Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28

King Oscar has granted permission -
one officer In the Roumanian army ana
anotherSin the army of Holland to atto,d
q series of field maneuvers In sontb SUE
den next fall. 81 s.s 81 J155$ 80 -
interesting news has been rece,ve,
from Gammal-svenskby { (Old Soldiers,
town. IN southern Russia. Christof Hoaa
.he% venerable schoolmasters Of the tso.
latea swedish town, has made a trim tn
s-..s,ei: sourg with petition from his
9Weuish townsmen to the car Of ali tho
s4ans. me petition was addressed to
nc car, but Mr.. Hoas handed IT to
uuuoerz' member of the imperial
plNy council. whose duty it is to bring
.ne matter before the czar. The docu-
rN asks his majesty to assist the
o"eoes IN their unfavorable situation by
eeoVerlng to them all the lands granted
~ tnem by Empress Catharine II. in a
uh Ease OF 17S1, which ukase is still pre-
served by Gammal-Svenskby. The grant
VI SAID ukase covers 50, 400 acres of land.
Out the Swedes have been. defrauded; of
ewo-thlrds of this by German colonists
inree different German colonies, or
la'her gangs OF gypsies. passed through
TIE iocahty ABOUT one hundred years ago
On tne1r way to the steppes of the PROV
ince OF Saratow, to which region EMPRESS
Natnarlne IL. had invited German col
on1sts to settle by ukase of Julv o.
1853. But the Germans were so DELIGHTED
with the country around Gammal-Syen-
skby that they simply settled for good ON
the fertile fields Of the Swedes and huilt
three village. which stil are in a pros
porous condition. 1t IS evident that 1t
Will take long time before this petition
Is answered.
... DENMARK.
Fhe althing, Qegislature) of Iceland con-
Vened to a regular session July /, The
Revisionfsts, headed by DR.. ". Gud-
mundsson, had a majority Of two votes.
one member of the other party was abb
sent on account of sickness, so that the
majority of the Revisionists is really
only one vote. The Revisionists demand
the establishment of special Icelandic
ministry at Copenhagen and the increase
of the membership of the althing from
Sc to 40. But the most important meas
ure proposed by the Revisionists is one
embodying change in the composition Of
the upper house of the althing. This
body has u members, of whom are ap-
pointed by the king and 6 elected by the
people. 1t is evident that the s appointed
by the king are in a position to block
all legislation. The Revisionists now pro-
pose that the membership of the upper
house be raised to IA, six of whom shall
be appointed by the king and eight elect
ed by the people. The most important pro-
position presented to the althing by the
government Is one which provides for
the establishment of a hospital for the
whole island. 1t is admitted that such
an institution is an absolute necessity.
One clause provides that the general gov
eminent Of Iceland shall contribute $2,-
600 and the city of Reykjavik 81, $50 to the
building fund.-
The conversation became so animated
and loud that many short addresses were
heard only by those sitting close to the
speakers. 1t even happened that toasts
were proposed in different parts of the
room at the same time. The serious part
of the program had not been reached
when the above information was sent
out.
Christian Moller, the aged leader Of
religious party called Bornholmerne,
has published a book in which he main
tains the literal inspiration of the Bible
Bech Olsen, the strong Dane appeared
in a wrestling match at Malmo, Sweden.
Three men were ready for the tustle, but
the Dane with the bulls neck finished
all of them in the course of fifteen min
utes.
Carl Salomonsen, an authority on bac-
teriology, thinks DR.. Koch of Berlin.
made a mistake when he stated that tu-
berculosis cannot be transferred from ami
mails into the human body.
Enevold Sorenson. the minister of the
interior, is very seriously i'll, his temper
allure having been lowering in the neigh
borhood .1o4 degrees Fahrenheit Hor-
up, the minister Of public traffic, is also
indisposed, and he cannot walk out-of-
doors without using two canes.
No clergyman of1iciated at the funeral
of Antonette Amalie Petersen, q men,
Der OF the executive committee of the
Womens Trades Union of Copenhagen,
Nielsen, spoke at the grave, paying a
touching tribute to the memory of the
departed. This is said to be the first
eral sermon in Denmark.
The Danes of South Upland are in a
pleasant mood because Won Roller. gov
ernor of Schleswig-Holstein, has been ap-
pointed to a similar position in Alsace-
Lorraine.
About $50 Danish journalists held a con-
vention at Aarhus. The city was large
ly dressed in flags and bunting. Not even
the hotel keepers charged anything for
dining and wining and lodging the
guests. The citizens of Aarhus gave a
swell banquet to them in a tent made
for the purpose out of corrugated iron
plates. An eye witness says: 1.-THE food
was exquisite, wine flowed in streams,
and the ladies were as lovely az they
were beautiful"
Rev. Wilhelm Beck, the leader of the
Inner Mission people, is very i'll. He Is
conscious only part Of the time, and the
action of his heart is feeble. Public
prayer was offered for his recovery at
a great Inner Mission gathering in Cop
enhagen.