Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-27

grounds, and the. work of putting up
new buildings for the institution will
commence at once.
OF all the larger cities in Scandina-
via, Kristiania is the most expensive
one to live in.
A 30-foot granite shaft has been
raised at the birthplace of Ivar Aaseu,
the photographer. The monument
was raised by the young people of
Norway, and most of the people of
Volden (Sondmore) and the surround
ing country attended the dedication
ceremonies.
Holger Drachma ann, the Danish poet,
next year will publish the poems he
has written while in Norway in sep
arate book.
The Bergen exposition is success
all around. It was expected that the
sale of tickets would be about s34, 1000,
but that sum is already exceeded by a
good many thousand dollars.
The Gothenborg Misunderstanding
speaks very highly of the referendum
bill introduced in the Norwegian stor-
thing.
The suffrage societies of Ostergot-
land, Sweden, haye passed resolutions
denouncing that crime against the
law of nations which is found in the
attempt to maintain a Swedish SUI
premacy in the Union by using the
treaty of KEEL as a basis" Another
resolution expresses 1.-THE most ardent
sympathy for the struggle of indie
peudence which the Norwegian people
is engaged in."
Milk is sold at one thousand differ
ent places in Kristiania during the
summer season.
Bread-baking is re ally a ''lost art''
among large proportion of the house
wives of Kristlania. But the late
bakers strike gage a great impetus to
the revival of the art, and now many
stately matron naively remarks, as
though she had discovered some of ma
lures profound secrets, But how
much more substantial this home
made bread is; how much longer it
keeps juicy and toothsome; how much
you can get out of your money" which
remarks all go to prove that in regard
to bread-mak1ng the Norwegian lady
is more advanced than her American
sisters.
The battleship Tordenskjold visited
Tromso, and the population of the
town slgnifed their joy by rendering
a reception to the officers and the
crew.
Ten Kristiania business men have
bought large tract of land for $780,
900 near Victorihavn, the seaport at
which viii be located the western ter
minus of the great Ofoten railway.
The conservatives in Drammen have
demanded the adoption of the rules for
proportionate representation at the
fall elections
Krefting Hansen, of the Aftenposten,
and Johan Filseth, of the Gudbrands-
dolen, have each received subsidy of
s270 to enable them to study the art of
journalism abroad.
Borchgrevink, the Antarctic ex-
plorer, is visiting with his old folks
and friends in Norway.
No less than Sc factory chimneys
may be counted along the Glommen
between Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad. a
distance of eight English miles. This
practically makes the whole stretch of
ground a manufacturing city.
At Enningdalen a granite monument
has been erected to the memory of Ole
Svendsen Bake, who distinguished
himself in the war of 1716.
The city council of Eristiania has
bought water power for 100000 in
Nordmarken and appropriated $3.50, 900
for electric power stations for the
transmission of power to the city to be
used for lighting, running street cars,
etc.