Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-14
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DENMARK.
A deputation of clergymen headed
by Rev. Volt called upon the minister
eSof public worship and the speakers of
the rigsdag and presented a petition
signed by 456 ministers who wished
and hoped that the rigsdag would not
pass the government marriage bill.
This bill provides that civil marriage
Stall be compulsory in all cases. but
that the civil act may be solemnized
by the church if desired. The pet;-
TONERS were in favor of placing civil
and religious marriage on an equal
footing in the face of the law, and
they furthermore recommended civil
marriage to parties that the pastor
would consider unworthy of ecclesias-
't1cal solemnization. The deputation
was received with due respect. But
the minister of public worship does
not fancy the manner in which the
petitioners have seen fit to revise his
bill.
The number of civil marriages con-
'tracted in Copenhagen last year was
291, which is a gain of As in one year.
The city council of Copenhagen has
moved into its quarters in the new
courthouse. The old hall had been
used for the meetings of the council
;since 1855
The club of the president of the city
council of Copenhagen has been used
tsince the year 1917.
The cultivated parts of the island of
;Auhalt have been sold to the tenant
Farmers for $4,000, by Chamberlain
van der Maase, who issued SO different
deeds to the purchasers.
Whaling was very profitable in Ice
'1and last summer. A certain whaling
vessel caught no less than 40 whales.
The herring fishers feel uneasy about
this wholesale destruction of the
whales, believing that they chase the
HERRING within catching distance in
the fjords. The English travellers are
in the habit of fishing within the ter
'ritorial lines unless they are closely
watched.
The warehouses at the Copenhagen
free harbor are so crowded that new
buildings must be erected.
SWEDEN.
! A farmers wife at Gagnef, Skane,
felt something sharp singing her
hand when she was gathering up
lsome hay for her cows in dark
place. When she came out into the
daylight she was Mortified to find that
Ia viper (huggorm) had buried his poi
sonous fangs in the flesh of her hand
and had coiled himself around her
arm. She failed to shake it off, and
had to strike it several times with the
1other hand before it was SO badly
fused up that it dropped down. But
the poisonous fangs remained in the
hand. She Immediately grasped the
hand above the fangs and pressed it
Ihard to check the circulation of the
blood. She next tied a ribbon as
tightly as she could around the arm,
seized knife ard cut out a chunk of
flesh and muscles around the wound
and rinsed it after copious flow of
blood. Symptoms of blood poisoning
set in, but in q few days the plucky
woman was out of danger
DR.. G. de Laval, noted inventor,
has completely succeeded in smelling
zinc by means of electricity. Some
years ago he thought he had secured
possession of the Trollhattan water
falls, but the national government
proved it's title to the property. The
result was, that DR.. de Laval had to
look elsewhere for water power for
exploiting his inventions, and he is
said to have hired sufficient water
ipower from a German firm which
controls the Hafslund falls in Norway.
, The descendants of Helga de la
IBrache tried to sue the king for the
recovery of certain documents, but
the courts refused to try the case. An
attempt was then made to sue the
minister of foreign affairs; but the
courts again declined to, take up the
matter because the defendant was
sued in the capacity of a member of
the cabinet.
I The government has been requested
TO build new railway from the line
running through Jemtland to Strom,
the final object being to extend the
line to the Gellivare and Ofoten line
in the far North.
: The accident insurance law of July
s, 1901, became operative at the begin
ming of this year. It provides for aid
to all persons who are injured while
working for private employers or on
public works. The funds are provided
lby means of assessing the employers
IA certain premium for each employee
for each year. The amount of the pre-
lmium varies according to the danger
business of the work. The annual pre-
mium for cigar-maker who uses no
machinery is only ~ cents a year,
while $5.13, the maximum rate, must
he paid for a person preparing GER
tain explosives, doing the most dan
gerous work in saw mills, stringing
telephone and telephone wire and j.,
building tunnels. In most branches
the rates range from $500 to $3.50.
The presence of machinery causes a
signal lump in the rates.