Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-08

4WO army On1ccrS Will Dc 0ppolnteu
to find ont the best way of using tho
Lapps for defending tho northern part
OF the country in case Of foreign in.
vasion. .*>@.t 4
a stock company is going to cstab.
lish q snnatorium for consnmptives
OF Romans. not fur from franas.
The; grounds border OH Luke Som.
men. % 'E~~=#z9s IT,.
r. tits snid Tint q German prince has
offered $500, 900 for the famous Lung
estate in sOstergotland. The proprie-
tress, Frau Helene Won Mccklcnburg,.
asked $1,0oo,o0o, but she may accept
the offer. The name of the prospec-
tive buyer has not yet been given to
the public.
All Swedish manufacturers Of olco-
margarine have raised the prices OF
all grades Of oleomargarinc Il little
over half u cent a pound.
1t is estimated that the receipts of
the national treasury for 1906 will be
SAG, s39, 600.
The stonecutters' strike has been
settled, concessions having been
made by both sides.
NORWAY
-Verdens Gang for Jan. IL contained
"A editorial in which 1t is assumed
that no agreement will be reached be-
tween the governments of Norway
and Sweden with regard to the cstab-
lishment of separate. Norwegian con.
snlar service, MISREPRESENTATION
action on. the, part of the. Norwe.
CLANS, but no advice is given as to the
nature of that action: -. -.
The members Of the Norwegian stor-
thing are elected indirectly, that is,
by electors. The fusion parties that
carried the last elections had plank
IN their platform providing for the di.
vision Of the whole country into as
many storthing districts us there are
members, and also for the election of
the members directly by the people.
Now the Leftists, who were beaten ut
the last election, are said to be in ia
vor of the change, which will require
an amendment to the constitution. It
is proposed to. increase the number Of
members from III to 1923.
A fareproof safe weighing three tons
has been installed in the university OF
Norway. 1t was made in Johan o.
sens iron works, Kristiania.
A public meeting was held at Eide,
Hardanger, for discussing a PROPOSE:
ton to build, railroad from Eide to
A..
agitate in favor of the plan.
- Tie Grinder farm in Grue has been
sold by Otto Bjorneby to A. Riser.
Moe. q law student, for $35,000>
The late John Losins willed SIS 900 to
the city of Kristlansund.
Prince Eugen passed through Mar
vik Jan! -. A large crowd of people
met him at the depot.
l. The city council of Aalesund refused
to grant the two leading hotels in the
Ecity the right to. sell beer in limited
quantities
The number of persons examined for
the degree of bachelor of: arts in 1904
was 446, rs against 375 in 1908. OF
former 81 failed at the written exami-
nations and at the oral examina.
tons
The crown prince, in his answer to
letter from Bjornson, is said to have
stated chat the royal dynasty has no
objection to the esta blishment Of
Norwegian consular service.
David Andersen a Kristiania Jew
eler, has received an order for 60 COT
fee cups from Kaiser Wilhelm.
The storting has raised the whis-
key tax so much that the revenues
from this source are expected to rise
almost 100000. The vote was taken
behind closed doors, l02z voting. in
the affirmative and 10 <inTth& negative.
1t was the government; that Tps;s4osed
the raise.
The value of the crops of Norway is
supposed to average about $4,000. 600
year. The partial failure of the
crops last year brought this figure
down to about $4,000, 600.
The newspaper accounts of the ca.
tastrophe at Loenvand, some distance
north of Bergen, prove that the cable
dispatch given in the American news
papers did not exaggerate the extent
OF the calamity. An immense rock, or
rather part of small mountain.
rolled down from Ravnefjeld lust: be-
fore midnight, when the people living
around the lake were all asleep. The
rock made a noise, like thunder and
leaped into the lake some distance
from the shore. A wave rose like
wall on both sides of the lake. In a
few seconds every building but two
around the lake was demolished and
about so persons lost their lives at
once. Every survivor seems to have
been more or less injured. The only
steamboat on the lake was flung far
up on the shore and almost DESTROYED.
The survivors suffered terribly, be-
cause fierce storm prevented the PEG.
pie of the surrounding country from
rendering prompt aid: No mention is
made of the estimated, finenplsl loss. j:
The physicians Of Kristiania met
| with q dozen cases of smallnox in n