Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-10
NORWAY.


NORWAY.
The Norwegian government has ar
| ranged with a Paris syndicate for
81 per cent loan of SO. 600, 900, subject
to the approval of the storting. The:
money is being obtained to strengthen
| the state reserve fund
Mayor Jakob Peterson Of Sober
| telje and 6. Fl. Won Koch. Stockholm
journalist, are visiting several Norwe-
gian cities to study their arrangements
for taking care of the poor
Several Norwegian steamers have
| been sold to Japan during the last few
| months
The controversy about the owner
| ship of the Osenerg Viking ship has
been settled in satisfactory manner.
| It was agreed that the famous relic
| ought to be preserved at the museum
| of the university. but the necessary
funds were lacking. The difficulty
| was removed by the generosity Of Il
few publi<-spirited men, Fritz Ire
schow Of Fritzohus contributed IS. o0o-
the Ringnes brewery $780,, few
others $500, and the city council Of
Kris:iania is expected to appropriate
So, 700. making it possible for the uni
| versity not only to obtain possession Of
the remains of the ship. but also 10
reconstruct and take proper care OF it.
Col. Heftye, of the Norwegian army,
was politely permitted to see the new
| Notifications at Boden. Some SweG-
ish newspapers are inclined to think
| that this courteousness was almost too
much of good thing.
It is openly stated in the press that
| the target practice in the coast de-
lenses is by NO means what it ought
to be.
Adolf Beck, the Norwegian who was
unjustly punished in England, has had
his case fully discussed in pamphlet
which he has published and distrib-
uted among the members of parlia-
ment
A large and rich vein Of copper ore
has been found at Rostvane, Tonset.
| Nordmore had spring weather for
! about one month. But snow began to
| fall about the 10th of April. and few
| days later the snow was two feet deep
close to the sea, aud still dec per in the
mountains
The death of Mr.. Thyggesen. the
oldest member of the Danish rigsdag,
at the age of 80 years, has called At
tention to the peculiarities Of his
father, who was Norwegian. At an
art auction in Paris the elder Thygge-
sen bought painting by Van Huysum,
for which Napoleon the Great was
bidder, and the painting was taken to
Norway, but was bought for the Cop
enhagen royal collection in lS41 Hen
rik Wergeland wrote one of his famous
poems about this painting. which rep
resents flowers 1t is said that Thyg-
gesen and his family made trip to
Rome, using their own horses, which
wore silver shoes This may not be
true, but it is known that the man was
fond Of pomp and show:
The storting sanctioned the state
loan of $40, 600, 900 unanimously recom-
mended by the finance committee, thus
ensuring military reserve fund in the
event of it becoming necessary for
Norway to provide for her own de-
Tense. There were only four dissent
ing votes
The city council of kristiauia passed
a very important vote on the street
railway question at the close of a hot
might session. which lasted until
o'clock in the morning. The resolu-
ton. which was carried by vote of -
(the Rightists) to 81 (the Lcftists and
the Socialists), provides that the lines
operated by the private street car COM
pany shall be kept by the company to
the year 1924, and that the4lines oper-
ated by the city since 1897 shall be
rented by the company This is de-
eided setback to the Social;stic propa-
ganda.
| Tae snow was in excellent condition
for ski sport on the Hallingdal and
Valdres mountains about the middle
of April.
The total catch of goldfish from the
beginning of the winter season to
April Is was $4,000, 600 fish. as COM
pared with %, 600, 900 for the CORE
spending period in 1904.
The storting promptly voted Prince
Gustav Adolf, the heir apparent to the
thrones of Norway and Sweden. an
appanage of Sl3,5o0 q year. This is
looked upon as a handsome amount
under the circumstances But it must
be borne in mind that after the mar
riage of Prince Gustav Adolf aud Prin-
cess Margaret they are going to reside
in Kristiania. The young couple will
receive So, 900 year from Sweden.
Several members of the Norwegian
storting spent the Easter vacation in
Stockholm. They were members of
the delegation that visited the French
chamber of deputies last year.
The total amount sent by postal
money orders from America to Nor
way in 1904 exceeded the cash remit
ted by the same means in the opposite
direction to the amount of 81, 34e, 200.
Norway has imported 500, 900 bush
els of potatoes by way OF Kristiania
alone since last fall, and considerable
quantities must be imported yet before
the new crop reaches the market
When the potato crop is good Norway
exports thousands Of bushels
Albert Lunde, . lay preacher, has
been permitted to preach in the Luth-
eran state churches OF Kristiania,
though he Il Baptist
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