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


lost 100000 last year, and this was |
due to the San Francisco catastrophe. |
The cost for the insane kept at pub
lie institutions in 1906 was about
$73O,OOO averaging $145 for each pa
tient.
S. r. Bergendahl, captain in the
Swedish navy, is going to take part
in the North Pole expedition Of the
duke Of Orleans next summer.
The number of new industrial man
manufacturing concerns registered in
Sweden in 1906 was 1874, having
combined capital stock of $12.OOO.0Oo.
The church at Horup, Skane, has
been repaired and partly renodeled at
a cost of $4,000. The building was
re-dedicated by Bishop Billing few
days ago.
The governments of Sweden and
Servia have agreed on 4; commercial
treaty, each one granting the other
all the privileges Of the most favor
ed nation
The golden wedding Of King Oscar
and Queen Sofie will occur June G.
The health of the venerable monarch
is steadily improving, and he intends
to resume the reins of government in
the latter part OF May.
A new rail. which is heavier than
any in use on the Swedish RAILWAYS
| will be put down on railroad running
from Goteborg, and the speed Of the
| passenger trains may then safely be
| raised to so (English) miles an hour.
The international automobile hack
| company has commenced operations in
Stockholm with Is automobiles. and
this number Will be increased to %
by July first. The company also has
a footing some other Swedish cities
! The Ian government of Kristianstad
has ratified the laws of the two peo-
! pies high schools which are to be
| opened next fall, one at Tomelilla, the
other at Hamnenhog. Both of the
| schools will have agricultural depart
! ments.
1t was announced at the death Of
| n. Tollbom, of Nyland, that he had
bequeathed $4,000 to different benevo-
lent concerns. Now the executors
state that the liabilities of the estate
| exceed the assets by several hundred
dollars.
A Socialist orga1 in Helsingborg
does not see anything horrible in
mail robbery committed near Staffan-
storp because. says the paper. the up
per classes are living largely on
wealth ''stolen from the laboring
| classes"
The eleventh International anti
alcohol congress will be held in Stock
holm July 2S-Aug. 3. Prince Gustaf
Adolf has accepted the position Of
honorary president and the congress
will be formally opened by Prof
TigerSkjold
NORWAY.
Many congreg ations are taking up
collections for the Kristiania deacon
ess institute.
The business men of Trondhjem
have united their efforts to keep the
advertising rates Of the newspapers
down.
The city Of kristiania is about to
buy the Grefsen forest for $3.50, in
order to prevent contamination Of the
city water.
The assessment rolls for the year
1906 put the national wealth Of Nor
| way at 1882, 1000, and the total in
come at s13,450,00o
J. Kvam has been a public school
teacher for so years and for many
years past has been teacher and
sexton at the Trondhjem cathedral.
The Mormon congregation in Trond-
hjem is dwindling away. and scarcely
twenty members are left The Nor
mon emigration is also very light this
year.
The Bjelland Canning company,
/ StaVanger, has celebrated it's twenty
five-year jubilee by donating $4,000 to
different charitab BILE and other con-
! Germs.
A number Of Drammen capitalists
are planning the building of a pulp
factory at Archangel. Russia. The
annual production Of the plant is put
at 10000 tons.
| The storting committee on legisla-
ton has completed its work on the
proposition of woman's suffrage. Four
members of the committee propose
that political suffrage be granted to
women to the same extent as they
now enjoy the right to vote on local
matters. Three members of the COM
mittee favor q complete plotting out
of the line marking political distinc-
ton between men and women, and two
members are opposed to all changes.
The national government is going to
sell several hundred acres of it's land
in Verdalen.
Shoals of behring's have suddenly
crowded upon the shore on several oc-
casions in southwestern Norway this
spring. At Bleivik, for instance, a
shoal of Goldfish chased the behring's
until the latter actually ran up on dry
land. No suitable gear was at hand.
But some nets used for other purposes
We're tied together in a hurry and
stretched out for a short distance
along the edge of the water, and in
this manner 1870 tubfuls were landed.
In other places the people simply had
to stand and look at the silvery hosts
until they again retired into the deep.
1t is interesting to note that four
American packing companies were
fined $4,000 each for obtaining a re-
bate from the railroads which carried
goods bound for Kristiania, Norway.
The Roros smelling works produced
$50 tons Of copper and $4,000 tons OF
ore for export last year. The surplus
for the year 1906 was $4,000, which
| is 10 per cent of the cost of the plant
1t is proposed to establish a new
commune in the mountain districts of
Osterdalen by cutting out certain por-
tons of existing communes
The eight-hour day has been intro
duced as an experiment at the govern
ment arms factory at Kongsberg.
For centuries it has been known that
sogn can produce apples and other
fruits of the choicest quality But