Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-13
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND,
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past.

In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
FINLAND.
Won Plehwe, the secretary of state of
Finland. sent special messenger from
st. Petersburg to Helsingfors to order
the keeper of the national archives of
Finland to deliver all the records of the
Borga landtdag without delay. in order
that they might be transferred to the
national archives of Russia Mr. Han
sen, the keeper Of the Finnish archives.
declined to obey the order until the sem
ate of Finland has acted on the matter.
The action Of the senate is looked for
ward to with great interest
"A last greeting with Finnish postage"
is the sad information recorded on postal
cards sent from Finland. 'Suomi-Fin-
land' Is printed above Finnish flags on
the message side of the cards, and on the
address side souvenir Cards. appears
instead of the usual words Postal
Cards."
Rev. A. M. Jensen. who was dis
charged by the ecclesiastical department
as pastor of the Harboore congregation
on account of his liberal religious views,
has explained his position in book
which appears in the form of twelve
'every-day sermons" The scramble for
the book is so great that its second edi-
ton is almost exhausted. The essence of
Rev. Jensen's religion may be expressed
In few words: Believe in God as your
father, and love your fellow men. But
one must have an unscathed conscience
In order to dare to trust in God. Rev.
Jensen denounces the doctrine of an ever
lasting hell.
A burglars league has been operat-
ing in Copenhagen and some other cities.
They have burglarized some two hundred
houses, but have obtained only about ST.
700 in cash or goods.
Most of the members of the rgsdag are
in favor of raising the salaries of the
public functionaries of the state on ac-
count of the increase in the prices of the
necessaries of life.
The city council of Copenhagen is in
favor of establishing public baths in Saxo
street. There will be IA bath rooms for
men and 6 FOR women. The second floor
of the building will be used for school
kitchen. The establishment will cost
over $4,000.
A general census was taken Feb. 1, the
one hundredth anniversary of the census
which introduced the nineteenth century.
A national society for the combating
of tuberculosis has been organized. and
people Of the different classes are inter-
ested in the movement.
SWEDEN.
When a funeral procession arrived at
the grave in Landskrona the assistant
pastor, Rev. Nystrcm, declined to off,
ciate. claiming that the death certificate
had not been received at his Office. The
widowed husband of the deceased, who
was an old gentleman, assured the pastor
that the certificate had been properly de-
livered, but the latter could not be pre-
vailed Upon to permit the lowering of
the coffin into the grave. The old gentle
man was compelled to go to the parson-
age and hunt up the particular man to
whom he had handed the certificate.
This took him about an hour, and when
he returned and verified his assertions
about the death certificate the minister
at last performed his duties.
A number Of farmers in the neighbour
hood of Simrishamn are making prepara-
tons for beginning to raise tobacco on a
small scale next summer. An expert to-
bacco planter from Aims has been en-
gagged to teach them how to raise this
plant, the systematic cultivation of
which is expected to bring them hand
to
Ostgota Correspondence scores the
first chamber of the riksdag for its ten
dency to be inconsistent. That body may
vote for the army reorganization bill. but
it may also fail to make the law effective
by refusing to raise the necessary funds
in the only manner in which they may be
obtained. namely, by increasing the taxes
of the substantial and well-to-do citi-
zens.
The police department Ct the city IF
Malmo proposes that licenses for the sale
of the milder kinds of liquor be granted
to Al different parties. Twelve of the
establishments shall dispose of wines.
thirty-four shall dispose of malt drinks
and one shall handle only small beer and
so-called Good Templar ale These estab-
lishments have nothing to do with the
"bolag" saloons. where distilled liquors
are sold under certain restrictions.
large shoe peg factory at Lands
krona was destroyed by fire a number
of years ago. The property was insured
for $4,000. but a technical flaw was dis
covered in the insurance policy and after
protracted fight through the courts the
policy has been declared null and void.
The size of the fortune left by the late
Archbishop Sundberg is again aired in
the press. The exact valuation put upon
1t by the executors was $267, S3S. 4S, but
this Is very low estimate and some
authorities put the amount as high as
$4OO, 900.
The real estate owners of Helsingbore
have forwarded a memorial to the tele-
graph department in regard to the prac-
tice OF stringing telephone wires on
frames erected on the roofs of private
houses. The memorial asserts that the
wires will no longer be tolerated unless
the HORSEPOWER receives $6.75 year for
five or any smaller number of wires
strung to his house. and 81 cents a year
for every wire above and beyond five.
Stockholm has followed in the wake of
Copenhagen by Offering small bounty
for every rat killed. Many little MIN.
rod In the bud is awaiting himself of this
opportunity Of combining business with
sport. This bounty has also whetted the
Inventive geniuses of the Swedish capital.
and the result is the boss rat trap of tho
world. 1t Is made in this wise: Pour
water into an open bowl until 1t Is half
full; cover the water completely with i
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