Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-21
NORWAY.

The town Of Floro has gone dry.
Inc cereals yield a fine crop in the
eastern part of Norway.
A cabbage weighing eighteen pounds
was raised in Kristiania last summer.
A thunderbolt struck a house near
klep, near Stavanger, killing an 80
year-old couple and setting fire to the
house SO that it was burnt down.
A. Bull, Kristiania lawyer, has
accepted a position as judge in Congo.
| The city council of Hangesund has
voted $4,000 for new electric power
station.
The quarrel between Admiral Spare
and Admiral Borresen has been set
| tied, both parties having agreed to
compromise proposed by the minister
of the marine. X. =
A>Tyoung peoples pa per is soon to
be started in Kristiania. It's name is
to be '"Ekko," and it will appear in
a large edition once a week. A. large
number of able writers in different
parts Of the country have promised
to furnish contributions.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert
carried King Haakon, Queen Maud
and Grown Prince Alaf to England,
and they arrived at Spithead Nov. II.
They We're the guests of King Edward
and Queen Alexandra, at Windsor
castle during their stay in England.
A company backed by Swedish and
German capital has bought the land
along the Toxic river, west Tele-
marken, for a distance of, II eng
lish) miles, the consideration being
about $4,000. The river has a, fall
Of 900 feet along that distance, which
is equal to 100000 horsepower. But
it will cost hundreds of thousands OF
dollars to utilize the power, a long
tunnel being necessary in one place.
The minister of finance and GUS
toms, E. Hagerup-Bult, and the min
lister Of agriculture, A. II .Vinje, have
resigned and have been succeeded re-
spectively by Abraham Berge. and
Sven Aarrestad These changes in
the cabinet are an outcome Of the re-
cent election, which, resulted favor
ably to the Leftistss. @Berge is q, very
strong man in Norwegian politics and
~Aarrestad is the acknowledged leader
of the Prohibitionists.
Although knights of the order are
elected from time to time as vacan-
cies occur, there has not been an in
vesture like the one of today since
1855, when Queen Victoria conferred
the honor upon Napoleon III and
Victor Emmanuel then King Of Sar-
DINA. King Edward is the only sur
viving member of the royal house of
Great Britain who participated in that
historic rite. Queen Alexandria as
"the lady Of the ORDER" whose prede-
cessor lived two centuries ago, was
present tonight. The brilliant colors
OF the. gorgeous robes Of the knights
and knight commanders of the order
as well as the richness of the decora-
tons OF the historic chamber where
the tnvestiture took place, made the
scene one of the most brilliant and
impressive Of the present reign. The
ceremony was followed by a state
banquet.
The directors of the new company
which has obtained possession of the
vast tract Of land known as the
Meraker estate, northeast of Trond-
hjem, have stated that the farms will
be offered to the present, tenants and
If they don't buy the land it will be
sold in an open market !
The Norwegian students chorus
that made a tour Of the Norwegian
settlements in America in the summer
Of 1905, has published a richly Illus
trated volume about it's great Journey
to the New World -
t. The Importation Of beef from Eng
land is an experiment just made, in
Kristiania. r. -, ~ ~ -
There Is friction between the school
teacherss and many Of. the ministers in
istiania because the latter take up
some Of the best school hours for Civ
ing extra religious instruction to those
chill dren who are to be confirmed next
spring, and.ssthe newspapers do not
pour Dot oil on troubled waters = ~ 4
|S#t Rev. Olaf n ohm makes a contribu-
ton to the discussion of confirmation
II5by# lining that. during q twenty-five
Years service as a pastor he never
heard one man :ob ject to conf rmat ton.
SssI large number OF lNorwegians are
IemployedS Tin the civil service OF China,
| the customs apartment being s their
lstrongh old