
some evening fire is to be started in the
building, firemen are to appear and fight
the flames, but the building collapses and
is utterly devoured by the flames. The
building may be made to represent
KristiansbOrg Slot (castle).
The public has been surprised to learn
that large quantities of gun powder is
stored in Amager, Copenhagen, where an
explosion would do untold damage to
property and human lives. The maya
zines are not even protected by lightning
rods.