Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
NORWAY.

Nerdens Gang devotes half column
to a scourging criticism of the Steen
cabinet on account of it's failure to
push the settlement of the consular
service questions. The inactivity of
the cabinet has almost compelled the
Swedes to make the first move in this
matter, the paper says:
''The Norwegians are Il strange peo-
ple," says contributor to Verdens
Gang. From the dawn of the history
of their country until this moment
they have been quarreling among
themselves. At the opening of the
new century the civilized countries in
all continents are fastening forward
and applying their energies to- pro-
ductivc efforts. Not SO with che Nor
wegians. They are dividing them
selves into two hostile camps OH the
question of language reform! The
cities arm themselves against the
country, the immigrants are put up
against the genuine aborigines. This
latest struggle threatens to be the
means of wasting some of OUR best en-
ergies for a great length of time. 1t
is dead weight that hampers us very
seriously as nation. 41nd with this
we have to enter the new centuryt7
1t has been ascertained that 60 per
cent of the pupils of the Kristissni;,
Cathedral School have only bread and
butter and coffee for breakfast, and
the same for supper, except that tea
takes the place of coffee. In q few
cases little cheese is used with the
butter. The dinner is fairly substan-
tial. The result is not encouraging.
The children are getting pale and
weak, and ailments of different kinds
are frequent.
Those who are in faver of the Nor
wegian-Danish language have secured
$4,000 signatures to petitions to the
storthing against the encouragement
of the use of the pure, native lam
guage. So far only 1000 of the 5000
petition blanks that were distributed
have been returned to the headquar-
tiers of the ''Nationar' Language Sc
| ciety. This society has not been very
active in the past, but now it is deal
ing heavy blows to the cause of the
language reformers.
The Copenhagen correspondent
| the Daily Mail says that the Norwe
| gian bark Arab Steed, Captain p. Ped
| erson, which left london Dec. Q for
! Kristiania, has SINK in the North sea,
and that twenty-five persons were
drowned. The Arab Stced was com
positc vessel of 626 tons net. She
hailed from Hvalnes, Norway. and
was owned by Captain Peterson and
| others.
At Tjodling, the ancient Skiringsal,
it is proposed to bnild Il new town
hall of native granite.
Three thousand dollars was spent
for shoveling snow in the streets of
Kristiania after the great Christmas
snowstorm.
Mrs. Gina Oselio Bjornson, the ia
nous opera singer, received a medal
of reward from King Oscar. This
badge of honor has been conferred
upon only three persons before, name
~, Mrs. Magdalena 'rhoresen, Coun-
tess Casa de Miranda Christina Nils
sony and Mrs. Eva hansen. =
For economical reasons. no arrange
ments will be made for Scandinavian
games in kristiania this winter.
The exact number of votes cast at
the recent city elections in Kristiania
was 27.9O9. of whom 10,114 were wo-
men. ~ ..- - - -, .
| At the election of board of alder
men by the city council of Kristiania,
the Temperance party and the Labor
party were not able to elect any OF
their candidates in spite of the law OF
proportional representation. The
board is now composed of Is Right.
lists, 5 Leftists and 3 Socialists.