Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes Prom Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND,
Principal Events that Have Occurred in
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Edmund Gosse, an English publicist,
has written a hasty sketch on the
younger writer's of Norway for the
New York Independent. The writer
made himself familiar with the great
masters, Bjornson, lbsen and Lie some
rs years ago, but since that time he
has paid but scant attention to Norwe-
gian literature until he recently re-
visited Norway on the occasion of the
opening Of the new National theater
in Kristiania. Hans Aanrud, he says,
is writer # sympathetic and laugh
able stories from the primitive life of
the great eastern valleys and is the
most interesting representative of his
particular cult. Niels Collett Vogt and
Wilhelm Krag he puts down as 1.-The
two typical WRISTS of the new gener-
alton in Norway" the former being
the eSpounder of the Joy of life, the
latter Of "a melodious and sensuous
sadness" Of Knut lIamsun, Mr. Gosse
says: He has been a great iconoc]ast,
going about the country lecturing
against Shakespeare, and Ibsen, Bjorn-
son and Tolstoi. But to a foreigner it
must be confessed that Hamsun is a
figure neither very original nor very
sympathetic. AS a rule, the very name
of Knut Hamsun suggests discord and
anger, with the loud scream of a
wounded egotist rising above the up
roar" Mr.. Gosse does not even fail to
mention that Hamsun went to Ameri-
ca, and, upon his return to Norway,
wrote IAN outrageous book against
American institutions. Peder Egge,
the young Trondhjem novelist, is
spoken Of as the most promising of the
younger writer's. Edmund Gosse finds,
however, that the young Norwegian
author cannot deal with complicated
questions, Hacking the serenity of the
great French, English or American
novelist. There is certain naivete
in his impression Of life, a certain
monotony in his treatment of it,"
The country around Solor alone ex-
ported 200, 900 quarts of tyttleberries,
representing value of at least SIS, 900.
Sharks have been seen near the head
of Dalsfjord.
A woman in Kristiania has given
birth to three pairs of twins in the
course of two years and half.
Two sevcn-year-old boys at Sande-
ford obtained an axe and straightway
betook themselves to the woodpile
One of them got his left hand on the
block just in time to have his index
finger cut off in the middle. Strange
to say, the little fellow did not cry, but
ran into the kitchen to show mamma
how strange his finger looked. His
comrade stared at the stub for awhile,
then took it in his hand and threw it
into the kitchen with the laconic re-
mark, Say, kid, take your finger
along"
The government has proposed that a
stipend of $50 be granted to each of SIX
young artists who are to visit the Paris
worlds fair.
Fridtjof hansen has INDUCED in
some strong talk about Scandinavian
politics. On his return to Norway
from the geographical congress at Ber-
lin he was interviewed by Danish re-
| porter. and expressed himself substan-
TALLY as follows on the flag question.
The con troversy about the pure Nor
wegian flag was bound to terminate
the way it did. Our constitution enti-
ties us to flag of our own. If this
had been denied to us it would have
meant absolute war against the
Swedes. This must also be the reason
why they yielded. But this is mere
tritlc compared with what remains OF
the union problems.
All the members of Lerner's cxpedi-
ton have returned, and Lerner has
abandoned his plan of spending the
winter at Bear Island
G. P. Braathen, of Sundsvall, is one
of the leading lumbermen of the PENN
sula. On the occasion of his fiftieth
birthday his employees gave him mag
nifcent reception, and in order not to
be outdone in good deeds by any com
mon Scandinavian he donated $27, OOC
| to different charitable concerns and
$4,000 to the cathedral of Trondhjem.
Over 50 domestic animals have died
of splenic fever in Bamle.
SWEDEN.
One million quarts of lingon (bilber-
ries) were exported from Malmo in one
month.
L. Erickson, banker, bequeathed
$40, 900 to the parish of Fellongbro on
condition that the parish establish a
peoples high school. But the parish
magistrate found that such school
would be too much of burden in the
long run, and now the legacy will &C
to MIR. Erickssons relatives, some OF
whom are in Strengthened circum
stances.
A Danish paper claims to know that
certain parties are contemplating the
purchase of the island of Hveen anC
establishing a northern Monte Carlo
on it.
About 600 animals died of spleni.
fever in 81 communes in Vestergotland
The direct loss exceeds $50,
The Office force of the state railway.
are demanding higher pay, fixing tn
minimum salary of clerks at $l94. 4
and the maximum at 1924.
A baron in Holland offered 10000
bricks and a site for new schoo
house to his school district if the pres
ent lady teacher was discharged. TIL,
offer was accepted.
Mr.. Wahlund, the athlete, who un
der favorable conditions used to lif
about 5000 pounds, affords another il
lustration of the short-lived fame O
'strong" men. Wahlund is now ekin.
out living as modest coachman i,
Stockholm.