Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-17
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
NJ PRINCIPAL Events Gathered In tho
Old Scandinavian Countries n

perature in Europe was found above
the Polar circle. For instance, it was
warmer at Haparanda, Northern
Sweden, that at the Azores islands.
ions OLSON, Stockholm mail car
rier, was killed by two Germans named
Schmidt and Scholkemeyer with two
pokers tied together. The murderer,
or his accomplice, had addressed a
registered letter to Schmidt, and while
he was receipting the letter in book
carried by OLSON, he was struck by
Scholkemeyer, blood having been
squirted on that page Of the book. The
murderers obtained about 5000 in
postal notes and two registered let
tiers.
The municipal court of Sodertlje has
commenced to apply a new system OF
handling DRINKS. Persons below the
age OF tWenty-one are not fined for the
first offense, but are made to sign a
pledge to keep absolutely sober for one
year. During this period the probated
person must appear once a month be-
fore the proper authorities and state
that he has kept sober If it is proved
in court that he has been drunk before
the expiration of the year of probation
he will be fined both for this and the
previous offense.
Fisheries Inspector o. Nordquist, of
Malmohus Ian has reported that the
contamination of the waters of South
ern Sweden by the sewage from fac
tories is worse than ever. The sewage
from the Helsingborg copper furnace
at Ramlosa is carried for miles along
the sea coast, either north or south,
according to the direction of the wind.
At Roo thousands Ct herring fry were
killed. and immense focks of news
may be seen feeding on the dead and
dying fish. Several fishermen noticed
that as soon as shoal of herring en-
tered the sewage from the copper fur
mace they would jump up above the
surface Of the water extend their gills
and die. The sewage from the numer-
Gus sugar factories is doing still more
damage, communicating both the
streams and the ocean. In some rivers
the salmon can no longer find spawn
ing grounds that are suitable for
breeding fry
NORWAY.
Kaiser Wilhelm Kaiserin Augusta
and Prince Adalbert have been visit
ing the coast towns Of Norway on
board the Hohenzollern.
A Norwegian chamber Of commerce
has been established in London, with
membership Of about 80, and Is
business firms in Norway have also
joined as members.
Tourists are swarming thru the
country around Trondhjem The
Americans are most numerous, but
there are also many Englishmen. On
the railway trains English is more
generally spoken than any other LAM
guage, not excepting even Norwegian.
A big ditch is being dug for draining
S,'kkevand, a shallow lake in Jaderen,
Southwestern Norway. The bottom
of the lake will make more than fifty
farms of the size which is most COM
mon in that part Ct the country, and
each farm is expected to support a
family of eight or ten members.
Miss Gina Krog, the untiring cham.
pion of woman's rights, celebrated her
Goth birthday June 20, and she was
called upon by many prominent ladies
who thanked her for her work and con.
graduated her upon the victory won
in the storting by the granting OF
political franchise to the women OF
Norway.
The farmers of Norway are doing
much work this summer in the line Of
draining swamps, clearing new land
and planting trees. There is a sort
of general awakening among them, and
they begin to realize more than ever
that Norway is poor chiefly because
her resources are not properly utilized
The government introduced a bill
authorizing the king to dissolve the
storting, but after a lengthy debate the
storting dropped the matter without
a formal vote. Premier Nicholson ex.
planned that the government will in.
troduce new bill providing either fol
referendum or for the right of dissolu-
ton. The Dagblad remarks that this
throws an interesting light on the po-
sition Of the government. An issue
like this is dropped without vote In
spite of the fact that the premier adj
vocated the bill in person, while such
sweeping reform measure as the
granting of political suffrage to the
women was passed without a word
being said about 1T in the storting by
any of the members of the cabinet.
"The Norwegian Federation" han
been constituted in Kristiania. An or.
ganization of this kind has been talked
about ever since the separation OF
Norway from Sweden in 1905. and its
general aim is to keep Norwegians in
all parts of the wcrld in> touch with.
each other. DR.. Gade has done much
preliminary work, and thru his efforts
the federation was able to start with
LOO individual members and about
300 societies, making the total men,
bership about 5000 DR.. Reusch pre-
sided at the meeting which organized
the federation. The following officers
were elected: President, Carl Berner,
president of the storting; vice-presi-
dent, DR.. F. G.. Gade; directors, All
Bjercke, Bishop Bang, Engineer Lee
gard, Mrs. Marianne Norup and Dr.
Reusch. The council is to consist OF
so members, 40 of whom were elected
The other 10 will not be elected unit,
societies in foreign countries have had
a chance to elect one or more of them
The Dovre male chorus of Mime.
apolis is giving concerts in Norway
and the singers are we'll treated. Ole
Teobaldi, a violinist, who was to &C,
as manager, did not quite toe the mark
by way OF advertising, and the attend
ance is not large.
A large British squadron visited
Bergen a few days ago. The admlrars
ship was the Dreadnaught, the world:
greatest battleship:
President Fallieres of France ha.
suddenly given up his intended trip t.
Scandinavia.
Mode has decided to remain "wer
for the next five years, by a majority