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Willmar Tribune,
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WILLMAR. MINN.
OF A WEEK
Latest News Told
in Briefest and
Best Form.
POLITICAL.
Joseph M. Brown was elected gov
ernor of Georgia over Yancey Carter,
Independence party candidate.
William H. Taft and William J. Bry
an, rival candidates for the presidency
of the United States, met in Chicago
at the fourth annual banquet of the
Chicago Association of Commerce. It
was strictly a non-partisan affair, poli
tics being absolutely barred. Earlier
in the day Judge Taft addressed the
Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway convention,
and Thursday morning Mr. Bryan
made a speech before the same body.
President Roosevelt announced that
he would make no speeches in support
of the candidacy of William H. Taft
for the presidency, as there was no
necessity for such action.
Revival of the rumors that Presi
dent Roosevelt will make speeches in
suppoit of the Republican national
ticket were met by this statement
from the White House: "The presi
dent has no intention at present of
taking the stump in behalf of Mr.
Taft."
Chairman Mack of the Democratic
national committee attacked George
R. Sheldon, Republican national treas
urer, because of his alleged relations
with the trusts, and it developed that
he was preparing to open up on W. M.
Cromwell, member of the Republican
advisoiy committee, on the same
grounds.
PERSONAL.
Harry Augustus Gai field of the
class of "So, son of President James
A. Garfield, was inducted into the of
fice of president of Williams college.
Thomas W. Lawson, the well-known
financier, was thrown from his car
riage while driving near North Scit
uate, Mass., and severely injured.
W. K. Hicks, secretary of the Min
neapolis board of education, was in
dicted for alleged grafting.
Right Rev. Michael Tierney, Catho
lic bishop of Connecticut, was stricken
with apoplexy.
Lieut. Frank T. Evans, son of Ad
miral Evans, will be tried by court
martial at Manila on charges of being
absent from his station while acting
as chief of the deck, using profane and
disrespectful language to a superior
officer and Intoxication.
James W. Quillan, owner of a pri
vate bank at Ipava, 111., was indicted
for receiving deposits after he knew
the bank was insolvent.
A divorce was granted to Nat Good
win, the actor, from Maxine Ellott at
Reno, Nev.
GENERAL NEWS.
The people on the island of Crete,
etirred by the events in southeastern
Europe, the independence of Bulgaria
and the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina by Austria, have arisen
and proclaimed union with Greece.
The Turkish government has sent to
the powers a circular protesting
against the Bulgarian proclamation
and asking the powers what steps
they mean to take looking to the re
establfshment of order in Bulgaria and
tiie maintenance of Turkey's interests
which were guaranteed by the treaty
of Berlin. In Servia there is popular
clamor for war against Austria-Hun
gary, and the Servian government has
Issued an appeal to the powers re
questing them to restore the status
quo, or else to giant Servia compensa
tions
Five Harvard men who sailed in the
old cup defender Mayflower to recover
the treasure from a long-ago wrecked
Spanish galleon, were wrecked in the
hurricane that swept the West Indies
and were rescued with difficulty.
With a concussion which shook the
entire village of Richford, Vt., a large
grain ele\ator, having a capacity of
500,000 bushels, exploded, causing the
death of 12 men and a woman.
The Fiench fishing schooner Juanita
foundered on the Grand Banks and 25
of her crew drowned.
Six Mexican miners were killed by
a cave-in at Gananea, Mexico.
John W. Richardson, a Virginia far
mer, killed his fatherin-law, his sister
In law and himself.
William Donaldson, aged 71 years,
a civil war veteran, ate a pint of paris
green with suicidal intent at Havana,
111., and died in terrible agony.
Fifte"} thousand members of the
Mormon church at Salt Lake City
pledged themselves to support prohibi
tion legislation.
Philadelphia began the celebration
of Founders' week, marking the two
hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary
of the founding of the city by William
Penn.
A bear escaped from its cage in a
park at Tucson, Ariz., and killed a
baby.
Eight persons lost their lives in a
tenement house fire in New York.
The new St. Boniface cathedral at
Winnipeg, Man., erected at a cost of
1600,000, was dedicated.
Col. J. C. Marcy, formerly a promi
nent attorney, was burned to death at
his home in Minot, N. D.
In one day's automobile accidents
the killed were Dick Brink, a Grand
Rapids merchant Charles Weisbeck
er of Harlem, N. Y., and Mrs. Peter
Young and daughter of Ashland, Pa.
Fire in St. Louis destroyed the ware
house of the Campbell Glass ft Paint
Company, entailing a loss of 1150.000.
Perry Royer, marshal of Morrill,
Kan., shot and killed J. H. Schmucker,
editor of the Morrill News, and then
committed suicide.
Leaking gas in an Italian boarding
house at Waterbury, Conn., killed four
persons and made six others uncon
scious.
In an attempt to escape after being
arrested, Lucian Ferriss was shot and
instantly killed by Sergt. George
Smith at Nashville, Tenn.
After rescuing an aged woman from
a burning house Policeman Nicholas
Nestor of Jersey City plunged again
into the blazing building and met
death by suffocation.
Mistaking a cannon firecracker for
a candle, Mrs. Sophia Brehm of Lin
coln, Neb., lighted the fuse and went
into the cellar to get vegetables. The
explosion shattered her right hand.
She probably will die.
Wilbur Wright made an aeroplane
flight at Le Mans, France, with Mrs.
Hart O. Berg as a passenger.
One fireman was killed and eight
were injured by the falling walls of a
burning grain elevator in Buffalo,
N. Y.
Capt. J. Clayton Erb, confidential
secretary to Israel W. Durham and
one of the political leaders of Phila
delphia, was shot and instantly killed
at his country home, and Mrs. Cath
erine Balsdell, his wife's sister, is said
to have admitted shooting him during
a family quarrel.
As a part of the Founders' week
celebration in Philadelphia a monu
ment was unveiled to Francis Daniel
Pastorius, the first German immigrant
to come to America.
Messages of congratulation from
President Roosevelt and Messrs. Bry
an and Taft were read in the trans
Mississippi congress in San Fran
cisco
Robbers in Slobodze, Russia, killed
12 members of a Jewish family.
It was reported that President Cas
tro of Venezuela was seriously ill and
might have to turn over the govern
ment to the vice-president.
Detroit won the American league
championship pennant.
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee, collapsed in his room at the
Auditorium Annex hotel, Chicago, from
overwork, a hard cold and a chill.
Two more Ohio counties voted to
oust the saloons.
Ben Price, colored, charged with at
tacking his daughter, was hanged by
a mob at Grandfloram, Tex.
The State bank of Danube, Minn.,
was dynamited and robbed of $2,300.
Democrats of Rhode Island nomi
nated a state ticket headed by Olney
Arnold for governor.
Fog caused a wreck on the Pennsyl
vania railroad near Lancaster, Pa., In
which one man was killed and a num
ber injured.
Anatomy hall, formerly the medical
building at the Minnesota state uni
versity, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is $15,000.
Mabel Jackson of Chicago set fire
to her clothing by stepping on a match
and was burned to death.
Eleven boys who escaped from the
reform school at St. Charles, 111., are
believed to have set fire to a lumber
yard there. The loss was $25,000.
A woman, believed to have been
Mrs. L. D. Draper of Saginaw, Mich.,
committed suicide by leaping over
Niagara Falls.
Twenty thousand soldiers and sail
ors took part in the first of the pa
rades in celebration of Founders' week
in Philadelphia. A bronze tablet at
the city hall marking the site of the
encampment of the French army un
der Gen. Rochambeau was unveiled.
The medical board of army officers
in the case of Col. William F. Stewart,
U. S. A., placed in command of the
ungarrisoned post at Fort Grant, Ariz.,
by President Roosevelt, reported that
officer incapacitated from active serv
ice.
Managers of 22 of the largest parks
and circuses in the country have
formed a syndicate controlling $32,
000,000 worth of park and circus prop
erty.
The janitor of one of the largest
public schools in the Bronx, New York
city, discovered a charge of dynamite
in the foundation walls.
The Trans-Mississippi congress
opened in San Francisco with a thou
sand delegates present.
While temporarily insane Jacob
Hempfling, aged 70, a prosperous
farmer who lived at Atwood, Ky., shot
and fatally wounded his wife, and
then killed himself.
Eleven persons were killed, more
than a dozen were injured and 30 es
caped death by the narrowest margin
in an incendiary fire which wrecked
a tenement house on Mulberry street,
New York.
The Belgian steamer Tiflis, picked
up 200 miles southwest of the
Bahamas, a raft on board of which
was the sole survivor of the crew of
the American schooner Beulah Mc
Cabe, which foundered in a hurricane.
War in eastern Europe was made
almost certain by the announced de
termination of Bulgaria to declare her
independence from Turkey and the
virtual annexation of Bosnia and Her
zegovina by Austria.
Great damage was done by a hur
ricane that swept over the Bahamas.
Manila bay was swept by a fierce
hurricane and considerable damage
was done in the city, but the Ameri
can battleships were uninjured.
An explosion of gas at the plant of
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company's
works, No. 2, at Tarentum, a suburb
of Pittsburg, Pa., resulted in a loss by
fire of $500,000 and threw 800 men out
of employment.
The International Congress on Tu
berculosis, just before adjourning, put
itself on record in opposition to the
theory of Dr. Robert Koch, minimizing
the danger of human infection from
bovine tubercle bacilli.
Rear Admiral Sperry decided not to
give shore leave to any enlisted men
at Manila because of the cholera. The
fleet was given a joyful welcome by
the people and there was a big marine
parade in the harbor.
Foley, the county seat of Benson
county, Minn., a village of 1,000 peo
ple, was practically destroyed by fire.
As the result of a report made by
the civil service commission, Presi
dent Roosevelt removed Lincoln
Avery, collector of the port at Port
Huron, Mich., and also directed the
removal of Charles H. Dailey, special
agent of the treasury at that place.
BULGARIANS CAST OFF
THE YOKE OF TURKEY
Independence Proclaimed with Ferdi
nand as Their Czai—Austria An
nexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
•-The Union of Crete with
London.—In the ancient capital
of Tirnovo the independence of
Bulgaria was proclaimed Monday, with
the czar of the Bulgarians as a ruler.
Czar of the Bulgarians is recognized
to mean more than czar of Bulgaria,
because it is a distinct intimation
that he regards his country as having
sovereignty over all the people of
that blood in the east.
Within a day or two Austria-Hun
gary, which has been working with
Prince Ferdinand in this preconcerted
plan, will proclaim the new status of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The question, which has been stir
ring the whole of Europe more deeply
than any similar question in the mem
ory of the present generation is, does
it mean war? From all the capitals
come reports indicating that it means,
first of all, another European congress
of the signers of the treaty of Berlin
to consider the situation and probably
to revise the treaty.
Turkey May Avoid War.
Turkey, caught in a moment of
weakness, is the victim of this situa
tion, and while some internal animosi
ties have been stirred up, probably no
power is willing to make war. Reports
from the emancipated Turkish press
to London indicate that the "Young
Turks" will swallow this bitter pill
as best they can and, if they do, natu-
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
rally the Bulgarians, while willing and
eager for war, will have no cause on
which to base the beginning of hostili
ties.
From the British standpoint the
whole affair has been a surprise, and
more than a surprise, because for the
first time in years the British govern
ment felt itself with apparently a per
fect understanding with France and
Russia and complete friendship with
Italy, to be in a position where It
dominated European politics, reserv
ing out of this consideration the al
most open enmity between itself and
Germany.
Turkey to Appeal to Powers.
Constantinople.—The council of
ministers held a long session Tues
day morning to consider the action
of Bulgaria in declaring her independ
ence of Turkey at Tirnova Monday.
It was decided that it was impossible
to accept any proceedings that violat
ed existing treaties, and that Turkey
should address a circular note to the
powers pointing out the necessity of
taking measures to enforce respect
for the treaty of Berlin.
Replying to the telegram sent to
the Turkish government by Prince
Ferdinand, In which he said that in
declaring the independence of Bulga
ria he had been compelled to respect
the voice of the nation and expressed
the hope that the friendly relations
between the two countries would con
tinue, Turkey says she has invited
the powers to confer on the situation,
and as her rights are guaranteed by
the powers, she will look to them for
their defense.
Servians Are Enraged.
Belgrade, Servia.—The news of Aus
tria-Hungary's action with regard to
the annexation of the provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina has aroused
Servia to the danger point. The
streets are thronged with a wild mob,
many of the rioters discharging their
revolvers and demanding war with
Austria rather than annexation.
Mediation by France.
Paris.—France has essayed the role
of mediator with the object of pre
venting war between Turkey and Bul
garia, and as a result of Foreign Min
ister Pichon's series of conferences
Monday with the representatives of
the powers, including M. Iswolsky, the
Russian foreign minister Naoum
Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to
Two Americans Have Cholera.
Manila.—Ten new cases of cholera
were reported for the last 24 hours.
The list includes the names of two
Americans—C. O. Harbough of the
civil service and Charles Ridgeway,
known as "the blind poet."
Cuban Town Suffers in Storm.
Havana.—Baracoa, on the northeast
coast, suffered severely on Saturday
and Sunday from a heavy storm. The
custom house, which was in the course
of construction, and many other build
ings were destroyed.
Alleged Swedish Embezzler Sought.
New York.—Charged with having
absconded with 933,500 belonging to a
savings bank in Lindesberg, Sweden,
Israel Jansson, a former official of the
bank, Is being sought by the police in
the vicinity of New York. Jansson is
known to have arrived here on the
steamer Adriatic on August 6 and to
have gone to Cleveland, O., with his
wife and child. He lived there, the
police say, with relatives, assuming
the name of L. E. Pettersson, but some
time ago left Cleveland and is believed
to be in this city.
Greece Is Decreed.
STRENGTH OF ARMIES
TURKEY.
On a war basis—
Total war strength 1,007,658
Officers 26,973
Soldiers 081,685
Horses 57,320
Gun» 1,386
On a peace basis
Infantry, 318 battalions. 293,196
Cavalry, 197 squadrons.. 34,827
Artillery, 231 batteries.. 31,647
Landwehr (1st reserve). 324,544
Landsturm (2d reserve). 324,544
BULGARIA.
On a war basis—
Total war strength 296,108
Officers 5,431
Soldiers 290,677
Horses 41,776
Guns 486
On a peace basis—
Infantry, 24 regiments.. 102,812
Cavalry, 10 regiments.. 5,920
Artillery, 6 regiments... 9,828
Active reserve 88,774
Militia 88,774
France the Austro-Hungarian, the
British, the American and the Italian
ambassadors, and of active exchanges
which have been going on between
the various cabinets. It was an
nounced that France, Great Britain,
Russia and possibly Italy were pre
pared to act in unison to preserve
peace and to call a conference of the
signatories of the Berlin treaty to deal
diplomatically with the situation that
has arisen between Turkey and Bul
garia and to harmonize conflicting in
terests so that fresh complications
may be avoided.
Bulgaria Declares Independence.
Sofia, Bulgaria.—Bulgaria, a tribu
tary piincipality under the suzerainty'
of the sultan of Turkey, Monday pro4
claimed her independence of Turkey]
This action was taken at Tirnovo by,
Prince Ferdinand, who was elected
prince of Bulgaria in 1887. The Bul
garian cabinet was present with the
prince, having met Sunday at the
frontier and journeyed with him to
Tirnovo.
The proclamation was made at the
cathedral of Tinovo at 11 o'clock Mon
day. It was a dramatic scene, accom
panied by much enthusiasm. A mani
festo of independence addressed to the
nation was subsequently issued by the
prince.
Tirnovo is the ancient capital of the
kingdom of Bulgaria, and it was there
in the olden days that the kings of
Bulgaria were crowned.
Crete Unites with Greece.
Canea, Island of Crete.—A decree
announcing the union of Crete with
Greece was published here Wednes
day evening. Events leading up to the
climax followed each other throughout
the day with dramatic rapidity.
The town was bedecked and early
in the morning people began flocking
in from all directions. There was
much firing of guns and revolvers,
with plenty of cheering, but perfect
order prevailed. Mussulmans mingled
with Christians freely and unmolested.
At two o'clock in the afternoon a
great demonstration in favor of union
with Greece occurred on the military
review grounds. More than 100,000
people, one of the largest crowds ever
seen here, gathered at this place.
Greek Flag Is Raised.
Ten thousand men marched sing
ing and shouting to the various con
sulates, leaving at each of them a
written copy of the resolutions adopt
ed. They then surged to the
governor's palace and lowered the flag
of Crete, raising the Greek flag in its
place. The flags on all the public
buildings were similarly replaced by
the flag of Greece. With incessant
and wild cheering for the union, the)
great procession made its way to the
fortress, where a Greek flag also was
sent up to the top of the flagstaff, but
the Fi snch troops insisted upon lower-,
ing it, and unfurled the flag of Crete
and those of the four protecting
powers.
This angered the populace and for
a time there was serious danger of
disturbances, but the leaders finally
succeeded in restoring order.
A special issue of the government
journal was distributed at five o'clock
containing the decree signed by five
councillors.
Wright in Passenger Trips.
Le Mans, France.—Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplanist, made two
flights with passengers Monday. One
was with M. Bollee, who weighs about
216 pounds, and the other with M.
Pelller, vice-president of the Aero
club of the Sarthe.
Charged with Slaying Kin.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—As a result of
evidence taken before the coroner's
jury Monday, J. C. Stanfield is in jail
charged with having murdered his fa
ther-in-law, H. C. Risley.
Bishop Tierney Is Dead.
Hartford, Conn.—Rt. Rev. Michael
Tierney, bishop of the Roman Cath
olic diocese of Hartford, who was
stricken with paralysis on Saturday,
died Monday. Bishop Tierney was
born in County Tipperary, Ireland.
'Frisco Fire Loss $100,000.
San Francisco.—A fire which start
ed in the coal bunkers of the Pacific
Coast Company at the foot of Beale
street spread to the factory of Hobbs
Wall ft Co., and to the Beale street
wharf, causing a loss of $100,000.
IP
S 0NRN1.
Lower Taxation.
St. Paul.—Owing to the increase In
the amount of taxable property found
in the state the state auditor, in mak
ing the levy for the taxes to be paid
next year, recommends a tax of 3.33
mills, as against 3.48 mills for this
year. The total amount of assessed
property in 1907 was $1,048,000,000,
as against a net valuation of $1,063,
630,000 for this year.
Slight decreases are made in the
levy for state revenue and for the
university campus fund. The other
levies are the same as before. To
the levy made by the auditor must
be added the levy of 1.23 mills for
state school purposes.
In speaking of the levy State Aud
itor Iverson said:
"The legislature of 1907 made a tax
levy of $1,700,000 for state revenue
purposes for each of the years 1907
and 1908, and fixed the maximum
rate of 1.7 mills for each year.
"In 1907 the maximum rate was
levied. For this year, owing to the
increased assessment, it is possible
to reduce the rate, and we have ac
cordingly made the rate for state
revenue purposes 1.6 mills, which will
produce the amount levied by the
legislature. The legislature of 1907
also made a levy of $175,000 for each
of four years for university campus
purposes.
"In 1907 .2 of a mill was levied for
that purpose. This produced more
than the amount of the levy. This
year the levy for university campus
purposes is .15 of a mill, which will
produce somewhat less than the
$175,000 but taking the two years
together it will produce about the re
quired sum for the two years.
"The total levy for all state pur
poses in 1907 was 3.48 mills. That
included .1 for soldiers' relief, .2
funding tax, 1.7 state revenue, .05
state road and bridge, .2 for univer
sity campus, 1 for the state school tax
and .23 for the university.''
The State's Finances.
St. Paul.—State Treasurer C. C.
Dinehart has just completed a state
ment comparing the condition of the
state's finances on Oct. 1, 1908, with
Oct. 3, 1907. The reports show the
total receipts of his office for the
year up to Oct. 1, 1908, were
$2,141,804.75, as compared with
$1,683,885.40 for the previous year, a
gain in favor of the present year of
approximately half a million dollars.
The revenue fund on Oct. 1, 1908,
contained $368,092.94 and on Oct. 1
1907, $217,879.56.
There was $88,031.75 in the uni
versity campus fund on Oct. 1, 1907,
and $264,338.05 in that fund on Oct.
1, 1908.
According to a report just complet
ed by State Insurance Commissioner
Hartigan, the receipts for his office
for the nine months ending Sept. 30,
1908, showed a gain of $3,784.84 over
the corresponding period for 1907.
The total receipts for the current per
iod were $56,906.38 as against $52,'
121.64 for 1907.
Scalded to Death.
Faribault.—Scalded alive in a large
tank of boiling water was the fate of
Henry Kuehl, twenty-one years of
age.
Kuehl was employed at the packing
plant in the North, end and was as
sisting in killing hogs. He tried to
pull one of the killed animals into
the vat by. its ears, when he lost his
hold, slipped and fell bodily into the
tank of boiling water.
It was several minutes before he
could be rescued from his perilous po
sition. Large pieces of skin and flesh
fell from the body after he was taken
from the tank.
Kuehl was hurried to the hospital,
but there was not the slightest
chance for his recovery.
The unfortunate man is the son of
Albert Kuehl, a prominent contractor
of Faribault.
Breaks the Record.
Minneapolis.—The record total of
27,667,990 bushels grain made up the
September business of the Chamber
of Commerce. The state inspection
department passed upon 23,765 cars.
Reports appeared late, delayed a day
by the greater labor involved in pre
paring them.
Of wheat alone 17,115.440 bushels
arrived in Minneapolis, most of which
was immediately taken by local or
country flour mills, although there
was some accumulation of wheat in
elevator storage late in the month.
Compared with the 27,667,990 bush
els in the total, September of last
year was light, receipts in that month
having reached but 13,594,910. The
excess for this year is 14,073,080.
NEWS NOTES.
Belle Plaine, Minn.—Fire destroyed
J. H. Johnson's residence here.
St. Peter.—Annual report of Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
shows decrease of $1,062,492.72 for
fiscal year, as compared to previous
year.
Mankato.—Herbert, the twenty
months' old child of M*. and Mrs. Er
nest Fallenstein, drank some gasoline
(this forenoon while playing about* the
•house, and died shortly afterward.
Minneapolis.—As has been the cus
torn for several years when weather
conditions have been nearly normal,
the saw mills of the Twin Cities and
vicinity will close about Nov. 10.
Duluth.—Mayor Haven, who is
chairman of forest fire relief commis
sion, declares report that too much
money has been subscribed is unau
thorized and unjustified.
Brainerd.—Fire at Jenkins, a small
station on the Minnesota & Interna
tional railroad, twenty-five miles north
of Brainerd, last night destroyed the
store occupied by W. P. Locke and
the saloon of Messrs. Buchitt and
Bennish.
Twin Valley.—Mrs. James Ramsey,
wife of a prominent farmer of this
county, was killed by being kicked in
the abdomen by a vicious cow.
Minneapolis.—Mrs. Sutherland was
found in Powderhorn lake, with child
in he* arms, leaving iote telling of
errors in life.
DENMARK.
The fall of the Christensen cabinet
is.hailed with joy by the Radicals and
the Socialists. One of their hobbies
is "military nihilism." The cause of
the complete collapse of the cabinet
was the fact that one of its former
members, Albert!, embezzled several
million dollars belonging to a savings
bank and other concerns. This em
bezzlement was a stunning financial
blow to the whole country, and the
anti-military elements are in hope's
that the rigsdag will be in no mood
to spend millions in military defences
when the credit not only of the pri
vate business men but also of the
national government is shaken. Nor
is it likely that men who are in fa\or
of strong military defences will run
the risk of serving in the new cabi
net, which must be formed in a few
days.
FINLAND.
Swedish Civilization in Finland.
The widow of the late governor of
Virmo, Ewy Procope, donated $45,000
to the Swedish culture fund, and $20,
000 to the Swedish literary society.
Tho senate has been authorized to
contract a loan of $4,320,000 for the
construction of new railways. The
money is to be raised in the course
of one year, and the rate of interest
shall be 5VS per cent. The Union
Ban'k of Finland is to negotiate the
loan in foreign countries.
SWEDEN.
There are 13,000 Freemasons in
Sweden.
Stockholm expended about $3,000,
000 on public improvements in 1907.
The milk flour factory at Lslof had
to be closed on account of overpro
duction.
A pumpkin weighing 65 pounds was
raised by Wilhelm Renner, a Malmo
gardener.
The London Times speaks very
highly of Dr. Sven Hedin's explora
tions in Tibet.
The traffic on the state railways
was a trifle heavier in July this year
than last year.
Of the 266 Swedish students who
received their degrees 50 years ago
no less than 105 are still living.
The steamers of the Gota canal
company carried 3,000 foreign tour
ists last summer. Ten years ago this
line carried only 1,000 passengers dur
ing the season.
The work accomplished by the
Swedish expedition which spent the
warm season in surveying Spitzber
gen is highly creditable to the scien
tists who were at the head of the
expedition.
A Swedish engineer residing at
Stockholm is at the head of a number
of men who intend to make Trond
hjem the center of the distribution
of fresh Lofoten fish to all parts of
Scandinavia. As a starter he pro
poses to handle 4,1)00 tons a year.
Prof. N. H. Nilsson, of Svalof, has
been engaged by an agricultural so
ciety in Holland to give a series of
lectures on the work which the
Swedes are doing in the line of im
proving some of the most important
food plants. This work is attracting
much attention in foreign countries.
The Swedish department was the
only one which was perfectly ready
to receive the public at tbfe opening
of the arts and industrial exposition
in St. Petersburg. This gave the
Swedish industries a vast advantage,
for the exhibits themselves were "the
gem of the whole exposition." The
newspapers, willy nilly, had to com
ment on the Swedish department
from the start because that was the
only one that could be judged with
any show of fairness as long as the
departments of the other nations
were incomplete. And the comments
of the newspapers could not well have
been more flattering. The St. Peters
burg Zeitung, the organ of the dip
lomats and of Russian swelldom in
general, points out with emphasis
that the wealthy people of Russia
should look at the industrial products
of Sweden before they furnish their
elegant homes. The Swedish manu
facturers are, of course, highly elated
over these results.
The landsting (legislature) of Hol
land has appointed a committee to
report on a plan to build a tubercu
losis hospital with 80 beds and at a
cost of $70,000, in Stenhult park.
Harald Funck, an engineer, has do
nated $2,700 to the Stockholm high
school for the establishment of a bio
chemical department in connection
with the organic laboratory.
The revenues of the government
have fallen off about $700,000 from the
beginning of the year as compared
with the figures for the same period
last year.
The Social Democrats kept their
ground remarkably well during the
recent elections, and also made some
headway. The party organization
paid the taxes of hundreds of poor
citizens In order that they might be
entitled to vote.
Swedish singers and musicians are
going to give a number of purely
Swedish concerts in some large Ger
man cities. Queen Victoria is sup
porting this move.
The armored cruiser Fylgia will
make an extended cruise next win
Ur, going as far as Buenos Ayres.
SCAMPI MA VIAM MEWS
Principal Events Gathered In the
Old Scandinavian Countries
Krlstiania, Sept. 29.—The scheme
which has been under advisement for
a long time for the establishment of
a direct steamship line between Scan
dinavia, embracing Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, and the United States,
has been successfully concluded. The
proposal for independent lines from
each of these three countries to the
United States has been abandoned,
but under the plan adopted all three
will contribute an equal share of the
capital for the consolidated line. For
*.he present six steamers will be en
gaged in the service, sailing under the
Norwegian flag, and Bergen will be
the headquarters of the company.
Taken as a whole, the returns of
the soil are far above the average this
year.
In 1906 about 60 moose were killed
in Skane, and last year the number
was about 50. This was tantamount
to an almost complete destruction *4.
this kind of game in Skane. Only a
very few have been killed this year,
and they were stragglers from other
provinces.
Dr. Sven Hedin sent the following
telegram to King Gustaf from Simla:
"Just arrived at the viceroy's resi
dence. Since December I have trav
eled disguised thru unknown parts
of Tibet. Severe winter, cold 40 de
grees below zero. Continual snow
storms. All animals perished except
three. Important discoveries of
mountains, lakes, rivers and temples.
The whole country north of Upper
Bramaputra mapped. The Tibetans
very hospitable."
NORWAY.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson and wife cel
ebrated their golden wedding Sept. 11.
They were dressed as a bridal couple.
Mrs. Bjornson wore a bridal veil and
a myrtle wreath of gold given to her
by her children, and her husband car
ried a gold flower in a buttonhole.
Many persons traveled great distances
to the celebration. Among the many
valuable gifts was a highly ornament
ed silver bowl from the king and
queen. Gifts were also received from
former Premier Michelsen, Prof. Nan
sen and Mrs. Grieg. There was a
flood of telegrams, the kings of Nor
way and of Wurtemberg being among
those who wired their congratulations.
Bjornson made an address, dwelling
at length upon the services of his wife
as a helpmate thru life. Many songs
were sung, and short addresses were
made by several noted persons. In
the evening the young people of the
Aulestad neighborhood paid their re
spects to the poet by a torch-light pro
cession, which was highly gratifying
to the aged couple.
An interesting volume of documents
and information on the life of the late
poet, Jonas Lie, has just appeared.
Perhaps the most remarkable portion
of the book is some information on
a political correspondence carried on
between King Oscar, the last union
king, and Prof. L. Dietrickson, the lat
ter acting as a mediator between the
king and the popular Norwegian au
thor. In the early eighties the rela
tion between Norway and Sweden was
strained almost to the danger point.
The scholarly and well Informed king
realized that the works of the poets
Bjornson and Ibsen had a tendency to
strengthen the movement of Norwe
gian independence. Jonas Lie was
looked upon by all parties as a man
of peace, and King Oscar conceived
the idea that he might induce Jonas
Lie to come out openly in support of
the union and the position taken by
the king in the controversy between
him and the Norwegians. As it would
not look well for a king to ask Jonas
Lie, his subject and a plain, untitled
man of the people, for a favor of this
kind. Prof. Dietrickson was induced
by the king to serve as a go-between.
The correspondence shows that the
king's endeavors were a flat failure.
The peaceful poet would not defend
the king, and in 1884 the Norwegian
storting compelled the king to give up
a position which he had held for
years. On April 25, 1884, the king
wrote a letter to Prof. Dietrickson
which throws light on the subject and
also on the feelings of the humiliated
king at that political juncture. The
king says in part: "When the 'orange'
is cut thru, I find neither pure juice,
clear, homogeneous fruit-substances,
nor a sound kernel. But this is not
to be wondered at In these times
and that he (referring to Jonas Lie)
having avoided an answer to my real
question, directs poorly concealed re
proaches against me and those at
home who did not sufficiently laud him
to the skies, must be forgiven one of
those unconscious sacrificial sheep of
self-sufficiency and self-deification in
which the poor, misled, haughty Nor
way is so rich—a curse to the whole
and to each one of us individually. I
shall answer him no more. Let him
sail his own sea. Some time he may
find a haven of salvation. Maybe
(most likely) not, but God will dispose
of that matter, not we. But if you
want to answer It does not seem diffi
cult to me to unveil his unreliability
and sophistry." The close of the let
ter refers again "A the sad condition
of Norway, arid the king prays God
to help "dear old Norway." In con
clusion It must be said that the whole
correspondence is a credit to the man
liness, frankness and sincerity of both
Jonas Lie and King Oscar, and Prof.
Dietrickson argues that this fact jus
tifies the publication of the corre
spondence after the death of the au
thors.
A bauta (granite monument) was
unveiled at Berby, near Fredrikshald,
Sept. 12, the one hundredth anniver
sary of a battle fought at that place.
The monument is a rough granite
column about 20 feet high. The in
scriptions tell what regiments fought
in the battle, which resulted in a
victory for the Norwegians against
the Swedes.
There never was a time when
preachers of all kinds found it so
easy to gather audiences in Krlsti
ania as during the recent smallpox
scare.
The steamer Commonwealth col
lided with and sank the Norwegian
freight steamer Volund in a dense fog
off Race Rock, at the eastern entrance
to Long Island. The Volund's officers,
the captain's wife and crew, were res
cued and cared for on the Common
wealth. The bow of the Fall River
liner was smashed above the water
line in the collision, but the damages
were not considered serious. The
crew of the Volund were rescued by
a volunteer crew of naval men from
Newport, who were passengers on the
Commonwealth.
I PracticalFashions
LADIES'.SIX-GORED SKIRT.
Paris Pattern No. 2557, All Seams
Allowed.—One of the fashionable
model skirts, buttoning down the cen
ter-front, is here illustrated. It is
adaptable to serge, panaaia cloth,
tvreed, cheviot, mohair, or, in fact, any
material, and is made with an invert
ed box-plait or in habit style in the
back. A wide bias band of the ma
terial is set on as a trimming justabove,
the hem, and this is trimmed with'
small buttons and loops of soutache
braid.
The pattern is in seven sizes—22 to
34 inches, waist measure. For 26
waist the skirt, made of material with
hap, requires 8% \ards 20 inches
wide, five yards 36 inches wide, 4^4'
yards 42 inches wide, or 3% yards 54
inches wide without nap, it needs
eighth yards 20 inches wide, 4% yards
36 inches wide, four \auls 42 inches
wide, or 3% aids 54 inches wide.
Width of lower edge, 3% inches.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Depaument, of tins paper.
Write name tun! addics« plainly, ard be
sine to gne size and nmubir oi pattern.
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LADIES' SEMI-FITTING COAT.
Paris Pattern No. 2237, All Seams
Allowed —Made in tweed, covert cloth,
bioadcloth, serge or cheviot, this is
an excellent model for a separate coat
to wear during the first days of
autumn. It is equally adaptable for
part of a tailor suit and is cut in
three-quarter length. The fronts are
double breasted and two pockets orna
ment the right side one ornamenting
the left side. The long side-front and
side-back seams give style to the gar
ment, and the back is cut without a
vent. The regulation sleeves ai-e fin
ished with turn-back cuffs, which may
be faced with velvet, to match the re
vers, if desired. The pattern is
in seven sizes—32 to 44 inches, bust
measure. For 36 bust the coat re
quires 6% yards of material 20 inches
wide, 3"/, yards 36 inches wide, 3*6
yards 42 inches wide, or 2y2 yards 54
inches wide as illustrated, three
eighths yard of velvet 20 inches wide
(cut bias).
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department," of this paper.
Write name and address plamiy, and be
sure to gi\ size and number of pattern.
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Tells Character from Hats.
In these days of scientific progress,
we are so blase as to be almost proof
against surprise, and genius itself has
to reach high altitudes to merit public
exclamation. It was said of Prof.
Owen that, give him a bone, and he
could reconstruct Behemoth. There is
a Parisian scientist at the moment
who possesses the same power with
hats. Give him a hat and he can diag
nose the head that wore it. They gave
him a hat the other day, and he said
it must have been Cuvier's. Research
unearthed the bill of that hat, and
proved the correctness of the diag
nosis. What is more, further research
unearthed a portrait of Cuvier with
the identical hat upon his head!
Orators Have Free Hand.
Prof. Masterman, lecturing at Cam
bridge on modern England and the lib
erty of the subject, said there was
enough treason spoken in Hyde park,
London, on Sunday afternoons to fill
a German fortress. Instead, the ora
tors went home to tea. It is a remark
able fact, however, added the lec
turer, that there is no state in Europe'
where attacks on the sovereign are so
rare or so strongly resented by tho
people at large.