Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-29
The supreme court Of Sweden has


icy holders are taking steps to compel
the company to refund money Wh1ch
they paid over and above the prenni-
ums agreed upon when the policies
we're issued This matter has been
dragging along rather slowly, but it
looks as if the Swedish policyholders
are bound to carry their point.
A number of residents of Malmo are
organizing themselves into vege-
tartan society.
The Temperance Group Of the nom
commissioned officers of the Nortn
Skane Infantry Regiment" is some
thing new in, the field of temperance
endeavor. Teh nom commissioned OIL
GERS have joined the group" and 1t is
their plan to induce their comrades
in the different parts of the country
to join the movement.
Johannes Gummesson, of karls-
krona, was taken to the hospital on
account of wound in the head which
he received while bathing, and he died
the next day. DR.. Landmark made
post-mortem examination and found
the point of a broken knife close to
the wound. The point was overgroWn
with flesh, indicating that it had been
in the head for some time. Several
persons were examined but no one had
heard Gummesson complain Of pain IN
the head before the accident. 1t is
supposed that the knife point had been
in his head for several years, and
that his head had struck the bottom in
such manner that the point was driv-
en- still deeper into the head, causing
death. =
The Arlof car factory has received
orders for so railway cars, which are
to be delivered at Stockholm.
The sugar beet crop of Sweden is
two weeks further ahead than usua,
at this time of the year, and every
thing indicates a big crop.
committee has been constituted
to report on the ACCESSIBILITY of build
ing a sugar factory in the vicinity Of
Kalnnar.
Many Swedish philanthropists are
advocating the adjustment of the old
practice of depriving criminals of their
civil rights.
NORWAY.
l. A gentleman who bought some goods
in a Kristiana store handed out a
bran new two-kroner piece The sales
man looked at the coin somewhat sus-
piciously, and his customer said, Il
made this coin myself" What?
Made it yourself?" Eyes, sir" A po-
liceman was quietly notified, and he
said: "You are accused Of having
| made two-kroner coin. Is that true?"
Il have made many of them,' said the
man coolly. But you won't claim
that you don't know that it is wrong
to make money in this country?"
well, I make my living by making
money, and no one ever troubled me-"
well, you'll have to follow me and
I'll show you people who will cause
you trouble" Il hardly think you
can," said the man smiling, for I am
| the manager of the government mint
at Kongsberg.'
! Lars 0. Skrefsrud, the famous Nor
wegian missionary whose forty years.
work in santhalistan, India, has large
! ly contributed to the Characterization
| of whole nation, has received the
| "Kaisan-i-Hind medal for public 'serv-
ice in India from King Edward This
badge Of honor is distributed very
sparingly.
! The wilds of Norway are literally
loaded with wild berries, but most Of
them go to waste as they have done
| from time out of mind.
! A sad story is reported from Osteby-
| Odegaard, Berg parish, near Fredricks-
hald. Four children ranging in age
from three to fourteen years were
| left alone at the farmstead, the grown
people being at work some distance
away. When they returned the chill
dren were nowhere to be seen. A
search was made, and the bodies Of all
| of them were found in little lake at
! a place where the bank is steep. At
tempts at resuscitation proved futile.
Mr.. Castberg, the candidate Of the
! labor party, has been elected a mem
| Der Of the storting from North Gud-
brandsdalen.
| The Socialists are highly elated over
the results of the first storting cleo
| lions, for their party is proving to
be unexpectedly strong in some parts
of the country.
The attendance at the university
summer school was small this year.
The work on the railway which is to
connect Kristiania and Bergen is maxi
| ing rapid Roadway in the mountains
east of Bergen.
| King Haakon was found of meeting
and shaking hands with ordinary peo-
pie on his recent trip through the coun-
try. But the authorities" at the Diff
ferent places did their best to keep the
royal family and the plain people apart.
making it difficult to break through
| the dignified Gordon Of oficialdom.
| hoc
derstand that when the king and the
F! queen make their next trip to see the
people, red-tape and exclusiveness
will not be appreciated
| Ptarmigans (ryper) are very nu-
merous in Vallen Satersdalen.
| For the first time in the history OF
the country the amt, or county gov
ernments, will receive a. share of the
profits of the samlag (retail LIQUOR
company business. The ANTS are en-
| titled to 2 per cent of the whole sur
plus, or about $1,000 in all for the
year 1905.
The average time which it takes a
Kristiania taxpayer to pay his taxes
and get receipt is about 80 minutes.
A committee has been at work since
1901 in estimating the value of land
in Nordmarken, where large tract
of land is to be appropriated for the
purpose of supplying Kristiania with
better water and more of it.
A cablegram dated Kristiania, Aug.
81, states that the results of the cleo
tons up to that date were as follows:
Fifteen storting candidates Of the gov
eminent party and fourteen candidates
| of the "ODDOSitiOn inolu1;ro +h.o>