Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-14

prominently III the SWeH!Sl
school Of painters at Dusseldorf, e.ie,
at the age of so years. He went IL
dusseldorf in 1851 and spent most OF
ms subsequent life there. His best
paintings represent different phases of
the life OF the yeomanry of Sweden.
King Edward of England won the
largest prize in the lottery of the
Swedish art association.
Automatic opera glasses have been
introduced at the Vasa theatre, Stock
holm. They are fastened to the backs
OF the seats and may be detached by
means OF dropping a twenty-five ore
Il cents) coin in a slot. The other
theaters in Stockholm propose to fol-
low suit.
The hard times have not succeeded
IN reducing the house rent in Stock
holm. The annual rent for one room
and one kitchen is from $50 to 500,
and the minimum for single room is
about $55, the maximum about $50,
The city council of Stockholm has
resolved to buy grounds for the erec-
ton OF an insane asylum at Langbro
ana Langpanna- The institution will
accommodate 400 patients.
The will of Alfred Nobel REQUIRES
that every one who receives one of
his prizes shall give lecture on his
specially at the Swedish capital. So
far only three recipients of prizes
have failed to observe this require
ment. Sully Prudhomme has been
too sickly to come to Stockholm, and
Prof. Mommsen is too old. The Swed-
lsh people cheerfully excuse those
gentlemen. But Prof. Roentgen &C.
cup1es different position. He came
to Stockholm over year ago to re-
celve his $4,000. But since that time
ne has not turned a finger towards
giving lecture in Stockholm. The
SWedes think the famous X-ray man
might have been a little more polite.
About IS per cent of the combined
capacity of the glassworks of Sweden
is controlled by a combine which was
organized at Stockholm just before
Christmas. The glassworks at Nols
has been closed, but the others will
be kept in operation. The 800 per-
sons employed at the closed factory
will be distributed among the other
plants controlled by the combine.
There are only two small concerns
that Still remain outside the combine.
1t is claimed that increasing over
production necessitated the launching
OF the new organization.
Prof. Mommsen has donated $3.50
towards the establishment of public
libraries in Sweden.
The farmers around Old Upsala and
Storvreta stations could be seen pick
ing up their oat shocks and hauling
them into the barns about one week
before Christmas. The snow had to
be shaken off the bundles before they
were loaded on the sleds.
The fifth annual edition of Fagel
Bla (B]uebird), a Christmas story
book for children, appeared about six
weeks before Christmas. The popu-
larity of the publication was so great
that three large extra editions had to
be published in rapid succession. It
contains 96 pages and is richly illus
trated, still the retail price is only
IA cents.
NORWAY.
The law Of May 4, 1901, which pro-
vides for the Punishment of criminals
and vagabonds from the country, has
attained the desired effect. Undesir-
able foreigners are much more scarce
in Norway than they were eighteen
months ago. Comparatively few per-
sons have been expelled; but the
knowledge of the existence of such a
law has either kept the crooks out
of the country or made them more
careful.
The budget of expenses of the city
of Kristiania for the year 1903
amounts to $3,800,000.
The university professors have ask
ed for higher salaries. But as the
expenses of the national government
must be kept down as low as posi-
BILE it is proposed that the students
pay small tuition to satisfy the de-
mands of the professors.
The foreign department. has issued
an urgent warning to emigrants not
to go to Chile.
H. F. L. Schroeder, manager of
Kristiania theatre, died at the age of
IS years.
It is estimated that 10000 Norwegi-
ans emigrated from their native land
in 1902.
An attempt to form trust compris-
ing IS brickyards in and around
Fredrikstad failed because most of
the proprietors asked too much for
their plants.
The receipts of the government rail-
ways were smaller in 1902 than in
1901.
Milk and oatmeal mush is what
charity has been serving free of
charge to the needy crowds in the
Norwegian capital. And the unfor-
tunates enjoy it and often shed tears
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