Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-06-11
SCANDINAVIAN: NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
DENMARK.

or So Just Past.
The associated labor unions have re-
solved to close the strike; but the
shipowners' union still persists in re-
fusing to employ union men.
q. Bolwig, a Danish missionary,
has just returned from China to Den
mark. He travelled by rail the whole
distance, and it took him % days
from Port Arthur to Copenhagen.
The railway fare was only $500, and
he paid out $21.S7 Tor food and drink
on the way. His total expenses for
the journey were $110.70.
FINLAND.
A street row in Helsingfors gave
rise to a movement which may be of
far reaching Importance. The dis
turbance does not seem to have been
serious at the start. But before the
Cossacks were through with the
welding. of their sabers number of
citizens were wounded and many ar
rests were made. Three days later
private parties opened a private office
for hearing voluntary testimony re-
lating to the disturbance and it's Sc
quel. Some lawyer was always at the
office to receive written or oral testi-
mony. No less than seventy witness
es appeared at the office during the
first two days after its opening. On
April 22nd the city council resolved
to organize a voluntary ''protective
league" under the command of Mayor
and Chief of Police Gilman.
NORWAY.
For months past the Swedish work
ingmen have been talking about in
augurating a national strike as the
only means of compelling the riksdag
to pass a suffrage reform bill that
will satisfy the workingmen. Tens Of
thousands of Swedish workingmen
have attended public rallies in order
to show that they are anxious to ac-
quire political suffrage. The move
ment finally became SO extensive and
vigorous that the Norwegian work
ingmen took up the matter for dis
cussion, and their labor unions have
passed resolutions IN favor OF offer
ing financial aid to the Swedish work
ingmen in case they decide to inaugu-
rate the proposed national strike.
The communal government of Val
lie, Satersdalen, passed set of regu-
lations for checking forest fires. In
order to have legal force such regu-
lations must be approved by the king,
and they were forwarded to the gov
eminent. But as they were written
in the Satersdalen dialect, they were
returned with the instructions that
the government could not approve the
document until it was accompanied
by a Norwegian-Danis version which
had been approved by the authorities
that had passed the original. The
Vale people refused to go to this
trouble, and now it remains to be
seen who will beat in this game be-
tween the national government and
commune.
The annual meeting of the iron
and metal workers. union will take
place next month. \ number of men,
bers are in favor of aiding unem-
ployed members in novel way. They
hold that it is better to see that the
unemployed leave the country for
good than to keep on doing out aid
to them, and a motion will be made
at the coming meeting that needy,
idle members receive a round lump of
money, say $25 or $50. on condition
that they emigrate with their fami-
lies.
There are from 10000 to 10000 Nor
wegians and Swedes in Copenhagen.
A passenger train running at full
speed struck freight train at Ski
station. The collision was so violent
that both engines and four cars were
smashed. Two other cars were de-
rallied. The passengers escaped with
few scratches and jars.
Siamese Twins in Norway. The
wife of Finn residing at Ofoten, a
few days ago gave birth to two chill
dren, a boy and a girl, who were
grown together at the chest cavity.
The unfortunate twins seem to be do
ing well. 1t is hoped that they may
be separated by means of surgical
operation.
''The Law of Evolution'' A tax
payer in Aker has published bit of
statistics which throws some light on
the general complaint that the taxes
are growing too fast. For several
years he has been assessed on the
basis of an income of 5000 kroner
($s10), and his local taxes were as
follows for the years 1899, 1903 81
kroner; 1900, 1875. "a kroner; 1901,
1874 II kroner; 1902, 21o.6O kroner.
It will be seen that this is an increase
of more than 100 per cent in four
years.
~Skredvig's painting "A Poem about
DEATH" will not be placed in Our
Saviour's church, Kristiania.
The number of persons that applied
for work through the Kristiania pub
lie employment bureau during April
was LOO, or 100 more than in March.
The demand called for only minor
ity of them. This tends to explain
why so many people leave the coun-
try.
When Minister of State Blehr left
Stockholm to take charge of his du-
ties as Norwegian premier at Kris
tiania, Premier Won Otter of Sweden
gave farewell dinner to the depart
ing Norwegians. Only about thirty
persons, all of them of high rank,
were invited to the function.
The government will dose about
$4,000 on the operation of the Kongs-
berg silver mine for the current year.