Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-22
DENMARK

Denmark, ct the urgent request Of her
father, King Christian.
A Catholic nunnery was dedicated at
Roeskilde, March IA. It is called est
Marvs Hospital" and was established
oy French nuns belonging to an order
| named ''The Daughters of Wisdom"
Princess Marie is said to be the pro.
| tectress of the order Some news.
! papers score the authorities for permit
ting the secret establishment of this
institution in a Protestant country.
This criticism is apt to aid the Cath.
Ollie propaganda in Denmark
Minister of War Christensen did not
increase his popularity in the army
| when he stated that he is decidedly on.
posed to the custom Of having army
| officers take part in horse races
NORWAY
Drouningen, a passenger steamer
| running between Kristiania and Rer-
gen. ran aground in a snowstorm at
Koppervilz A big hole was knocked
through its Prov. The passengers
were rescued and taken to their places
of destination by another steamer.
A great story is told from Rodo,
North Helgeland A house belonging
to Johan Johansen Skjervig was lifted
from its foundation by a storm, broken
to pieces and scattered over a large
space Of ground. There were seven
persons in the house. The first floor
was left intact on the foundation. A
| 16-year-old boy and little girl were
upstairs, and they were carried away
with the house. They claim they tum-
bled around topsy-turvv several times
in the room until the building struck
tie ground and was crushed They
did not sustain the least injury. The
| boys grandmother. who was about 90
years old. as well as the other mem
bers of the family, had to spend the
night in the stable.
| Prot. Fridtjof Nansen was suddenly
thrown to the front in Norwegian pol
tiles bv the clear-cut and forcible way
in which he demanded Norwegian
consular service without reference to
the Swedish government. His ideas
seem to coincide with those of the
great mass Of the Norwegian people.
The storthing hurriedly made an ex-
traordinary appropriation of $4,000
70" public works, to meet the demands
of hundreds of idle men in Kristiania.
| A crew of fishermen from Stavangcr.
who had one large seine, landed 6. 900
barrels of herring at one haul The
fish are so plentiful that the prices are
dropping.
The city council of Kristiania voted
$1,000 for blasting rock for new streets
in order to enable idle laborers to
make living.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
Of Norway made great progress in 1894,
it's new business being the largest in
the history of the company.
The tide of emigration is again
swelling higher in Norway, the young
people leaving the country by the hun
drcd every week.
The oatmeal stations of Kristiania
furnished 100000 lunches from Dec. l
to Feb. 20.
Several new branches were added to
the course of studies in the higher
classes of the public schools of Kris
tiania But the total number of hours
la a week-remained unchanged.
Evidently, some of the old studies had
to be curtailed, and Norwegian and
arithmetic were hit the hardest. The
result is that the graduates Of the
Kristiania public schools know less
Norwegian and arithmetic than the
graduates of the eighties did. 1t is
proposed to remedy the defect by in
crcasing the number of hours from "a
to 80 q week.
The Kristiania peace society ccle-
brated Washington's birthday by hold
ing a meeting at the students union
hall.
A correspondent writes from Rakke-
stad that the weather has been unusu-
ally mild in that locality. The farm
ers feared that they would have to buv
large quantities of hay and straw for
the stock. But, thanks to the mild
weather, they have been able to gather
so much reindeer moss that the esti-
mated expenses have been cut down.
The temperature has been above the
freezing point good deal of the time.
The imports of substantial wooden
goods are steadily decreasing. This is
said to be due chiefly to the fact that
the Norwegian WOODEN mills are doing
better work.
The Calmcycr Street Mission House
in kristiania was the scene of great
demonstration few evenings ago.
About $500 persons applauded en-
Minister Of War Stang and Gunnar
Heiberg, who demanded Norwegian
consular service without further ne
gotiations The students organized a
national union for starting general
campaign.
Most of the banks, insurance com.
panies, steamship companies and other
large business concerns have distrib-
uted dividends ranging from to per
cent. The average appears to be be-
tween and s per cent.