Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
NORWAY

In the midst of the great union con-
f1ict the storting found time to pass
a very important constitutional
amendment. abolishing the system Of
electing members of the storting bv
! electors, and dividing mp the coun-
! try into 1913 districts. from each OF
which one member and one alternate
| shall be elected directly by the yot-
ers. The present number is III. The
new law provides that a man must
receive. a majority of all the votes
cast. If no candidate receives more
| than one-half of all the votes cast in
certain district second election
| must be held. but at this election
the man receiving the largest num-
Der of votes shall be elected. so that
| Il third election Will never be neces-
sary. The dividing up of the coun-
try into so many districts as there
are members is also 4 new arrange
| ment. some of the present ''districts''
being entitled to three or four mem
bers. The vote by which the amend
| ment was carried was 81 to Sc. The
Norwegian people greeted the change
as great political reform.
Some prominent Swedish papers bold
| that the Norwegian government is apt
to get completely stuck if it makes Al
attempt to establish consul ar service
against the wishes of Sweden and King
Oscar. The machinery may be pro-
vided as far as Norway is concerned:
1,>k SC hos
ernments will have nothing to do with
consuls appointed in this new-fangled
way. At any rate. it is certain that
the Norwegians will have to do some
tall hustling at foreign courts if thew
expect to carry their plan to a success
full contamination.
Kristian Frantsen Mas. aged 20. was
suffocated by smoke while fighting
fire at Mas, near Larvik.
Sheriff Even Evensen and wife. Of
Drammen, celebrated their golden we'd
ding May 20.
\ new syndicate has begun mining
operations on a large scale short dis
lance from Kongsberg, and the pros
poets are very promising: Metallic
ores have been found at fifty different
places around Krekling and Darbu.
The metals found in paying quantities
are copper, lead and zinc
Swedish tourists who used to make
trips to Norway will generally keep
away during the coming season on &C
count of the political tension.
A part of the celebration of the Sew
enteenth of May in kristiania was the
placing of wreaths on the grave of
Col krebs About ,, 600 persons were
present, and Lieutenant Colonel Low
zow made "a fiery address, though he
had met with an accident on his wav
to the grave, SO that he was on the
point of fainting when he began to
speak. The Swedish newspapers ex-
plain that Col. Krebs, who was thus
selected for peculiar honors, was the
Norwegian who defeated some Swed-
ish forces in 1874.
= Kaiser Wilhelm was expected to ar
rive at Bergen June II.
Fire in the famous Viking ship"
was the startling news given by the
NflStlan1a AlteHpoStCH. ana the de-
structive work of the flames was de-
scribed at some length. But towards
the close of the story came the state
ment that such 4 calamity might have
been a fact. The invaluable relic is
kept in a wooden shed in the univer-
sity garden, and the object of the
paper was to score the authorities
into having q substantial stone build-
ing put up for the three Viking ships.
Mrs. Larsen, the mother Of Prof.
Z. Larsen. of DEBORAH, lows died
at Kristiania, aged IS years.
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