Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-16

No less than $50 men were tl!s-
charged in a lump at Malmberget.
The reason given for their discharge
was, that they had complained of a
reduction of ten per cent of their
wages. Many of them were elderly
men and heads of families.
A number of magnificent pine trees
recently cut at Armanbo, SaIa parish,
were found to date from the days of
King Gustaf Adolf, who died in 1852.
Most of the trees were sound to the
core.
The Good Tcmplars of northern
Sweden and northern Norway are
making arrangements for grand in
ternational rally next summer at Stor-
lien, point near the boundary line.
on the Merakcr and Sundvall rail-
way.
The Catholic congregation Of Malmo
was not permitted to own a parcel
Of ground which Count Bernard Stol-
berg wished to donate to the congrc-
CATION, because the king declined to
endorse the transfer Of the property.
But where there is a will there is a
way. Some leading Catholics have de-
cided to organize a private corpora
ton to which the property may be
transferred.
Baron Bildt, according to a Norwc-
gian newspaper, is going to take his
seat in the Swedish academy June 20.
The subject Of his address on that oc-
casion will be, 1.-THE Life of President
Hans Forsell," his predecessor.
NORWAY.
The representatives of Norway at
the st. Petersburg fisheries exposi-
ton complain that they were snubbcd
by Count Gyldenstolpe, the ambassa-
dor of Norway and Swedcnt, when the
imperial court paid a visit to the Nor
wegian department.. When the arrival
of the emperor was announced tho
Norwegians made every preparation
for an introduction; but Count CYL
dcnstolpe hurriedly conducted the i'm
perial party through the department
without giving them a chance to stop
long enough to be introduced to the
Norwegians. Afterwards the ambas-
sador took pains to please the Nor
wegians, but the matter will no doubt
be referred to the Swedish minister
of foreign affairs.
n boat manned by eight fishermen
from Lille Sando was upset by huge
wave, and one of the men disappeared
ut Hhr @{1 ~
keel of the boat and began desper-
ate battle for life. When one of them
was no longer able to retain his hold
with his own hands his son took his
coat-collar between his teeth and held
him that way until life had fed from
his body. Only at the most urgent
solicitations did the son relinquish his
hold and let his fathers deau body
sink into the sea. Four of the men
were thrown upon a small island, but
before they were rescued one more
expired.
Mr.. Sahlberg. lawyer who was ac-
cused of having offered the Russian
government his services as Il spy, has
explained that his object in writing to
the Russian foreign department was
to obtain Il position in the Russian
government even if he had to become
Il Russian subject. His efforts failed
because he could not master the Rus
sian language.
The Norwegian I. o. G. 7. cele-
brated the twenty-tifth anniversary OF
it's organization by great rally at
Porsgrund. The first Norwegian lodge
was organized at said place March S,
1877. At present there are 400 lodges
in Norway, and they have total
membership of $4,000.
Sven .\arrestad, the president of the
Norwegian total abstinence society,
has been censured by the government
because he had criticized the habit Of
using liquor in the navy.
A steamer recently brought 10000
Goldfish from Sycndborg, Denmark, to
Kristiania. One-half of them froze to
death on the way.
In skating match between Nor
wegians and Firms at Helsingfors the
former came out eleven points ahead
Of the latter.
David Knutlsen, l@ristiania play
wright, appeared in Bergen's theater
and played his part SO we'll, we arc
told, that several spectators tainted"
The story about Russian saw-filer
who was recognized by Il lady at
Kongsvinger seems to have no founda-
ton in facts.
Nordstjernen hotel, Namsos, was
completely burnt down in the night.
The inmates barely escaped with their
lives. The insurance OH the property
is $4,000.
The government must have little
faith in the Norwegian iron manu-
facturers, for it has placed certain
orders with German firms that could
have been filled by home factories for
100000 less than the amount paid to
the Germans. Such fnanciering as
this does not make the present cab
met popular with the masses.
''Nordlands Trompet." Peter Dass,
the author of Nordland's Trumpet,
collection of exceedingly popular
poems, will soon be honored by IA
monument. A committee of twelve
men have been appointed to raise the
necessary funds, and an address
signed by eighty prominent citizens
will soon be published, asking for a
national subscri ption.
Both branches of the storthing have
voted in favor of granting women the
right to serve as jurors and judges.
Verdens Gang says: 1.-THE Germans
are yelling about the suppression of