Willmar tribune., 1900-12-19

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cans. and the application which he
has made of that lesson in regard to
the Norwegian people is givensin the
following extract: II formerly be-
lieved that we Norwogians " ould be:
able to protect ourselves against the
assaults OF the great powers by gain.
ing their esteem through our intel
lectual activity and literary produc-
tlons: but now my only hope lies in
the fact that we have no gold or dia-
mond mines. and in the mutual jeal-
ousy of the powers"
News from Tromso, dated Nov. 81,
states that a violent storm was raging
for several days. Most of the steam
ers were delayed.
Last year there were 42O savings
banks in Norway. and the whole num-
Der OF deposits was 635: S45. or 293 for
every 1000 inhabitants. The aggre-
gate amount deposited was Ss7, 700, 900.
and the interest exceeded three mil
lion dollars.
| The import of wollen and silk goods
has fallen off from 25 to 80 per cent in
the course of one year.
Verdens Gang insinuates that the
stories about Russian spies in Sweden
must be considered in connection with
the fact that the Swedish government
IS anxious to have the ril<sdag pass a
-set'of stringent military laws.
At Seielstad is gate-post on which
the date 1902 is inscribed. 1t is sup
posed TO have been put in it's pres
ent place by Sheriff Gulbrand Seiels-
| tad, who took part in the famous
Scotch battle of 1912. This and other
| gate posts are made of fir and are
perfectly sound. They are expected
to serve for few centuries more.
The southeastern part of Norway
has not had drenching rain for
about two years, and all kinds of
vegetation has suffered more or less
| Even large forest trees have died from
! drouth, and very many wells have
been dry for months. During the first
half of November rain fell in great
quantities, but still more is needed to
soak the ground thoroughly.
The mutual aid fund of the Kris
tiania typographical union is rapidly
ebbing away because very many of it's
members are out of work
Henrik lbsen recently said: The
Beers obtained the country occupied
by them in an unjust manner. They
went there as half-civilzed people
and not for the purpose of advancing
the cause of civilization. In fact. they
have tried to shut out a higher civili-
zation. For the Englishmen to enter
the country with a higher civilization
is not SO bad as to act in the way the
Beers have done. The English only
take what the Beers have stolen. The
Beers have fought bravely. but then
the topography of the country is ia
vorable to them.
! All the church bells in the country
shall be rung from to o'clock in the
evening of Dec. 81, the last day of the
nineteenth century, and divine SER
vices shall begin in the churches at IL
o'clock and continue into the twenti-
eth century.
A Kristiania manufacturer adver-
tised for a man to take charge of the
packing and shipping of his goods, and
5000 men applied for the position
This number is looked upon as rec
ord-breaker of its kind
| Bjornson and wife will spend the
| winter IN Paris with their son-in-law,
Mr.. Langen.
Captain Stokken of I.arvik has al
nounced that he Is willing to make an
| expedition next summer to the polar
| IN ~F
of the expedition of the Duke of
Abruzzi. The duke is to buy a ship
for the expedition. but the crew is to
consist of Norwegians exclusively.
! A landslide occurred at Krogen, Hell
| geland, causing an overflow of the
river and resulting in considerable
destruction of property. A large force
OF men is at work clearing away the
debris.
The forty labor unions of Kristiania
demand that the city government im-
port coal and sell it at cost.
| So many member of the rigsdag have
deserted the conservative party that
the landsthing contains only 80 con-
servations out of total of &C. In the
folkething only IL votes sustain the
government. while the opposition con-
trolls l02 votes.
Rev Anton NJ. Jensen. pastor of the
state church con gregation at Har-
boore. publicly announced that he
does not believe in an everlasting
punishment N hell. HIS bishop repre-
manded him. and the minister for &c.
clesiastical affairs called attention to
the fact that the state church of Den.
mark teaches an everlasting hell.
But Rev. Jensen was not discharged,
and now he triumphantly proclaimo
that man may publicly discard the
doctrin OF an everlasting hell and still
be a pastor IN the state church of Den.
mark.
Thingvalla, steamer which has
carried tens Of thousands of Scandina.
vians across the Atlantic ocean. has
been sold by the United Steamship
company to some shipowners in Krlsti-
ania.
A very large number of sailing YES
sells is in process of construction in the
Svendborg district. Most of them are
three masted schooners of about 200
tons. The shipbuilde-s are securing
the island of Fyen for oak logs.
| A Danish northern lights expedition
composed of Lieutenant La Cour. the
leader. two engineers and Count Molt-