Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
NORWAY.


Mr.. Stokken, one of three members
of the Duke of Abruzzi's North Pole
expedition who failed to return with
the rest of the expedition, is supposed
to have perished. The duke has prom
ised gift of So, 700 to Mr. Stokken's
family.
A number of professors and others
have issued a call for subscriptions to
fund for the erection of monument
on the grave of Ivar Aasen, the great
authority on Norwegian dialects.
The naval department proposes a
new aviso having twelve rapld-iring
guns. Its speed must be at least 20
knots, and its estimated cost is S34O..
900.
Seventeen hundred young people
were confirmed at the same time in
Kristiania. One of the results of this
ceremony was that the prices of meat
went up, it being customary for the
parents of a candidate to prepare
sumptuous meal on such an occasion.
I. o. Nielsen, of Andenes has with
drawn from active service. after hav-
ing taught public schools for So years.
He is 70 years old, but hale and strong
for his age.
Miss Kristine Bonnevie has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the zootomi-
cal museum at the University of Nor
way. She is the first lady ever ap-
pointed to a permanent position at the
university, and her appointment es-
tablishes an important precedent.
The king has laid the cornerstone
of the new asylum for cripples, which
is to be built for money given by Nor
wegians to the king on the occasion of
his twenty-year jubilee, in 1867. The
site is located in Skaadalen, near Kris
tiania. The amount of money avail
able is over $s0,0o0, one-half of which
will be spent for grounds and build
ings, while the balance is to be applied
on running expenses.
The attempts made by few Norwe-
gians last summer to mine coal in
Spitzbergen is attracting the attention
of the world at large. Says a cable
from Berlin: ''Several comp" nies have
been formed in Norway to mine Arctic
coal. Mines have already been opened
at Icefjord, Spitzbergen. The coal is
declared to be excellent. The strata
is above the sea level. Three of the
strata are from six to nine feet Deep
It is said the whole demand of north
ern Norway can be supplied for an I'M
limited period from this source The
coal, however, must be transported in
lighters to the ships. and the piers
must be removed every winter to pre-
| vent their being destroyed by the ice."
The fruit raised in western Norway
is SO carelessly handled from the time
it is ''shaken" down from the tree un-
til it is stored in Kristiania that fully
one-third of its value is lost.
The proprietor of photograph gal
lery in Stavanger was reported to the
authorities on account of keeping his
gallery open for business after S o'clock
on Sundays. The charge was made
on the basis of law dating from 1885.
An inferior court found him guilty of
having violated that ancient law, but
the supreme court discharged the de-
fendant.
Edward Grieg and wife are going to
stay at Voksenkollen till Christmas.
The Typographical union of Kristi-
ania has bought tract of land near
Kristiania, to enable thrifty members
to acquire homes of their own on rea-
sonable terms. Twenty cottages will
be built this fall. Each cottage, with a
large lot around it, will be sold on the
installment plan, the annual payment
to be 500 for period of IL years.