Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-05

A Fredrikstad firm has exported q
cargo of brick to Africa.
H. T. Kjar, ship-owner, has con.
tributed $27o towards raising fund
Tor the opening of private hospital
in Drammen
Drammen is exporting tens of thou
sands of tons of wood pulp this fall.
The invalid aid fund received over
100000 from the saloons (samlag)
during the quarter ended Sept. 80.
Norway imports garden vegetables
for about $125,OO a year.
Norway exported 32,155 tons of ice
In September.
According to statistics compiled by
the British department of commerce,
the per capita consumption of
alcohol is smaller in Norway than
In any othe~ civilized country in the
world.
G. Henrichsen, representative of
the national government, has made a
personal inspection of the mineral
lands in Sydvaranger, and he thinks
the veins already discovered contain
100 100000 tons of iron ore. The ore
seems to contain no deleterious min
erals, namely, phosphorus, titan and
sulphur.
The Gravberget forest, Solor, has
been sold to Borregaard for 100000.
Rev. }. N. Brun, a minister in the
state church, recently had temper.
ance lecture in place of editorials in
leading Kristiania daily. He blames
the clergy severely for dom so lit
tie to stem the tide of alcoholism.
The proprietor Of the Lion drug
store in Kristiania has commenced to
sell whiskey as a branch business.
He thinks he is entitled to do this
because majority of the voters of
Sarpsborg could not close the Borre-
gard liquor store, the courts holding
that the right to sell liquor in this
case was inalienable.
The private insurance companies
have raised their rates by rs to so or
even 100 per cent.
Norwegian engineers have been en-
gagged to build public roads in the
Farce islands.
Torstein johnson Eden lost his life
while hunting elks in Selbu, not far
from TrondhJem. He was standing
behind bush, and his companion,
taking HIM for an elk, fired at him,
killing him instantly.
While drayman who lived in
wooden cottage near the city limits
of Kristiania went to the barn in
company with his wife the children
upset burning lamp. The fire spread
with such terrible rapidity that four
smaller children and grown daugh-
ter of railway employe, who lived in
the second story, were unable to get
out, and they were all burned to
death.
The last trip Of DR.. Sven Hedin
through Central Asia lasted from
September, 1899, to May, 1902, and the
distance travelled was 1000 (English)
miles. The maps drawn by DR.. Hedin
of the explored territory cover 1,149
leaves which, if placed alongside each
other, would reach 1000 feet. The
minutest details are marked on the
maps, and the latitude and longitude
were ascertained by astronomical
observations at 113 different places.
The scale of the maps is 1:35,OoO. DR..
Hedin has also made valuable enthno-
graphical, historical, geological, ZOO
logical, archaeological and even re-
igious collections. It will cost $780,
600 to elaborate this material and
bring it within the reach of the gen.
eral public.
The real cause of the explosion
It will be remembered that Captain
Unge's balloon exploded at a height
of more than 5000 feet, but that the
peculiar construction of the balloon
saved the lives of the aeronauts. How
did it happen? The aeronauts, Cap
tain Unge and Engineer Wikander,
handed in separate reports to the
aeronautical society, and the society
passed the following resolution,
unanimously and without discussion:
''Having perused the reports of Cap
tain Unge and Engineer Wikander,
we arrive at the conclusion that the
explosion Of the balloon was due t.
defective maneuvering, the exhaust
valve at the top being closed" It
was further resolved that the society
raise $2,7o0 for repairing the balloon.
for the purchase of a new balloon and
for publishing periodical.
The agricultural department is
contemplating the appointment of ex.
perts to travel through the rural
communities to teach the farmers the
best methods of milking cows. The
proposed move will be no innovation,
the instruction in milking given to
the farmers of Denmark having at
tanned very satisfactory results.
Svenske, Captain Unge's balloon, has
been sent to Hanover, where it was
made, to be repaired. It will be ready
for another ascent next month.
Only one patient has died of con-
sumption at the Osterasen sanitarium
for consumptives, Jemtland, since the
institution was opened; but two of
the employees have contracted tuber-
culous diseases.
A special committee has reported
that the foundation of the Gothen-
burg cathedral is safe and sound. But
the committee recommends that the
condition of the roof be investigated.
The city council of Morstrand has
memorialized the king for permission
to build a free harbor at a cost of
$15o,000 to 100000. =.
Kristina Nilsson Countess Casa de
Miran6a) left Ma1mO Oct m hor