Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-05

occupants, two men. and five women,
went to the bottom and could not be
brought out until it was too late. They
were all about 20 years Did. ~
Several boys who were fishing in the
Lamm river. near Forssa, ate some
poisonous bulbs One ate ten and died
within an hour. Another ate four and
died the next day. The others recov.
cred.
NORWAY
Several influential Norwegians re-
siding in London sent contribution
to the Daily News, proposing Prince
Arthur of Connaught as a candidate
for the throne of Norway. The prince
is the eldest son of the Duke of Con-
naught and nephew of King Edward.
1t must be treated as an historical
fact that Norway had absolutely no
national government for short time
last spring. There was fine chance
for disorder. But the character of the
people proved to be SO well poised that
the records of vice and crime were
actually lowered, even drunkenness, a
common vice, being less frequent than
before. The foreigners stopping in
Norway during the early days of the
crisis were astonished at the calmness
and splendid behavior of the people.
Mr.. Johnson, merchant from Seydis-
ford, Iceland, hired IS boat crews of
Norwegian fishermen for fishing along
the coasts of Iceland during the sum
=mer' season. Each crew consists of
three or four men. Their wages will
be liberal. The oldest of the men is
an octogenarian from Bjarko
The best political authorities believe
that King Oscars refusal to nominate
a prince of the house of Bernadotte for
the Norwegian throne makes no change
in Norway:s constitutional situation.
According to the constitution of May
II, 1914, which is still in force, and to
the formal resolution of the storthing
passed on Jnne7 last, Norway is even
now 2 kingdom with its throne vacant,
and hence King Oscars declination
has not decided the question as to
whether the future government of Nor
way will be under a republic or a
monarch. 1t is pointed out that if
King Oscar persists in his refusal TO
nominate member of his house to the
throne, Norway is free to offer the
crown to another prince.
There is, or at any rate used to be, a
society called THE Welfare of the
Brother Nations The aim of this or
gauization was to usher in an area of
good feeling between the Norwegians
and the Swedes This era now seems
to be coming rather slowly, to say the
least. T: Holmberg, a prominent
Swede, and his wife, recently with
drew from the society by writing the
following letter. to it's executive com.
mittee: ''On account of the revolution
in Norway, which among many other
things, reveals to what extent Sweden
has been and is disgraced by the Nor
wegian people, without single calm
ing and conciliatory word being heard
from the Norwegian members of The
Welfare of the Brother Nations we
hereby notify you that we wish to
withdraw: The society must be based
on a brotherly feeling. Such a thing
is not found in our former brother ma
ton, and therefore the society does
not mean anything"
A number of preachers in Fredriks-
hald sent the following telegram to
the annual convention of the Swedish
Mission Friends at Stockholm; "Chris-
tian friends in Norway send you BROTH
erly greetings, and ask you to unite
with us in praying for peace in the
north" The following answer was re-
ceived from P. P. Waldenstron,, the
president Of the convention: The
Swedish Mission Covenant thanks you
heartily for your brotherly greetings
We all wish peace in the north, and
we may assure you that in Sweden
there is no thought of war. May Gods
grace rest upon the king and the peo-
ple.''
A FIRE in the seaport town of Pors-
grund destroyed so houses, and 500
persons are homeless The damage is
estimated Mt &lo5 OOO