Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-28

have the boats ready for active service
within period of time equal to tna'
required for getting up steam. 4
E. Elmelin, merchant, invented {
new dynamite shell a number OF years
ago, and the newspapers devoted much
space to the invention. Little mas
been said about it again until an an .
nouncement was made few days ago
that experts would practice with 1t on I
a steel plate of the kind used for iron J
clads. When three shots had been
fred the practice had to be stopped
because the steel plate was so badly
damaged that it could not be used any
more This means that the test was
successful as far as it went The ex-
periments were made at Fingspong
with rapid firing gun of the type
used in the Swedish navy.
The editors of the socialistic press
disagree as to the proposed national
strike as a means of extending the
voting franchise.
The railway department has made
complete report on the experiments
made with electric traction on the gov
eminent railways during the past year.
Much work has been done, and over
100000 has been expended on the ex-
periments. In fact, the experiments
and calculations are so comprehensive
that it will take some time before def
mite results can be arrived at The
government, by expanding so much
money on this item, proves that it is
very anxious to utilize electricity on
the government railroads as soon as
feasible
The public schools of Landskrona
had to be closed on account of diph-
iberia
The manufacturers and taxpayers
carried the city elections in krist,an-
| stad.
The balloon Andree made success
I'ful trip from Gothenburg across south
| western Sweden.
A great number Of human skeletons
were found in excavations in Malmo.
They are supposed to date from the
middle ages.
The armored gunboat Manligheten,
which was built at the kockum iron
works, Malmo, has been formally
turned over to the government. Its
crew consists of 1855 men.
! The functionaries who are serving as
substitutes at the government depart
ments in Stockholm are organizing
themselves into a union. They num-
Der about two hundred, and their chief
aim in organizing union is t. curtail
the substitute system.
The national treasury is about to is
sue bonds to the amount of $40, 900, 900.
NORWAY
Twelve ladies of kristiansund have
given the first ambulance wagon to the
city for transporting sick people.
About twenty Swiss ski clubs have
united themselves into national or
| ganiZation called Der Schweizerische
Ski-verband. A national tournament
will take place Jan. 10 at Glarus. The
rules governing the races are the same
as those in vogue in Norway.
An earthquake was noticed at Bodo
Nov. 20. 1t was felt as series of
shocks of short duration.
King Oscar conferred the order of
Norwegian Lion upon President Loubet
of France on account of the cordially
with which the French people received
the members of the national legis-
lators Of Norway and Sweden
The Norwegian Mission socety's to-
tai receipts for the past year were
$3.50, 900, which is the second largest
amount raised in one year. This is a
remarkable showing in face Of the
present hard times.
The drouth has reduced the water
power at SSien to such an extent that
the work in the factories must be cur
tailed.
Captain Blom, of the navy, is going
to America and Germana to study the
different types of submarine boats
A number of prominent Norwegian
manufacturers are making arrange
ments for publishing a directory of all
the Norwegian manufacturers and the
goods produced by them. 1t has been
found time and again that foreign
goods are bought because the pur-
chasers do not know that the same
kinds Of goods are produced lust as
cheaply in the country. 1t is hoped
that the new directory will reduce the
importation of goods that can easily
be duplicated at home.
The city council of Fredrickstad has
voted $4,000 for a pest house. The
diphtheria scare was the direct cause
of this move.
Result of the city elections in Nam
SOS: For aldermen, rightists, left
lists, 6 prohibitionists and socialists.
This looks like IA anti-socialists The
socialists conducted a very aggressive
campaign.
The price of good baled hay in
Trondhjem is $50 a ton, and of baled
straw about So ton
! Harloff & Doe, of Bergen, have Or
dered two new 1,900-ton steamers, one
at Laksevaag shipyards and the other
at Solheimsvigen shipyards.
The parish of Skafsaa, near Skien.
bought the Omdal copper smelling
plant last year for $4,000, and an
American has just paid sci 900 for it.
| The exports of the forest products of
Norway average about $50, 900, 600 a
year.
Dr.: Hans Evenson has just received
the fiftieth diploma of doctor of medi-
cine issued by the university of Nor
! way. The subject of his thesis was