Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-13

one of which looks upon the other as
wolves in sleeps clothing. who. at
any cost, must be pushed aside or. if
possible, crowded out, while the other
party believes itself to he in its full
rights of Christians and church MEM
bers, and for that reason is in no
mood to capitulate."
The executive committee of the
social purity organizations of Norway
has written to the department of JUS
tice, calling attention to the Mormon
propaganda in Norway. 1t is stated
in the letter that 500 Norwegian girls
were induced by Mormon agents to go
to America last year, and this traffic
is put on par with the 'whitc slave
| trade"
| The law which admits women to the
bar has been in effect since March 90.
| The department of justice has already
raised the first Norwegian woman to
the rank of attorney, namely, Miss
Elise Sem.
! While Patrolman Bye was strug-
Cling with recalcitrant drunk whom
he had arrested on the streets Of Kris
tiania, he suddenly collapsed, and a
few minutes later he was pronounced
dead by a medical authority. Mr.. Bye
was a little over fifty years old, and
had always been faithful public
! servant.
| Terrible storms swept along Sofoten
about the Goth of March, and the loss
OF fishing gear was very considerable.
At Eggum two boats were crushed
and carried away by the waves. At
the same time a snowslide carried
away house, killing 9-year-old girl
and iniuring a women. Three chill
dren, one of whom was lying in the
cradle, were saved as if by miracle.
Their father was out fishing when
this happened. Two human lives
were lost at Svellingenk. At Oxnes a
boat capsized, and it's five inmates
were drowned. At Stensland house
containing three persons was carried
into the sea by snowslide, and they
all persisted. 1t is feared that more
casualties will be reported later.
| A letter dated Abbazia, March IL,
states that spring had come with all
it's beauty, and that King Oscar was
spending large part of his time in
the open air. One forenoon he
watched lawn tennis party for about
an hour, and in the afternoon he took
a trip with the government steamer
| klothilde. Kaiser Franz Joseph, who
has not visited Abbazia since he met
Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiserin Augusta
there ten years ago, has announced
that he will make call on King Oscar
in few days.
| About 100000 Goldfish had been
caught from the opening of this sea-
son to March Is.
| FINLAND.
The Kristiania Aftenposten. one of
the numerous foreign newspapers
which Governor Bobrikoff resolved to
exclude from Finland, expresses itself
as follows on this general muzzling
experiment: 1--WE are not so very
greatly surprised at what has hap
| pened to us and many others, for we
know something about the powers
| that be in Finland at the present
time. But the ukase smatters of sill
| illness. The connections between the
Finnish people ana their kinsmen in
the North cannot be shut off or bro
ken by any police regulations. Diff
culties may indeed be placed in the
| way Of these connections. But put an
| end to them? NO, that attempt will
| fail. That much even Bobrikoff and
| his henchmen ought to know. At all
| events they will soon find out
DENMARK.
The passenger steamer Oscar H.,
| which was grounded and badly dam
| aged near Kristiansand, Norway, has
been taken to Kiel, Germany, for re-
pairs. The steamer was propelled by
means of it's own machinery, but it
was escorted by two other steamers
as a precaution.
Rev. Mr.. Hansen. of Presto, has
| made 4 discovery with regard to the
| color of the sun-spots, and paper
written by him on the subject will be
published in the organ of the French
| astronomical society.
Interesting finds have been made in
| the filling of a vault under the Ros-
kilde cathedral. Among these are n,l-
merous bits of stained glass which no
| doubt date from the fire which visited
the cathedral in 1443 and destroyed
| the stained windows of the building
The Danes residing at Port Arthur
were excepted from the general proc
lamation ordering all foreigners to
| leave the city at the outbreak Of the
war, and they are still there. tending
to their business.
The rigsdag has passed the govern
ment budget, which closes with an
expenditure of 1,3O3, 900 and an in
come of $2o,52o,0oo. The Socialists did
! not vote at all.
Johannes Zehngraf, Danish por-
trait painter, has visited majority
| of the royal courts of Europe and has
painted portraits of a large number
! of royal persons. He was to be pres
ent at the celebration Of the kings
| birthday in order to make miniature
! portraits of several members of the
royal family. While staying in Con-
stantinople early in the winter he was
treated as though he had been a
prince.
The reports of the United Steam
ship Company for the year 1903 af-
ford very discouraging reading mat
ter to the stockholders. Nearly all
routes that were subject to COMPETE
| ton were run at loss.
| A quantity of hay was exported
from Veile to Japan.
Mrs. S. p. Brinch, widow at Esb-