Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-17
DEN MARK.

"oAheu Ill the harvest heldS away
from home, and this year the number
will no doubt be still larger
Niels Nielsen, of Gilbjerg, Heinsvig
parish, who is said to be the oldest
man in Denmark, received a gift Of
$27 from the king on his 104th BIRTH
day anniversary which occurred June
17th.
The kaiser and kaiserin Of Germany
and Prince Adalbert have visited the
Danish court. They were welcomed
by large throngs of people, and many
festivities were arranged in honor OF
the distinguished guests.
scenic artist ramed Otto Jensen
fell down precipice in the Bern
Oberland, Switzerland, and was
crushed to death. His body was thrown
so hard against the rocks that it could
hardly be recognized. 1t is supposed
that he was pulling flowers when he
fell.
FINLAND.
st. Petersburg dispatch to the
Daily Mail says that the husband of
one of the women deputies in the Fin
nish parliament tried unsuccessfully to
commit suicide, and the reason he
gave for the attempt was that his wife
was SO occupied with political work
that she neglected her home. The
misery to which he and his family
were reduced, he said, drove him to
desperation
The landtdag of Finland is SOON go
ing to discuss a proposition the
counterpart of which was never seri
ously discussed by the national legis-
lators of any country The question is,
in brief. this: Shall the government Of
Finland spend about $4,000 for hav-
ing the best samples Of all foreign
!iteratures translated into the Finnish
language? The advocates of the bill
argue that the common peopls Of Fin
land are entitled to enjoy all the best
literary productions of the world.
ICELAND.
There are about 40 cooperative
creameries in Iceland
The Icelanders catch fish for about
100000 a year along the coasts Of
their country, but the foreigners catch
from three to four times that much.
Only one-third Of Iceland is in
habited, and one-fifth of it's area may
be cultivated. So far less than one
half per cent. of the area is cultivated.
An enthusiastic Icelander has writ
ten book about his country, and after
having given an account Of its natural
resources, he says that the island can
support population of at least 2,00O,-
900, instead of the $4,000 people who
are scattered along the coast at the
present time.
Work has begun on an electric rail-
way which is to run from Reykjavik
for about so (English) miles thru the
most thickly settled parts of the island,
The waterfalls will furnish motive
power. Indeed, some French engineers
have estimated that the water power
of Iceland may be put at the enormous
aggregate of 1,O00,000,000 horse power
SWEDEN.
Rev. P. P. Waldenstrom is back
from China ana is lecturing on his
experiences anE observations over
there.
Per Viktor nilsson and Vitalis
Johansson were drowned while taking
ride in a SAIL boat in Brunnsviken,
Stockholm. A third party was saved
at the last moment.
About 500 acres of timber land was
swept by fire IN Hafvero parish, near
Sundsvall. The fire is supposed to
have been started by poachers The
timber destroyed was very valuable.
The Neptune Salvage Company has
ordered a new steamer in place of one
sold some time ago. The craft, which
Is to be a powerful one, will be built
by B,rmeister s. Waine, Copenhagen,
Denmark
The Svano Sock Company of Anger
manlend has borrowed $4,000 from
two Scandinavian banking institutions
and given a m ortgage on timber land
in Angermanla nd, Jemtland and Vest
erbottcn.
The riksdag appropriated $4,000
for tie building of barracks for the
coast artillery at Vaxkolm. Now it
turns out that the appropriations have
been exceeded ty $162,0O0, and sti11
the work is not quite flushed
A number * Stockholm policemen
have Just spert :wo weeks in London
studying the police system of that city.
They used their time we'll, and there
was no end to the courtesies shown to
them by the autE critics Of London.
Sore Swedish newspapers are dis
pleased because number of promi-
nent and representative Swedes are
going to attend an agricultural con-
gress in Kriattalia. Il is admitted
that the men attend as "private per-
sons" but it Is argued that the COM
mon PEOPLE w:;l overlook that fact.
The studentE' chorus Ut the Univer-
sity cf Lund has made a two-weeks'
directcr being Berg, and John Fors-
an exceedingl;> satisfactory one from
a musical as we'll as an economical
point Of view. st. was more like a tri-
umphsl march than anything else.
The prices NJ sheep and lambs are
constantly climbing, and in Southern
Sweden a grown eve is worth from
So to SO, ana E. one-year-old lamb
from IS to 81.
The queen tf Sweden is going to
spend q part b. the summer on the
Eriksberg estste, Kolmarden, Ably. a
short distance from Norrkoping.
The industrial exposition in Lund is
in full blast. It i, highly respectable
show, considering that 1t is a. purely
Swedish undertaking.
The Pellerit Oleomargarine Manu-
featuring corrpany Of Goteborg has
donated $3.50 20 the Swedish Aid So
ciety In Paris.
The government has bought the
larger TART c. the Arendala estates,
near Lund, f:r about $77,500. The
area of the land is about 800 acres,
and IL is to h. the site of tho head