Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-14
SCANDINAVIAN I | NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
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HAPPENINGS IN THE :FA1HERLABD,
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week RI
N'"~ or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

urea years ago lSOngSberS was the only
inland city. 1t had 5000 inhabitants, or
greater number than any inland city Of
today.
Matthias 1sachsen proposes the erection
Of a statue of Peter Dass at Bodo Pet
ter Dass spent his life as a minister in
Nordland, but what made him immortal
was his poetry which has been pub
ltshed under the name of "Nordlands
Trompet.'
The requests made by the late c.
Sundt of Bergen. aggregate at least $780,
wv. His estate is worth $1.750.OOO.
The main buildings Of Ed parsonage,
Nordfjord. were destroyed by fire. The
records were saved.
Hagerup's expedition, consisting of sew
en- men. has returned from Spitzbergen,
where they spent the winter. They had
killed II bears. so foxes and one walrus.
The cold was so intense last winter that
the mercury froze on several occasions.
The Good Templars are gaining ground
In Norway. There are 404 lodges in good
standing, and the total memberships In
Guiding the Juvenile lodges, IS 30049.
A new lot Of five kroner ($1.35) bills will
soon be Issued by the government.
The annual meeting Of the Norwegian
Total Abstinence Association appealed to
the government to prohibit the use of
strong drinks in the navy.
The WAL farm, in Aamot, has been
sold by Mrs. Martha WAL to Olav Sjolie
for $4,000: -" -.
A heat of IS to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
In the shade was no uncommon phenom-
enon in Norway last July. In some To-
calities there was no rain for weeks. The
hay crop is fine, but the potatoes and
the grain have suffered from drouth. The
fruit crop will be poor. /: Forest fires
have been raging in different localities.
and extensive tracts Of timber have been
swept by the destructive flames Kristi
ania has been one Of the hottest spots in
the country. On one occasion the heat
reached 95 degrees in the shade.
Even as far north as Trondhjem the
temperature reached 93.7 degrees Fahren-
heit in the shade. This is the greatest
heat ever recorded in that city.
Col. N. HI. Peters has been sentenced
to eighty days Imprisonment in a fort
and to pay the expenses Of the trial.
His misdemeanor was failure toiperform
certain military duties.
Good beefsteak commands price Of q
to g. cents pound in Kristiania. As
much as 50 cents pound has been paid
lOT tHe HneSt SNOheuS S6lInOrl VI IESSN
pork there is 80 little that no prices are
quoted in the papers. AS a curiosity 1t
may be mentioned that the retail price
of tomatoes is from 30 to SO cents a
pound. On the other hand. fresh halibut
may be had at to cents a pound and
a big. fat herring costs 2 or cents
Premier Steen completed his 18th year
July 22nd. = :.,, i
EroC hoe ho00 40 IN Kvtc
tiania during the hot spell that. many
meat shops have been closed up for days
in succession. sslss ~ sss sssl' ~
Forest Fires.-F4re was: started bY
lightning at Stod and at Namdalsede,
north of ~Trondhjem:.- The: flames were
checked before they had time to do much
damage. A forest fire near Jaren was
also checked. The dry moss. lichens and
timber were burning fiercely at Snilfjord,
Hevpe, the twentythird of July, The
sheriff called out the people of the SUR
rounding country. and requests for as
sistance were sent to the soldiers sta
toned at Agdenes. IL ut :,
The water is so low in the Glommen
river that the rafting of logs2is very diff
ficult, the rear Of the mass Of logs in
the river being between koppang and
Atna station. The hung-up logs are
cracking in the intense heat. and the loss
from this source alone will be consider
able.
The drouth. Is causing havoc in Nord-
more. The grain fields nave turned
white, and the mown meadows are gray
ish brown. Thousands of young trees
planted last spring are dead. Water lis
bought and sold as an article of trade
in the city of, Aalesund. -, -.
SWEDEN.
motion made in the riksdag, by p P.
Waldenstrom, to the effect that a stricter
discipline be enforced in the service of
the government railways, met with but
scant courtesy at the time, and much
bad feeling was aroused by his assertion
that intemperance was common among
the trainmen. The cabinet, however, has
taken steps to- enforce more rigid rules
in regard to the conduct Of the employees
on the government railways. - f.,
-Four terrific explosions following upon
each other in rapid succession killed four
men and injured five others at Gyttorp
powder mills, which are located near
Nora. Seven buildings were demolished
only milestone remaining where one OF
them had been standing. Some window
lights were smashed at Nora.
Three thousand and ninety-nine young
men who were to enter the army have
received permission from the government
to emigrate in the course Of the past six
months. This is a very high number. 1t
goes without saying that most of them
have left for the United States.
Engineer p. 'Dusen, known as an ex-
plorer in CAMERON, Patagonia and
Greenland. has accepted position in the
bota meal department of the National Mu-
scum Of Brazil. 5,
Baron Johan Nordenfalk. Phi. D.. presi-
dent of the Academy of Liberal Arts.
died at the age of II years. He occupied
a seat in the riksdag for twenty years in
succession. and a mere mention Of the
positions of trust and honor held by him
for half century would fill large part
of this column. = '-e> !,
An old man was moving grass near
! Onsby. and his wife followed him with
her rake, pulling the grass out of the
water. Not hearing any noise behind him
for some time, he looked back and no
ticed that his wife was lying on the
ground. He ran to her as fast as he
could, but she was drowned, her face be-
ing submerged in the water. Her cal
lapse was due either to sunstroke or heart
failure. t -r-- &,Ef 3 f.
Young ducks are abundant in northern
Skane this season.. But they are smaller
thanEusuah which Is supposed 10 he due
to the rainy weather last spring.
IS vigorous revival work has been car
ried on at Vittioga. Norrbotten, and when
the bishop made his official visit TO the
place he was by no means listened TO with
! respectful silence. In fact, "a CONVERSE
& tion was started, and this gradually
drifted into "a discussion, which became