Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-26
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
b Ocean.
HAPPENINGS Pc IN THE FA1HERLABD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
1n$the Old Countries About the
g. North Sea Within Week
p or So Just Past.

h 1nsthe Old Countries About the
Is- II North Sea within a Week
or So Just Past.
Since the liberals. or leftists, came
into power their allies, the social
democrats, are manifesting various
tokens of discomfort. Nor does the
dominant party seem to care much for
the perpetuation of the fusion. A
short while ago the leading organ of
the leftists contained an editorial
which Socialdemokraten interpreted
as a remuneration of the fusion. This
editorial contained the following ut
terances: 1.-THE dividing line between
the rightists and the leftists in the
cities has become obsolete and, there
fore, prone to decay. Properly speak
ing, there are only two parties, name
~, citizens who comprise the rightists
and the leftists, and the social demo-
Gratis" And Socioldemokraten says:
FINALLY that situation which we so
often have predicted seems to be ap-
preaching, namely, that there will be
two camps in our future politics; in
one camp will be the social democrats
and in the other all the rest"
Sophus Hogsbro, noted politician,
died at the age Of 70 years. He en-
tered the folkething in 1853 and was
president of that body for many
years.
A committee has been appointed in
Copenhagen for the purpose of rails
ing money for opening seamen's
homes in number of seaports where
there are no such institutions.
There are 1,O56 cooperative dairies
in Denmark. They consumed 49,, OOO,-
600 gallons of milk in 1901, and the
14o,ooo,ooo pounds Of butter produced
was sold for about $36,0oo,oo0.
The National Egg Packing and Ex-
porting Association of Denmark is
made up Of $50 local unions, which
have a total membership of 10000.
The export of eggs last year was A.
100000 pounds, for which the mem
bers received about $1,5OO,OOO. The
association, which is strictly cooper
alive, is running seven egg packing
houses.
The grangers' cooperative unions
OF Denmark exported eggs, pork and
butter for $4s,3oo,0o0 in 1901.
A monument will no doubt be
raised in memory of the late Tietgen,
the greatest business genius of Dem
mark.
The car of Russia has honored
Burmeister &, Vain, the great iron
manufacturers, with the title of ''Pur-
veyors to the Court of the Emperor of
Russia"
"A Kristiania servant girl received a
letter containing 5000 from America.
She did not expect any money, nor
was the name of the writer familiar
to her. But she thought. the money
might have been sent by a young
Swede who few years ago told her
he would go to America. The address
Tailed exactly with her own name.
and she began to use the money the
best she knew. All of sudden it
was demonstrated that the money was
intended for another girl, and the
mistaken girl had to appear in court.
The case was dismissed, however. on
the ground that the mistake had been
made in good faith.
The Kristiana home for idle men
and women sometimes employed as
many as 100 men day last year. The
expenses of the institution were about
$4,000, and the gifts from philan-
thropic people were over $4,000. The
steam kitchen of the home served TO-
600 meals and lunches, all of which
were paid for by work. The average
number OF people stopping over night
was 40. just at present large guam
tity of sawed and split wood is unsold.
The home has a shop in which tailors,
shoemakers, saddle makers and car
penters are employed, and the fin
ished products are sold in store on
the premises.
A sailing vessel bound for England
kept cruising in the North sea for
about q month on account of being
unable to affect landing at the place
of destination. 1t was supposed to be
lost when it suddenly appeared off
Mandal, Norway, after having been
close up to the coast of England
twice.
The electric railway in Trondhjem
was a financial success from the very
start. The estimated receipts were
about cents per kilometer Travelled
NV hut khn ~
for the first month were almost 10
cents a day per kilometcr. The plant
is giving daily surplus of about $40.
The odelsthing has passed bill
which aims at decreasing cruelty to
animals. The new measure also abol-
ishes the exception hitherto made in
favor of vivisection. Hcnceforth only
the king, in council, can give per-
mission for scientific experiments on
animals. t.5f.
It is not true that the American
steel trust has acquired control of the
Cumberland iron range through the
Edison syndicate, which bought the
Cumberland syndicate fields. ~ d
~ Prof C. M. Guldberg is dead. He
wrote several text books on mathe-
mates, and he enriched the science of
chemistry by establishing the fact
that chemical forces can be calculated
fundamentally. 1. ~. b ri.
Bergens Tidende. in lengthy edi-
torial, peremptorily demands the res
ignation Of Premier Steen because he
IS no longer able to fill his position in