Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-12
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS


the fact that a, number Of Swedish
scientific expeditions visited and |
studied the ; islands during the last
century, while Norway bases her claim
to the right Of possession upon the
annual trips Of her citizens to this ice
bound land for the purpose of killing !
whales, walrus and other. polar ami
mails.
A dispatch from Stockholm states
That A. Grip, minister of Sweden 10 |
the United States, has been recalled. |
Mr. Grip has served in that capacity |
at Washington for some years. He is !
more than so years Of age and is elig- |
role Tor retirement according to the |
practlce in his country. It is said by |
those who enjoy close relations with |
the minister that his services have |
Deen satisfactory to his sovereign and |
surprise Is expressed at the announce
ment of his recall. It was generally
expected that he would soon leave the
united states for an extended leave Of
absence. This case is the more in
terestlng because A. Grip figured so
prominently In the dissolution Of the
union OF Sweden and Norway. He
was the only Norwegian diplomat in
the service of the union who stuck to
King Oscar to the last, and some time
after the contamination Of the dissolu-
tlon OF the union, he was made a.
citizen Of the kingdom Of Sweden.
1t must be agreeable to the Nor
Weg1ans to know that their royal FAM
Ivy mas good connections. Take the
way, for instance, in which the royal
couple were entertained at their re-
cent visit to England. More gold plate
than the Rockefeller or Astor man
sions can display was used at the state
banquet at Windsor castle in honor Of
King Haakon and Queen Maud of
Norway. The weight of the whole
service is about five tons, and it is
valued at more than s5,000,000 Some
of the pieces are SO huge that it re-
quires four men and push-cart to
move them. If they were solid gold
they would have to be moved with
derricl<s, but the heavier pieces are
only silver-gilt. Besides the wonder
full "emperor's SERVICE" which is used
when royalty is entertained, there were
unique and magnificent pieces Of plate
displayed at the banquet, including the
silver rosewater fountain, designed by
the prince consort, a punch bowl by
Of pearl, gold and silver by Benvenuto
from the throne Of Tippo Sahib at the
storming of Seringapatam in 1899. st.
Georges hall, where the banquet was
held, was made a bower of palms,
ferns, roses and orchids OF orchids
used, but all the floral decorations
%1,o T.;
houses at FrOgmOre.
NORWAY.
A new book has been published
about the fate of Ibsen's dramas at the
Kristiania theater.
The title of general in the Norwe-
gian army has been conferred upon
King Edward, Of England.
The public schools Of the city of
Skien had to be closed on account Of
the prevalence of typhoid fever.
The Norwegian dissenters held
convention in Kristiania and went on
record in favor of International peace
A sixteen -year-old girl who was
working in the Kristiania canvas mill
had her right arm torn off above the
elbow.
Kristofer Janson, formerly Unitarian
minister In Minneapolis, has written a
book on MANY Kinds of Love-" The
critics do not speak well Of the book.
The nineteenth anniversary of the
opening of the Kristiania bethesda"
home for invalids was f1ttingly cele-
brated Nov. 16. About 80 sick persons
are cared for at the home.
III
near Kongsvinger, was skating on the
Gaardsjo Qake). chasing some fish
which he could see through the ice,
until he broke through the ice and
was drowned.
Some one suggested that Norway
try to get along with one admiral, and
somebody else answered, Yes, it would
perhaps be better to have but one ad-
nairal than to have two that are quar-
reling as at present.
Elias Hofgaard, manager of the
Hanaar institute for the deaf and
dumb, was killed by railway train at
Liam station. He was visiting with
his brother-in-law, Lars A Havstad,
and was about to take a. trip to Kris
tiania. He was standing on the plat
form as the train slowly approached.
Suddenly he fell down in front Of the
engine, and he was cut to pieces. He
used to have fainting spells, and this
was no. doubt the immediate cause OF
his death. No other Norwegian has
been SO successful in teaching the deaf
and dumb.
The Norwegian labor unions have
been greatly troubled by party poll
tics, and in order to avoid this in the
future, a new labor union is being or
ganized. The first paragraphs Of the
new organization read as follows:.
"The Free Labor Association of Nor
; way has for its aim to gather the
workers in our country, men and wo-
men, In the different trades, for the
protection and advancement Of COM
mon interests. Neither the association
nor any of it's divisions shall join any
political or religious party; nor shall
they or any Of their members belong
to any other trades union" The ques-
ton is: Will the Social Democrats
leave the old and Join the new union :?
The funeral of Fritz Thaulow, the
artist, was exceedingly impressive. The
remains having been cremated in
Gothemburg, only the: urn containing
his ashes was: conveyed to Our Saw
iour's cemetery, at the head OF the
funeral procession.
The church department. has made
arrangements for giving an extra
chance to be confirmed to those chill
dren whom Rev. SLude mann,-of~ Tor
vestad, refused to confirm after hav-
ing prepared them for that rife.
The Nyland iron works, Kristiania,
has received orders for the construc-
ton of three new whaling steamers,