Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-29
The fisheries department reports
that $4,000 900 Goldfish were caught in

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that 45,OOO,Oo0 Goldfish were caught in
Norway up to June 4. The numbers
were 43,1OO,OOO and 100000 for 1908
and 1902, respectively.
An old viking ship has been found
at Jonsberg. 1t is the third find of
it's kind. 1t is proposed to provide a
safe building for the three ships. Two
of them are kept in a shed on the
university campus. Professor Gustaf-
son is engaged in digging out viking
ship number three, and he expects to
complete his task late in the summer.
The fire insurance rates will be
raised ~ per cent in the wooden
cities" of Norway. This raise is due
to the Aalesund fire, which cost the
companies $1,45O,O0O, which is more
than three times the annual prem
iums collected by all the companies
combined in the Norwegian cities,
excepting Kristiania, Bergen and
Trondhjem. The raise was made at
an insurance mems congress, which
was held in Kristiania, and at which
Swedish and Danish insurance COM
panies were strongly represented.
DENMARK.
The motor boats which have been
used in Copenhagen harbor for
short time have scored singular
success. During May they conveyed
92,915 passengers. But the boats were
insufficient for the demand, and many
additional ones are in operation by
the time these lines are read. A line
of boats is to be run directly between
kristianshavn Market and Kongens
market, through Wilder's canal.
Jens Nielsen, a dairyman at Freds-
holm, Nakskov, made a wager that
he coulu swim across a marlpit with
his clothes on. He started, but in the
middle of the water he was seized
with cramps and sank to the bottom.
No one was able to save his life.
SWEDEN.
Minister of Civil Affairs Westring will
soon withdraw from the cabinet, be-
cause he cannot endure the work de-
volving upon his office. He may be
appointed judge of the Skane royal
court or governor at Orebro
The minister of war and several Of
ficers of the army are going to Norr-
land to select places for the Norrland
| regiments. The citizens OIL Umea are
endeavoring to induce the government
to establish a garrison in their neigh
| borhood.
Otto Solomon, principal of the IA
| nous school for manual training at
Mas, Sweden, has made a tour of the
largest cities of England, and he re-
| ceived marked attention everywhere.
lectured on manual training in Lon
don, Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, Ed
| inburgh,. Glasgow, Bangor, Landudno
and Cardiff, and on his return he
stopped at Harlem, Bloemendal and
Amsterdam, Holland. At a banquet
given to him in London, representa-
tives of the departments of education
of England and Scotland were pres
ent. Education, paper devoted to
the cause for which it is named, gave
an account of the banquet Two of
the speakers on this occasion pointed
out the Importance of manual train
ing as a means of reaching the brain
through the head, giving the soul a
new language, new form of express
sion. They also emphasized that the
English people are under great obli-
cations to Principal Solomon for the
influence he has exerted upon public
education in England, mainly through
the teachers who have attended the
school at Mas, Sweden.
The Swedish labor union and the
Socialistic labor union are pitted
against each other in many cities, and
the friction is often a very serious
matter to those persons who are di-
rectly affected.
1t is questionable whether the di-
rect steamship line between Trelle-
borg, Sweden, and Sassnitz, Germany,
will be continued after 1907. If it is
discontinued it means that the public
prefer to travel by way of Denmark.
The Swedish tourist society has
paid out over $4,000 as bounties to
photographers who have taken pic
lures of noted places in the different
parts of Sweden. The tourist society
has a collection of more than 10000
pictures of Swedish scenery.
Forest fires have already been START
! ed in different parts of Sweden, but
the damage is trifling, except at
Langvatnen, near Gothenborg, where
! several hundred acres were swept by
the flames. 1t took over 1000 men
to put out this fire.
Rev. Nordenson, who disappeared
near the Glommen river, Norway, has
not been found. The river was
dredged for great distance, but to
| no purpose. Statistisk Tidsskrift,
reliable publication, has published the
| following table to show the value of
the crops of Sweden for the year 1902:
Grain, roots, fax, grass
seeds, etc. $50, OO0,OO0
| Straw, timothy, clover, etc. 61,000,0OO
| Green fodder and field pas
| lures $780, 900
Meadow hay ............... 12,475, 900
Garden and forest pastures 100000
| Export timber, wood for
| fuel ION the stump, etc. 13, AIS 900
$176,s5o,ooo
This sum is about 26 per cent of
| the estimated value of the lands of
Sweden. The mineral wealth of the
| country is not included here.
! The grist mills at Sandwich, near
Gothenburg, will be partly recon-
structed so that the buildings can
be used for refining sugar six months
| and for grinding grain six months Of