Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

politics thus: The Rightists (conserva-
tives) are fairly we'll united and seem
to entertain the hope of carrying at
least some districts where the party
has been powerless up to date. Kris
tiania seems to be particularly prom
ising field. The. Leftists Qiberals) are
divided into three or four groups. one
of which-and this is perhaps the main
force-adheres to the aC Cmlnistration;
another follows Verdens Gang; and
third one-which seems to have only a
local following-is headed by Mr..
Rinde, grangers' chieftain. A fourth
group of Leftists, some of the so-called
Leftist workingmen, are leaning
strongly toward the socialists. No one
can predict the complexion of the ma
terial to be turned out at the coming
election by these forces, and the more
so because there are many Leftists who
prefer a Rightist victory in order to
get rid of the present Leftist admins
tration. In spite of all accusations,
Verdens Gang does not seem to be
among the last mentioned, but the
paper merely advocates thorough
weeding-out of the present administra-
ton and the putting of new men in its
place. which feat the paper thinks
may be accomplished.
The contributions to the aid of the
relatives of the fishermen who lost
their lives in a hurricane Oct. Is, 1899,
amount to about $270, 600, and the num-
ber of persons who have received aid
is 428.
Seven horses were killed by light
ming at Buttingrudsater, Aadalen.
Kaiser Wilhelm spent four days in
the vicinity of Molde, one of the most
charming towns in the world.
John Lund of Bergen, president of
the lagthing, is not a candidate for re-
election to the storthing.
The employees at the Roros copper
mines quit work beca use their wages
were not raised 40 per cent.
Kaiser Wilhelm decorated Admiral
Won Krogh with the Prussian order of
the Red Eagle, First Glass.
Norway had a national debt of about
Sc, 500, 900 when she entered upon her
career as an independent nation in 1914
1t was reduced to 81, 900, 900 by the year
1S47, and this is the minimum in the
history of the country. In 1s47 the
national debt was equal to $1.44 per
inhabitant. In 1900 it amounts to $62,-
$40, 200, or $2s. As per inhabitant.
Kaiser Wilhelm has again visited the
Trondhjem cathedral, and again he
has donated $270 to its building fund.
He also visited Fjeldsater sanitarium.
The Imperial music band gave two
open air concerts in Trondhjem.
Eight persons were drowned by the
collapse of landing bridge at Usken,
an island near Stavanger. The bridge
was about IS feet square, and about
100 persons were crowded together on
it when the accident occurred. All OF
them were precipitated into the water
and the scene that followed was in
describable. The strongest men found
little difficulty in extricating them
selves and saving their lives, but
dozens were pressed to the bottom at
once. The loss of life would have
been much greater but for the heroic
work of a number of men. Johan Lar
sen, one of them, described what he
found at the bottom>of the sea under
the bridge: ''As if in an anthill, the
unfortunate ones lay on top of each
other down there, waving their arms
and struggling with death. Their
faces were mutilated. l seized one OF
them, a woman. She seemed to be
dead. received aid and she was
lifted into a boat that had just ar
rived. dived several times that way,
but was met every time by the same
horrid sight. The last time felt SO
exhausted I did not dare to continue.
Hands were stretched out toward me
with curled fingers. Twas struck with
fear"
Bjornson has written a communica-
tion to the Frankfurter Zeitung, pro-
testing against the abuse which some
Germans never seem to get tired OF
heaping upon Heinrich Heine, the
great lyric poet.
The physicians of Trondhjem have
appointed committee to begin to agi-
tate in favor of establishing a sani-
tarium for consumptives, in that part
of the country. 1t seems likely that
the institution will be located in Inde-
roen.
SWEDEN.
The king formally opened the Yes
tergotland and Gothenburg railway
for public traffic July 16. using just
twelve words. Prayer was afterwards
offered by Bishop Keyser. The king
was enthusiastically cheered.
Borlngs for coal at West Broby have
given satisfactory results. At depth
of about $50 feet several strata of coal
were struck, two of them having a
thickness of twenty inches each. In
one stratum the coal was of the best
nualitv