Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-24
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS In THE FAIHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
Kaiser Wilhelm is billed to leave SWINE
munde August 8, for his annual trip to
Norway.
The returns from the Finmarken cod
fisheries were $500, 900 pounds of fish,
whilT the average is about $4,000, 600
povAds. Bad weather was one of the
causes of the failure. The total for the
whole country is about 100000 pounds,
or tWo-thlrds of an average CATCH
The Young Peoples Christian Union of
stJordalen has resolved to build a hall
at the Vernes drill grounds for the bene-
III OF the soldiers. The state has already
contributed $50 to the building fund.
The corner stone Of the Ullern church
was laid June "a. by Rev. Godal.
On June "a it was three years since
Captain Otto Sverdrup left with the
Fran" for the waters to the northwest
of Greenland. According to his plan he
Is to return this summer.
The winter rye is promising, to say
the least. in Botne. In one field. for in
stance. the grain conceals tall man
completely when he walks erect through
it.
The workingmen of northern Norway
Mr.. Branting, member of the Swedish
rlksdag, addressed the convention on in
ternational politics, and at the close he
was vigorously applauded. P Svendsen,
member Of the Norwegian storthing,
lectured on labor organizations, and his
remarks were strongly tinctured with
socialistic theories.
A stock company which is backed up
by paid up capital of s4oo,OO has been
granted permission by the national gov
eminent to build a row of free ware
houses on the Aker river, Kristiania.
The most important feature of the estab-
llshment is that imported goods may be
Kept there indefinitely without payment
of customs duty, said duty being paid
when the goods are removed from the
warehouses.
The suns rays caused the rails to ex-
pand to such an extent at Lersund that
the track was wrenched out of it's place.
A passenger train had to stop an hour
until the track was replaced
The prices of timber and lumber have
fallen from 10 to 80 per cent in the course
of the past four months. This is
severe blow to the numbering interests
of Norway.
The samlag {saloon) people Of
Stavanger have commenced to agtate for
a resubmission of the question of open
ing a samlag in that city.
The new church at Grorud, near
Kristiania. is to be built of granite at
cost of $4,000.
The special appropriations made by the
city council OF Kristiania for the CON-
Is'g year amount to s2,650,OO0.
There has been too much rain for the
crops in southeastern Norway. Much rye
has been cut for fodder because it lodged.
The grass is ripe for cutting, but hay
ing is delayed by constant rain.
The sQuid is not handsome fish, but
In Romsdalamt it affords a good source
of income. In Maandalen. for instance
the annual catch of link squrts'' repre-
sents $4,000.
Great is the power Of Bjornson over the
minds Of the Norwegians. But there is
limit to it. His opposition to the use
of ''maalet.'' or the pure Norwegian
tongue, has clearly brought out his limi-
tation to the Bjornsonian spell. The
number of clergymen that preach in pure
Norwegian is constantly increasing. At
the examina tions at the normal schools
last spring 10S out of a total of 367 COM
positions were written in pure Nor
"cSidIl. anu tIley SeIFeU exactly the
same purpose as those written in Nor
wegian-Danish.
Representatives of the free churches
of Kristiania recently held convention
to discuss the feasibility of cooperation
among them in the interest of religious
and social reforms. A committee of seven
men was elected to draw up rules for
such cooperation.
The town Of Farsund is going to vote
on the license question next fall
The Conrad Blumer Hofgaard Com
pany. of Tonsberg. has ordered two
steamers of 1000 tons each from Bur-
meister & Vain. Copenhagen. for the
American fruit trade and general cargo
trade.
An Icelandic translation Of Ibsen's Peer
Gynt has been published at Reykjavik,
Iceland. The edition consists of 80
copies, and the price is 81 copy. Peer
Gynt is called Peter Gautur.
Rye stalks measuring eight feet in
length were picked from field in Solor.
Kaiser Wilhelm intends to go farther
north and spend more time in Norway
this summer than formerly. He may
stay in the country four weeks.
SWEDEN.