Warren sheaf., 1896-12-10
NORWAY.

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| Chr istlania.
Three new torpedo boats will be
built in this city.
DR.. Sigurd Ibsen delivered lecture
on Women and Culture at the audi
torium Nov. II.
DR.. Manson s income from kilograms,
articles and his book already amount to
over 600, 900 crowns.
The large forestries of Hjalmar Mid
seirn Of Brandvold have been sold to
Attorney Norgren for sum of l4S, 600
crowns
Madame Gudrun Bendeck has been
appointed an inspectress of the "A1id-
del' schools, at salary of l, 200 crowns
per annum.
| At the recent artists exposition, oper.
ated under the auspices of the S.u-
dents union of this city, IL, s27 CT WINS
T were received.
Ernst L. Nilsen, prominent book
dealer of this city, suicided by jumping
from third story window. Business
reverses is the alleged cause
Henrik Wergeland's Life and
Works is the title of book recently
written by H. j. Macs of this city.
The book is a tribute to the deceased
Henrik Wergeland.
The students of the theological de-
partment of the university have en-
tered protest against the instructions
of the professors, denouncing their
mode as progressive" and ''tedi.
ously thorough"
Professors o. Rygh, G. Storm and
J. B. Halvorsen of the Christiania uni
versity, constitute committee az
pointed by the government for the pur-
pose Of preparing new system of
names for farms and estates in Nor
| way. ...-.,
From the Daily Chronicle it is learned
that the recent illustrated Nansen
sheet is being studied in all the high
schools Of London, "affording,'' says:
the writer, ''most splendid information.
besides healthy variety for the chill
dren.'
The third Greg concert in Stockholm
was, according to the Swedish papers.
''nothing short Of an ovation for the
noted Norwegian composer" Grieg,
as composer,is probably more thought
Of and upheld in Sweden than in his
own land.
Unions daRen" Union Day. was
celebrated in this city with greater and
more general display Of Union flags
than have before been seen here on
Nov. 4. Several banquets aud recep-
tions were given during the evening,
conspicuous among which were the
ones given the Students Union and the
/ Norwegian Literary Society Of Chris
tiania. .--
A rumor. alleged to have been spread
by the Norwegian weekly, ''Akerhus.'' =
states that the leaders Of the Radicals
are endeavorinR to persuade Nansen to
become candidate of the 'Venstre''
party fox the Storthing. In view of the
fact that Nansen is about to undertake
an extensive lecturing tour in England,
and Denmark, and possibly Germany,
the rumor is evidently erroneous.
Bjornstjetne Bjornson's article in the
German contemporary, "Die Gegeu-
wart, aud also in the Hamburger
Fremdenblatt, entitled NORWAY and
Sweden" has been the subject Of con-
siderable comment in this country and
elsewhere It is, however, generally
conceded BY Norwegians that Bjorn-
sons aggressiveuess against the Swe-
dish nation and his ardor in behalf
Of disunion between Sweden and
Norway, is not expressing the sentj.
ment of even all Of the "Venstre''
party.
The "Bormgsfossen" was recently
sold to Norwegian firm of Christiania
for $4,000 crowns.
II. j. Bjornson has been announced
as candidate for the 'Nordre Bergen
hus" BY the radical party.
The "Stavanger Amstidning'' is re-
sponsible for the statement that Meg,
the Norwegian missionary at Madagas-
car, has suffered violent death at the
hands of the natives among whom he
was laboring. Missionary Meg was
for q number Of years resident of
Stavanger.
Ivar w. Eide, prominent book pub
Usher, is dead. He was conspicuous as
politician, being q strong supporter Of
the ''Venstre" party, whose interests
he would always further in local poll
tics. Eide was also for q number Of
years the owner of .Bergens Tidende,"
which he started in 1868.