The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-01-13
OF GENERAL

No person in Norway may spenQ
more than 6 cents at M visit to q
drinking place.
The liberal sum of 79,o75.2O kroner,
about $4,000, has recently been sent
through Skandinaven for the relief Of
the Norwegian storm sufferers.
The young Danish author, Erik
Wage, died recently. He had pub
lished Il collection of poems and Il play.
and his work promised a successful
future.
Lieut.. q. Amdrup. an arctic ex-
plorcr, has bought the Antarctic, which
was used by Prof. Nalthorst OF his late
expedition. Lieut.. Amdrup intends to
explore Scoresby sound and othts
Greenland waters.
Bech-OiSrc. the famous Danish
wrestler, has challenged .Ahlberg. The
Swedish champion. The two met re-
Gently. but H"cl-Olsen withdrew,
claiming to have suffered :, dislocatiOn
ana the contest was awarded to ALL
berg.
Rev. Jacob .Andrcasson Eckstrom,
rector of the ultra fashionable Grace
Episcopal church. Providence, II. L.,
died recently. He was widely known
as a pulp; orator and for his thcolog-
zeal learning. His parents. who were
born in Sweden, still live in Chicago.
The first fcu3alr graduate in theology
in Norway is Miss Nalborg Lerche Of
Tonsberg. WHO has recently passed the
final examinations with credit. She
proposes to devote herself to teaching,
rs it is hardly likely that the govern
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ment to the church.
1t is now Il crime TO sing the stirring
Acknowledgements March" and other
patriotic songs OF Finland. They AN
nOy and i%rritatc the fastidiouS Russian
despots and arouse the Films to 10y
atty and pride in their native land. SO
that they will he unable to appreciate
the benefits of Russian rule.
On Dec. II the Norwegian flag law
Went into effect and there We're many
joyful demonstrations all ovcr the
country. There We're paradcs. meet
ings and various celebrations. and
many Of the conservatives who op-
posed the flag law refused TO hoist
the new flag simply to show their dis
pleasure. but had the good taste not
to hoist the union flag. nevertheless.
Jonas Lie, in writing of his latest
work. Paste liorland," says that it
was an exceedingly difficult task. as it
was in :: measure Il sketch of his W
life. md it Was !. great relief to him
when the book was completed. 1t will
be Il pleasure to him to engage in an
other work which will not he of SO
personal IL nature.
At Ii recent meeting of the Foreign:
Mission So"icty of the Norwegian
Freen Church it was decided that Mis-
siOnarieS Jou. DyrIles and %.JorgcnSeR
should leave for Madagascar next July
to resume their work. Rev. Mr.. Jcrs-
tad has volunteered to go as the first
missionary to the Mahafalians and has,
been granted permission to leave his.
station at Volimari.
Bjornson carried his crusade against
the adoption Of WAR Aasrn's new Nor
wegian language into Lacrdal, where
he was listened to with great atten-
ton. The presiding officer ut the meet
ing thanked Biornson very heartily, but
deplored his antlgonis, to the mother
tongue" as he called it. and the meet
ing closed with loud cheers for the.
''landSmaal."
Lie pitlloIll Vi inc MOupfiIc LID
cral party of Norway for the coming
elections is being drafted by Il commit
tee. The two principal planks are as
follows: Complete equality between
Norway and Sweden in union affairs
on a basis Of !: common foreign de-
partment: separate Norwegian consu-
lar service. with Il division Of such con
sular matters as may be united to tue
Z N IL, I r pl I'm ~ g.
the final adoption of the election pro-
gramme will be held early neXt month
Other proposed planks will include
demands for more aid to the country's
Industries. government efforts for neu-
trality and arbitration. appropriations
for invalid and Old-agc insurance, con-
tinued efforts for the advancement OF
temperance work.