Willmar tribune., 1898-09-07


istied to have that privilege extended
to self-supporting women. s1.= 5..
The summer course for high school
teachers at the university was attend
ed by 100 teachers, mostly ladies.
A national convention for the discust
sion of the social evil was held at Ber-
gen. One of the special questions dis
cussed was whether the sexual rela-
ton should be explained in the public
schools; but no one dared to answer
the question in the affirmative. :
The health authorities have not vet
succeeded in roofing out the smallpox
in Kristiania. -.
Says Verdens Gan about the defeat
of Spain: by violence and brutality,
by greediness and oppression, Spain
has, in all of her colonies, created that
implacable hate which in the course
of time created nemesis. In the
West. as we'll as in the East, the de-
feat of Spain is greeted as q liber-
ation."
About 40 teachers are attending
summer sloyd school in Trondhjem.
There is no lack of enthusiasm, and
the eight-hour system is strictly OBJ
served in the classes.
Holger Drachmann, the Danish poet,
pu blishes letter in which he warns
Bjornson to beware lest he. Bjornson.
shirk his duty as a poet, and gradually
become champion of conservatism.
The Arctic hunting and fishing ex-
petitions from Tromso and other
northern towns were quite successful,
and large number of white bears
were caught alive.
A Stockholm daily contained bitter
attack on the Norwegians, and the
product was signed "A Norwegian. -
Verdens Gang, however, points out
that it is bungling translation from
Swedish into Norwegian.
Four men and one woman from Sort
land will spend the winter hunting in
Spitzbergen. They are allowed to live
in the hotel building free of charge,
and their equipment is said to be good.
tuberculosis is the cause of one fifth
of the deaths in Norway.
Lars Heiberg, in a newspaper arti-
Gle, dips into Norwegian American
church affairs, and, true to his reputa-
tion as a man of mighty words, he
characterizes Prot. Oftedal. the leader
of the Free church, as "a representa-
tive of pure justice as against hate, in
justice and violence;" but the aggre.
gate of his opponents, the United
church, as IAN iniquitous church colos-
SOS of stone and sinking flesh.''
Rev. NJ. T. Gjertsen, of Minneapolis,
prea cached once or twice a day for two
weeks in Stavanger, and a mammoth
festival was given for his benefit in
Old Salem.
The steamer Tim was wrecked by a
storm on Tim lake, Telemarken. The
captain was drowned, but all the rest
on board were saved. This is said to
be the first accident of its kind on the
lakes of Norway.
A boat capsized in the Kristiania
fjord, but the men climbed up on the
bottom of the boat and clung to its
keel One of them was so fond of
strong drink that he dived under the
boat and actually brought back bot
tie of cognac which had been kept in
the hold of the boat.
The building inspectors of Kristiania
have ordered several new buildings,
which are in process of construction,
to be torn down because some of the
brick used is defective. Some of the
bricks are so poorly made that they
may be crushed between the fingers
On some farms in the southern part
of the country the hay crop is three
times rs large as it was last year.
The government has asked for bids
for the construction of the new gun
boats not only from English, but also
from American ship builders. The ex-
periences of our late war will be util-
lied in the construction of the boats,
as we'll as in the choice of ordnance.
Johan Isachsen, q watch maker and
organ builder in Levanger, and gem
ius in his way, is dead; aged &c years:
DENMARK.
The Westminster Gazette has given
eight reasons why the Princess of
Wales suddenly went to Denmark: 1st,
She wanted to settle some domestic
differences between Prince Carl and
her daughter, Princess Maude. I'd,
She wanted to. settle the quarrel be-
tween the Russian ambassador in Pek-
ing. Mr.. Pawlow, and the English am
bassador, Sir Claude Mcdonald. Sd,
The king of Denmark is not we'll 4th,
The queen of Denmark is ill. 5th, The
prince of Wales is himself SICK 9Th,
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