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NORWAY.
The political energy developed by
Rev. Alfred Erickson, of Karlso, is so
great that he has already been men,
toned as possible premier a few
years from now.
1.-The Norwegian Good Templars"
have joined the Socialist party.
Rev. Flynn, of Sarpsborg, is going to
run for member Of the storting on the
Socialist ticket He expects to be elect
ed.
Gustav Vigeland, the young Norwe-
gian sculptor, has made a sketch for
a monument of Henrik Ibsen, and the
work is on exhibition in Kristiania. On
huge stoneslab, which reminds one
OF tomb stone, the poet is seen re-
Ginning, resting on his elbow and COW
cred only with a cloth. His head with
the lnscrutable eyes is raised high, his
mouth has a severe and inexorab bly,
closed expression. The heavy stone
slab is sustained by four male figures,
TWO on each side, who are crouching
under the immense weight. It looks
as II the mighty one above them has
forced them down upon their knees.
The Whole monument is highly origf-
nal The poet, with his superhuman
mental power, reclining in majestic
solitude, looks like the symbol of a
mind which is always living, always
acting, always creating,
The Vossische Zeitung publishes a
letter in which DR.. Sigurd Ibsen asks
all those who have unpublished letters
or remarks written by his father, Hen
rik 1bsen, to send them to him that he
may take copies Of them, and he fur
Their asks that no such documents be
printed without his consent
At recent meeting Of the Glommen
Rafters' Union it was announced that
$4,000 dozen logs had been reported
for rafting on the Glommen river this
season. This beats all former records,
The work has been done very rapidly
this year. Over one hundred thousand
dozen logs were reported for Lake Mo-
sen, and three -fourths of the quantity
has already arrived at Eidsvold AT
the Fetsund booms 100000 dozen have
been sorted.
Premier Nicholson made great
political speech in Trondhjenl Julie 26
The burden of his arguments was
that the Norwegian people need in
ternal harmony for strengthening its
position as an independent kingdom
and for developing the material re-
sources of the country. His remark.
were vigorously applauded.
The government has decided to is
sue a souvenir medal in memory OF
June 2, 1905, to be given to the mem
bers OF the cabinet and the members
of the storting who attended the stort-
ing on that occasion. 1t is to be of the
size of a half-dollar piece, and made
Of gilt silver. The inscriptions on one
side shall be: "The independence OF
Norway Completed" and "Hafrsfjor6
872-Eidsvold 1814-Kristiania 1867
and on the other side: I'm Memory OF
June Z, 1905.'' The medal is to be
carried on the breast in a ribbon of the
national colors.
OF the appropriations made fol
changing the Voss railway from mar
row to standard grade there re-
mains several thousand dollars, Mr.
Fasting, who superintended the work
having proved himself to be an ex
ceptionally able and economical man
He managed to cut down the expenses
for labor by hiring as many poo
farmers from the neighborhood as pos
sible.
The surplus from the railways ex
ceeded the estimates by $4,000 fo
the year, 1905-1906. This difference
was due mainly to the reduced price
of coal, a smaller snowfall, and in.
creased traffic on a few of the lines.
For twenty-five years past fruitles:
endeavors have been made to have {
railway built through the Lager
valley, in the southern part Of Nor
way. Now a private committee is a
work in the interest of a new railwa,
from :Larvik to Vittingfos, and event
ually to Kongsvinger 1t is proposed
to use electricity as motive power, tn
falls in the Laagen to be utilized TO
that purpose.
The people of Trondhjem hardly
made as much money as they ex.
pected during the coronation festivi
ties. The newspapers announced ia
and wide beforehand that the prices o
the necessaries of life would be alb
normally high, and many of the larg'
ships going there carried live stock 81
that it would not be necessary to bu,
fresh meat=4n Trondhjem. The hotel
and restaurants made money, and Their
was a tremendous demand for illus
trated cards. But in all other branch3
the trade was comparatively dull. No
even those who speculated in windov
space were always successful TIL
rush Of strangers was hardly up to ex
pectations, and the impression was
that many remained away because the
were scared by the expenses.
About score of fishing smack
owned by parties living in Aalesun
have gone to Iceland, where they ar
operating during the warm season.
On account of the great activity il
the building industries in Swedel
many Norwegians have found employ
ment in that country during the pas
few years. Since the beginning of tn
recent political troubles, however
many Of them have returned to Nor
way, and the demand for Norwegia1
labor in Sweden is evidently decreas
Ing. But it should be mentioned tina
some private employment agents il
Kristiania have quite recently succeed
ed in hiring out a number of men il
Stockholm and Karlstad.
The town Of Lillestrom had a fir
which caused a loss Of about $4,000,
The fire would have been checked a
an early stage but for the fact that tn
reservoir supplying the city waite
mains gave out. The private manu-
featuring concerns that had used tn
water may get into trouble.
l. Verdens Gang. the great governmen