Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-07
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
" r., Ocean. :, 49,, =
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
Principai Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past.
NORWAY.

of 5000 tons dead weight.
hans Andersen, of Skien. a noted advo-
cate Of temperance and International
peace. is dead. He represented Skien in
the storthing from 1898 to 1891 He was u
years old at the time Of his death.
The Norwegian Acetylene Gas Company
has failed. 49,. -
A temperance rally at Gjeithus was at
tended by 5000 people. Many prominent
men addressed the audience 80.
Norgenbladet claims that the inebriates
OF kristiania alone spend 81, 900 600 a year
1or liquor. and that they constitute is per
cent OF all males above the age Of Is
years.
During the fiscal year ending March 81,
lsOl. the state railways Of Norway gave
a surplus of s5SS, 900, which was about
$4,000 above the estimated surplus.
The Bjellard Canning Company, Of
Stavanger. has decided not to sell it's
plant to the syndicate. and for that rea-
son the plans Of the syndicate may not
be carried through.
The king arrived in Kristiania July II
and was received in the customary man
ner at the depot. From the depot he
drove directly to the royal mansion.
where the cabinet held an executive ses-
sion. At the close of the session ne pro-
ceeded to Villa Victoria, on the island of
Bygdo. The queen had left the special
train at Kongsuinger to go to her sum-
mer residence at Skinnarbol.
The temperature dropped from 911s de-
grees to S71h degrees in a few minutes
while a violent hail storm was passing
over Lilleelvedalen.
Prospectors have struck gold in prom
ising quantities at Stargljok. Finmarken.
The expenses of the prospectors are paid
by parties in Kristiania.
Orebladet mentions as a novelty and a
great curiosity that a man was seen
walking in his shirt-sleeves down Karl
Johan street the other day. The paper,
however, takes him to be a pioneer and
adds: why cannot this be done in Kris
tiania as we'll as in New York? We
should say that we have enough heat, at
any rate. Nowadays we are the hottest
city in Europe. And we are told that it
is going to be still worse, the hot wave
from America being headed for our coun-
try. Give US, first and last, shirt-sleeves
as monday clothing, even on the street.
But clean shirt-sleeves, if you please
kerosene tank exploded in the en-
CINE room of the steamer Frigga in Kris
tiania harbor, and the second engineer
was killed and the fireman injured
Sven Aarrestad was reelected president
of the Norwegian Total Abstinence Asso-
citation.
The government has ordered two loco
motive engines at Thune's Iron Works,
Kristiania, at a cost Of $13,5OO piece.
While Simon Busjord, of Dovre, was
walking across the mountains to noun
fo{r Ut.
der. he was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed.
The skeleton Of man was found tam
gled up in a fishnet at Sandebugt, near
Drammen. 49,. :, ...; ,.
Rich veins of iron ore have been found
in Vesteraalen. They are said to con-
tain sixty per cent of iron. Rich beds Of
graphite have been found in Vesteraalen
and SEMEN.
The total real estate business of Kristi-
ania for the first half of the current year
amounted to only $6o7 800. The corre-
spending amount for the first half Of the
year 1898 was $15,12O,ooO. This affords a
striking illustration Of the difference be-
tween boom and hard times.
A committee appointed two years ago
to proposed plans for timber culture on T.
large scale has reported that the value Of
the forests of Norway is steadily de-
creasing from year to year. In very many
instances the timber line is creeping slow
ly down the mountain sides.
Kaiser Wilhelm took long walk in
Hardanger. This Is the place which Hen
rik Wergeland called the most idyllic spot
on earth.
The annual meeting Of the Norwegian
Total Abstinence Association was held at
Tromso. According to the annual report
there were 1909 societies having mem
bersllip. Of lis, 935. This is loss of $500
members. In one year. The latter num-
Der represents those who have Joined, 9th.
er temperance organizations. ,,
A social purity conference which was
held at HamarE appealed to the great
dailies to combat the sin of impurity,
and recommended that. the friends of So
clad purity. establish newspaper for the
advancement of their cause. ~. $3.50,
Thirty-two passenger trains leave Kris
tiania every day during the tourist sea-
son. and many Of them are packed: >''
Halvor Olsen, Of Loiten, Hedemarken.
IS dead. He was conductor on the Old
est railway In Norway ',,, i