Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-26

Kew. +. +. WaldenStrOm says tIldl
the Gothenburg system does not work
exclusively in the interest of temper
ance in Stockholm. On the contrary,
he says many owners of saloons fur
nish their rooms in a most fashionable
and luxurious manner in order to draw
customers.
The Swedish authorities are warn
ing people not to emigrate to Trans
vaal because they are apt to find it
difficult to obtain work in that country.
The Swedish publishers club does
not want any copyright treaty with the
United States because 1t would spoll
the Swedish American book trade.
The Monsteras and Asheda railway
was Offered for sale at public auction.
The highest offer was about 100000
but HE proprietors would not sell it
| FOR less than $l50O00.
Ahders Znrn, the noted artist. mad"
arrangements for Il musical tournament
81 Il rare nature at GeSun0a mountain.
1h'f1y-1Wn persons competed for
| pr'zcs. and all Of them played only old
| tunes. many Of which, however, were
mixed up with modern elements. One
| Ihlf Of tn" contestants played c',rnctS
| or other wind Instruments the others
playing string Instruments. Most Ut
! those playing he former kind wtr"
| WfHnf:'l. Eighty dollars Was paid out
as prizes. and each Of those who won
n" prizes received $1.35 for travelling
| expenses
! he city council If I,antl$krona eect-
| ed committee to draw up an nreii-
nance for ~ material restriction IF ,he
| liquor traffic.
The American Yul:lccO Trust has
! bnuSht all the stocks Of the Orient
| Cigar Manufact urinG Company, Stock
! hoIm. Tn" capital stock Of lht> com
! pany was $3250O but tho trust is said
| to have paid $l21,5 for tn: stocks, be-.
! sides good prices for the machinery
and all goods On hand. Those Interested
! in th: lobacco trade are eagerly dis
| cussing the ACCESSIBILITY OF establishing
a tobacco monopoly in France Austria
| and Spuin
! Baron Adc}Sward is in favor Of pro-
portional representation for both c..am-
bers Of the riksdag, but the great mass
Of tu. Conservative party wants ii ap-
piled only to the second chA,nbvr
The import. duty on sugar WIS re-
duced three -cighths of one cent per
pound September ], and the Swedish,
sugar barons" promptly made I; simi :
i lar reduction.
The government insura depart
ment paid pensions 10 1851 persons for
! the third quarter Of the present year
or this number 843 are invalds. and
1871 are widows or minor children Of
men who We're accidentally killed while
1T work.
The crown prime" shot two moose
at the Gronbo hunting grounds neal
Orebrn
About 1870 cOnSrriptS who gathered
at Bluff for examination. started q full
ticdSed anti-inlIitary demonstration
They hoisted Il bTnner bearing the
motto. Down with miIitarism" ant
marched to the railway station to mu-
sic from Il brass band. The authorities
tried to stop the demonstration. bu1
the men kept on until they had finished
their program. The leaders are yer,
apt to get into trouble
Small game, especially har"s nnl
p3rtridgeS, are very numerous This
season in the fields and forests e.
SHINE
NORWAY.
Capt. Roald Amundsen. discoverer OF
| the northwest passage. reached Seattl
on the steamship Saratoga from Nome
He was met by a committee :f the
chamber of commerce and the loca
Norwegian societies. Owing to his de
sire to reach the government observa
tory at Sitka in order to complete hi:
magnetic observations, Capt Amus1d
sen sailed for Sitka on the steamer
Jefferson a short time after his ar
rival. my observations extend over
period Of three years and it will take
three years to calculate them out" sale
he. Until that time it is utterly i'm,
possible to say positively what 7 have
accomplished by my observations
believe, however. that | have located
the north magnetic pole. cannot say
as yet whether it is Il shifting point OF
extends over a large area We also
took careful observations Of the aurora
borealis and I believe my observat tons
will show that this phenomenon has q
marked effect upon the compass Gu,
geological and chronological collection is
fairly complete" Valuable scientific
instruments used by Capt. Amundser
in taking magnetic observations were
not TO be found when he left the steam
ship Saratoga. Their loss may serious
ly interfere with his magnetic observe.
tons.
Walter Scott Dahl is dead This mar
played an interesting part in the his
tory Of his country. He was the sor
Of Il minister and was admitted to The
bar at the age of twenty. He served
as member Of the storthing from 1873
to 1888. excepting the years 1S79-1SSs
The most noted effort Of his life was
made in 1883. when he was the leading
attorney Of the state in the impeach-
ment proceedings against the Seine,
cabinet. This cabinet refused to obey
the mandate Of the storthing which
made it incumbent upon the cabinet
to defend it's policy before the stor-
thing. and the cabinet was convicted by
the special court of impeachment. Dahl
was a member of the Sverdrup min
istry in 1883 and 1889, and from the
latter date to his death he was Judge
of Gulating. The cause of his death
was cancer.
Tytteberries are sold on the Kris
tiania market for 3 to cents a quart
Water melons raised in Norway are
retailed at 13 cents pound, and a big
pumpkin brings so cents or more.
Hjalmar Branting, Socialist agita-
tor, made an address in Cafe, recon-
mending a national strike in case the
riksdag does not pass a popular stuff
rage bill. His suggestion was heartily
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