Willmar tribune., 1901-04-10

Since the year 1855, no Norwegian
clergyman has been allowed to admin.
lister the; sacrament Of the altar ito him.
| self. Now it is proposed to permit this
| practice, which, by the way, was rein.
troduced In Denmark fifteen years ago
The Kristiania long shoremen at a pub
lie mass meeting. resolved to boycott
those who retail Laddevin, q disgusting
liquor which is doing. great harm among
4 the lower classes. \ 81 ~ =,
1 The accounts of Grand Hotel, Kristi.
anta, show deficit of $4,000 for the year
| 1900.
/ The reports from the fishing grounos
show that the spring catch has been light,
but the prices are stiff
Inc temperance. people of Kristiania
are going TO enter local politics more ac-
lively and some of them are in favor of
uniting the temperance people, the dissen-
| ters and the peace societies into a new
! party.
| The throne occupied by Kristian Fred
rik when he received homage as king of
| Norway, at Eidsvold. May 10, 1914, will
! be returned to- its old place, the widow
| of the late Mr.. Homan having declared
! her intention to donate the historic
chair to the Eidsvold building.
| The Norwegian Nobel committee has
| resolved that every person that wins a
| prize shall receive a. gold medal in addi-
| ton to the cash. bounty. On one side of
the medal shall appear. the name OF the
| testator. Alfred Nobel, and a suitable in
scription; and the other side shall give a
symbolic representation of the work for
which the medal is awarded, besides the
inscription, Pro pace ct fraternitate gen.
tium for the peace and. brotherhood of
| nations).
Ihe Norwegian government has invited
the Typographical and biological COM
m1ttee appointed by the governments of
| northern Europe to hold its next session
| in Kristiania. On that occasion the To-
cation of central laboratory will be
determined upon. The Norwegians think
| it ought to be built in Kristiania, and
that Prof. Fridjof Nansen ought to be at
| the head of it.
The people of Kristiania are making
preparations for celebrating the seven
teenth of May on a non-partisan plan.
NorWegian-Norwe is frequently
used at public services in the churches of
! the capital city of Norway
A beaver has settled in FLAX river, at
Natvedt, Birkenes. He has built himself
a house and felled many bushes and
trees, some of which are seven inches
! thick. The oldest inhabitant never heard
| of Il beaver in that country until this one
settled there.
| The Cumberland mining district has
been purchased from it's former owner,
Consul Person of Helsingborg, by a
powerful syndicate of Scandinavian and
| English capitalists. The Improvements
planned by the syndicate will cost over
$1,000, 900.
A new drama by new author has been
accepted for presentation by the mana
ger of the Kristiania national theater.
The title Of the play is "Cross-Roads," :"
and the author hides himself under the
pseudonym Helene Dickmar.
|. The herring catch will be very Neht
for the season. But Goldfish has been
caught IN large quantities in certain To-
calities. The spring catch aggregates
fourteen million Goldfish, as against 1917
millions in 1900, and an average of 21
prices are falling.
"Bjornson evening"" A Bjornson even
ing was recently given at the court house
Of Berlin. The manager Of theater
first gave review of the poetry of
Bjornson and emphasized the powerful
influence which his personality Yields
over those who come in contact with him.
To this review was added a sympathetic
sketch of Norway and it's natural fea-
lures, and of it's people and their strug-
giles for the perpetuation of their inde-
pendence. Next. several actors and ac-
tresses recited parts of Bjornson's pro-
ductions, some of which had been un-
known in Germany. A lady singer dis
coursed Grieg music to poems by Bjorn-
son. The hall was crowded, and the ap-
plause was intense during the whole even
ing.
The local government of Aker has voted
$3.50 for the Kristiania and Bergen rail-
way.
The Nordenfjeldske steamship company
has found that small steamers pay better
than big ones along the coast of northern
Norway. Accordingly, the company pro-
poses to use chiefly small steamers in
the future.
There are many members of the stor-
thing who are in favor of giving all
grown men the right to vote at local elec-
tions, and a still larger number who
think women who pay taxes ought to
enjoy the same rights. The women
themselves have petitioned the storthing
to grant them the right to vote at local
elections.
Bjornson has written newspaper ar
ticle in which he holds that divorces
may be justified under certain conditions.
Two new locomotives have just been
received from the Wintherthur locomotive
| works in Switzerland. They cost about
| $4,000.
The poor board of the city of Kristiania
received applications for aid from the
heads of 76 families during February.
In AS cases the trouble was due to en-
forced idleness, while 2SS were unable to
work on account of sickness or old age.
Only 167 women reported that their dis
tress was due to inebriety on the part
of their husbands. This last number was
considered very small The fact is, that
the hard times have cut down Door peo-
pies drink bills immensely.
IN THE WAY OF VARIETY.>
DR.. j. F. Davidson, professor of mod
1r.~ l.