Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06


mems society of Finland has gone so
far as to institute "week of denial'
for the benefit of their suffering
countrymen.
DENMARK.
The minister of justice has intro
duced a marriage bill in the falke-
thing. The most important feature of
the bill is that wAlch makes civil
marriage obligatory and leaves &C.
clesiastical conservation of the mar
rage tie to the choice of the con-
tracing parties.
Negotiations are said to be in prog
ress with a view 20 a conversion of
$1s,oo0,oo0 31z per cent bonds of 1886
into 3 per cent bonds.
Prof. Harald HOLDINGS 'tHistory
OF Modern Philosophy" is praised on
both sides of the Atlantic as a pro-
duction which has no superior in the
particular field which it covers.
The rigsdagmen who represented
the Moderate Liberals have formally
resolved to disband their organize
ton and to cooperate with the Lib
erals, the party in power.
A society which was organized last
spring for the purpose of establish
ing hospitals for tuberculous children
has made an appeal to the Danish
people for funds.
The public employment bureau of
Copenhagen was the means of pro-
curing work for 1,243 men and 1882
| women during the months of October.
OF the IS men who were appointed
! officers in the Danish Army Nov. l.,
1852, six still remain in service. The
main feature of the celebration of
the semi-csntennial jubilee was a
dinner which was attended by the
king, the crown prince and the other
princes who happened to be in Co.
Penhagen at the time. Only eight of
the IS are dead.
1t is many years since the folke-
thing abolished the practice of having
the minutes of the previous meeting
read at the opening of each meeting.
In view of the fact that much time
has been saved and that no serious
blunder has been made by the in
novation, it is proposed that the read
ing of the minutes be dispensed with
in the landsthing too.
In Denmark it is the government
that has proposed to make civil mar
riage compulsory, while in Norway a
similar move has been made in the
storthing. In Denmark it is proposed
to call the officer who is to perform
the marriage rite "agteskabsforstan-
der" marriage superintendent.
SWEDEN.
A young man emigrated from
Stockholm two years ago and return
ed with the Alice. One night his
mother dreamt about him, and awoke
just as a rack in the wardrobe on
which some of his clothes were hang
ing dropped down on the floor. Ter
rified she exclaimed: "Now some
thing has happened to my Ivar!" she
could not get the apprehension out
of her mind, and it was soon found
that her fears were only too we'll
founded. A short while ago a com
munication from the captain of the
ship informed her that her son had
fallen down from the mast and had
died at once. It was ascertained that
the accident occurred on the same
date as his mothers ominous dream.
Trans Broberg settled some thirty
years. ago on naked, rocky hill i,
Rogberga parish, near Vexio. BE was
bound to have garden On the hin
But the soil had to be transported
up there, and this was great task
At hrst Mrs. Broberg carried dirt /,
sacks, and planted one berry bush
and one fruit tree after another, BE-.
sides raising quantity Of garde,
vegetables. During the last few years
he has kept a hot-bea by means Of
which he has raised eucunbers
pumpkins and some water-melo1s
which have been sold a. far 1ortA q
Umea. :. -. + ~ y .
The province Of Nalmohns raises
about one-fourth of all the wheat
and Norrland one-third Of all the bar
ley produced in Sweden. The potato
crop is distributed somewhat evenly
over the whole country. 49,.
The area devoted to. sugar beeta
was reduced is per cent from 1901 tx
1902, and the returns per acre win b
Is per cent less. this year than las
1 year, reducing the sugar crop abou'
30 per cent. But there will be NJ
sweet-stuf famine in Sweden in tn,
immediate future. On October frs
4 there were 43O, 900 sacks of 200 pound
each, representing a commercial val
/ us Of 1000, 1000. If the consumption
: is the same next year as this yea
4 there will still remain 100000 sack
*It0ct. 81 1903. 5#@2l ..1+ =, :gs q s. IA