Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-30

Phal authority that Russia il; going
to build Notifications at Kvarken, a
narrow portion of the uulf of Both.
MIA.
English papers report from St. Pet
ersburg that the Russian government
Is contemplating the establishment of
civil administration in Finland in
addition to Bobikoff's military ad-
m'nlstration. Judge Dietrich, of St.
petersburg. is mentioned as head of
the new department. He is man
who may be expected to employ Wig
orous means in his endeavors to Rus
silly the Finlanders
DENMARK
London, July 6.-The Brussels cor
respondent of the Times says that
The Hague tribunal is to be consulted
on some point regarding the terms
OF the sale of the Danish islands OF
81. Thomas to the United States.
Burmelster and Vain, the greatest
iron manufacturing company in Den
mark will soon begin to operate shops
OF their own in Moscow, Russia.
The statistical bureau has estab-
lished the fact that the income of the
hshed the fact that the income of the
better class of farm laborers is about
$215. of which amount SIT is spent
for food, fifty per cent of the latter
being plant food. Clothing costs $27 a
year, and the house rent is $16 These
figures refer to families of three
members on the average.
SWEDEN.
The provincial government of
Stockholm is in favor of prohibiting
the sale of liquors between meals at
the Stockholm barracks. The author
tiles agree that the soldiers must be
permitted to obtain beer and wine
at the barracks, or else they will pro-
cure it in much larger quantities out
side the barracks.
The city of Gothenburg has 1,O72
more taxpayers now than last year.
Those who are familiar with Gothen-
burg politics claim that this means
heavy vote at the fall elections.
The last ril1sdag appropriated
money for 4,60O-ton armored cruiser,
and the plans and specifications have
been presented to the king. This will
be the largest vessel in the navy of
Sweden. Its engines indicate $4,000
horse power, and it's maximum speed
will he 21.5 knots.
The labor conflict at the Separator
machine shops in Stockholm is peter
ing out at the expense of the strikers.
Up to the 18th of June 300 of the old
men had returned to work and the
rest are weakening.
The forests of the province of Kro-
noberg yielded 900 tons of logs
and fuel in the year 1900, and the
value of it is put at $1,39O,00O.
"A persistent young man. A Stock
holm student has just failed for the
sixteenth time at the final examina-
ton. Last time he had thirty-four
mistakes in his Latin translation and
The chances are, however, that he will
get there before the close of the
present century.
The French-Sw edish Mining COM
pany has been organized in Gothen-
burg with paid up capital of almost
100000. The executive committee is
Swedish, but the capital was fur
nished by foreigners.
The entire province of Blekinge was
exempt from the national strike.
F. Sandstrom, member of the
Stockholm Typographical union has
twice requested the executive COM
mittee to strike his name from the
rolls of the union, but to no purpose.
He mentions as the reason for his
withdrawal that he does not endorse
the policy of the union. But the ex-
ecutive committee and the social dem
ocratic party hold that this reason
does not warrant his withdrawal.
Those who are hostile to the social
democratic party magnify this case
and try their best to make political
capital out of it.
The stockholders of the Landskrona
& Eslof Railway company have re-
ceived dividend of ~ per cent.
The crown prince and the crown
princess arrived at Baden June IS.
The condition of the crown princess
is improving, and she is gaining in
strength every day.
There are some suspicious looking
cracks in the new riksdag building in
Stockholm; but it is not fully settled
whether they are due to the inferior
quality of the materials used or to the
condition of the ground on which the
foundation rests.
DR.. Sven Hedin arrived at Cashgar
May Is. He succeeded in crossing the
Karakorum without the loss of sin
gle horse. But his movements were
impeded by great masses of snow and
by cold weather. At Kargalik he was
met by Chinese relief corps, which
took him to Cashgar in four days. At
the latter place he was cordially re-
ceived by Consul General Petrowsky.
It is not known when DR.. Hedin will
arrive in Sweden.
The strike at the Separator ma
chine shops in Stockholm resulted in
a complete failure on the part of the
strikers. u -a,-.l ''...-.
q DR.. Ada Nilsson has been appointed
assistant physician at the Ersta hos
pital. She is the first woman ap-
pointed to a similar position in
Sweden. H..
About forty men have been engaged
in repairing the residence of the arch
bishop at Upsala, and at the COM
"nlat;nn of the work they were invited