Willmar tribune., 1899-02-22
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY,

NORWAY.
The storthing, without a dissenting
vote, passed the regular navy bill, ap-
| propriating sS37,000
The Norwegian capital was partly dec
Grated with flags on the kings birthday
The storthing held a secret session. and
authorized the president to wire con-
| gratulations to his majesty.
A young Jewish peddler entered a house
| in Stjordalen and spread out his goods
| on the floor. The inmates of the house
! could not be persuaded to buy anything
however, and upon leaving the house he
! turned around in the doorway and
shouted: "Accursed be the people who
live here!"
| The Misses Sigrid and Aasta Bjorgum
of Stjordalen, have gone to China as mis-
| sionaries.
The Royal Society for the Welfare of
Norway proposes to establish a practical
dairy school, A beginning will be made
by securing thirty cows which a class of
six girls will have to take care of.
| 1t is expected that $4,000 persons will
vote on the question of closing the
saloons in Kristiania
strong man. advertised that he
would lift 1,6OO pounds at a public hall in
kristiania. large crowd of people
bought tickets and filled the hall. Just
| as the performance was to begin the
"strong man" sneaked out through a back
door. But some one had been watching
| him, and a general alarm was given This
brought string of angry men into his
wake, and In short time he felt their
| clutches on his limbs. In order to avoid
| further trouble he handed the money COL
lected at the door to his pursuers, and
was permitted to proceed to fresh VIC
| tories.
Christian Haneborg attended a wedding
IN Holland, not far from Kristiania, and
danced a waltz with the bride. He had
| just celebrated his 91st birthday.
c. F. G. Friele, of Kristiania, is dead.
In the sixties and seventies he was the
most influential journalist in Norway,
and his paper, Morgenbladet, was the
leading daily in the country The cause
of his death was epilepsy.
| The transportation of a l2-ton vat from
the quay to the Hilditsch tannery in
kristiania caused a great deal of trouble,
| and finally the loss of human life.
| First the vat was placed on wagons: but
| one of these was smashed and sleds were
| put under the vat. The progress was
painfully slow, and in the night the foot
| of young driver was crushed and pin
ned to the ground so that it took some
time to release the victim. He was alive
when taken to the hospital, but he soon
expired from loss of blood.
Niels Jansen, basso singer of national
| reputation, is dead. He was native of
Bergen.
! A liberal member of the common
council of Kristiana voted with the con-
servatives on a very important question
The ballot being secret, his identity can.
not be established directly But the re.
sentiment at his action is so strong and
| general that all the other liberals NAV
declare upon their word of honor that
they voted with their party on said oc-
casion, leaving Judas alone in ignom.
| inious silence.
The aggregate capacity of the freight
steamers of Bergen is not 255, 900 tons OF
dead weight, has been stated before
but $4,000 tons.
In case a general levy of the people
| Qandstrom) is to be made, the appeal is
to be accompanied with the tolling of al
the church bells in the country fol
twentyfour hours. and the display OF
red flags from the church steeples anc
other elevated points. The above rule
was adopted at the last meeting of the
cabinet.
| A committee elected by the Norwegian
trades union has formulated bill fol
the restriction of the immigration OF
| foreign criminals, and for their expulsion
If they are found in the country.
The commune of North Aurdal has an
propriated 5000 for a railroad from
Hen to Fagernes on condition that the
present Storthng make an appropriation
for the same purpose.
DENMARK.
| DR.. Georg Brandes has been confined tc
the sick-bed for several weeks The all
ment is an old one, inflammation of the
blood vessels.
A number of liberal members of the
rigsdag have introduced a bill for the
abatement of the social evil The bill
seeks to accomplish this by abolishing al
Minister of Justice Rump opposed the bill
in a lengthy address.
Politics. The discussion Of the bill in
dorsing the action of the government last
summer in using s135.0O0 more than hac
been Appropriated for the defenses in
dicated that the liberal party is going tc
present hostile front to the government
The folkething resolved that it could not
accept the reasons given by the govern.
ment for the arbitrary use of $135, 900. and
Christensen Stadil. the liberal leader
found only two ways OUT of the difficulty
Either the cabinet would have to resign
or it would have to use money right and
left regardless of the rigsdag. just as
the Estrup ministry did for long series
of years. These pointed remarks are
| taken to mean that the liberals are pre-
pairing for war on the government.
| SWEDEN.
| The present unpleasantness between
| Denmark and Germany on account of the
expulsions Of Danes from Slesvig is re.
bounding to the material benefit of Swe-
den. AS a. direct result of this policy
| the kingdom of Denmark has Cancelled all
orders for railway material which it had