Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-15

tenn Tor Norway TO so INTO erect III
April. 1905.
Prince Gustaf Adolph, eldest son of
the crown prince and regent whose
bstrothal to Princess Victoria Patricia
Of Cennaught has just been announced,
is the first of the Swedish princes to
choose for his spouse daughter of
England and thereby effecting a bond
Of union between the reigning families
Of Sweden, Norway and Great Brit
ain. the princess being a niece of King
Edward VII. 1t might be of interest
to know that the young Swedish prince
he is now % years of age-had no
less formidable rival then AlphOnso
ZIII, ''the boy king" of Spain, who
has now attained manhood. That
royal sutton seems to have taken his
defeat philosophically for we are told
that he is already trying his fortune
with the Archduchess Gabrielle, of
Austria.
The attention Of the humane society
Of Gothenburg has been directed to
revolving form of cruelty to animals.
praeticed quite generally on the west
coast. 1t appears that many natives,
in carrying live sheep by boat from
pasture to market, are in the habit Of
breaking the legs Of the animals in or
der to prevent them from jumping out
of boats or otherwise making trouble
for the shippers. This brutal prac,
tice, which is said to attain along the
Norwegian coast as well, will have the
close attention of the Humane society
during the coming season, and every
such crime discovered will receive de-
served punishment.
The cabinet crisis expected as re-
suit of the failure of the consular me-
gotiations month ago. matured last
week, when first the Leftist ministers
Nicholson and Schionning resigned, on
Tuesday, and the remainder of the cab
met the following day. 1t is stated
that Premier Hagerup, in submitting
the designations of himself and col.
leagues, has suggested that Michel
sen and Schionning be asked to form
:. nov .au,ne.. 1ne resIgnauons were
handed in to the crown prince regent,
who is at present in the Norwegian
capital.
To succeed Minister l.. S. Swenson,
as the American representative at the
Danish court, President Roosevelt last
Monday appointed Thomas j. O'Bryan,
of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr.. O'Bryan
is a 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 1888, and has been a
delegate to national conventions. Mir.
Swenson has represented the United
States at Copenhagen since 1897.
Are the interests of sport more
sacred than those of hollOw-eyed
want?" asks the Gothenburg Morning
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 Dial in west
ern Sweden.
The consolidation of the two large
manufacturing plants of the Separator
and the Centrifugal companies (makers
of cream separators) was set for MARCIA
Z, when 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 pro-Russian demon.
stratiOn in the Piazza del PopolO, in
Rome, We're a number of Norwegian
| residents of the eternal city. The wife
| of HOlger Drachman, the poet, took
so active part that she barely es-
capped arrest when the military pro-
! ceeded to dispense the crowds. Olof
Bull, an art student, who made Obstin-
ate resistance, was among those ar
rested
The beneficiaries of the HOven fund
for the current year are: Tridtiof
Backer Grondahl, the piano virtuoso;
1 Olul ~. lHOIue, tue pdihtcl, Liho'
Schou, the architect; Stub Wiberg the
actor, Gabriel Scott, the author; who
received 1900 krOnor each; Karl Void,
who received 1000 kronOr, and Macody
Lund and Sigval Schimidt-Nielsen,
who divided 1900 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 II. HalvOrsen, high
school principal and leader of the
Rightist party in Haugesund. The
teetotalers have produced evidence
showing that HalvOrsen tempered with
the polling lists at the last city cleo
ton, and the rigsadvokat has taken
the case in hand.
Johannes Larsen Rejstad, of Berge,
Lofoten, who was born in 1899, is the
oldaSt known narSOn i'm Norway He