Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-03-14
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FINLAND.
Daring robbe:ies which are being
committed in Finland are terrorizing
the population They are attributed
mainly to Let's and Esthonians, who
fed from the Baltic provinces. The
alarming feature is the attitude Of the
Social Democrats, who are sympa-
thlzlng and showing a disposition to
make common cause with the revolu
t1onists across the gulf.
1t is feared that eight hundred fish
er1nen with their families, who are
af1oat on the ice in the gulf of Fin
land. are doomed to perish. A fort
night ago about 1000 persons were
1ishlnS off the east land when the ice
parted and they We're driven onto the
Baltic sea-
DENMARK.
King Fredr:k of Denmark is said
TO have been appointed honorary ad-
mlral in the German army by Kaiser
Wilhelm.
The proprierors of the Fredrikshavn
snlpyards bought a floating dock at
Alel, Germany, expecting to obtain
suitable position for it in the harbor.
Inc dock is 270 feet long and 60 feet
wide.
Every morning when King Christian
aWoke he used to open his bedroom
window to feed Il tame wood pigeon
and today the little bird comes as
usual, but the kind hand is no longer
there to tend 20 it's wants.
A London dispatch says: There is
something singularly touching in the
peoples tribute Of loyalty and affec-
clon to the dead king of Denmark. No
monarch surely was more loved for
his domestic and social virtues. no
king ever lived among his people on
more Intimate terms. What wonder
then that the Danes feel that they
nave lost father, and that the cere-
monies in connection with King Chris
uans funeral were no mere pageant
but the mournful tribute of those who
loved. Sixty thousand people came in
one day, undeterred by distance or
fatigue, some having taken long jour-
neys on foot and waited for hours in
the wet streets, just to gain an ell
ing place.
The city OF Copenhagen had 427,494
inhabitants February first, 1905, as
compared with 400,575 in 1901. The
population is steadily decreasing in the
central portions Of the city. Fred
riksburg, suburb. has $500 inhabi-
tants, and Gentofte- Ordrup, another
suburb, has 20,707. Copenhagen and
its suburbs, which really constitute
but one large city, have a combined
population of $4,000.
The population Of Denmark was
2,5SS,203 Feb. J., the increase for the
past five years being 100000.
The speaker Of the folketing used
only A words in expressing the greet
ings of that body to King Fradrik on
the occasion If his ascension to the
throne.
The Social Democratic members of
the Danish rigsdag proposed to cut
the kings civil list down from $780,
600 to $4,000, the opperage of the
crown prince from 100000 to $4,000,
and the allowance of the crown
princess from $4,000 to $500.
An old man named Neils Petersen
died at Holback the other day. When
his effects were investigated 5000 was
found concealed in the straw of his
bed. This was a great surprise, es-
Pecially to the poor board, from which
he had been receiving aid.
NORWAY.
A general movement has been start
ed in Kristiania for the establishment
OF colonies for Migrants. The first
colony will no doubt be started in the
neighborhood Of Kristiania, and if this
proves a success it will be followed by
other in different parts of the coun-
try. 1t is pointed out that by means
of 80 such colonies the tramp popula-
ton of Germany has been reduced
from 100000 to 100000 since the year
1882.
A lady who was engaged as a regu-
lar teacher in the public schools Of
Stavanger in 1897 was married in 1898,
and she had child in 1894 and an
other in 1896. The board of education
discharged her on the ground that
her duties as q mother interfered too
seriously with her work as a teacher
She sued the city, and the matter has
been dragging along through the courts
until a few days ago, when the su-
prenle court by vote of 4 to de-
cided the case In her favor. The su-
preme court held that she could not
be discharged on the general ground
that she was mother; but she would
have lost the case if specific charges
against her had been proved in court
a woodworks factory at Levanger
was completely destroyed by fire, caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
The government asked the storting
for credit of $1,095,750 to cover the
military and naval expenditures aris-
ing from the extraordinary defense
measures at the time of the crisis be-
tween Norway and Sweden. The sum
Of 265,500 was also asked for to ps;@
for the dismantling of the defenses in
the neutral zone in accordance Will:
the Karlstad treaty.
A company has opened a magnesite
mine, the first of it's kind in Norway,
at Snarum station, on the Kroderen
railway. The company is composed of
NorWegians and Swedes.
King Haakon has given $4,000 to the
National theater Hoistiania, and $3.50
to the Bergen theater.
: An inspection of the government for
ests in Tim. Telemarken, brought out
the fact that the storm of Dec. Is.
1905, had destroyed 1900 trees of diff
ferent sizes.
A contributor to the Kristiania Nor
'genb]adet proposes that a company of
soldiers be sent to the Swedish frontier