Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-17
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DENMARK.

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i An appeal for: aid to the Russian
volutionists was made in the <Copen-
hagen Social Demo kraten; and the
blacksmiths' and z machinistssy, union
started the subscription with $540.t "A
single member contributed $135 Of this
amount *'%% S ;: z:Is14 i 4
"A Scandinavian I post Office convea-
ton will be held in Copenhagen. next
summer, and. the city: council has al
ready voted $1,000 for, the intertain-
ment of the VISITORS X
The Burmeister>& VAIN company, Of
Copenhagen, has ordered an electric
twelve thousand horsepower battery
for a new floating dock which will he
able to :raise~;a large Atlantic steamer
in half an hour. j.. \~1 s>:'~
While Princess Marie Valdemar
drove in her carriage from the Yellow
Palace t. Bernstorf her horse tottered
and she fell to the stone pavement.
She was able to get up again, and,
supported by Col. Rordam, who just
Happened to pass by, she walked into
d StO1C. 11C1 WeIS IOt >OdAA-
;gerous. Her right cheek received a
hard blow, and blood ran down her
face. A few minutes later she drove
back. to the Yellow Palace.
The store of Carl Friis, Odense, the
largest Danish retail store outside OF
Copenhagen, was burnt to the ground
the fire being started by an electric
wire. Goods to the value Of $4,000
were also destroyed.
SWEDEN.
The surveyors of Sweden made the
snug sura of 100000 during the years
19O0-1903 A large part of this money
was made in Norrland.
Prof. Oscar Levertin, writer of
some. note, died at Stockholm. He
was only IA years old.
The official name OF a, city in south
ern Sweden is spelt "Angelholm." The
everyday spelling, however, is "Engel-
holm,' and now the city council, after
some beating about the bush, has seen
fit to yield to the spelling reformers
by substituting E for A as initial let
ter. The A was modified by two dots
over it, so that the pronunciation is
practically the same in both cases.
The press is joshing the landsting
of Varmland for using the German
language in a telegram Of congratula-
tons to the crown prince and crown
princess when they celebrated ,thei,
silver: wedding at Karlsruhe, Germany
A black viper (snake) measuring "a
inches was killed at the Hanna gov
ka1-Y7y mir kis
largest specimen on record in Sweden
1t was sent to the national museum fo1
preservation. 49, : r.:
A monument of King Gustaf Vasa
was unveiled the other day at Tor
sang church, near Falun.
.HjaImar Branting lectured in Kris
tfania,' Norway, on the franchise cam.
palgn in Sweden, and at the close oil
the lecture he was given an ovation
The Swedish lumber exports to Bel
GUM have been decreasing every veal
since $685.
The king and the queen gave thu
crown princess an EXC uisite string Of
genuine pearls on the occasion of he1
silver wedding. r..
The Landskrona fertilizer factory
will be enlarged SO as to be- able IL
turn out 100000 sacks of artificial fer.
tilizers q year. ,.r /.
The city council If Gothenburg ha
accepted the testament by which Mrs
| Blanche Dickson bequeathed $4,000
to the city. -
The widow of E. Ericsson, of Goth
| enburg, donated $1,000 to the Seraf1n
hospital for the establishment Of :
ROntgen institute.
At the instance Of the military :iu
thorities, the civil authorities of Rost
| anga ordered Mr.. Henrickson, the pro
prietor of Rostanga hotel, to sell n
liquors during the military maneuver
in that neighborhood. Mr.. Hendrick
son, did not fancy this order, and Il
| of q sudden he announced that h
would close the hotel completely dur
ing the maneuvers. This caused grea
inconvenience. Major General VOL
Matern and about fifty other officer
having rented quarters in the hote
expecting to take their meals there
They could of course keep their rooms
but they could get nc meals at tn
hotel.
The central committee of the gen
eral teachers association has resolve,
to ascertain whether the teachers ar
bound to, be present when the bishop
make official visits at the publ
schools.
The city of Stockholm has estap
lished a new Office. namely, that o
bostadsinspektor" dwelling, room, o
raSiHanalN nSnpafNr>\ Ac no ~,
dicates, his duty is to inspect all room
used by people as homes, and the ain
Of the new Institution is to ,contro
the sanitary conditions of the home
OF the people. The first man to fill tn
new position is Prof DR.. German,
Virgin, who is connected with tn
Karolinska Instituter, and there :lr
two men and two women who serve a,
assistants. = '..-, ~
I The executive committee of tn
school teachers association has re-
solved to establish a school histor,
museum in Stockholm. There, will b
two. distinct departments, in the 7mu
scum, one for the preservation of ma
Iterials illustrating the methods Of in
struction during past ages, and anoth
Ter for the collection and classification
Of objects and data which may. he %
direct and practical use iii the 5schoo
work as it isscarried on at;:the presen
time. ~: III IL = : III ~ = !.
&: Rev. Eversl, has published 1856 ney
| hymns which he. proposes to have add
ed : to the official hymn book 81 tn
church of: Sweden. j The collection i
gaining the ;:.favoraCf@ the public, an
the sale Of it is brisk. I: lI; IT, !: -:
r. The spelling reform whicf1Gswass in
trodueed by; @Frid tj,yl lf Berg, 81 forme
minister Of Sinstru ctions: and d publ