Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-30

The plans for Strengthening the
army and navy of Sweden are quite
comprehensive and call for millions of
kronor. The Social Democrats cause
no surprise by their criticism. Nor
did the Swedish government expect
the Norwegian press to remain mum
with regard to the new vigor manifest
ed in Swedish military circles. But
now the matter is becoming almost
serious since the Goteborg Handles
tidning has Joined the ranks of the
opponents by challenging the cham
plons of the new plans to prove that
the plans are necessary. Those who
are opposed to the extra expenses can
easily win the sympathy of the people
by threatening them with higher taxes.
DENMARK.
A new telephone cable has been laid
directly between Copenhagen and Ber-
lin at cost of 100000
A communistic colony has turned
three farms in North Sjelland into gar
dens, and the members of the colony
live on vegetarian diet. So far the
experiment has been a success, and
the leaders of the colony have COM
menced to do missionary work in Swe-
den and Norway.
According to London letter Queen
Alexandra and Dowager Empress
Dagmar enjoyed their recent stay at
their cottages near Copenhagen very
much. They lived a veritable simple
life''. They did their own gardening,
and in the afternoon they took long
drives or walks, both carrying Gamer.
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The minister of finance read his
report at the opening of the riksdag.
He must have found it to be an agree.
able task. The general receipts for
the year 1906-1907 were estimated at
were $27,620,000. On the other hand
the expenditures were S1,625,O00 be
low the estimates.
The main dining room of the cottage
cannot hold more than eighteen PEG.
pie at the most. The furniture is very
simple, and the only real luxury about
the cottage is an electric plant which
furnishes light and power. Queen AL.
exandra has herself personally super.
intended the installation of the light
which has been carried out in very
artistic manner.
The Danish steamer Alfred Erland
sen was wrecked on the rocks off Cas-
tie Point, Scotland The vessel car
ried cargo of lumber from Liban to
Grangemouth. 1t struck the rocks early
in the evening, and before it could
be reached by the lifeboat it went
to pieces and the crew of twenty were
drowned. The lifeboat was out all
night searching for the shipwrecked
and it was on the point of being
wrecked several times in the terrible
seas. Several bodies were washed
ashore the next day.
An interesting discovery has been
made at the DANA cement factory at
Mariager. Three caves have been
found in a chalk cliff which is about
100 feet high. The mouths of the
caves dIc halfway up Luc GILL, dlu d
man walked for half an hour in one
of them without reaching the end.
The roofs of the caves are so high that
a person may walk upright in them.
The walls show that the caves were
cut with pick axes. Some of the tools
are placed in inches. 1t is said that
the caves were made during the years
l63O-1640.
The government budget for the year
1908 calls for expenditures aggregating
$25,7OO,O00, while the receipts are put
at 100000 less than this amount. An
increase of the receipts of $1,150,000
is expected as compared with the pres
ent year. The national debt April /,
1908, will be 500, 100, 900, of which $685.
100000 is covered by bonds held in
Denmark while the balance is foreign
Indebtedness. The railways are ex-
pected to give a surplus of about ST.
100000, and. the post Office department
about $350,O0O.