Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-02
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
$. the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred in
.3. tho Old Countries About the
~ North Sen Within q Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

TdlcAeIn1C aSSOclaLlOn OF rance. Strl0O-
berg has already published several ar
ticles on chemistry in the organ of said
association, and it is expected that he
will be appointed to position in it's
chemical laboratory as soon as it is fin
ished.
Large focks of larks were seen in
the southern part of Sweden as early
as Feb. 2.
travelling agent was treated to an
unusual experience while stopping
over night at farm house in Jarbo
parish. He is in the habit of sleeping
with his mouth wide open. A wee bit
of a mouse noticed this inviting hole,
and began to crawl in. But the good
man was aroused from his sleep, and
seized the visitor with such vigor as to
send it by a sort of snap shot route to
the happy hunting grounds.
A number of prominent men have
petitioned the government to furnish
dining cars for all through trains on
the great trunk railway lines.
In compliance with the wishes of the
king the Norwegian government pro-
poses the same salaries for the king
and the crown PRINCE as they have re-
ceived since 1898. The storthing of
that year made reduction of their
salaries, and this, among other things.
tended to aggravate the strained rela-
ton between the king and the liberal
majority in Norway.
The wife of Lars Person. of Borrby.
had an operation performed on her for
the purpose OF removing what was sup
posed to be tumcr in her abdomen,
and 81 gallons Of water was drawn
from the region of the stomach.
Per Erik Person. of Nora. was the
engineer of the first railway ]ocomo-
tive operated in Sweden. He served
only two years, however. namely. 1854
1856, his engine beng popularity known
as Grisen-the pig. He is now so years
old, but strong and active for his age.
The Baptist church Of Sweden has
issued call for contributions to the
kings jubilee fund.
Several of the small princes have had
an attack of mild type of the grip.
Why did the late Alfred Nobel be-
queath such insignificant amounts to
his relatives, and millions of dollars
for works of an educational nature?
Here is what he said few days before
his death: II am social democrat
through and through. but with moder-
alton. Especially do look upon great
inherited fortunes as misfortune
which only tends to corrupt the human
race
The king has granted permission to
use the gunboat Svensksund to trans
port the outfit of his north pole expe-
dition to Spitzbergen next summer.
NORWAY.
No less than three different bodies
are having the tariff laws between
Norway and Sweden under considera-
ton. First-Last year the storthing
elected a special tariff committee
which was instructed to finish its re-
port in the early part of the present
month. Second-As soon as it became
evident that the joint tariff committee
appointed by the king could not agree
on new set of tariff laws, the Nor
wegian department of finance in
structed the Norwegian members of
the latter committee to revise the Nor
wegian tariff laws with a view to the
abrogat1on of the existing Norwegian
Swedish tariff laws July ~ next
Third-Final]y, the matter is being
considered by the departments of finance
itself. Thus. ample provisions seem
to have been made for avoiding a Sc
rious disturbance of the business inter-
ests of the country by sudden changes
of the laws of commerce between the
"brother nations"
Mr. Utne was awarded the second
prize, S270, for his sketch for the Ole
Bull statue which is to be erected in
Bergen. The main reason why the
jury could not accept his sketch and
award him the first prize, was that he
had made the noble monumentality
of the figure of Ole Bull too marked,
while his characteristics as youthful
and vivacious. man of momentary I'M
pulses are missing"
The Gerlache Belgian south pole ex-
petition will leave Europe in July.
The mates, the boatswain, the carpen-
ter, two sailors, and hunter are Nor
weg1ans whose homes are in the neigh
borhood of Sandefjord.
{ The catch of herring and cod during
january was insignificant. The $4,000
Gods caught in Lofoten were slightly
larger than those caught in 1896 and
1895. Most of the herring secured were
caught near Karmoen. $50 s....s.s>
AT the international ski tournament
at Vienna, Mr.. Horn, from Trondhjem,
received gold medal; Mr.. Knutzon,
from Trondhjem, 4 silver medal: and
Mr.. Sendressen. from 5Telemarken, a
bronze medal '5s,s2..s- a, .
u Ataski running match near Blyber-
get, Trondhjem, Mr.. Jrygve Ronning
made standing leap of 92h feet. i.
The government is preparing bill
for the enforcement Of the existing law
granting absent seamen the rightsto
vote by proxy at general elections.
Mrs. Garborg, the wife Of the noted
author. has written a play which she
4 has handed into the manager Of the
sChristiania theater. The title Of it is
B, Noah' s Ark. .