Willmar tribune., 1902-09-17
A horrible accident is reported from

A horrible accident is reported from
the public hospital of Stockholm. K
"A. Hjelte, young epileptic, was talk
en- into bathroom Immediately after
violent fit. The man in charge OF
the bathroom stepped into another
part OF the building to fetch a towel
and brush, telling his assistant to
look after the epileptic for few
seconds. The assistant, whose mind
is rather defective, turned jet OF
boiling water on the poor defective
lying in the bath tub. BY the time
the other man returned the man in
the tub was so terribly scalded that
ne died in short while.
hlng Oscar is booked for an elk
nunt at Hunneberg Sept. IS.
The newspapers verify the cable.
gram which stated that King Oscar
assisted in saving a number of per.
sons who We're thrown into the water
oy the collapse of a bridge at Klade-
sholmen. near Gothenburg. His ma
esty actually pulled two men out OF
the water by their coat collars. 1t Is
not true, however, that he ''pulled ufl
his coat'' before he went to work.
The King has decided that certain
portions of the Veiby commons at
Skelderviken may be transferred to
the society for the care of scrofulous
children, to be used as site and
grounds for an asylum for scrofulous
children.
Kaiser Wilhelm has just visited Wis.
by, Gothland, for the third time. He
takes obvious interest in the ancient
ruins of the city. Bishop Won Scheele
escorted him through the cathedral
n French engineer has inspected the
great iron mines in Norrland for the
purpose of ascertaining the feasibility
OF reducing the ore by means of elec.
tricity. Prof. Mittag-Letler, who is
interested in the project, is the owner
of valuable waterfalls in the vicinity
of the ore deposits.
NORWAY.
The peace societies of Norway had
y IL
anger. The executive committee pro.
posed an amendment to the constitu-
ton, declaring that the aim of the
peace societies is not to antagonize
the efforts to strengthen the defenses
of the country. The amendment was
defeated, only six votes being cast
in favor of it. At this juncture the
president, vice president and most
of the other members of the execu.
tive committee handed in their resig.
nations. The following amendment
was finally passed by a vote of Is to
13: '"rhe individual member of the
society shall have full liberty to as.
sumo such a position with regard tc
military appropriations and conscrip
tion as he may think proper and ex
pedient." The discussion at times
suggested the very reverse of dove
like peace.
Wireless messages have been sue
cessfully exchanged between some OF
the vessels of the navy.
Those who are interested in the
fisheries of northern Norway are anx.
ious to have the storthing prohibit
the killing of whales along the coast
The Norwegian Teachers Associa
ton held it's annual convention al
Stavanger. The attendance was over
600.
The losses on wooden buildings in
the towns and smaller cities of Nor
way have been so heavy during the
last decade that the insurance com.
panies have decided to raise their
rates at least 20 per cent. But the
raise will be smaller in towns having
efficient fire departments.
The Orkla river, south of Trond
jhem, rose higher Aug. ~ than it hat
done in % years, carrying away a lo
of new-mown hay but doing no seri
GUS damage.
Amtman Ullmann has been granted
permission to make trip abroad.
The barque Charlotte from Fred
riksvarn, commanded by Captain
Schanche, was wrecked on cora
reef off the coast of Madagascar. The
crew, consisting of ten men, escaped
in two life-boats. One of the boats
capsized, but it's occupants swan te
a rock, where they were picked W
by their comrades in the other boat
Having spent three days in the boa
practically without food or drink
they finally landed on the coast o.
Madagascar, Where they met native
and two French officers who did al
they could by way of assisting tht
shipwreckcd crew.
The catalogue of the military acad
emy of Norway shows that provision
is made for 73 instructors, and thu
running expenses of the institution
are about 100000 year. In view O.
the fact that the attendance is only
about 200, some of the taxpayers art
not too well pleased with the manage
ment of the institution. Some classe:
have only one member each.
The remains of a very beautiful
Viking ship was found in the buria
mound known as Gronhaug (Green
hilD at Tarvestad. Though built O.
oak it was so completely decayed tha
the remains of it were as soft as but
ter. A human skeleton was found IL
the ship. Archaeologists agree tha
the ship dates from the ninth OF
tenth century. Until excavated, th'
mound was supposed to date from th'
bronze age.
Large veins of rich iron ore are re
ported to have been discovered a
Vadso, in the far north. The or,
was found to contain fifty per cen
of iron.
On December s, the 10th birthda,
of Bjornson, a permanent endowment