Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-05

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be bound by the scale of wages agreed
upon last spring. The seriousness of
the situation may be inferred from
the fact that the employees ask for
raise of 20 per cent, while the en-
ployers are contemplating a reduc-
ton.
NORWAY.
Baron Lagerheim, Swedish minister
of foreign affairs, proposed to the
Norwegian cabinet last fall that a
committee consisting of two Norve-
gians and two Swedes be appointed to
consider the question of establishing
separate consular services for the two
countries. The negotiations resulting
from this proposition brought out
difference of opinion in regard to the
scope of the work of the committee.
The Norwegians prefer complete,
independent service for Norway, while
the <Swedes are in favor of two sets
of consuls serving under a common
head. This difficulty blocked the
work from the very start. "This diff
fculty,," says Verdens Gang, must be
overcome. The intention of both par
ties must be. of course, to start the
work on a basis of initial agreement
and to include all phases touched up
on in the discussion. We are told,
too, that it is hoped that in the near
future the negotiations will lead to
the appointment of such a committee.
Such contamination will surely be
received with great satisfaction in
both countries. But to us Norwegians
it must be a matter of regret that
lack of energy and of definite policy
on the part of the Norwegian govern
ment to take the first step instead
of our cabinet doing so long ago. In
that case the union committee could
have completed its work by the time
it is actually begun"
Albert Langen, German publish
er and son-in-law Of Bjornstjerne
Bjornson, has spent almost a year
with his grandparents in Norway. He
returned to Paris by way of Antwerp.
A number of years ago he published
poem in Simplissimus, on account of
which he was accused of lese majestic
against Kaiser Wilhelm. He left the
country, and since that time he has
meyer dared to put his fot on Ger
man soil. The matter is not permit
ted to drop. Once year the charge
is renewed. sometimes in obscure viii
lagos for the purpose of fooling Mr..
~Langan. But he and his friends are
on the lookout, and the German po-
lice force is watching for his return
in vain.
The first public bath opened by the
city government of Kristiana dates
from 1862. A second one was added
in 1890. and in 1900 a $4,000 bath
house was opened at Sagene. Ten of
the public schools furnish shower
baths for the pupils, and it is pro-
posed to open these baths to the pub
lie when the schools are not in ses-
sion. The public baths are crowded
on Saturdays. This is only proper,
for Lordag Saturday means ''bath-
ing-day." The women do not battle
so often as the men. and they prefer
shower baths in single compartments.
The charges at the public baths are
2 40 cents, which pays for soap, tow
ell and everything.
Western Norway is not well pleased
with the appointment of Gunnar
Knudsen to place in the cabinet.
Berner, the president of the storth-
ing, would have given general salts
faction, but his friends, and they
are constantly growing in numbers,
do not want to see him in the cabinet
until he can enter that body as the
successor of Premier Steen.
Mrs. Stang, the wife of former Pre-
mier Stang, died in Kristiansand at
the age Of 81 years. She was ardent
~ interested in the improvement Of
the public schools as well as in all
philanthropic efforts.
Ole Hansen, section boss, was
burnt to death in his own house near
:Haga station. ; w..
A ball to which over j, 400 persons
had been invited was given at the
Kristiania palace a few days before
Christmas. The royal family arrived
at half past 8 o'clock in the evening.
The ball was attended by all the
members Of the Swedish cabinet who
were in Norway OF the time. { :.
The Kristiania Orebladet scores the
storthing for voting bounties to many
persons whom the paper considers I'M