Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-04
erick's first visit to a foreign country
since he became king.
NORWAY.
Chrtstiania.

Gustav Amundsen, fresh from
Christiania, Norway. a brother of thu
redoubtable sailor who has recently
trayersed the northwest passage. il
now on his way to Sitka to meet til,
famous captain and his equally ia
nous Gjoa, the eighty ton sloop il
which he made the passage. Tie Gjos
is expected in Sitka in about n fort
night. Captain Road Amundsen, OF
Rvald, as ii is called in Norwegian. il
cation and special training. according
to his brother. He is "a years old, q
master sailor by profession, and to his
knowledge of the sea and seafarins
life he has a knowledge of medicine
and special training in natura! science
acquired in the best Norwegian uni
versities. He has been in the fai
north before and he was a mate OF
the Belgian south pole expedition
which penetrated far into the for
bidding ice mountains of the antartit
seas. The voyage around the northern
points of North America had long beer
a hobby with Captain Amundsen. His
family encouraged him and it was
mainly through the assistance of his
immediate relatives that he was able
to purchase the vessel and to provide
the necessary scientific apparatus fol-
the trip. He was also materially
helped in q moral and practical way
by hansen. that other famous Nor
wegian Arctic explorer. The start was
made early i'm 1903. The little vessel
was designed as a sailor, but a petrole-
UNI engine. capable Of developing
fifteen horsepower, was provided as
auxiliary power. That little engine
was found most serviceable in forcing
the vessel through passages In the
ice where the winds were contrary OF
not blowing. The crew at the start
numbered seven men, but n Of them,
Gustav Wiki, magnetic observer, died
before the voyage was ended. The
little company spent nineteen months
at King Williams island, as near as
possible to the location OF the magnetic
north pole. The time was employed
In making observations and in scien.
tiAc research and experiments. The
vessel on Its way passed the monument
which marks the spot where the i'll.
fated Franklin expedition made its
last stand.
A special cable from Stavanger tc
the Chicago Daily News says: Paul
o. Stensland was a thief before he
left Norway. forty years ago. He
was, moreover, a sanctimoniOus thief
He kept a Bible on his desk and read
1t conspicuously. He was accus
toned to boast Of the fact that he
did not indulge in smoking, drinking,
gambling and other vices. In the
meantime he was Systematically rob.
bling his employers, who were general
merchants. by selling goods below the
regular price and pOcketing the profit,
which he divided with greedy custom.
ers. Business appeared to be prosper
ing and the energetic and orderly
young clerk turned over much money
each night. His employers became
suspicious and after he had been with
them a year and a half, made discov.
cries which led them to discharge
him. Stensland's crime has permeated
the whole Of Norway. Every city
town and hamlet knows II and vigor.
ously berstes the man, who has
brought such disgrac upon the Nor.
wegian name In America. Not Ions
ago an American newspaper cor.
respondent came to Stavanger from
Chr~istiansand on the locomotive Of the
single train which daily threads its
picturesque way through the ford
mountains on the west coast. De
tecting the newspaper mans American
accent the fireman spoke up and said
In good English. what an awful
thing that Stensland case is.' The fire
man proved to be a former C~hicagoan
and when the correspondent in reply
to his inquiry said he thought Stems.
land would pass the remainder of his
DAYS in prison, this Norwegian work.
ingman said: That Is too good foi
him. This sentiment Is widespread In
Stensland's native land. which has pity
for the suffering his crime has inflicted
on so many of its sons and daughters
but immeasureably more Of contempt
for the nan who first blemished the
reputation for integrity which the Nor.
wegians have always enjoyed in Their
second fatherland across the sea-"
Architect Christie, who won fame in
connection with the restoration of the
Trondhiem cathedral, died very sud
denly Sept. IA. He had been ENGAGE
in the work Of rebuilding the ancient
edifice since 1869 and was looked upon
as an authority on questions relating
to old Scandinavian architecture.
nEMMAPK