Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
SCANDINAVIAN J: NEWS.
interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
] HAPPENINGS N THE FA1aERLABD,
x'rAncapal Events That Have Occurred
the Old Countries About tho
,>... North Sea Within q week
e or So just Past.
FINLAND.

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Emil Won Qyanten, the author of
o"om1s Sang, q Finnish national
nymn' has completed his 18th year.
Inc unfavorable weather may result
IN q complete failure of the crops.
IT is presumed that the rye must
De cut down for fodder. The barley
ooes not get ripe. The hay crop was
r'eh' but it was partly DESTROYED by
ram. In some localities the whole
nay crop had to be sailed down. The
potato crop looks poor, while the
weeds are most luxuriant. Diseases
prevail among the cattle.
II. Kivekas, a Finlander who has
had long experience as gold digger
III America and South Africa, keeps
tn'rty men at work in his gold fields
near the 1valo river. He has opened
no less than eight metalliferous veins.
and three of them contain gold.
The Russian authorities are making
something Of "a raid on the provincial
governors of Finland. No@less than
hve governors, all of whom have been
loyal to the legal institutions of Fin
land have either been dropped or will
be dropped in the near future. The
appointment of their successors has
caused some friction between Cover
nor General Bobrikoff and Secretary
OF State Won Plehve, the former being
IN favor of men from the army, the
latter advocating more lenient
modus operandi. Just at present Won
Plehve seems to be on top, his can
dldates having been appointed. It
must be observed that both Bobrikoff
and Won Plehve are bent on annihilat-
ing the independence of Finland, and
that they disagree only as to the
means of accomplishing the same pur-
pose.
The value of the dairy products of
the United States is 10 times greater
than that of the dairy products of
Denmark. But as the population of
the United States is 80 times greater
as that of Denmark, the dairy prod
ucts of the latter country, in proper
ton to its population, are worth three
times as much as those of the former
country. Indeed the COW is mighty
institution in the Kingdom of Den
mark.
All the propositions of the govern
ment have been endorsed by the All
thing of Iceland. The constitutional
amendment by which Iceland shall
have a responsible minister of Its
own. who shall reside at Reylziavik,
was passed by unanimous vote in
both houses.
The smallpox has broken out at
Torshavn. Farce. islands. The pest
was carried there by a Norwegian
sailor.
So many persons have been killed
by the electric street cars in Copen-
hagen that the company may be COM
PEELED to put tenders on the cars.
The newspaper war against Copen-
hagen dogs goes on as merrily as
ever. Few writer's care to side with
the dogs in this skirmish. One OF
these is Otto Haslund, painter, who
defends the dogs on the ground that
one good dog will do more to prevent
burglary than twenty-five policemen.
Mr.. Sailing, high school principal
at Ribe, has published book for the
purpose of introducing vertical script
in the schools.
Grains of gold have been found
granite boulders at Koge, and the
owner of the land is going to find out
whether the metal is present in pay
ing quantities.
An experienced musician has been
collecting popular music in Jentland
and the result of his work is very
gratifying. He visited number of
the most noted fidtllers, and he picked
up about 200 tunes which have not
been published before. Many of them
are highly characteristic. Able COM
posers will no doubt make use of this
source.
SWEDEN.
The Mark brick factory at Orebro
was completely destroyed by fire. The
establishment was insured for $5O,OOO.
The 200 employees at the chloride
and carbide factories at Abby, near
Sundsvall, who were on a strike for
some time, have all returned to work.
The two contending parties entered
upon an agreement which will be in
force until August IS, 1908. 1t is ex-
pressly stated in the agreement that
the employees shall be permitted to
join labor unions.
Rev. E. Linnell, of Hvetlanda, who
is in his ninetieth year, made the
chief address at a silver wedding in
his neighborhood.
"A monument to Prof. H. Nathorst
was unveiled Sept. 10 at the Alnarp
Park, Skane. -. -
The board of aldermen of Helsing-
borg are in favor of issuing bonds for
$500, 900 in the interest of the Skane
and Smaland railway.
Captain C. w. Tottle, who was sued
as the Swedish general agent of the
New York Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Insurance association, won the: case.
and the attorney of the plaintiff was
fined $3.50 for ibelling captain Tot
tie. Z ",
The receipts of the postal depart
ment for the second quarter of the
]. present year were twelve per cent in
excess of the receipts for the cor
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