Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-03

The Kristiania, steam kitchen served
800, 900 meals and lunches in 1898, Of
about {, 200 q day. ii The surplus for the
year was SIS OOO.s z|s 49, s NJ, =I s5
IS. lang uage reform club (maallag,
for the country around Frondh jem has
been organized. Arne estrnm is the
first chairman Of the club. ss@ i. :
A cable to the Chicago Record from
kristiania says: Amusement, as rel
as resentment is caused in Kristiania
by the attempt of the Swedish riksdag
to annul Norway's new kingdom.
Members of both parties in the stor-
thing are discussing the plan of i'm
posing an extreme high tariff that will
bearwith especial severity on Sweden
In case Norwegian vessels suffer unfair
treatment in Swedish ports.''' This is
highly misleading. The Swedish rik-
sdag IS not trying to ''annul Norway's
new kingdom" !. The dispenser Of ca
blegram destinies must have been out
OF sensational matter, and so he
straightway manufactured some out OF
whole cloth. Ez. &a
Llnding has finished a model for a
statue of Laura Gundersen, the actress.
The model represents her as Hjordis in
lbsen's ''The Warriors in Helgeland.' y
The model has been sent to Italy,
where the statue will be cut out in
marble.
Knut Asker is a Norwegian farmer
of the sound old school, though in poll
tics and religion he is liberal to the
tips of his fingers. He is the owner OF
East Asker, near Kristiania, and is
running farm which has been in the
possession of his ancestors for genera
tions. Knut can no longer be called a
young man. He was eighty years old
March 20; on April IA it was so years
since he assumed formal control Of his
farm; and October Is this year he and
his wife expect to celebrate their dia-
mond wedding. A memorable year,
indeed, in the gentleman's life. He
held local offices uninterruptcdly for
almost fifty years. His farm yields
much larger crops than when he took
hold of it. Farming, however, has not
been his sole occupation, for he has
been engaged in the ice trade, CONNER
cia1 enterprises, banking and insur-
ance. "The strong old man is still in
full physical and mental vigor," says
our authority, land we hope he may
live and work for many years to come. -
A number of children in Stavanger
were admitted to the Lords supper sew
eral days before they were confirmed.
This is an unparalleled procedure in
Norway.
The storthing has enacted a law
frightening the term Of compulsory
military service, which is now five
years in the line, four years in the
landvaern and four years in the land
storm, to six years in each arm of the
service. The landvaern is liable to
service only within the boundaries of
the kingdom.
A dispatch states that the Norwegian
authorities have notified the Swedish
governor of Norrbotten, DR.. Huseberg,
that hereafter Swedish Lapps will not
be permitted to visit Norway. :
The cabinet asks for an appropria-
ton Of $50, 900 as part of the expenses
entailed by the changing of the Voss
railway from narrow guage to broad
guage.
The 81 cities having saloons in 1895
have voted on the saloon question since
that year. Twenty-Five places have
voted out the saloons, and two new
places have established saloons. The
result of the election in Mandal has
not yet been announced. It thus APP
pears that only % or 20 places will
have saloons during the next year.
This, question shall not be voted on
any bftener than once in five years. It
would seem that the thirteen cities
which voted on the question in 1895
may do SO again in 1900. The 81 cleo
tions gave about 81 per cent of the
votes in favor of, and IS against the sa-
LIONS