Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-24

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Stockholm, Feb. liking Oscar is
considering the mobilization OF the
Swedish army, anticipating compiler
tlons likely to arise from the Japan
| Russia war. The king, it is said, has
decided to postpone his trip to Alb
| bazia. 1t is the belief here that Eng
land and Russia will go to war and
Sweden will doubtless become in
VOWED, because of the unavoida BILE
manifestations of friendliness toward
England on the part of the populace.
Berlin. Feb. 12.-The fear of an
Anglo-Russian war arising from the
Japanese Russian controversy is caus-
ing stir in diplomatic circles here.
Several conferences have been held
between Count Tombe, the Swedish
munster. and Baron Won Richthefen.
he S"edes feel that if England and
Russia should go to war, England
would seize the Baltic island of Cot
| land as coaling base. This would
please the Swedes. who would I'M
doubtedlE surrender after pretended
resistance. Russia would then declare
that Sweden has violated neutrality.
he endeavors of the beet growers
OF southern Sweden to organize them
selves against the sugar ring appear
to be very successful. The spirit of
independence is strong among the
farmers of SHANE: but in this case
they are pulling together with har-
e. III
tor the sugar barons. The motto of
the beet growers: We must either
receive 81 cents per 100 pounds, fall
delivery, and 81 cents, winter deliv.
cry, or we shall raise no beets next
summer. The rates paid in the past
| are considerably lower. The sugar
manufacturers have advertised for
bids as usual. but hardly single far
mer has appeared at the offices to
close contracts for delivery of beets
next fall
The academy of sciences has re-
cel'ed donation of $4,000 from an
anonymous giver, the interest to be
used partly for medals to persons
who have done humanity some valu-
'> NA'i>S, Pt'AIi.N 1ol tId\elIuS en-
penSeS.
The amount of cash sent from the
| nlted States to Sweden in 1909 was
Soo..'3,O14. and the amount going the
other way was S433,441
Johan LARSON of MaleDorg. Linden
parish. \estmanland, was given the
choice between paying fine of $3.50
NJ ;,:1
cash at the critical moment, he had
to go to Jail.
bureau of Information on Medi-
cine Advertisements is the name of
an office which was opened last fall
at lpsala. The aim of it is to fur
nish free information as to the char
acter of question: BILE medicines ad-
vertised in the public press and in
circulars. The office is in charge of
three medical authorities of high
rank. and three laymen are acting as
conductors.
NORWAY.
Three buildings, including the court
house, were destroyed at Harstad.
There has been some hard kicking
in the storting because the Norwe-
gian cabinet did not prevent the es-
Establishment of the ''Order of the Lii
on" but the whole matter was drop
ped by vote of 62 to 81.
The fire at Narvik destroyed seven
buildings. rendering about 400 per-
sons homeless. The loss was $40. 900.
Nagasaki, Japan, Feb. 15-SiN Nor
wegian steamers, chartered by a Rus
siam naval contractor, have been cap
tured. One of them arrived here I'M
der convoy of cruiser.
Drammen. Jan. 2O.-Hellefos pulp
mills, near Haugsund, were visited by
fire today. Both buildings were total
~ destroyed. The buildings and their
equipment were insured for $4,000,
and the stock was insured for $4,000
in Svea
Farsund, Jan. 29.-Two business
blocks burned down today. Large
quantities o. goods were destroyed.
The total loss is $4,000
The Bank Of Norway reopened it's
branch today. The business people
are busily engaged in putting up tenn
porary sheds on the burnt sites. The
fact that there has been so little dis
tress is due chiefly to the admira BILE
work inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Without the kitchen ships seht here
by the Germans, the suffering would
have been terrible. \ complete chart
of the city will be sent to the kaiser
| tomorrow. It is feast to be present
when the meals are served on board
the ships-only two steamers and
some old barges were destroyed, and
nine small covered boats were sunk.
1t is expected that wooden buildings
will be prohibited in the central por-
ton of the new Aalesund. The men
sent by the Danish department of war
are putting up tents and barracks.
The city has been divided into nine
| districts for the distribution of sup
plies. Feb. 3.-The great German
steamers will leave today and tomor-
row. Work has been resumed on the
fishing grounds, and the catch of her.
ring is good. An offer made by the
British admiralty to bring supplies
has been declined with thanks by the
authorities. The aid received or
| wired amounts to hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
liver Fougner, Lum, Gausdal, is
still working on his farm though he
is 80 years old. BE has written down
a synopsis of contemporaneous his
tory since 1885, which proves him to
have been a close and intelligent OBJ
server of Norwegian politics.
The congregation of Frogner par