Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-08

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- FINLAND. IT,.
DR.. Jelius N. Reuter-, lecturer of
the University of Helsingfors, who
was detailed by the Finnish national
relief committee to make tour of
Finland, positively denies that his
party either found or heard of any
parish where there are 5,UuJ destitute
persons, as has been stated. During
the whole trip DR.. Reuter- was only
able to procure one bit of hunger
bread,' which was composed of -four
made from green grain mixed with
bark, and even this loaf had been pre-
served since the early part of the win
ter, before the relief committee was
able to extend it's operations to cot
tages in out-of-the-way places, DR..
Reuter- and his party visited fifty
of them plenty of bread and supplies
of flour. There would have been un-
told suffering but for the assistance
of the committee which was so large
ly helped by American funds. The
committee now has branches IN every
village and parish and every case of
suffering discovered is carefully at
tended to. Potatoes and milk are
scarce, but the committee supplies
sufficient bread, peas and salt, fish,
carefully avoiding making the people
more comfortable than in ordinary
years, and exacting labor in payment
of it's help whenever possible, SO as
to avoid pauperizing the people. AS
to the stories of deaths from famine,
DR.. Reuter- adds no such happenings
have been reported anywhere.
Forty-three clergymen have stimuli
taneously been deprived of their liv.
ings because they refused to cooper
ate with the authorities in carrying
out the new military service law.
The seminary Of the national school,
teachers at Sordavala has been closed
DENMARK.
The stone-cutters' strike, which has
been dragging along for more than {
year, is past history. The striker:
will have to return to work for reduc
- The executive committee of the con
servative labor union of Copenhagen
has decided to vote the anti-Socialis
ticket at the coming city elections.
Mr.. Jensen, the Socialist who hal
been elected as one of the two bur
gomasters of Copenhagen, will have ;
difficult task to perform, his new
position being that of manager o
the finances of the city.
Copenhagen, April 1.-Queen Alex
andra of England arrived here las
night from London. Her majesty wa
received at the railway station by he
father, King Christian TX, her SISTER
Empress Dowager Dagmar of Rus
STA, and all the members of the roya
family of Denmark.
1t is easy for ab]e-bodied sailors t.
obtain employment in the seapor
towns this spring.
A token of distress. About 725 eve
luntary auctions" were held i
Kristiania from January first t
March fifteenth. This number is S
large as 10 lead to the conclusio:
that very many people in the Norwe
gian metropolis were hara up las
prices paid for the goods in man
cases were ridiculously low.
Some one who is fond of MONKEY
ing with large numbers mas figure
out that the annual loss caused b
the injury done to the skin of tn
sheep with the shears amounts to a
least $4,000 That fellow is natura
ly in favor of shearing machine
which cost about three dollars
piece.
About 5000 persons emigrated fro1
Norway during the week endin
March IA.
Three hundred mechanics in Be
gen are preparing to strike for high<
wages.
A ballasted fishing smack while Q
it's way to the fishing grounds nes
Henningsvar was tlled with waite
and went to the bottom. Four of i
occupants were drowned. Two {
them had families.
The reform movement within tt
ranks of the Liberals, the domina1
party, is gaining strength all alon
the line Even such an unquestlon
BILE patriot as Viggo Ullmann, sta
wart of stalwarts of the Liberal pa
ty, has plainly indicated, by declinir
to run for the storthing, that he SCI
trouble in store for the old time
who are responsible for the wastef
and improvioent management of tt
finances of the government of No
way for the past three years. Econ
nv is the main watchword of the r
form elements within the Liber
party.
-. Edward Grieg, the composer, w
taken sick with bronchitis while sta
ing in Copenhagen.
The Russian government has su