Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-08-28
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
interesting Notes Fram Across thu
Ocean. 4 ST
HAPPENINGS In THE FAIHERLAyD.
r'ncipnl Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
III or So just Past.
NORWAY.

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Inc war department has requested the
government of Denmark to send two Off
GERS and that of Switzerland to send one
oIr1cer to Norway to attend the field ma
heuVers which are to take place near
irondhjem from Aug. 80 to Sept. 5.
Prof. w. c. Brogger was introaucoa a.
Suhtelma IN regard to Otto Sverdrnn,s
North Pole expedition. and he exnressaa
himself mainly as follows. r.nto,s
Sverdrup is not apt to return before
september next The difficulties Of his
voyage are very great In this case the
iaH'f IS not threatened only by pack
ICE as was the case when she was nsed
Wy Nansens expedition. but the ice in the
waters north Of Greenland Is largely com.
posed OF icebergs from the Greenland
glaciers, and any vessel that Is pinched
between two icebergs is simply ground to
pieces, for it cannot be lifted ONT If the
water as 1t is when crowded nv mack
ice. Every movement in those waters re-
cures the utmost care. But Captain
Sverdrups determination and energy are
so great that he may spend fourth and
even fifth year up there rather than re-
turn without accomplishing anything.
the expedition being fitted out for a FIVE
years stay. For these reasons no anxi-
ely need be felt even if the expedition
Is not heard from at all this summer.
A she-bear has been brought from
Skansen. Stockholm, to St. Hanshaueen.
t>rlstlanla' where there is Norwegian
ne-oear. The newspapers are busily dis
cusslns the nature of the probable issue
OF this union wedding"
The city of Kristiania will have about
o''OOO voters next fall. of which number
ABOUT 1900 are women. The number of
voters at the last election was 4O,195.
During practice on the target at Jor-
stadmo, near Lillehammer, Sergeant Til
war ordered to the targets and while
standing there rife was fired at a dis
lance of 5000 feet, the bullet passing
through his left lung. His condition is
serious, but he may recover
The Munich Art Exposition has award
ed gold medal to Gerhard Munthe for
his painting representing king Sigurd
and Baldwin,"
A whaling vessel returned to vardo
with eight fishermen from the vessels
Strommen and Familien both of which
had been lost in the ice. While operat-
ing near Novoja Semlja, Strommen was
crushed by ice and it's crew went on
board Familien. Six of the men soon
departed again, and nothing was heard
from them. Later, Familien was also
crushed by the ice. and those on board
took some provisions with them and
settled on a small island. where they re-
manned two weeks. until their distress
signal was observed by the vessel that
saved them.
Bergin had only between 5000 and 5000
voters at the last election. But the new
election laws will raise the number to
about $4,000 next fall.
Kaiser Wilhelm has again donated $3.50
to the building fund OF the great cathed-
raj Of Trondhjem
Snow fell on the mountain tops around
Tromso Aug. /.
J. A. Andsen of Kristiania, dealer in
building materials, has failed, his assets
and liabilities being about s35O,O0O each.
The Princes Gustav Adolf and Erik left
their rustic summer resort at Sikkilsdal
Aug. 2, and went to Skinnarbol, the sum-
mer residence of Queen Sofie
SWEDEN.
Adelina Patti and her Swedish hus-
band. who have just settled down for a
temporary stay at the Stockholm salt
sea baths. had so much baggage that the
handling Of it delayed the steamer at
Sassnitz. There were no less than twen-
ty-two huge boxes.
Queen Josetina's cooking school at
Malmo has closed its summer term. The
final examinations were passed by IL pu-
pills. The number of recipes discussed
was 1854.
Torpedo boat number Is struck a sand
the propeller shaft broke and the pro-
peller dropped to the bottom Five
members of the crew were hurled into
other torpedo boats that happened to be
close by towed Number Is to Stockholm
Rev. Sam Stadener. of Helsingborg,
who has been appointed pastor of the
Scandinavian colony at Paris, has start
ed for the latter city. He is to serve at
Calais and Dunkirk during the balance
OF the hot season.
The Sanatorium for consumption of
northern Sweden, which is located at Os-
terasen, was formally dedicated. Aug. 2.
This is one of the three sanatoriums
which King Oscar ordered to be built
which he received in 1897. Count Won
Essen, the representative of the king,
officially turned the new institution. over
to the trustees. and Rev. Ostman, an
army chaplain, invoked the blessing of
God upon the enterprise. The sanatorium
has ample accommodations for 100 pa
tients. There is, perhaps, no more ''mod-
ern" institution of its kind in the world
OF
August Alven of Malma has painted a
fine portrait of Axel Danielsson, the
great labor leader. and the labor unions
of the city mentioned above may buy
the painting. ..,,... -..
After a thorough test of 36 different
makes of bicycles the military authori-
ties have decided to order bicycles for the
army from two Swedish firms.
1t is definitely announced that field
maneuvers shall take place in the vicin-
ity Of Laholm, Halland, Sept. 1918. The
king will inspect the movements in per-
son. While he is in that part of, the
country he is expected to try his luck
on his own hunting grounds, where deer,
wood-grouse, foxes, hares,. ETC.. are said
to abound. 1906 =T. d
The armored gunboat Dristigheten
made II knots at It's trial trip. The enc
gines developed $500 horse power. p
A female pauper at Nora Lundby won
a prize at an exposition at skofde for
!. a lot of ribbons which she had made.
Not knowing that her work had been
exhibited until the money was handed
her, the poor thing was simply over
whelmed with Joy. Z. .5 : ..# ss. #
Sven Hedin wrote from Charnlik April
q, that he had completed four months
Journey through entirely unknown terri e1ri-
tory in Central Asia. East Of the desert
OF Cobb he travelled II days without run
ming across one drop OF water. He final
Nv found a snow-drift in d mountain, and