Morris tribune., 1902-07-19

, .imit their depredations to the fishing
banks at the coast, but enter the fjords
and have been known to penetrate sew
eral miles UP the rivers. 1t is high
time something was done to stay this
destruction OF the principal industry of
the population in those parts. 1t is
believed that legal protection of the
whales would accomplish the desired
results This would naturally entail
considerable loss to the whaling in.
dustry, yet the latter brings only l.
$4,000 kroner per year, while the fish
cries yield 100000 kroner in tie ter.
ritOry concerned.
Emperor William started July on
his voyage to Norway on board the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern. He is
accompanied on his trip by large and
distinguished company of tourists.
namely, Generals Won Kessel, Won
Scholl, Won Moltke, and Won Huelsen.
Haesler, chief of the military cabinet
Baron Won Sonden-Bibran, chief of the
marine cabinet; Captain Won Strumme,
the emperOr's aide-de-camp; Baron Won
Lyncker, marshal of the imperial
household; Professor Dr.. Won Leuthold
surgeon general; Herr Won Tschirsky
former German minister to Belgian
Prince Albert of Schleswig- Holstein
the prince of n-Wittgenstein. Count
SchlitZ, Baron Haintze and Professors
Huessefeldt and Saltzman.
The fate of the Sverdrup polar expe
dition is now beginning to cause some
anxiety. Captain Otto Sverdrup EN-
parked at Christiania on midsummer
day four years ago on the ship Fran,
used previously by DR.. hansen, and
the expedition was last heard of in
August 1899, when news was brought
by the Peary steamer Diana. The ex.
petition, however, was provisioned fol-
five years.
Gravehals mountain is being pierce1
at an altitude of 5000 feet for a tun. |
mel about three miles in length. This |
pretty piece of engineering Is now prac |
tically completed at cost Of 100000 |
This thoroughfare through the noun
tain will save the travellers from
Kaardal, in Flamsdal, the journey by
foot over the mountain range, to an al
titude of 3,71O feet.
At the international games in Chris.
tiania the Marathon race, 3O.2 kilo
meters, was won by Eiserman of Goth.
enburg, in 3 hrs. 10 min. sec. Bjerk
of Christiania came in second, hrs
"a min. The Danish contestant, Olsen
ranked third, coming in two minutes
behind Bjerk. This famous race is a
notable feature of the Olympian games
The Raldwin-Ziegler expedition re
lief steamer Frithjof, having on board
W. S. Champ, secretary of the expedi.
ton, and Dr. G. Shurkley, which sailed
from TrOmsoe July /, and touched at
the island Of Nardoe, off Finnmarken
In the Arctic ocean, sailed from Var.
doe for Franz Joseph Land on July 6.
Among the nOta bleS registered at thu
Laurvik baths are WaIdeck-R Rousseau,
former premier Of the French republic
and the distinguished British geogra.
pher, Sir Clement Markham. Waldeck.
Rousseau has previously visited the
ancient city of TrOnGhjem, the coron-
alton city of the Norwegian kings.
Captain Melting Of the steamer John,
from Stavanger, has been shot to death
by Venezuelan revolutionistS. who
pressed him and his ship into service
for the transportation of troops and [
munitions of war to Bolivar Cap.
tain Melting was "a years Of age, and
leaves q wife in Norway I
The highest price ever paid for ma.
tive Norwegian hOrse1esh is 1900
kroner. This sum has just been paid
COR a Gudbrandsdal stallion, acquired
~ the West Slidre paddocks.