Willmar tribune., 1900-08-29

II
Verdens Gang, the great champion
OF political liberty, admits that the
liberal constitution of Norway and the
democracy which it has cherished are
by no means an unqualified success.
The paper claims without reserve that
the politics of the dominant party, the
Leftists. has degenerated to an alarm
ing extent during the past three years.
Referring to the practice of ostracism
IN ancient Athens. the paper says:
Our elections have also had their os-
tracisms by means OF pot-sheds-ss We
can no longer banish people. but we
! can exclude our able men in order that
good-for-nothings may have a chance
to flourish. When this policy is pur-
sued the representative system. which
ought to be the cure of modern society,
must wither and carry us back to what
! caused the decay and annlhilation of
the ancient states. At the coming
elections we are confronted with this
query: Shall we repeat the mistakes
which destroyed those that committed
themP Or, shall we keep abreast of
our times by electing as members of
the storthing the best and ablest men
tina. we have in the different walks of
life?"
A $4,000 restaurant is to. be erected
in Nygaard's park. Bergen.
Forty hogs have died of spleric fever
at Strinden, Trondhjem.
The housewives of Kristian;a have
to pay l6 cents a pound for beef steak
during the hot season: soup meat IA
cents: veal and mutton. l6 to 19 cents;
fresX salmon, s5 cents; smoked salmon,
IS cents; small herring. 3 to cents
per quart. But vegetables are very
cheap.
Stavanger has 1900 voters.
A detachment of cavalry was ordered
to cross the river on pontoon bridge
at Exile, Verdalen. The 6rst nan to
ride out on the bridge was M. Hoen.
from Overhadden, and both he and his
horse were carried away by the cur
rent and lost. The next man barely
saved his own life.
Sigbjorn Obstfelder, young and
very gifted author Is dead aged "a
years.
st. Olaf's Day, July 90. was celebrat-
ed in the Trondhiem cathedral. sa-
cred concert was given the previous
evening, and Rev. Christofer Bruur
preached in the forenoon 20 an audi
ence of 1900 people. Bjornson was
also in town and made altogether
about half dozen addresses.
Kristiania has about $4,000 legal
voters.
A cable ferry has been started for
regular traffic across the bay between
Skarpsno and Oscarsha!, near Kris
tiania. 1t has accommodations for ESQ
passengers. The cable on which it
runs is made of wire, and is about two
inches in diameter. Except close up
to the ends of the ferry the cable lies
too deep in the water to be reached by
ships crossing it.
Norway used to import machinery
betting from England. Now the Nor
wegian factory is not only supplying
the home market, but is also filing or
ders from France and England.
The late Astrup, who once was
member of the cabinet, had ordered
that his remains should be cremated.
The order was obeyed and the urn
containing his ashes will be inmured
in mountain on his farm Kviltorp,
near Molde.
Verdens Gang finds that the gospel
of Kaiser Wilhelm and that Of Angelo
Bresci do not differ very greatly from
each other. Kaiser Wilhelm, il his
famous Bremerhafen speech. ordered
his soldiers to kill. Kill! right and left.
kill the guilty and the innocent indis-
criminately. and Bresc; shot his king
to wreak vengeance upon our social
system. They both wanted to do JUS
tice; they both encouraged the she'd
ding Of innocent blood.
Three military storehouses burned
down at Gimlemoen. and large quanti-
ties of clothing and rifles were de-
stroyed. Almost simultaneously FIRE
broke out in 'shipyard, where ware
house and smaller building were de-
voured by the flames. The Ere is sup
posed to be of incendiary origin in
both cases. The armory Of the regu-
lar army burned to the ground. de.
stroying 1000 Krag-Jorgensen rites,
100 revolvers, 600 complete uniforms
and large quantity of camp equip.
ment. The damage is said to be about
$685.
DENMARK