Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-28

er the negotiations are carried on in
the most practical way: I'm the first
place endeavors are made to arrive at
an agreement about the details, on
the basis of the opinion of the COM
mlttee, after which the question of
the diplomatic service and the for
elgn Office will be discussed" This
means that the minor details will be
disposed of before the main points
are settled. This method will no doubt
strike the reader as the very reverse
of practical.
DENMARK.
The medical association of Den
mark has published two lectures in
pamphlet form against the purchase
and use of arcana, or patent medi-
clnes. The commercial as we'll as med
zeal value of number of arcana adj
vertised in Denmark is given in de-
tail, and the most striking examples
are mentioned below: "Weber's Ar
.canum for Dropsy;" price, $3.50 for
6S grains; value, 90, the remedy con-
sisting exclusively of cigar ashes;"
Petos Corn Killer:" price, &c: val
ne, &c; 'Volta's Cross" maximum
price, Csc; value of materials, not
quite Sc; effect, absolutely none; and
-''Reiersen's Galvanic Belts;" price,
$500; can be made by any one for
is to Csc; effect, none Certain rene
dies for weak men" are characterized
as simply outrageous. The medical
association recommends legislation as
a means of checking the traffic in ar
cana.
The Carlsberg breweries and the
united breweries of Copenhagen have
been merged into one great trust,
which is to be in force until the end
of the century.
A committee in Copenhagen has
raised $4,000 for the aid of the fam
ane sufferers in Norrland, Sweden.
The burning of fireworks consti-
-tutes part of the celebration of New
Years night in the Danish capital.
Last time this feature turned out to
be quite serious. A young merchant
named Halger Boring climbed upon
the roof of his house with his fire.
works, but slipped, fell to the ground
and was killed. About twenty others
received burns and other injuries dur
ling the night so that they had to he
taken to the city hospital.
NORWAY.
T. A. Fidjeland, gunmaker at
@Kristiansand, has invented what he
,calls current motor 1t looks
somewhat like common three bladed
steamboat propeller, and it is placed
in current and turned by the weight
:of the flowing water. In very many
Norwegian rivers the current is swift,
but the water power cannot be util-
lied for lack of expensive dams and
7turbins. Experts assert that Mr..
.Fidjeiand's current motor will make it
possible to utilize a vast amount of
motive power which is going to waste
son account of lack of capital. The
anew feature of Mr.. Fidjeland's motor
is, that by placing several propellers
along the same axis at proper inter-
walls the power is multiplied. At a
comparatively small cost sufficient
.AIoll'S PoNSi 1i'i'E pS SeueIdteu ny
this motor for running small saw.
mills, factories, electric light plants.
.threshing machines, etc.
The surplus of the city gas works
oof Kristiania for the past year was
almost 20 per cent of the capital in
vested, and for two years past it has
never been less than II per cent. The
price paid by private consumers is Sc
cents per 1000 cubic feet.
About 10000 Norwegians emigrated
last year.
The Kristiania nail factory was
CLOSED Jan. l on account of a strike,
and 400 persons were added to the
army of the unemployed.
A six-year-old boy in Kristiania
won $4,000 in a Norwegian lottery.
He needed the money, for his family
connections are such that he is worse
off than an ordinary orphan.
Prof. Sophus Bugge, the celebrated
Norwegian linguist and historian, has
celebrated his 10th birthday.
The budget of the city of Bergen
shows decrease in the receipts and
an increase IN the expenditures. No
wonder that the city council wrestled
with it one night until three O'Clock
lin the morning.
The city council of Stavanger voted
$4,000 for public improvements mainly
i'm order to provide work for number
iof idle men.
= SWEDEN.
Seven members of the Than family
occupy seats in the riksdag; there
hre three sets of brothers in the first
chamber; and the brothers Wavrinsky
are members of the second chamber.
in two cases both father and son are
occupying seats in the riksdag.
1. Large shoals of herring crowded
!close up to the shore at Stromstad
Ia few days ago, and the value of the
catch at that place for a single day
WAS $25. 1000. In two instances tho