Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-10-04

who was III command of the Fran
during DR.. Nansen's expedition to the
north pole In 1895, sailed from Chris
tiania, Norway, for the arctic regions
June "a, 1898. Previous to his sail
ing Lieutenant Peary complained of
Captain Sverdrup's expedition, and
the Captain explained in a letter that
he did not aim to reach the pole, but
only intended to explore Greenland
and to make study of the ice in that
region, and by means of sledging jour-
neys to explore the unknown regions
of north Greenland.
The Baldwin, controversy
has caused much comment in Norway
and much space has been allotted
these gentlemen in the Norwegian
press. 1t has now been settled that
Captain Johanssen is to receive his
salary, and he in turn has agreed to
make no further claims on the eXpedi-
ton. For the settling Of other points
in the controversy, the foreign minis
try will now be appealed to.
The tourist traffic has. according to
the VeStlandspOSten, not been as active
the past season as during previous
years. Several hotels, says the paper,
have been doing about the same bust
ness as before, but a number of the
new hotels erected have been practic-
ally empty and these hotel owners have
not made enough money to pay their
expenses.
A shortage of $4,000 crowns has
been discovered in the accounts Of
"Byfogde" Rolsted of Skien. Mr.. Rol-
sted is 70 Years Of age and has been
''byfOgde" since 1885. While he was
absent at the Scandinavian jurists'
convention in Copenhagen a few days
ago, the department Of finance ordered
an investiga ton Of his accounts.
Publisher Teuber. in Leipsig. has
presented the Christiania university
copies of all MATHEMATICAL treatises
which have been published by his con-
Germ since 1860. The list is a valua-
bic one and was rendered the univer-
sity in honor Of the great Norwegian
mathematician. Abel.
Arne Garborg, the author. returned
from kOIlbOtten a few days ago. where
he has been spending the past two
months. He is at present at work on a
new novel and will spend the winter
with his family at Labraaten, near
Hvalstad station.
Librarian Torstein Jahr of the public
library in Christiania has returned to
his former position in the government
library at Washington, D. c.. Mr.. Jahr
has been connected with the Chris
tiania library during the last five
years.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson. according to
the Cpl. Avis, wishes that the money
which is now being sent him in horror
Of his pending 10th birthday, be given
to Norwegian physicians and their
children.
The Central theater has had three
debutantes recently-Jenny Gundersen
and Dagmar Fischer in Schiller's
'Kabale og Kjarlighed' and Amelia
Bremen in "Eventyr paa FOrreisen."
A piece Of silver valued at 5000
crowns and weighing $50 kilOs was
found in the KOngsberg mine a few
days ago. This is the largest piece of
silver ever found in the mine
There are at present 366 women
graduates in Norway. The oldest of
them is the attorney, Madame Krog-
Thoresen, who has been an attorney
for twenty years.
Three million two hundred thousand
kilos of meat were imported to Nor
way from Denmark and Iceland last
year and 100000 kilos from South
America.
Nicolay J. Kraasbye has been ap-
pointed Russian vice consul in AaIe-
sund. Mr.. KraSesby is Christianian
by birth.
Consul Gulowsen in Chefoo. China.
has been gazetted knight of the Aus
trian Franz Josef order.