Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-26

famine sufferers of northern Sweden
has sent complete report to King
| Oscar. The cash receipts up to May
| 81 were 1851 ,164.96, of which amount
| $751; 94.3O came from America. In adj
ditiOn to the above amount $188, 992.-
A was sent directly to the provincial
governments. Of gifts in the form of
provisions there were 12,743 tons, the
value of which was at least 100000.
OF the cash receipts Sweden contri-
buted about $500 more than Ameri-
ca. The next heaviest contributor
was Norway, after which the follow
ing countries came in the order Civ
en- below: Germany, England and
Denmark. It ought to be mentioned
that Norway had famine-stricken dis
tricts of her own to take care of at
the same time.
Canadian oats have been tried in
Norrland and prove to ripen in less
Time than any other kind of oats.
The first rye of the season was re-
ceived Aug. 1 at the Orebro grist
mill.
The first Scandinavian photograph
ers' congress has been Aeld at Hell
sinborg, Sweden. A committee was
elected to make inquiries as to the
effect of the copyright laws of the
Scandinavian countries upon the
copying of Photographic productions.
Stockholmstidningen holds that if
the Swedish academy is to continue
the customs of favoring men who al
ready are enjoying firmly establish
ed fame, the next literary Nobel
prize should be divided equally be-
tween Henrick Ibsen and Bjornst-
jerne Bjornson.
Governor Palmstjerna of Jonkop-
ing and other prominent officials
were elected by the provincial legis-
lature Qandsthing) to draw up rules
for home of refuge for neglected
girls of hayward habits, and they
propose the establishment of such an
institute at Skrapstad, Vallsjo parish.
They further recommend that the
maximum number of girls cared for
at any time be put at ten, and that
only girls below the age of fifteen
years be admitted, the expenses are
estimated at little over $50 year
for each girl.
It is seriously proposed to establish
naval station near the mouth OF
the Angerman river, the deepest Wa
terway from the Bay of Bothn1a into
the interior of Norrland.
The assistant peat inspector has
found a bog containing fine peat at
Enontekis, Norrland. The bog must
be drained this year in order that
the cutting and drying of peat may
commence next year. The fuel prob
lem, which caused this settlement
great difficulty, has been successfully
solved by this discovery. Enontekis,
it must be observed, is located above
the timber line.
The corner stone of the new Odd
Fellows hall at Malmo was laid Aug.
It is proposed that the peoples
school at Boden take up the rules
for preparing peat fuel as a special
study.
From Pajala and Tarendo, Norr-
land, it is reported that the crops
look far from promising. On account
of cold, dry weather last spring the
grain fields look simply miserable,
and in many places the meadows are
covered with water as a result of
heavy rains during the past few days.
Potato vines have been injured by
night frost.
Seven Swedish missionaries have
just left for the Congo country, Afri-
ca, and two lady missionaries have
left for China.
Stockholm, Aug. 17--Nordenski-
Odds relief expedition under Capt.
Glyden of the Swedish navy depart
ed today with the Fridtjof. It is
composed of twentythree men, of
whom six are scientists. The men,
bers of the expedition intend to re-
turn here in April, 1904, Prof. Otto
Nordenskiold's South Pole expedi-
ton left Gothenburg Oct. 10, 1901,
with the ship Antarctic. The Swed-
ish riksdag on May 18th last voted
$4,000 for the equipment of ship
to be sent as relief to Nordenski-
ODDS expedition, which ought to have
been heard from long before that
date.
So called "quiet alarm is often
given at night at the Malmen recruit
school. This means that the men
must arm themselves in the greatest
haste and make an expedition into
the country, where they are apt to
strike the enemy that is to say,
troops that have been ordered out in
an equally noiseless manner. The
collision between the two forces is
the signal for brisk firing, and the
cracking of the musketry is heard
far and wide through the stiffness of
the night. These exercises have prov
ed so satisfactory that the practice
may be introduced in the army.
It is generally believed that the fir
ing of the fog gun at Hamneskjar,
not far from Gothenburg, drives
away the fish from the neighboring
waters It is at anv rate certain