Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-11

~" b uaAIy VI ulSTeSpecL 10 the king
OF Sweden in falling to hoist the flag
over the consulate during a visit OF
A'ng Oscar to Gothen burg. has salts
factorlly explained the episode He
says he was quite unaware OF the
presence OF the king in Gothenbury.
the visit lasting only a short half
hour, until the monarch had left the
city.
NORWAY
Attempts to create agitation in favor
OF Norwegian republic are finding
no support from the country. The
commercial and Industrial in terests ap-
pear to desire no dis urbance of the
existing order of things At an inn
gortant meeting held in Kristiania BY
representatives Of commercial and
shipping interests. it was unanimously
resolved to present an address to the
storthing declaring that the >ubmis-
sion OF the subject Of change in the
constitution to the pleb;scite would
greatly injnre the couutry's economic
interests The country, the resolu-
ton said. wanted to return toa Fixed
and assured situation. which would
only be possible by limiting the ma
uonal efforts to a platform adopted by
the storthing June :, the day the de-
c'slon was reached to separate from
Sweden, which favored the mainte-
nance of the monarc,ial constitution.
An address was drawn up embodyinz
the foregoing, and in addition asking
the storthing to insure tran guilty by
the speedy election of king It was
presented to the storthing by SPECIAL
committee.
King Oscar has not protested for
several days against the talk of Ber-
nadotte Oh the throne of Norway.
How is that? Does the venerable gen
tleman realize that it would be a nice
and wholesome plum for his family?
The leading newspapers tell US in
strong terms that Norway would not
have been in position to acquire her
complete independence if it had not
been for the comprehensive improve
ments of the defences which have been
going on since 1895. Verdens Gang says:
IF our defences had been approx
mately in the same condition as they
were during the nineties the step
which was taken June would have
been an impossibility. Everybody
knew that our defences were in order.
ThousaD ds of sons of our Father1and
and their families, many of whom
IN e.
have made great sacrifices for the lib
erty and peace of the country. They
have been imbued with the best of in
tentions, they have been willing to
give up their lives for their country if
necessary. Honor to all of them!
They are entitled to the gratitude of
their country, from the minister of
war to the soldier and the sailor"
The hay crop was above the average
in the western and Northern parts of
the country, but somewhat below the
average in the south The winter and
spring cereals, as we'll as the straw,
yielded quantity which is slightly
above the average. The potatoes
promise fine crop, and so do the tur-
nips The returns from the mountain
diaries are very satisfactory in the
southern part of the country. The
fruit crop is not satisfactory. In Nord-
land and Tromso the wild berries
promise large yield
Former Captain D. F. Tillisch, of the
Bergen brigade, has completed his
Gath year, and he is still so strong and
active that he is walking about in the
open air every day. He is spending
his time on his estate in Sogn-
A storm threw Eve Norwegian YES
sells upon the shore in Siglefi ord, Ice
land. Two Of them were DESTROYED.
one slightly damaged, while the 9TH
ers withstood the strain because they
struck the shore where the bottom was
soft
Johan Kankrud, of Gausdal, says:
''The danger which threatens Us Nor
wegians is not war with Sweden, nor
emigration. There are enough of Us
to till the soil. But the danger is that
we are not what we ought to be-a
toiling, saving, conteuted people. Our
ambition is ill-advised Idealism NAV
be a good thing. But when it leads to
this notion: MY neighbor wears a ten
kroner hat, so l must do the same,
though I have only Ave kroner to buy
with'-where idealism leads to such a
notion as this would say, Down with
idealism! Let US stick to "a r work.
For when we become familiar with it
we find poetry in it Let US remem-
Der that only by being diligent,
thrifty and contented can we build up
our country"
A torpedo boat aud a craft for plac-
ing submarine mines collided off Haas,
in the Tonsberg ford. Four persons
on board the latter craft were thrown
into the water. One Of them swan to
the shore and saved his life, but the
other three were drowned. Both OF
the vessels were in motion and the COL
lision occurred at 10 o'clock in the
evening. The torpedo boat was but
slightly damaged, while the other,
which was an old wooden craft, sprang
q leak, so that it had to be grounded.
Bendix Hansen, public spirited
jeweler in Stavauger, died at the age
of IS years
About 80, 600 barrels of fiat hcrrinc''
has been caught in the waters around
Trondhjem,: but the catch in other
parts Of the country has been insie-.
niticant. The returns from the North
sea fisheries were about Is 900 barrels
Of herring and $1,000 barrels Of 5 mack