Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-11-27
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
20 r. Ocean. T. s, ~
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAlHER1AyD.

Principal Events That Have Occurred
North Sea Within Week
or So just Past.
NORWAY.
A new railroad between Tonsberg and
Eidsfos was dedicated Oct IS. It is, 81
English miles long, and there are no less
than Is stations The country through
which it runs is densely populated and
prosperous.
Norway used to import Swedish lucifer
matches In large. quantities until a very
few years ago. Now the Norway fac
| tories are supplying the home market and
| exporting about 1,4OO tons of matches a
year to England. The goods are of the
very best kind.
Common dairy maids receive from $50 to
| $40 for the winter season in southern Nor
way, and very able ones occasionally re-
| ceive $50, or even little more
Three parallel shafts have been sunk
at the new copper mines in Melkedalen.
Nordland, and the ore is so rich that it
pays to export it. A Norwegian company
! is operating the mine, but the enterprise
Is backed by English capital
About 800 saw mill hands in Mandal
have been out of work for two months
because the water in the Mandal river is
| too low to carry down the logs.
The mint at Kongsberg will turn out
$1,000 gold twenty-kroner pieces Ga krone
is II cents) in the course of a year. =
| Comparatively few women voted at the
| local elections in the country around Ber-
gen, and in some precincts not female
vote was cast.
Over Evnel (Above and beyond His Fa-
| culties), one of Bjornson's most cele-
| brated dramas. will soon be presented at
| the Royalty Theater, London. H. L..
Brekstad. who is favorably known as a
| translator Of Norwegian literature, has
| been sent to Norway to study the seem
| cry used for that play in Kristiania and
to confer with the author in order that
| the equipment and the representation on
the English stage may be as correct and
as Norwegian as possible.
! Ten members of the storthing have
| signed motion to put limit to the de-
bates in that body. They propose that
no member shall be permitted to speak
more than twice on the same subject, I'M
| less the storthing otherwise decides in
each case. But the rule shall not apply
| committees and members of the cabinet
| It is further proposed that ten or more
| members shall have the right to force an
| immediate vote on the question of closing
the debate.
| The Salvation Army has dedicated a
| home for destitute women in st. Halvard
| street, Kristiania. The building can cas-
| lily accommodate thirty women, and it
| will cost the Salvation Army almost 81, 900
a year to run the institution. The in
| mates will be engaged in washing, iron
| ing, sewing and bookbinding.
The city of Stavanger voted on the sa-
| loon (samlag) question Oct. Is, but the
result is not known at this writing.
The number of Norwegian ships that
| were lost during the years 1se5-1s0o was
| LOOP.
| The fall rains have been generous in
eastern Norway, and the Glommen is as
! high as in spring.
- We have it on the very best authority,
| that Henrik Ibsen is recovering from a
severe attack Of influenza. But his ply
sician will not permit him to walk in
the open air, compelling him to take daily
rides in a closed carriage.
The board Of aldermen of Kristiania
have proposed an ordinance prohibiting
the use Of tobacco by boys under the age
| of fifteen years.
The Tana ford has played havoc during
the last few months, twelve persons hav-
| ing been drowned in its waves since July.
F.. p. Moeller, son Of Peter Moeller,
| the inventor Of Moellers cod liver oil, is
| dead. The deceased lived in London and
Copenhagen during the last thirty years
of his life. In 1895 he published re-
markable work on "cod liver oil and
| chemistry
The rate of the city taxes Of Kristiania
| have increased about 11b per cent in one
year.
Mrs. Rev. LANCE, of Tveid, 75-year-old
| lady, was knocked down by wheelman
In Kristiania. Several bones in her body
were broken, and she soon died of pa.
| ralysis Of the heart
| = The Gothenborg Misunderstanding states
that Prince Gustave Adolf will take a
course of one year, from now on, at the
| University of Norway.
The students society at the University
| of Norway has elected a committee to
| propose plans for systematic work in the
line Of educating the people by means of
| free instruction, and it is also proposed
| to do charitable work among the poor.
The tower of the Trondhjem cathedral
is practically completed, the last copper
plates having just been nailed on. The
work was delayed five weeks, owing to
the unexpected work required for making
the spire more rigid.
The Norwegian Iron and Brass Work.
| ers' Union, which has several thousand
| members, has sent lengthy memorial
to the storthing in regard to the practice
| of letting government contracts to for
eign firms while so many Norwegian ar
| tisans are out of work.