Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-08
DENMARK.

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Christmas.
DENMARK
Olof Poulson, the noted actor, was
awarded a gold medal on mis- forty
year jubilee as an actor.
commercial newspaper in Dem
mark recommends the Introduction Of
Chinese laborers in Denmark
Ex-Premier Estrup took suddenly i'll
While attending the rigsdag and
he had to be taken home in a hack.
His ailnent was due to qualification of
the blood vessels
The American department OF agri-
culture has ordered different kinds Of
Icelandic seeds and potatoes from the
agricultural society in Reykjavik. pro-
posing to experiment with them in
Alaska
An agitation for special Icelandic
flag is being strongly pressed in Ice
land Denmark maintains. however,
that so long as Iceland belongs to her
the Danish flag must be the emblem of
the islanders.
The rigsdag committee on election
laws has closed it's sessions without
being able to agree on a bill granting
general suffrage to 1nen and women at
local elections and providing for pro-
nortional representation.
line peace party in the Danish rigs
dag, consisting of 1855 out of 1870 mem
bers, has elected ten delegates to the
Scandinavian interparliamentary con-
ference which is to take place in
Copenhagen Sept. -.
1t is proposed to build electric power
stations at some peat boys in Jylland
using peet for fuel and furnishing all
the light and all the power needed for
traction and manufacture turnout that
peninsula
Mr.. HOlbol. a Danish postma ster, has
proposed that money be raised for
charitable purposes by means of ad-
vertisements printed on the back OF
| postage stamps before the paste is
put on. He claims that large sums
Of money could be raised that wav,
SWEDEN.
The estate Of the late Bishop Rund-
gren is valued at $4,000.
The Skogshal sawmill on HANNA,
island, near ,Karlstad, was destroyed
by fire.
There are cracks in the walls of the
Vadstena castle, where the national
archives are kept
The government has just bought
several tracts of timber land in Berg
slagen for $4,000.
a typhus epidemic is responsible for
the death of about a dozen soldiers at
the Skofde barracks.
The king has ratified the election of
Count A. F. Wachtmeister as chancel-
lor Of the universities.
Two large mass meetings in Stock
holm endorsed by unanimous vote
! the government franchise bill.
Stockholm has 332,73S inhabitants
The increase during the year 1905 was
comparatively large, namely, $3.50.
After ten years of discussion Malmo
will have a dry dock, for which the
national government has appropriated
1901 900.
BY means of transfer Of stocks ct
the Gafle and Dala railway the same
parties will be able to control the lines
connecting Cafe and Goteborg.
The riksdag has passed law pro-
Vid1ng that women may serve as teach
ers and physicians in positions filled
by appointment by the government.
An earthquake in Vestergotland
made a great deal Of noise but did
practically no damage. The racket
was kept up intermittantly for more
than half an hour.
One member of the riksdag after
another is converted in favor of the
government franchise bill, whose char
| acteristic feature is proportional rep
resentatiOn.
King Oscar has just bought forty
horsepower automobile. The motor
has four cylinders, and the car itself
| which is very elegant and comfortable
| was made in Paris. 1t is lighted with
electricity and has a complete heat
ing plant. The car is large enough te
| accommodate eight persons
]. P. Pehrsson, Of Uddevalla has in
vented a telephone relay which not
only transfers but strengthens the cur
| rent in a very satisfactory way. A
| message was sent for a distance OF
900 (English) miles with good results
The sale of liquors has been pro.
| hibited at the military establishments
of Sweden for the past few months
| but many officers of the army claim
that the soldiers are no more temper
ate than they were before.
! The proclamation of the university
of Upsala has endorsed the PROPOSE.
ton Of getting up state lottery fol-
raising Lime fund for the benefit OF
that university.
| The population of Sweden at the
close Of the year 1906 was 5,337,055, az
against 5,294,S55 the previous year, the
increase being 42,170, or about 8 pei
| 1000. The increase for 1905 was abou
6k per 1000. The mortality was very
low in 1906, and the increase was the
greatest since 1898.
| During the half-year closing Marcel
81 the $50 taxable breweries IL
Sweden consumed about 34,0O0,0O(
pounds of malt, for which the govern.
ment received a tax of about $325,00O
Malmo has 74,66S inhabitants, G.
whom s4,ss7 are men and 37,72s wo
lnen. The increase for the year wa
1898. ~ IT. .@->..- =