Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

steamer, ran aground at Dragon, Den.
mark, in a thick fog. Lovenorn, the
inspection steamer of the Danish
government, which happened to be
only a short distance away, came at
once to the succor of Vastkusten, and
succeeded in pulling it off the shall.
low ground. The owner of the latter
wrote to the Danish government, ask.
ing what the expenses would be. The
Danish government answered that no
pay could be received. The owner next
asked permission to send gifts to the
crew of the Danish steamer in token
of appreciation, but even this was de.
clined in very friendly terms. The
owner of the rescued steamer was
not even permitted to defray the ex.
ira expenses incurred by the services
rendered by the Danish steamer.
A Danish daily claims that a mys-
terious spy story is engrossing the
attention of the military authorities
of Norway. An elegant Swede wear
ing black beard called at the Office
of one of the officers at the Karl 10.
hans Warn fortress early one morn
ing and told the Office girl that he
had come to get some documents
which his friend, the officer, was to
let him have. The girl, however, did
not even let him get in, but told him
to go to the officers private house.
The stranger said that he would rath-
er stay at the Office until she had
fetched the officer. She would not do
this, either, but left him outside and
locked the door before going to the
officers house. When she and the Of
ficer returned the stranger was no.
where to be seen, and no trace OF
him was found afterwards. A new
and more correct account may put
the whole matter in a different light.
DENMARK.
A "fishermen's high school, will
soon be opened at Kerteminde.
The harbor at Esbjerg is going to
be extended to the east at a cost OF
$2,O0O,O0O.
An electric power station is to be
built at Mario, Laaland, at cost of
almost 100000.
When the rigsdag discussed the
question of ordering submarine boat
the socialists advocated the construc-
ton of an airship instead.
A snowstorm did great damage in
southern Upland in the early part of
March. A train got stuck in a snow.
drift between Ringe and Nyborg.
The new giant locomotives seem to
be too heavy for the tracks. Near
a station in Fyn a broken rail was
discovered after one of those engines
had passed.
A large proportion of the British
soldiers are suffering from heart
troubles. This is said to be due
chiefly to the antiquated way in which
army life is regulated in England
and it has been proposed to apply
the Danish system as remedy. -
The Burmeister & Vain ironworks,
the greatest manufacturing concern
in Denmark, can pay no dividends for
the past year, the surplus being only
little over $1,000. The price of the
stocks has dropped from los to .63
in the course of the past few months.
Sweden.-Room rent was higher in
Sweden in 1907 than ever before
Kiruna, mining town in the extreme
north, heads the list with an average
rent of $7.22 for each room. The rate
was about $500 per room in Stock
holm, and in the southern part of
the country about two-thirds as much.
A new expedition will soon be ready
to leave for Greenland. The aim of
the enterprise is to ascertain whether
the fisheries along the coast can be
developed sufficiently to warrant the
investment of capital. About $4,000
has been raised for paying the ex-
penses of the expedition. The investi-
cations are expected to last about two
years.
Copenhagen, March Chancellor
Mac Cracker of New York University
will arrive here at the end of the
month to take up his course of lec-
lures at Copenhagen University on
the subject of American universities.
Prominent public men are arranging
banquet in his honor, the commit
tee in charge Of the preparations in
Guiding the heads of schools, the
mayor and other city officials and dis
tinguished scientists and artists.
SWEDEN.
A motor boat will be running on
Torne Trask Qake), Norrland, next