Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-18

King Oscar is greatly pleased with
the endeavors Of The Society for tho
Welfare of the Brother Nations, the
aim. of which is to cultivate a better
feeling between the Norwegians and
the Swedes. -..:=:z =..-
Hard drinkers have commenced to
use wood alcohol as the cheapest
means OF enjoying a Jag
Trondhjem has $3.50 Inhabitants.
There has been an increase of 700 in
two years. <.3.."
The business men and fishermen of
Finmarken have made formal appeal
to the storthing to pass law against
the killing of whales in Finmarken,
such law to be I'M operation for at
least 80 years. The theory of the fish
ermen is that the most important
kinds of edible fish do not come close
enough to the shore to permit them to
be caught with ordinary gear unless
they are chased up towards the shore
by the whale.
The terrible SEAL, The value of an
average seal is at least $500. The
northern coast of Norway is swarming
with these animals, and the fishermen
are appealing for government aid
against the pest. 1t has been sug-
gested that it would pay to hunt the
animals. But the trouble with the
seal is, that when he is MORALLY
wounded in the water he will dive
never to return.
A new syndicate is about to estab-
lish a factory for explosives on the
Sundalen farm, Aasen, near Trond-
hjem.
Gunhild Borten, Of Flaa, near
Trondhjem, died at the age of 100
years and 8 months. Her mental ca
the very last. When she was 90 years
old she could spin the finest yarn
without the use of glasses.
King Oscar distributed gifts of char
ity to the amount of 5000 in Kristiania
on his 74th birthday anniversary.
The value of the gold to be put into
the badge shall be $270. The official
Oscar II. Medalje til minde ON Niels
Henrik Abel" (King Oscar II. Medal
in memory of Niels Henrik AbeD.
The Goldfish catch of the season has
commenced at Fladanger, Nordland.
The prospects are not discouraging.
A carload of pork was recently i'm
ported to Norway from Servia.
SWEDEN.
MIN oxr,ox, boreo .4,,,,1- - +~o> -
St. Petri church, Malmo, with such
force that he literally crushed his
head.
The magnificent Limmared estate
in the commune of Kinde. at Linn
mared station, on the Boras and ALI
vesta railway, has been sold to o.
Kruger, a Skane capitalist, for $751;
us. There are many fine tracts of
timber on the property. G. J. Richert,
a Swedish engineer, won the second
prize, amounting to $4,000, for plan
to dispose of the sewage of St. Peters
burg and suburbs, Russia.
! The journeymen machinists' union
of Stockholm is discussing the desira-
bility of cutting the union loose from
| the Social Democratic party and
| starting political organization which
shall have no organic connection with
the union. This proposition will of
course be fought to the last ditch by
the Social Democrats.
A seal was killed in the harbor of
Stockholm the other day. Seals are
very rare birds in the Swedish CAPT.
tai.
! Typhoid fever is prevailing to On
alarming extent at the Hoganas coal
mines. The fact that no cases have
occurred outside of the district served
by the water supply system of the
mines, has led to extraordinary care
in using that water.
| Stockholm, Feb. 10.-Up to the pres
ent moment the central committee for
the relief of the famine sufferers in
northern Sweden has received from
America about $17,50O. Besides this
amount considerable sums have been
sent to individuals by American sypa-
thizers for distribution to the needy.
About $4,000 of American money has
been expended in the purchase of seed
| wheat which has been distributed in
six of the most needy provinces. The
| rest has been spent on food supplies
and in feeding poor scholars in the
same districts.
The members Of the central relief
committee say the misery is more
widespread than was anticipated and
they estimate that $1,000,000, will be
required to furnish the relief which
will be necessary until matters i'm
prove in the spring. -
A pesky jack-o'-lantern. Rev. c.
Lindsten of Tanno, who was to preach
at Vernamo before. daylight Christ
mas morning, had to start very early.
When he had travelled about half of
the way blue light appeared in front
of him. It followed every turn of the
road and went straight towards the
horse, against the wind. When Rev.
Lindsten and his driver saw the phe-
nomenon at distrance they took it
to be a lantern carried by some one
going to church. Bl1t soon the 1ioht