Willmar tribune., 1903-12-16
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1He hIlSIldllld AllempOSten, nor
wegian Conservative daily, feels called
upon to deliver itself of the following
soothing editorial: We may repeat
our assertion, that the day shall not
come when the demand for two min
listers of foreign affairs will be sup
ported by the Norwegian Rightists,
our party being too deeply and firmly
convinced that such an arrangement
would be incompatible with union
which is to be of practical value to
both kingdoms. If it is ever found
that elements affiliating with our par
ty fail to realize this fact and support
such demand, they will be read out
of the party. Our party will not be
the one to shoulder the responsibility
for the results of such a wild-goose
policy"
Twenty-one citizens of Sweden and
Norway have been awarded indemni-
ties on account of the South African
war. The amounts range from $50 to
$4,000, and they aggregate about $14,-
$50.
About six years ago great fuss
was made by number of Scandina-
vians for the purpose of erecting a
monument to Queen Margareta, who
ruled the three Scandinavian coun-
tries 500 years ago. Only $4,000 was
raised for this purpose, the money
was deposited in a bank, and the
whole movement fell into ''innocuous
dcsuetude.' but the plan may be re-
vived at any time, and carried to
a successful consummation.
History and archaeology have abund
antly demonstrated that Greenland
was settled by Norsemen about nine
hundred years ago, and that their set
Elements were fairly prosperous until
they were practically eNterminated
by the Black Plague, in the fourteenth
ccntury.-N new and interesting light
has been shed on the Morse settle
ments in Greenland by Capt. Daniel
Bruun, Dane, who has Just COM
pleted a tour of the country for the
purpose Of making an archaeological
study of the ruins of the buildings
erected by the Norsemen more than
six hundred years ago. Captain Bruun
commenced his Investigations in the
Godthaab district, and proceeded
southwark to the Julianehaab dis
trict, which had been partly investi-
gated by others. He found numer-
ous ruins of dwelling houses. saeters
(chalets) and hunters huts which
have been unknown to modern Euro
peans until now. He made a rich
collection of bones of domestic and
other animals, which he dug from
piles of kitchen refuse, known among
archaologists as ''kokkenmoddinger
OF particular interest was the discov-
churchyard at the Ameralill ford.
The ruins of the church were also
found, and n holy-water vessel of
stone. Mention must also be made
of a small image of a Norwegian
carved out of a walrus' tusk! Ruins
were found at the lower end of the
Austmanna valley, through which
Fridjo Nansen came down from his
expedition on skis across Greenland,
a saeter hut having been located al
most at the very spot where Nansen
and Sverdrup built the canvas boat
in which they rowed to Godthaab.
Captain Hruun was accompanied by
Mr.. Bendixen, an official from South
Greenland, and they erected a cairn in
honor of Nansen and his men, dating
it 1888, the year in which Nansen
made his expedition. The ruins of no
less than sixteen farmsteads were
found in the country around Arsull
and Ivigtut. and the discoveries made
by Capt. Bruun will necessitate re-
vision of the maps of the old Morse
settlements in Greenland. The Nor
wegians also visited America some
time after they began to settle Ice
land and Greenland; but their abodes
in this country have never been es-
tablished beyond dispute. This would
seem to be an interesting field for
some ambitious archaologist.
NORWAY.
A private railway running from
Lier, near Drammen to Halsfjord and
Ringcrike was opened to the public
Nov q. The length of the line is
about IA (English) miles.
The odelsting has passed bill pro-
hibiting whaling off the coast of Nor
way for period of ten years. The
bill is the upshot of an agitation
among the fishermen, who accuse the
whaling companies of reckless de-
struction of the whales.
Bjornson thinks whipping ought to
be introduced as punishment be-
cause it is the only thing that makes
an impression upon certain criminals.
In some settlements in southeastern
Norway the loss of the grain crop
was not hauled from the fields until
the last days of November.
The director of canals has pro-
posed that dams be constructed at
the outlet of Lake Mjosen for regu-
lating the water in the river below.
Kristiania, Dec. 9.-The parliament
= today unanimously rejected the bill
comforting the franchise on women.
Prior to the vote the president of the
house6read letter from the Woman's
Suffrage union appealing for the
adoption of the measure.
The Hunon pulp factory at Gjovik
was partly destroyed by fire. The
80 men that lost their jobs will be en-
ployed in putting up new factory.
The insurance was $4,000.
The old Jarlsberg mines at Kon-
nerudaas, near Drammen, were
worked for about 200 years, but were
abandoned a few years ago. A French
engineer who has made a careful ex-