Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-09

~ oAASh as ever. LII the course OF a
lew days one paper has been sup
pressed for good, five have been sus-
pended for limited periods, and five
have received warning.
The agricultural bank of Helsine-
TORS failed year ago. \ statement
Issued by the receivers show that the
losses were startling. Not only the
capital stock and reserve fund of
almost one million dollars, but also
sl,5oO,0Oo of deposits was lost.
DENMARK.
The population Of the Farce islands
increased from 1885 to 1920 in ten
years. The seaport town of Thors-
havn has 1856 inha bitants
Admiral Richelieu, commander-in-
chief of the navy of Siam, will return
10 Denmark after service of - years
III Siam.
During discussion of the budget
OF expenses in the rigsdag it was
stated that the total income of the
Danish people was not more than
100000 for the year 1900. This
would be an average of about $34O
for every head of a family.
\ Henry George society has been
organized in Copenhagen. The aim
OF the society is to discuss single tax
and other reforms advocated by Hen
~ George.
The first number of Damernes Blad
(The Ladies' JournaD is out. It is
edited by Miss Valborg Anderson,
and she has made a promising begin
ming.
Plaice Or startish, which shall it be?
1t is stated in the Danish Biological
Lexicon that the sea is full Of starfiSh
at the entrance to Limfjor For
years past fishermen have been won
tering why plaice are SO scarce in
Iimfjord and neighboring waters
Now a certain connection between the
two is said to have been ascertained.
The starfsh and the plaice consume
to large extent the same kinds of
food. But as the startish are the hard
Ter OF the two, not to mention the fact
that man does not pursue them, the
plaice are worsted in the struggle
The fishermen are already contem-
plating the destruction of the startish
us an indirect way of encouraging
the growth of plaics and other edible
1ish. Startish have been caught in
large quantities but thrown out again
alive but henceforth they will surely
be killed if caught. \ careful chemi-
cal analysis of the starfish indicate
that they are worth about forty cents
per one hundred pounds as manure,
and this fact may make the warfare
against them the more aggressive.
II. G. Wiwel has written a Danish
grammar from which this modern
megatherium of a word was
picked: acknowledgements
saetninger. 1t means only. Compare
tive Clauses. After all, the beast is
not SO dangerous at it looks.
Frau Helene Won Mecklenburg, the
German lady who owns and runs the
Lung estate, Ostergotland, is again
receiving public attention on account
of her quaint methods of dealing with
men. 1t is an established fact that
this worthy lady can never keep her
servants for any length OF time. But
as soon as one set of men leave her
in disgust an advertisement in some
German newspaper will invariably
bring a fresh lot of men from her
great Fatherland. On four different
occasions her servants. upon leaving
her service, have been so destitute
that the local authorities, from hui
manitarian considerations, have paid
their travelling expenses to Germany.
In each case the local authorities have
sent in a bill to the national govern
ment at Stockholm. and have had the
money regularly refunded. But now
the patience of the government seems
to be well nigh exhausted, and the
king has been asked whether it would
he unreasonable to ask Frau Won
Mecklenburg to reimburse the govern
ment. To say that the local author
tiles as well as the old lady's neigh |
bors are tired of her business methods |
is to put it mildly. and they are
keenly interested in the stand which
the king will have to take in the mat
ter.
Fosterlandska Forbundet The Pa
triotic League) of Stockholm has pub
ished pamphlet the aim of which |
seems to be to deter the riksdag from |
extending the voting franchise.
The new temperance hotel at Malmo !
will be opened for business in few |
days. It has 40 private rooms and 60 |
beds. The servants will not be per- I
mitted to receive tips from the Gus
toners.
The railway department has or
dered $4,000 tons of coal for the gov
eminent railways. The prices run
from IA to 10 shillings ton.
The latest version of the story of |
the absorption of the Gellivare min
ing company by the American steel
trust may be put thus: The Inter-
national Iron Ore Syndicate was in
corporated in London, Feb. 20, with a |
capital stock of $4,000! This amount |
is mere trifle compared with the |
value of the property involved. As a !
matter of fact the government is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the
property as if nothing had happened.
Chief Magistrate Dickson, on the
very day of his appointment to his /
new position, lost one of his decora-
tions Of honor on the streets of |
Stockholm. But in few minutes a |
policeman handed it to him, and the |
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