Morris tribune., 1905-03-18

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capital.
To succeed Minister L. s. Swenson,
as the American representative at the
Danish court. President Roosevelt last
Monday appointed. Thomas ]. O'Bryan.
of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr.. O'Bryan
is lawyer, and for thirty years has
been general counsel for the Grand
Rapids and Indiana railroad. He was
the Republican candidate for supreme
court judge in 1883, and has been a
delegate to national conventions. Mr..
Swenson has represented the United
States at Copenhagen since 1897.
Are the interests of sport more
want!' asks the Gothenburg Mornins,
Post. and registers sharp protest
against the action of the state railroad
authorities in carrying free of charge
from Stockholm to Ostersund the
horses used in winter sports races
shortly after having refused the re
quest for free transportation of hay
straw and other fodder to the famished
districts of Bohuslan and Dal in west
ern Sweden.
The consolidation of the two large
manufacturing plants of the Separator
and the Centrifugal companies (maEers
of cream separators) was set for March
Z, when a meeting was held in Stock
holm to complete arrangements. AT
the same time 300 new shares were to
be offered, representing 100000
kronor added capital, Separator shares
of 1000 krOnor par value now selling
at 900 kronor.
Conspicuous in a pro-Russian demon.
stration in the Piazza del Popolo. in
Rome, were a number of Norwegian
residents of the eternal city. The wife
of Holger Drachman, the poet, took
so active a part that she barely es-
capped arrest when the military pro-
ceeded to disperse the crowds. dlof
Bull, an art student, who made obs.in
ate resistance, was among those ar
rested.
The beneficiaries of the Hoven fund
for the current year are: TridtiGf
Backer Grondahl, the piano virtuoso;
Oluf n. Thorne, the painter; Etna
Schou, the architect; Stub Wiberg. thu
actor, Gabriel Scott, the author; who
received 2,0OO kronor each; Karl Void
who received 1000 kronor. and Macody
Lund and Sigval Schmidt Nielsen
who divided 1000 kronor.
For the Hans Christian Anderson
centenary to be celebrated with great
festivities early in April, extensive
preparations are being made. A most
interesting feature will be the study
chamber of the author, restored to- its
original order Most of the furniture
and other articles are now in the pos.
session of the Collin family as high
ly priced relics.
Charges of election fraud have been
preferred against H. Halvorsen, high
school principal and leader of the
Rightist party in Haugesund. The
teetotalers have produced evidence
showing that Hal1orsen tampered with
the polling lists at the last city cleo
ton, and the rigsadvokat has taken
the case in hand.
Johannes Larsen Re e'stad. of Berge,
Lofoten, who was born in 1899, is the
oldest known person in Norway. He
is still hale but suffers from weak
ness of the knees For some years
past the old man has been moving his
crops of hay, crawling about on his
knees.
A fire caused by an explosion in one
Of the buildings of the government
arsenal at Karlskrona, Feb. 20, de-
stroyed the building and threatened
large stores of explosives in the i'm
mediate vicinity, which, If reached.
would have wrought widespread ruin.
At the dedication of the new PAN
Protestant cathedral in Berlin, Feb.
q, the Norwegian state church was
represented, at the special invitation of
Emperor William, by ishop Bang,
and Revs. Einar. Skavlan and Jorgen
Brochman. of Kristiansand
No American mails arrived in Chris
tiania from Jam 81 and Feb. Z, the
mail steamers having been delayed by
severe weather On the last named
date incoming steamers brought no less
than seventy three bags of mail from
the United States.
The German steamship lines have
agreed to stop their competition for the
Scandinavian business on condition
that the candinavian-A line
discontinues bidding for the Transports
ton of Jewish emigrants from Russia
and Poland.
At preliminary election of chan
cellor. of the Swedish universities the
former governor of Stockholm, Count
G. Tamm,s received a majority of the
votes, but declined to stand as candi-
date for the office. : 49,
Government ownership and operation
Of the Gotta canal, the famous water
way through southern Sweden from
Gothenburg to Stockholm, is. proposed
in the second chamber of the riks-
dag.
Lensmand Aars and wife, OF
Hamar, have donated $4,000 kronor to
society Of Christiania whose work
consists in providing lodging for the
houseless poor.