Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-11

The failure Of the indigo Manufactus-
ing Company, and that Of Skotvedt, q
Fredrikstad lumberman. are the chief
topics of conversation among the business
people. The former was backed by Kred-
itbanken, while Skotvedt was connected
with 1ndustribanken. His liabilities are
about $4,000, and he had logs and lum-
Der valued at 100000 $
OF the 2l,S0O electors of Bratsberg, Amt,
only 5000 cast their votes at the fall cleo
lions. Only GAL out of total of 1886
female electors took the trouble to vote.
Five thousand men have removed from
kristiania during the past two years,
and still the number Of idle men is on
the increase. AS to female help, how
ever. the demand is fully as great as the
supply.
Kristiania, Nov. 25.-Arrangements have
been completed for building railway
from the Cumberland mining region to
the sea early in spring, in connection
with the works of an American ore mill
ing syndicate. All the equipment Of the
road will come from America. 4
The Norwegian papers tell US that
american apples are imported in larger
quantities this season than ever before"
Now we know why apples are so scarce
in America!
The great Sverdrup family is up in arms
against Bjornstjerne Bjornson The cause
Of the uprising is found in Bjornson's
"Poul Iange and Thora Parsberg." In
this drama the author makes 1.-THE pre-,
mier" send to Poul LANCE letter writ
ten by 1.-The premier instead of a letter
which the cabinet had endorsed. 1t is
admitted by the poet that he intended to
depict the late Premier Johan Sverdrup
In ''the PREMIER" while Poul LANCE rep
resents Mr.. Richter, member of the
SVerdrup cabinet who committed suicide
a number of years ago. The imputation
is a serious reflection upon the honesty
of Johan Sverd1up, who is conceded to
have been the ablest Norwegian states
man of the nineteenth century. But the
matter never caused such a commotion
as 1t did few days ago. In the latter
part of September the Students Union
discussed the use of Living Models in
Dramatic Poetry and the above men,
toned drama by Bjornson was referred
to by way Of illustration. Mr.. Vogt, a
Journalist, who introduced the discussion,
stalled that the charge against 1.-The pre-
mier' Cohan Sverdrup) could not be
proved. But Mrs Ragna Nielsen claimed
to know that the charge was based on
facts. relative of John Sverdrup
arose and protested against Mrs. Mel
sens statement AS soon as Bjornson
found out about this unpleasant discus
sion he came out in Dagbladit, stating
over his signature: I'm 'Poul LANCE and
Thorn Parsberg, absolutely nothing is
said which may be applied to known
person unless I am convinced that it is
true" Bjornson further claims that the
charge can be backed by letters and sus-
tanned by eye witnesses that are still
living. Bjornson's defiance called for ex-
traordinary efforts the part Of the
relatives of the slandered statesman, anc
they have induced all living members Of
the Sverdrup cabinet to express them
selves on the subject in the press. Some
of them declare that they know abso-
luteiy nothing about the alleged duplicity
of Sverdrup, and others go to the extent
of saying that they do not even see how
1t would have been possible for him to
act that way. Half a dozen of the chill
dren of Johan Sverdrup have signed a
protest in which they brand the charge as
an "obvious falsehood and calumny,"
and so far the burden of the testimony
is strongly in favor OF their side.
The spruce forests Of Norway were ma
terially damaged by the drouth last sum-
mer. But the fall rains have been so CO.
pious that the trees will have a fair
start next spring.
Very many seamen are idle in the sea-
pts of southern Norway, and those that
are at work receive miserable wages.
Many seamen are now consuming their
savings for years past and some have to
live on credit for the next two or three
months.
when the Iron Curtain Falls is the
title of a novel which Jonas Lie has just
completed for the holiday trade.
After much Sitting and shifting the
number of voters of Kristiania has been
cut down to about $4,000, of whom $1,000
are women. Five thousand women were
counted out because they had not paid
their taxes. Four thousand lost their
right to vote on account Of receiving
public aid.
The members of the cabinet are study
ing and discussing the union question
from day to day and week to week.
It has been feared that the wholesale
trawling of deep-water shrimps (raker)
may deprive food fish of their subsist-
ence. But Prof. Ossian Sars. who has
studied the subject thoroughly, declares
that the most important food fish rarely
feed on shrimps, while several kinds Of
inedible fish live like kings on deep water
shrimps.
Captain Otto Sverdrup must have had
rough weather. Scotch whalers who have
returned from Davis Sound, state that
rough weather prevailed In the Polar re-
gions during the whole summer, north
west storms raging almost necessarily at
Baffins bay, Davis sound and surround>
ing waters from the middle of May to
October.
From Norway and England the United
States received 2,24S and 12,214 steerage
emigrants, respectively, for the past year.
The storthing. without debate and by
a unanimous vote. granted a pensit.n Of
$500 year to the widow Of the Late At
torney General Getz.