Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-09
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Pelncipal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
DENMARK.

DENMARK.
The immense masses of ice which
were piled up along the northeast
coast OF Iceland few weeks ago have
been blown away by south winds, and
the steamer Mjolner touched at all
landing places except Ostfjord.
The largest cargo of coal ever i'm
ported to Denmark was unloaded at
the free harbor at Copenhagen this
spring. 1t was Canada coal and con-
tanned $500 tons. The Canadians are
underselling the English.
The latest papers from Denmark
state that the king is not in favor of
postponing the ratification of the
treaty by which the DANISH West IN
dies are to be sold to- the United
States. The crown prince was ex-
pected to come home May 26, and he
may possibly persuade the old king
to yield to his cabinet. If the king
persists in his opposition the Deunt-
ger cabinet may have to resign.
The merchants of :Aalborg have no.
titled their clerks and messengers
that they must either withdraw from
their union or quit work. The execu-
tive committee has requested the en-
ployers to tell what wrong the union
has done, and the union will not act
upon the matter until an answer has
been received.
1t will no doubt be news to most of
our readers to hear that there is a
veritable dogs cemetery in Copen-
hagen. 1t is located on Osterbro
Gade, near Classens Gade, only two
minutes walk from the Cemetery of
the Carlson And it is not a mere
ground for dumping and burying the
carcasses of dead dogs. On many of
the graves may be seen beautiful
marble plates with inscriptions of
gold, the wording of which reminds
us of those seen on stones marking
the resting place of the dust of i'm
mortals. The following are fair sam
pies: ''Sleep sweetly, my own dear,
faithful Vaps." ''Thank you for your
faithfulness during your long life"
In most cases only the name of the
departed canine is given. Very many
of the graves are kept clear of weeds,
and on some are planted begonias,
geraniums, forget-me-nots and other
flowers.
The Alhambra will be the name of
a new theater which is to be built
close to the statue of liberty in Copen-
hagen. \ restaurant is to be oper-
ated in connection with the theater
by Bech-Olsen, the worlds champion
wrestler.
About one hundred Danish students
are making preparations for an expe-
dition on foot through some of the
most beautiful valleys of western
Norway. The outfit comprises tents
for camping every night. The trip
will begin July 10 and close Aug. 8.
The crown prince of Denmark was
50 years old June 3.
The English government ordered
number of mattresses for the war
from Baroness Dahlerup. The tele-
graphic order called for length of
is feet. The baroness hesitated a
while, but sent $500 worth of IS foot
mattresses. It is said the soldiers in
South Africa quit fighting when they
glanced at the big mattresses from
the small country. But the enormity
of the length of the mattresses was
due to blunder on the part of the
English, and Baroness Dahlerup re-
ceived her $500 and the title of ':Pur-
veyer of Mattresses to the Court"
SWEDEN.
HI. Nordin of Upsala wrote a thesis
for the purpose of being appointed to
lectureship in the theological facul-
ty of the university. The subject of
the thesis is, THE Morals and Con-
dftions of the Jews at the Time OF
Jesus with Regard to the Sexual Re-
lations." The scope of the work,
however, is far greater than the title
indicates. The author has covered
the Old Testament completely and
has made numerous references to the
classic and Talmud literatures, and
the whole subject has been handled
in such a way that the censors have
refused to consider the thesis. This
refusal will no doubt stimulate the
sale of the book.
The Swedish papers are devoting
columns to a Chicagoan named Nc
Donnell, who claims that he is going
to save Andree and his followers. Nc
Donnells geography is rich in new
information. The earth, he says, is
hollow, and at the North Pole is an
opening into it's cavity. That is where
Andree and his men disappeared. Nc
Donnel holds that they are having a
nice time. But he is afraid that they
are homesick, and so he will take a
few balloons and go there late in the
summer and bring .the missing men
back to their friends.
n. E. Erici of Lund will be permit
ted to enter the ministry of the state
church of Sweden though he is only
twenty-five years old.
An international signal station was
opened at Helsingborg June first. The
station will give out signals only
during the day and only to vessels
passing closer to the Swedish than to
the Danish shore. The information
thus furnished will be limited to what
may be of Importance to navigation.
Prince Engen is stopping in Ma
drid. A Madrid daily recently con-
tanned an article on his merits as a
painter.
It is limited in different quarters
that the Otter cabinet has no busi-
ness to remain after its signal failure
to draw up suffrage bill that could