Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-05-28

tc avoid coming together in large
crowds in the streets and public
squares.
About 500 fresh recruits were sum-
moned to report in person to the
military authorities at Helsingfors.
Only So of them put in an appearance,
and they were booted and abused by
the populace. causing tumult which
the police felt called upon to quell.
In the combat which ensued sixteen
civilians and eight Cossacks were in
jured.
DENMARK.
For months past the dock laborers'
union has been negotiating with the
shipowners' association with a view
to the establishment of definite
scale OF wages. But as all efforts
failed there was a general strike on
the part of the employees and retalia-
tory lockout on the part of the en-
ployers. The former have proposed
settlement by arbitration, but the
latter seem to be determined to test
the strength of the dock laborers'
union by a fight to the finish.
a Copenhagen lady was recently
congratulated by her physician on the
occasion of her 95th birthday. But
tell me, please" he added, ''how it
came about that you are so hale and
strong for your age?" "Well, I tell
you, DOCTOR" she answered, II never
took a bath in all my life"
SWEDEN.
Modtidningen of April says: 1--WE
are sorry to say that it looks as though
each one of the different parties in the
riksdag is preparing suffrage bill of
its own, for which 1t is determined to
fight indefinitely. The liberal fusion
party is preparing, bill on the basis
of the existing rules for communal suf-
frage. Nrom the landtmanna party
we may expect two or three bills, all
of them based on different principles;
and from the first chamber we already
have bill providing for general suf-
frage with certain safeguards. If the
different parties in the r1ksdag pursue
the course entered upon, the chances
for a solution of the suffrage problem
by the present riksdag are Slim"
Gustaf Froding, the lyric poet, who
has spent several years at an insane
asylum, is convalescent, and his friends
hope that he will be dismissed from the
asylum as cured in the course of this
year. The equilibrium of his nervous
system has been sufficiently restored
to enable him to keep posted on the
events of our day. 1t is worthy of
note, however, that he spends large
part of his time in studying the differ
cnt books of the Bible.
Colonel Uggla and C. G. Holmerz,
principal of the forestry institute, are
preparing plans for utilizing the forest
W ardens as commanders of the militia
in case of an invasion. The main feat
ure of the plans will be the introduce
ton of military training at the forestry
schools.
The Students Total Abstinence So
ciety of Upsala resolved to organize
the Academical Total Abstinence asso-
citation, and voted down a motion to
join the existing students association,
which includes students of all grades.
The new organization means split in
the students temperance societies.
The brickmakers of Sweden at q
meeting held in Nassjo, resolved to
raise the price of brick 80 cents per
thousand. The yards are almost empty
and the demand is increasing.
Each of the three sanitariums for
consumptives which were built by
means of King Oscars jubilee gift of
$500, 900, has constantly about so male
and so female patients. Fully as
many other men and women have had
their applications for admission &C.
cepted, and they are ready to enter as
soon as there is room for them.
The London Life Saving association
has invited Erik Tiader, an expert
swimmer and leading man in the life
saving service of Sweden, to attend
the coronation of King Edward. Mr..
Tiader has also been requested to take
with him half dozen of his best lady
swimmers, who are expected to give a
public exhibition.
A number of employees at the Goth
enburg porcelain factory joined Ia
Dor union and shortly afterwards
were dismissed. The manager said
he had to reduce his force on account
of the dullness of the market. But
the employees thought he was after
the labor union, and one> hundred
other men also quit work.
Almost 10000 workingmen have ex-
pressed themselves on the question
of resorting to a national strike as
means of achieving universal sutf-
rage. Ninety per cent of them voted
in favor of such a strike, ten per
cent against it.
K. Sandstedt of Stockholm has pc
titioned the authorities, to excuse his
children from attending religious in
struction in the public schools. The
petitioner holds that this particular
branch of the work in the public
schools of his city is detrimental to
the psychical and mental develop
ment of his children.
The Nobel endowment fund
amounts to about $4,000 900. = The
! managers Of the fund have decided
:tosput up $25o,ooo building in which
their offices are to be located. There
win also be an assembly hall in the
building s., &, 1