Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-04

es could not be covered. Last year
an English syndicate which employs
a secret method of preparing the
guano bought the plant and is rum
ming it at a profit. About $50 hands
are employed most of the year. The
rates paid for the raw materials are
as follows: Goldfish heads, 10 cents a
hundred; Goldfish backs, Is cents
hundred; and 10 cents for the entrails
OF one hundred Goldfish. The guano
produced is a dry, absolutely odor-
less powder, and contains as much as
l2N per cent ammonia and 26H per
cent phosphoric acid.
SWEDEN.
1t has already been mentioned in
these columns that the Social Demo-
cratic congress which was in session
in Stockholm April 10, passed a reso-
luton pledging the Swedish working-
men to go on a national strike as 4
means of compelling the riksdag to
grant the voting franchise to all
grown men. Mr.. Thomson of Ystad,
one OF those who addressed the i'm
mense gatherings, said in part: 1--WE
have passed a resolution which will
cause disagreement. Some of us will
think it is too tame, while others will
lind it too daring. But we have pass
Ed 1T after mature considerations We
believe that it's aims can be achieved,
and we shall be lieve so after we have
slept over it a few nights. Now, this
question will confront every one of
US: Are you a man, or are you a
hare? If you answer the first qucs-
ton in the affirmative we must en-
Ploy what remains of the strength
which the capitalistic society at
tempted to suck out of lis. The result
may be, that some workingmen have
to battle in their own blood; but it
is a holy war that we are going to
wage.'
The Gymnase Ling, Paris athletic
club for the practice of Swedish gym
nastics, has organized society for
the revival and introduction of old
fashioned Swedish dances. The club
is holding weekly gatherings for
practice, instruction being given by
lady members of the Scandinavian
colony. After a while the members
may procure old-fashioned Scandina-
Wan costumes and give public exhibi-
tlons in the heart of gay Paree.
Sr. Cedergren, manager of the Gen.
eral Telephone Company of Sweden,
has been requested to make an in
qulry into the Danish telephone sys-
tenn and to propose reforms that he
may deem advisable Under his man
agement the expenses of the Swedish
| company have been reduced to about
eight dollars per phone, while the ex-
penses of the Danish system aggre-
gate sixteen dollars per phone. The
Danes are asking the question, What's
the trouble with our system? Mr..
Cedergren is expected to answer that
question.
Just as boy living near Visby re-
turned from town with some medi.
cine in his overcoat pocket a flame
was seen rising from the pocket. Up
on investigation it was found that the
medicine consisted of a bag of car
donated potash and bottle of tur.
pentine. The cork had dropped out OF
the bottle, and when the two sub
stances came in contact with each
other they gave rise to spontaneous
combustion.
A boy in Landskrona fell from a
window in the fourth story of a
building down on the roof of one.
story building, and from this to the
ground. Though his shrill screams
proved that he was alive when he
struck the ground, the spark of life
was expected to flee from him at any
moment. But the kid that did not die
was this very boy. In fact he receiv-
ed only few light scratches.
In northern Skane good farm
hand commands from SIS to $1OO q
| year and board. For the summer sea.
son alone the wages are about $50.
| Many Swedish farmers who former
ly kept cattle of some noted foreign
breed have found that the old Swe.
ish stock is superior in some re.
spects, and the small farmers Of
northern Skane, who were too slow
to procure high breeds, have unex.
pectedly found a good market fo1
| what used to be looked upon as scrub
stock.
The building over the Boserup coal
mine was totally destroyed by fire
the other day. Several shafts leading
| down into the mine itself, the so min.
ers found no difficulty in saving their
lives.
Representatives from seventeen oil
the leading Scandinavian life insur
| ance associations will hold confer.
! ence in Stockholm June 1912. The
most important business to come be.
fore the conference will be the con.
| sideration of reports on undesirable
risks and on Scandinavian mortality
| statistics.
Prince Gustaf Adolf and Prince
Engen left Sweden April 20, the for.
mer going to Karlsruhe, the latter tc
Madrid. ~
The steamer Ariosto recently LEFT
Gothenburg with LAP emigrants who
| were bound for America.
A protracted strike at Ludwig Ros
sells car shops in Arlof was respon'
sible for a loss of $4,000 last year.
Premier Won Otter presided at thu
meetings of the cabinet during the
absence of the king in France, the
crown prince in Norway and the
Duke of Vestergotland in Germany
Crown Princess Victoria arrived al
Karlsruhe April 18. Her health hai
improved during her stay in Italy.
A fresh impetus was given to thu
advancement of the home industrie.