Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-10-03
NORWAY.


! 1t is supposed that the cabinet will
have rs, and the Opposition" II ad-
herents in the new storting. This,
however. Is all guess work. The politi-
cal confusion is so great that no one
can tell for certainty until a few
votes have been taken after the formal
| opening Of the storting
Up to Sept. II dozen Socialists had
been elected members Of the storting
This does not seem SO very many out
| of a total of 1923. But in dozens Of
districts the Socialist candidates were,
! so to speak, upon the very heels Of
| their successful opponents. The
growth Of the party has been enor-
nous, which indicates profound dis
| satisfaction with the present state Of
things among the common people.
| The city Of Drammen treated the
country to a surprise at the recent
election. The city used to be looked
| upon as Conservative stronghold
/ Rev. Knudsen, former church minister,
was SO influential in the affairs Of the
| city that Drammen was named after
him, ''Knudsenapolis." He ran for The
storting, as an avowed representative
Of the church people. But his city
went back on him with a vengeance.
| He was showed under by his oppon-
/ ents, one Of whom is a free thinker and
the other a Socialist, who threatens
the country with a revolution unless
his ideas are put into practice. Rev.
| Knudsen withdrew from the present
cabinet because he was opposed to the
! appointment of a liberal man to a theo-
logical professorship at the university,
| and his defeat at the polls is felt as
q. blow to the orthodox church people
| Of Norway.
A rat attacked a little girl at the
Betania children's home, Stavanger
The girl was playing in the yard when
a rat suddenly appeared and ran his
teeth into the child's leg. So furious
was the rat that he did not let go Of
his hold until he was killed.
The sungar company has bought
one-half Of the interest Of the Meraker
carbid factory. The company has also
bought waterfalls at Odda, where
large factory will be built. The plans
of the company call for total produce
ton of $4,000 tons a year, which will
be worth about $3,500,o0o.
The city council Of Haugesund has
bought a parcel of ground on which
an electric power plant is to be built.
The last SpitZbergen expedition OF
the season left Tromso September 7.
Seventy men have left for Spitzbergen,
and they are to spend the winter at
80 different stations. Coal is to be
mined at three different places during
the winter. The expeditions did not
take any alcoholic drinks along.
The laying Of the new telegraph
cable between Norway and Germany
telegram was sent by King Haakon
to Kaiser Wilhelm, from whom an
answer was received.
DR.. Armauer Hansen, very promi-
nent physician, has written scientific
article to prove that the northernnost
part of Norway is inhabited by an m
ferior race, that is, the Lapps, and
that they ought to be let alone so
that they may tend to their reindeer,
the only occupation that they are fit
f,r
The custom house district of Kris
tiania exported 1860 tons Of ice in
August, which was four times as much
as the quantity exported the same
month last year.
The Kristiania Esperanto club Is
giving public lectures on the artificial
language known as Esperanto.
Rev. o. S. Stenberg, a missionary
in Zululand, died in that country, aged
~ years.
Tytteberries cost from to cents
quart in the Kristiania market, and
they are exported by the carload.
There was a. poor turnout at the
recent elections. It is claimed that this
was due largely to the fact that the
elections are held on different days in
different districts. It is proposed to
have only one national day Of election
in order that 1t may be impressed upon
the minds Of the voters that they are
really holding national election and
not a local election in which the rest
Of the country takes no interest.
The following figures show the i'm
ports Of wines for certain years since
1897, the amounts being given in
weight:
Year.
1897 NATURALIZATION. 5,302 tons
1893 6,432 tons
l9Vl s......s............ 4,z6l tons
lSU1 .ss..ss.sssss.sssssss 4s1ZV iona
1SVo .....s..s..s....... 1,6SS IONS
A snow pillow has been ordered for
It is a rotary plow, which makes $50
revolutions a minute and is driven by
a 600 horse power engine. -
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