Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-02

The city council Of Jonkoping re-
solved to let the temperance organiza-
tons of the city have five per cent
OF the profits derived from the sale Of
liquor
NORWAY.
Captain Otto Sverdrup went to Cuba
by way of New York. He intends to
return to Norway at the close Of the
year to fetch his family to Cuba II
his plans down there prove satisfac-
tory. 81.
At concert given in honor of Ed
ward Grieg, the composer, in Kris4
tiania, he said in a. response to an adj
dress: art must not be abandoned.
We must be developed by what is
brought forth by art. It is supposed
that art Is a luxury, but this SUPPOSE
ton is a lie. We must remember that,
Or else things will go wrong"
Only "a votes were cast in the
storthing against an appropriation of
81, 900 for the coronation of the king
Considerable Indignation is felt in
government circles because the stor-
ting refused to grant the request Of the
government for $13,500 for turning
part Of the government building in,
Trondh]em into royal residence.
Premier Nicholson himself spoke in
favor of the proposition before the
storting, but still it went down. He
stated that the King had nothing to
do with this plan.
"A remarkable mirage was seen at
South Odalen a few mornings ago.
About one hundred men, working four
deep, We're seen first. They disap-
peared, and then came some small
islands, partly wooded, and surrounded
by open water. The next scene pre-
sented people walking and driving in
different directions, and finally stone
wall with a gateway through it. Every
thing indicated the summer season
The phenomena were watched for about
twenty minutes by three men.
Golden weddings have been cele-
brated by SEVERN Fuglesang and wife,
nee Kjarnes, at Frogn, near Drobak;
and by Hans. E. Bjornbraaten and
wife, nee Foss They are all farmers.
The Prince of Monaco is going to
send a scientific expedition to northern
Spitzbergen next summer. A Nor
Wegian is to: head the expedition, and
six out Of crew Of seven men will
also be :Norwegians. Special atten-
ton will be paid to the geology and
meteorology Of the country.
Bishop Wexelsen, Of Trondhjem. has
been selected by the Norwegian gov
eminent to anoint and crown the King
of Norway June % in the Trondjem
cathedral.
Gunder Petersen, customhouse
officer in Kristiania, celebrated his
sixty-year jubilee April Is, 1906, as a
faithful servant of the government of
Norway. He served in the army from
1916 to 1872, and since the latter date
he has been connected with the GUS
toms service. He is 70 years old, but
he is still discharging his duties with
energy and unfailing punctuality. His
gait is elastic, and his figure is as erect
as that of man OF forty.
During the past season the fsh
dealers of Haugesund have exported
275,000 cases Of iced herring and 160.-
900 barrels Of sailed herring.
Albert Lunde, the noted lay preacher,
has returned to Kristiania after six
weeks campaign in Trondhjem.
It Is known that the late Alexander
Kjelland wrote poems; but as very
few Of them have been published it is
supposed that he left some in original
manuscript.
Bishop Bang Of Kristiania wants to
strip the coronation of the new king
Of many Of it's most impressive religious
rites, making it chiefly a secular func-
ton. 1.-THE state church Of Norway
has no royal crown to give away"
says the bishops, and therefore the
bishop has no business to hand the
symbal OF power to the king. Above
ALL the church, which represents the
kingdom of peace and justice, should
have nothing to do with the girdlng
of the king with the sword. the SYM
Dol of war. King Haakon was elected
by the people; and the storting, whici,
is also elected by the people, should
have something to do with the confer.
ring Of the regalia upon the King. The
prayers formerly said after each OF the
regalia has been handed to the King
should also. be dropped, because their
contents may be taken to give him
greater power than the constitution
confers upon him. It should be born
in mind that Bishop Bang is not going
to officiate at the coronation.
| 1t is proposed to erect a bautasten
in memory of King Olaf at Thorshov
near Hundorp. Standardization. A call
for funds has been signed by Minister
and all the pastors Of that part OF
~ %1>n
Olaf, the Christian, by means Of
Slrewd displomacy. won a great but
bloodless victory over his enemies. who
| were pagans until that hour.
| A Russian theatrical party gave
Henrik Ibsen's can Enemy of the PEG.
ple,' at Berlin, and the applause was
'sboundless.'
| Il Stavangers will soon have two new
sardine canneries.
! Christian Hauge, the Norwegian
minister to the United States, has
Eclosed negotiations for the purchase
OF about 1900 square feet or groun<
In the fashionable northwestern. por.
tion of the city Of Washington, OF
which the government of Norway pro.
poses to erect handsome residenc,
for its minister. A Washington firm
OF architects are at work making plan!
for the new building. g,a@ 1>s*5 s
! The medical authorities inspected tn,
buildings at Orje, where the govern
i ment had to Vacate. a fort according
to the treaty OF Karlstad, and the lplac
i as well AS the buildings were foun,
/ Is be suitable for 8 sanitary institution
lot some kin. as.