Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-15

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1t is proposed to close the stores at
g o'clock in the city of Stockholm.
The Tooth anniversary of the birth
OF Prof. Fjeldstedt was celebrated
Sept. II at the Fjeldstedt school, Up
sala. Among those present were
Chancellor Gillian, of the University
OF Upsala, and Archbishop Ekman.
The landsting Qegislature) of Lu-
lea has memorialized the king to d.
vide the diocese of Hernosand into
two dioceses.
AT the main entrance to the central
postoffice building in Stockholm
sculptors are engaged in cutting out
pictures in stone of King Oscar and
| Queen Kristina.
The ministerial conference of Norr-
botten passed unanimous vote in IA
! vor of revision of the catechism &C.
cording to a plan proposed by thu
school teachers.
August Strindberg is said to have
completed a new novel called Eager
vik and Skamsund." It will appear
simultaneously in Swedish and Ger.
| man.
The government has received a Pc
tition from railroad company in
| northeastern Sweden for permission
to construct new line from Falun
to Hernosand by way of Kilafors and
Trono. The estimated cost is in the
neighborhood of $5,00o,o00. This
project completes directly with the
proposed line from Gefle to Herno-
sand, which would be few hundred
thousand dollars cheaper. T.
The great maneuvers of the season
will be conducted by the crown
prince, but the king will be present
part of the time. Prince Carl will be
at the head of the board of umpires.
Safstaholm and Segersjo have been
selected as headquarters for the
crown prince. Representatives from
half dozen powers will be in attend
ance.
Kristiania, Sept. 2s.-Escorted by
warships and numerous pleasure
steamers, Captain Sverdrup's Arctic
| expedition, on the Fran, entered
Kristiania harbor. The Fran was sa-
luted by the fort and welcomed by
thousands of spectators, as she en-
tered the harbor, where flags were
flying from every mast. Sir Glenn
ents Robert Markham, president Of
the Royal Geographical society of
Great Britain, who is now here, re-
CARDS Captain Sverdrup's expedition
as the most important since the
Franklin Arctic expedition. King o.
car, Emperor William and King Victor
Emmanuel have telegraphed words of
welcome to Captain Sverdrup. The
Fran returned to Stavanger, Norway,
Sept. 10, after more than four years
in the Arctic regions.
A number of German theaters are
going to celebrate Bjornson's 10th
birthday anniversary Dec. 8, by pro-
ducing his plays on their boards.
Verdens Gang predicts that gen.
eral and thorough reformation will
soon take place in the church, the
Protestant as we'll as the Catholic.
One of the features of this reforma-
ton will be an emancipation from
some of the dogmas that in past ages
have been looked upon as cardinal.
Among the positive aims of such a
reformation the paper mentions a
more intense eagerness and more en-
ergetic and systematic effort to re-
duce human suffering in this world.
A burial mound at Storesund, near
Haugesund, was found to contain a
burial chamber made of stone and
containing human skeleton and
some objects of bronze. A well pre-
served bronze sword was found near
the surface of the mound.
The tourist traffic by way of Kris
tiansand is diminishing from year to
year because the roads east and west
from the city are miserably poor.
A Bergen lady who receives pen
sion from the United States govern
ment was instructed by United States
Consul Nelson to have her sign a
statement that she had never paid
any charges to the consul, and also
to have a notary public sign the docu-
ment. The woman refused to do this
because she had paid Consul Nelson
about $35. The consul is apt to get
into trouble on account of this affair.
So much snow Ill at Fjeldsater
Sanitarium, near Trondhjem, the 10th
of September, that the boys enjoyed
themselves by throwing snowballs.
Storsylen (the big awD, the loftiest
of group of mountains located close
to the boundary line between Norway
and the Swedish province of Jemt-
land, has been supposed to belong to
Sweden. Lars Stugudal, Norwegian
tourist guide, and Swedish engi-
neer are said to have made a careful
inspection of the boundary line at
this point and to have ascertained
that the summit of the mountain is in
Norway.
Captain Helgesen, of Bergen, was
found guilty of malfeasance in Office
by a court-martial and the sentence
has been sustained by the supreme
court. The sentence includes sum-
mary dismissal from the army.
Ice was found on the water in sew
eral localities as early as Sept. IS.
The following Norwegian produc-
tons will be published this fall by
the Gyldendal company, Copenhagen:
A drama by Knut Hamsun, comedy
by Gunnar Heiberg, novels by Amalie
Skram, TIL. r. Krag, Johan Bojer and
John Paulsen, story by A. Hank