Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-29
NORWAY.


NORWAY.
A war is raging between the brewers,
and the retail liquor dealers of Trond-
hjem and no beer can be obtained at.
the stt G.
The Bergen Liberal Voters union
is the name of new political ORGAN
ization which was started July 6. The
aim of the union is to facilitate CO.
operation between the Conservatives
and those Liberals who are dissatisfied
with the present administration.
At Rasten, Starelvedalen, sword,
lance and pickax were found in the
ground at depth of about two feet.
The objects have been sent to the uni
versity.
The board of aldermen of Kristiania-
has recommended loan of $3,50o,o00,
of which ST 100000 shall be used for
paying old debts.
The number of persons that emf
grated from Norway during the first
half of the present year was 1865.
The .2Sth annual conference of the
Methodists was held at Horton. About
so preachers were in attendance.
Captain Sommerschield in Verdalen'
died at the age of IS years.
Prof. Liebleia of the University of
Kristiania, writes in Norwegian
dailw, 'It is unnecessary to wage
war against the verbal inspiration of
the Bible, for no enlightened, indie
pendent mind in our twentieth CEN
fury Believes in it,"
The Blue Ribboners OF, Norway had
their, 10th annual meeting at Kongs-
vinger. There are 80 societies which
have 3,718 members.
Only heads of families have had the
right to vote at the meetings of the
congregations of the state eEdrch of
Norway; but on July list the cabinet
women Of the age of rs years shall be
entitled to vote at such meetings.
Fridtjof Nansen and some of his
friends made trip on horseback to
Sundvolden. Here he wanted to battle
his horses in the Tyrifjord. For this
purpose the professor borrowed pair
of old boots as well as jacket and
pair Of pants that did not come d.
rectly from the tailor's shop. In this
attire he entered the water. He did
not look much like professor when
he started; but when he returned,
carrying the boots in his hand, he
really looked still cheapes. Some
English tourists, who had found out
that hansen was in the neighborhood,
met him and asked for Nansen. THAT
is myself" he answered. Eye wit
ness declare that this information
turned the tourists into an obviously
surprised lot.
The real estate boom which Kris
tiania experienced a few years ago,
may be seen at a glance from the fol-
lowing figures: During the first half
of the year 1898 the transfers aggre-
gated 100000 kroner ($15,390, O00),
and the transfers for the first half of
the year 1908, 100000 kroner ($27O,-
00O.
"Aars and Voss School," Kristiana,
has been in operation exactly 40 years.
Over 5000 students have been en-
rolled, and 1,130 have received the de-
gree of bachelor of arts. Some of the
most prominent men in Norway have
attended this school.
It transpires that one Liberal men,
Der of the startling drew upon the ma
tional treasury for a dose of patent
medicine, another for a pair Of spec
tacles, and a third for some tooth
powder. These sins are trifing in
themselves; but the opponents, that
is, the Conservatives, are making
large amount of political capital out
of them.
The labor organizations are encour-
aging the Norwegian workingmen to
aid their Swedish fellows who are
affected by the great lockout. Says
one paper: ''In 1899 we and the
Swedes assisted the Danes to VIC
tory; this year the Danes and the
Swedes have assisted us to a victory;
and now it is our turn to help the
Swedes." /
DR.. Alexander Bugge has been APP
pointed to succeed Prof. Gustav Storm
as professor of history at the univer-.
city Of Kristiania. He. was born in
1870, and is son of Sophus Bugge,
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