Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-19
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FINLAND.
Baron V. NJ. Won Born, one of the
first" Finlanders to be exi1ed by the
Russian government, has been mott
fled through the Russian minister in
Stockholm that the charges preferred
against him on account of a certain
newspaper article written by him
will be dropped, and also that the
edict by which he was exiled has
been withdrawn so that no trouble
awaits him in case he returns to Fin
land.
L'Europeen, a French weekly start
ed by patriotic Finlanders in Paris,
ranks among the most valuable po-
litical periodicals in the world.
A number of very prominent Fin
landers were notified August z that
they would have to leave the country.
DENMARK.
A windmill was started at Rudko-
bing by man who did not know
that a thirteen-year-old boy was
squatting on one of the wings of the
mill. The boy remembered that some
one had told him to shut his eyes in
case he ever came into a perilous po-
sition of this kind, and he did so.
When he had made fifteen revolutions
he was observed and the mill was
stopped. When asked how he felt he
said that he would do the same trick
a second time for a consideration Of
so cents. But he was not permitted
to make money in that way
The company which is to establish
a direct steamship line between Den
mark and the Danish West Indies
will have it's first freight steamer
ready late in the fall. Two others
are in process of construction. They
are all of large type.
Capt. N. w. Dorph, while COM
manding the tenth battery on it's
way from Bjerregaard to Dessegard,
let the battery pass by. His horse
suddenly SHE'D, throwing the cap
tain to the ground. He was picked
up close by some rocks, and in few
minutes he expired without recover
ing consciousness.
The committee on roads and canals
has recommended a new railway
from Kjalfnge to Barsebeck harbor,
which is estimated to cost about
$4,000.
SWEDEN.
From $50 to 300 tourists arrive ev-
cry day with the steamers running
from Sassnitz, Germany, to Trelle-
borg, Sweden, and occasionally the
number exceeds 400.
Vega, the famous steamer with
which Nordenskiold sailed around
northern Asia in 1878, was crushed
by ice in West Greenland early in
June. She was owned by an English
man, and the crew almost starved
and froze to death before reaching
Godthaab.
Representatives to the party from
the lockout arrived at an agreement
July 27. According to this agreement
the men were to return to work Aug.
3, and terms were to be settled by
committee of five, two of whom were
to be elected by each of the contend
ing parties, and the fifth by those four
members.
A number of years ago sugar re-
fnery was established at Abo, Fin
land, on a large scale, the money ex-
pended being about $650,000. The fac
tory was operated long enough to as
certain that it was first-class sugar
refinery in every particular. But the
Russian tariff was changed in such
a manner that the refinery had to
be closed, and since that time the
plant has been idle. A few days ago
the Lidkoping Sugar Refining COM
pany bought the machinery for about
$4,000. The eleven boilers weigh 22o
tons, and the aggregate capacity of
the three steam engines are 500 horse
power. The electric plant comprises
400 incandescent and 16 arc lights.
A storm that behaved almost like
an American cyclone played havoc
with the farm houses in Asaka and
Mellby parishes, near Lidkoping. In
some cases the roofs of the houses
were blown off bodily, in others the
buildings themselves were wrecked.
Many new claims have been staked
out in the mineral region along the
Gellivare and Ofoten railway.
Sweden has new minister of war.
His name is O. w. Virgin. He was
born in 1852 and has held many posi-
lions of different ranks in the army
since 1870.
Admiral Klintberg points out that
no arrangements have been made in
the Swedish navy for closing up bullet
holes.
Captain Unge, the constructor of
Svenske, the balloon that left for
parts unknown Feb. Is last, claims
to have invented an airship that is
to some extent dirigible. The details
are withheld from the public because
the inventor intends to have his air.
ship patented.
The department of war has ordered
G8 seven-centimeter field pieces from
the Bofcrs iron works.
The Medevi watering place has cell
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