Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-02
NORWAY

An English paper claims thai Kaiser
Wilhelm has been scheming to have
prince of the Hohen ollern family as
cend the throne of Norway. This is
emphatically denied in Berlin. But
for some reason or other the British
| channel feet is starting for the Scandi-
! navian waters Aug. 20.
Norsk Idratsblad, Norwegian sport
| journal, urges the Norwegians to at
| test in Stockholm.
The Norwegian storthing has elected
five delegates to the inter- parliament
airy peace congress. which is to be held
at Bruxelles Aug. IS.
Smoked salmon from Columbia river
and other rivers on the Pacific coast is
retailed in Norway at about 80 cents
pound, while salmon caught and
smoked in Norway commands price
of IS cents a pound. The result may
be guessed at The Norwegian article
is found only on the tables of the rich,
and the common people fall back on
the American goods
The carbid factory at Meraker,
northeast of Trondhjem. has exported
GOO, 600 pounds of carbid since Jan. /.
Some trains going through Valders
carry as many as 200 tourists.
Six persons in Stjordalen had light
attack of smallpox The home of one
of the patients was used as hospital
The II convicts kept in Verdaleu for
planting trees on the great landslide
of 1893 have completed their work for
the season. They have planted so. 600
trees this summer, and in a few years
this improvement will greatly modify
the dismal aspect of the place.
Scandinavian newspapers state that
Aegir and Frithjof. two armored cruis-
ers from the German navy, are going
to make a scientific expedition along
the coast Of Norway, the places select
ed as stations being Kristiania, Ber-
gen, Gudvangen, Molde and Trond-
HEM The vessels are supplied with
kites. balloons and other appliances
for making meteorological observa-
lions The operations are to last about
four weeks It seems strange that
some newspaper reporter did not make
sensational war story out of this aud
wire it across seas aud continents
The storthing has raised the duty on
leaf and plug tobacco 10 per cent
Some one has asked what is to be
done with King Oscars private prop.
erty in Norway The answer is that
he has very little property in that
country. The royal palaces in Nor
way belong 10 the state, but some of
the furniture at the palace in Kristi-
ania belongs to him. painting which
Kaiser Wilhelm gave to the king of
Norway was taken to Stockholm long
ago. King Oscar wished to have three
flags as souvenirs of his reign in Nor
way: The royal flag in Kristiania, the
royal flag at Villa Victoria, and the
flag at Oscarshal which contains the
initials of his fathers name. The
Kristiauia Morgen bladet says that
King Oscars wishes with regard to
those flags were complied with at once.
1t is now turn for Sweden to move
fast in the union game. The special
committee of the riksdag proposed
that Sweden negotiate with Norway
with view to the dissolution of the
union. The committee demanded that.
neutral zone be established between
the two countries; that the Norwegian.
forts along the Swedish frontier be
RACED: that Swedish Firms be permit
ted to pasture their reindeer in Nor
way in summer, and that the trade be-
tween the two countries be not Grip
pied. AS soon as the COMMITTEES pub
lished its report the cabinet resigned,
and the riksdag endorsed the report.
Eureka, CaL-The Norwegian steam
er Tricolor stranded near Cape Mendo-
cino. Capt. Void states that he lost
his reckoning and believed the shin
safe up to the time it struck the rocks.
The steamer lies broadside on the
beach among the rocks. The vessel is
total loss. Her value is estimated 1t
5000, 600.
Das Freie Wort, q German periods.
cal, speaks very highly Of the peaceful
Norwegian revolution, and Kinr O..
cars course is eulogi1ed il slowin~
terma Tho writer hopes that The
three Scandinavian countrio. will h..
able TO form some kind Of ( uoion.