Willmar tribune., 1901-12-25
NORWAY.

The king, the queen Prince Carl, Prin-
| cess Ingeborg and the children Of the
latter are expected to arrive in Kristi-
ania in a few days. The crown prince
| and his sons, and possibly Prince Eugen,
| may come later.
The cost Of the new bourse of Kristiania
will be at least S300,000.
| Bjornson refuses to be downed by the
defenders of the honor of Premier Johan
Sverdrup, who died a number Of years
ago. Bjornson not only publishes letters
written by Sverdrup and Richter in 1885
to prove his point. but he brands Sver-
drup as one of the most treacherous crea-
| lures that the poet had ever met.
Prof Fridtjof Nansen has gone to
Stockholm to confer with Prof. otto Pet
ersson with regard to the study Of the
fishes of the seas Of northern Europe.
Subscription has been started by par
| ties in Bergen for raising a fund for the
aid Of tuberculous persons who are con-
valescent but whose strength has been so
| reduced that they are unable to support
themselves by means of hard work. The
amount raised exceeds $1,000.
The managers Of the Norwegian state
| railways and of Norsk Hovedlane pre-
| Hahr. traffic manager of the state rail-
| ways of Sweden, upon his withdrawal
| from active service of fifteen years.
The present was accompanied by an ad-
dress Of thanks for pleasant and success
| full cooperation.
A telegram from New York states that
Captain V. Gelmuyden, of the Norwegian
Navy, has been sent by his government
TO to h11&y Toll h.
marine torpedo boats, and that test of
! the craft will be made for Captain Gel
| muyden at New Suffolk, Peconic Bay.
The test will consist of diving and rum
| ming the boat three miles at a depth of
! fifteen feet.
Three Russian saw filers" came to
Blakjer from Urskog. They spoke broken
Swedish with Russian accent. One of
| them had small, delicate hands, wore
| fine riding boots and betrayed a military
| training. They stated that they came
from Sweden, but would not tell where
they intended to go. 1t was suspected
! that they were going to Holland, and that
they intended to inspect the new fortiflca-
tions at Dingsrud. They had looked at
| some files at country store, but had
made no purchase, on the pretext that
y,
where they stopped over night. they for
got good map of Norway and Sweden.
A young lady who witnessed the repre-
sentation of Bjornson's "Poul Lange and
Thora Parsberg'' at the Kristiania Ma
tional Theatre was completely overcome
by the powerful effect of the last act of
the drama, her weeping being accom-
panied by violent convulsions. She was
| taken to her home, where she had to go
| to bed. Her condition became so serious
that she was conscious only part of the
time, and death came to her relief a
month after she attended the theatre.
King Oscar II has made Mayor Capde-
vile, of New Orleans, a knight of the
Norwegian Order Of st. Olaf.
DR.. Armauer Hansen, of Bergen, has
been made commander of the Danish Or
der of Dannebrog.
Southern Norway was treated to cold,
dry weather during the latter part of
| November, and the ground froze before
it was covered with snow. .
The storthing, by vote of SO to 26,
voted down proposition to teach foreign
languages at the state normal schools.
The Social Democrats of Kristiania, at a
great mass meeting, denounced the opera
| tions of the English in South Africa by a
resolution couched in fiery terms.
Twelve hundred and fifty barrels OF
Icelandic mutton was unloaded at Kristi-
ania in one day.
Syver Andersen, of Hamor, has bought
| the grist mill, saw mill and planning mill
at Gronvold and the grist mills at BERG
| and Hornkvern, in Romedal, for $4,000.
A proposition to furnish stationery free
Of charge to the school children was
voted down by the city council of Ber-
gen, the vote being A to 2S. The Social
| lists and majority of the Leftists were
| in favor of the measure, and it was solid
ly opposed by the Rightists and a minor
itv Of tho I,offiefc