Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-26
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DENMARK.
Representatives from 20 communes
in Lolland held meeting at Noks-
kov and elected committee to pro-
pose definite plan for the establish
ment of a common workhouse for
those communes.
DR.. Finsen, the inventor OF the
method of curing lupus by means of
red rays of light, has been running
his institute, or "red light chamber"
for seven years. During those sew
en- years the man has kept remarka7
bly, quiet about his discovery. He
has spent his time in proving his
method and studying the disease
which he surely has been combating
more successfully than any other
mortal. Now he feels that it is time
for him to give full account of his
seven years practice. He has treated
about 800 cases of lupus in that time,
and the result is tabulated below:
Cured. ........ 407=51 per cent
Almost cured. ...... 1924 per cent
Greatly improved. 89=11 per cent
Unsatisfactory results 40 S per cent
Lost by death, sickness
or staying away. IL per cent
800
The action of the light upon the
diseased parts of the body was so
constant that only 40 persons, or
per cent of the whole number, re-
ceived no benefit from the treatment.
There are some who are inclined to
believe that the patient is really suf-
fering from some other disease when
the rays have no effect. Of those
that were cured, 1854 had been suf-
fering from lupus ten years or more.
The results were more satisfactory
from year to year largely because the
apparatuses are constantly improved.
At first sunlight was used; now cleo
trio light is used almost exclusively
because it is not dependent upon the
weather. OF the 800 persons treated,
$50 were women and only 218 were
men.
It is stated that the United Steam
ship Company of Denmark who will
remove the headquarters of it's Scan
Observation-Disclosures passenger depart
ment from Copenhagen to Kristinia
because the emigrant traffic from
Denmark is light compared with that
from Sweden and Norway. The Dan
ish passengers and baggage will be
carried to Kristiania by the old
Thingvalla boats.
A Hamburg steamship company
has inaugurated regular war
against the United Steamship Com
9any of Denmark by reducing the
rates 20 per cent on the routes of the
latter.
Politics. The Socialists and the
Leftists of Porsgrund have fused. In
Trondhjem they have also fused, the
Socialists to nominate IS storthing
electors, the Leftists 1O7 electors. In
several localities the Socialists will
have an independent ticket in the
field. In Tromso the Leftists refused
to cooperate with the Socialists.
Genral L'Orange has resigned as
commanding general, and Major Gen.
eral Ole Hansen has been appointed
lieutenant general and commanding
general.
Arne Hammer, Norwegian wri-
ter, made the following statements
and questions in L'Europeen, Paris:
''Russia at the present moment is
engaged in crushing the liberty of
the loyal Finlanders. Europe, which
is not very sensitive, does not inter-
fere. Suppose that Russia tried to
absorb northern Norway in it's
course-would Europe still remain
with her hands in her lap? Or would
she finally understand that Russia,
possessing powerful navy and har-
bors on the Atlantic ocean, would
be a terrible and perpetual menace to
all the countries of the West, to the
liberty of entire Europe?"
Rev. Erikson of Karlso, Norrland,
has been travelling as a lecturer for
the Socialists.
Bjorson has written a newspaper
article against the tyranny of Rus
STA and also against those who are
supporting that tyranny by loaning
money to the Russian government.
The article has been printed in the
Berlin Tageblatt, L'Europeen, Paris,
and very many Scandinavian papers.
A man who speaks Norwegian,
Swedish, Russian and English and
who carried pass from Russian
military officer in Finland, kept on
acting so funny near the fortifca-
tons at Bergen that he was taken
for Russian spy and arrested. A
strange ship is also said to have been
seen at night near the place where
the man kept himself.
Kaiser Wilhelm has again-in fact
for the eleventh time-donated .$27O
to the fund for the restoration of
the famous Trondhjem cathedral.
SWEDEN.
A model fruit orchard will be a
new feature of the Landstrona nor