Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-08
NORWAY
Chri..tia.,ia.

1850
Of cor. ment as to how Bjornstjelne
prize. Says the Daghladet unend a
recent letter of Bjornson's to the
Svenska Akademien. (Stockholmy: 1t
is for the Nobel prize that he feels
grateful. This gratitude appeaGs to as
somewhat stereotyped when we IRE
reminded Of the circumstances under
which he received the prize. ltjoal-
stjerne Bjornson should have had the
prize--the first time when IL WAS
awarded 10 the FrenchnsaH with a
lyric talent. That would have ac-
corded with the spirit of Nobel him
self But Bjornson received the prize
first after a change in union poll
tics when he would surely have
turned his weapons against Norway
national party" To this Bjornson has
issued a reply in the yerdens Gang as
follows: This attack is an insult
against the Syenska Akademien,-
humiliating for me and untrue in every
respect. There was absolutely no
politics connected with my appoint
ment aud there could not be. For
that matter | was Informed that /
should receive the prize long before |
had taken any stand against the
'Venstre' position regarding the 'un-
ION question. My friends should all
know this, for If there Is any one who
has sacrificed himself In the Venstie
ranks, IL is l. So far as l am con-
cerned, the gift awarded ME from
the Svenska akademien has enabled
me to live far away from SANDER and
pettiness. | have regained my poetic
peace. Is this not worth my graft
tudel"
There are many conflicting rumors
anent the condition of Henrik Ibsen's
health. There seems no doubt but
what the eminent dramatist has reach
ed the limit OF his usefulness, though
1t Is remarkable how well he has kept
up during late years. A dispatch,
bearing date of Dec. /, says: Con
trary to the sensationaI report pub
lished In the London papers recently,
Henrik Ibsen continues to improve,
and his condition is now regarded IA
IA satisfactory
The Observation-Disclosures Coal
company has for some time been ne
gotiating with some American capital
lists to actively begin operating the
vast coal mines which they own In
Spitzbergen. 1t Is rumored that nego-
tia are oon to be closed, resulting
in the securing Of the capital Of $780,
600 from the American side.
Hans Hansen, the violinist, has
received from his native city Arendai
a substantial stipend. which will I'M
able him to complete his education In
Paris and Berlin during the next three
years. Hansen is a young yiolinist of
promise and his many friends expect
great things from him.
The berry season was a splendid
n in most parts OF the country.
From the rergenhus districts alone
there have been exported to England
over 1872, 59S Kilograms OF berries.
They are chiefly blue berries and are
Of an excellent variety.
Olav Myre. for a number of years
associate editor Of the ''D~agsposten."
Christiania), has gone to London,
where he has matriculated as a student
In the Ruskin collage at Oxford. Mr..
Myre contemplates spending the next
five years In England.
Unfortunately there are quite a
large number of men md women out
of employment i'm CHRISTIANS at pres
ent. There are now more than 1000
people unemployed and the charitable
institutions are therefore taxed TO the
utmost.
Trondhjem and vicinity was visited
by the first snowstorm Of the season
Nov. z. There was much suffering
among the sailor folk and two fishing
smacks. each containing five sailors,
are thought to have gone TO the bot
tom.
Ijornson's "Daglannet" is at present
being rendered at the Deutches theater
In Berlin. The production has proven
popular in the German capital, and
there viii from now on be a great
demand for B%jornson's plays.
Consul Hans Smiths estate In Kron-
stadt has now beer cleared up and
shows an asset value of I3.500,000
crowns. Consul Smith died a few
weeks ago. aged "a years. He WIS
born Nov. 10, 1910.
or eleven young men the other day,
who endeayored TO become admitted
to the bar" not less than seven were
"~iunked," 1t is not an easy matter
nowadays to study law and succeed In
Norway.
Grand hotel In ~Stavanger was sold
q few days & TO DR., I'll lessen for
$4,000 rowns DR.. lessen intends to
reconstruct the hostelry entirely.