Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-10


sponsible for the filling up Of the pen
al institutions of the country and
many of the papers speak so holly
| might take them for prohibition Or
gans. Says the Malmot Tidningen:
mo one who has witnessed the raw
| ages Of strong drinks among the in
| mates OF our prison can avoid a pro-
found wish that the day may not be
| too far distant when those drinks,
which evidently are similar to many
poisons that can be obtained only upon
| physicians prescriptions, will be re-
legated to the drug stores. What is
gained for the state and the COM
| merce by the whisky tax when sc much
of 1t goes to support the penal and
| elenuosynary institutions on account
! of the Indulgence in liquor, not to
mention the destruction of capacity
| for labor and blasting of family hap
piness?"
| Prince Gustaf Adolph (the duke Of
Skane) is attracting attention as an
archeologist Among his acquaint-
ances it was we'll. known that he is
highly interested in archaeological stud
les, but only recently did they realize
|
to have intrinsic value His most
noted contribution to this science is an
illustrated essay on a burial mound
at Tinkarp, near Sofiero, which he ex-
cavated and studied with great care
He found that the mound had been
used as a. burial ground for a period
Of at least one thousand years. The
objects found in the mound all date
! from hA hi
man bones, charcoal and arrow heads,
a dagger and a ground chisel Of flint.
The author found three stone slabs
which he thinks had been split from
a single rock by means of judicious
use of fire. The essay has been hand
ed to the academy of sciences, history
and antiquities.
The killing of a boy by the auto
mobile in which the duke and Ouch oss
Of Skana were riding is said to have
been practically unavoidable. The &C.
cident happened at High street, Lon
don. The name Of the boy was James
| Croker and he was enjoying himself
| clinging to the rear end of load Of
peat. Just as the automobile was pas
| sing the load the boy jumped down and
started to run for the sidewalk, put
lantern Of the automobile. The duke
and the duchess both jumped off md
tried to do what they could for the
relief Of the little fellow He was
Immediately taken to the hospital and
received surgical aid, but his life could
not be saved. The by-standers agreed
that no chauffeur could have avoided
the accident under such circumstances.
The Swedish almanac for the year
1907 has already been published at
Upsala.
The Yngeredfors power company
has made a contract with the munich
pality OF Varberg to furnish electric
power fer lighting and other purposes
for "a period of thirty years.
A syndicate has been organized COR
building a sanatorium and voting IS
tablishment at Tyringe.
At the international insurance con-
| gress at Berlin it was emphasized that
the Swedes are the most desirable
risks in the whole world, because their
| death rate is so small.
NORWAY.
A national church convention is to
be held in Krlstiania Oct. 20.
Seven new fishing steamers will be
acquired and operated by stock COM
panies at Barum.
Dean Otto Ottesen, of Skedsmo will
celebrate his semi centennial Jubilee
as clergyman Oct IS.
The boy that was SO badly mutilated
| by bear at Flaa, Hallingdal, died 1T
! the Drammen hospital.
The British aluminium company has
bought the Stangfjord electro-chemi-
cal factories at Sondfjord.
Garhard Munthe, upon the request
of the city of Venice, has gone to that
city to make arrangements for a Nor
wegian art exposition next spring.
The national government has loaned
to the commerce of Trysil about $685.
900 which is to be used as partial
payment for a vast tract of timber
land
Jorg Berge, a leading Socialist IN
| the last storting, ran for a second
term but was defeated. The fact that
he is a Catholic contributed to his de-
feat.
1t is a lttle over thirteen years
since landslide in Verdalen caused
stroyed many farms. Now a new land
slide has occurred at Vutu. A part CT
a farm slipped into the river, carry
ing two horses along. One housewife
lost her life in the ruins.
Herr Lerner, German explorer,
took possession of Bears island, in the
Arctic ocean. This led to a quarrel
between him and Mr.. Ingebrigtsen
Norwegian whale hunter, who had also
settled on the island. A contract was
finally drawn up between the two,
! STIMULATING that Ingebrigtsen should
pay Lerner a certain amount of mon
ey for every whale which he landed.
Now Mr.. Ingebrigtsen claims to have
] discovered evidence which goes to
prove that Herr Lerner is not the
owner OF the island, and he refuses
to observe his part of the contract
This looks like new quarrel between
the two.
A boat occupied by two boys cap
sized in a squall off Tjotto, Helge-
land Both of them succeeded in get
ting on top of the upset boat. A canoe
and one of the boys tried to pass into
| the canoe, but he failed, and was
drowned before the eyes of his COM
panion. The other boy chung to The
keel of the boat for hours and was
finally picked up by a trowler The
boy who was saved was a twelve
year-old orphan.
In the year 1904 there were 654,4
persons in Norway who paid $780,
900 in taxes on an aggregate income Of