Morris tribune., 1905-07-22

| erick, heir apparent to the throne OF
! Denmark, reared his children in an
approximations way in the old feudal
palace Of Amalienberg, near Copen-
hagen Prince Charles is the second
son of Prince Frederick, who in turn,
is the eldest son of King Christian
TX. The young man was born in
Copenhagen Aug 3, 1872, was educated
in the public schools, and later be-
| came lieutenant in the Danish army.
In 1900 he was married to Princess
Maud, third daughter Of the then
prince of Wales, now King Edward
VII. His only son, Prince Alexan.
der, was born in England July 2, 1902.
Prince Charles is nephew of George
of Greece, and of the dowager en-
press of Russia. The proposition TO
make him king of Norway has been
met with universal approval of the
Norwegian people and it is believed
that the royal house of Denmark has
the matter under favorable considera-
ton.
Says Bjornstjerne Bjornson in re-
cent letter to the editor-in-chief of the
Berliner Tagebladt: ct is possible
that there could have been another
and a better way to bring about the
dissolution of the union, but the dis
solution itself will prove blessing
for the north. If Sweden should at
the present time cause any trouble 1t
will be for dynastic reasons only.
will assure you that not until the
union has been completely Obliterated
can the Scandinavian nations begin
united and effective defensive move
ment against the possible encroach-
ment of other nations Says the
Dannebrog Copenhagen regarding
Bjornson's recent letter to the Daily
Chronicle Uondon): eve do not
doubt but what the Norwegians like
ourselves, have their hands full in
caring for their own affairs at pres
ent and it therefore becomes serio-
comic on the part of Mr.. Bjornson to
arrange the future of America and the
northern half of Europe"
The Fredriksstad relates that
number Of young men in Fredriksstad
and vicinity have enga ged in demon
STATIONS against Swedish freight
schoOners, which are anchored in the
harbor Swedish schooners have been
pelted with stones and the crews have
On several occasions been hooted and
jeered at The unfortunate incident
his enra ged both Norwegian and Swe-
dish shippers and sailors and is caus-
ing much delay in the Bohnslan traf-
fic. A number of Swedish vessels
have been compelled to leave F'redriks-
stad without their cargoes. The city
authorities efforts to quell the attacks
against Swedish sailing vessels have
singularly failed.
Porsgrund has been almost wiped
out by a disastrous fire and more
than 800 people are homeless. The
fire started in the Franklin Baker 81
Co.'s plant and spread to the nearby
buildings with appalling rapidity. The
total loss has not been reported, but it
is expected that it will reach nearly
100000 crowns. P0rsgTund is located
in the southeastern part Of Norway,
where the Skien- Elven empties into
the sea. Porsgrund is thrifty sea-
port town and has 1850 inhabitants.
The crop outlook i'll Gudbrands-
dalen is at present brighter than it
has been for years. There have been
c0pious rains throughout the entire
valley and the crops are in excellent
shape at present. There is an album
dance Of good grass and the cattle are
getting fat. Farmers generally aTe
satisfied and a full yield is expected.
Of the $4,000 people who live i'll
Smaalene, $4,000 are Swedes, but the
singular feature about the latter are
that they are nearly all Norway
sympathizers in the present breach be,
tween the two countries.
Hartvig Munthe, chief of the
Christiania engineer corps during the
past twenty years, died few days
ago, aged 60 years. He was a gradu-
ate of the engineering department of
Christiania university.
A new Methodist church has been
erected at HalesuId, the cost of which
is 250O0 crowns. It is a modern
structure and is now the largest Meth
odist church in Norway.
The Sulitjelma Mining company will
this year distribute dividends to the
amount of 100000 crowns, which
amounts to 10 per cent. to each stock
holder.