Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-10-06
erick's first visit to a foreign country
since he became king.
NORWAY.
ChriStiania.


Gustav Amundsen, fresh from
Si'r,&..,,''ia. Norway. a brother of the
redouhtable sailor who has recently
traYersed the northwest passage, is
now on his way to Sitka to meet the
Tamous capt2in and his equally ia
nous Gioa. the eighty ton sloop in
which he made the passage. The Gjoa
is expected in Sitka in about fort
night. Captain Roald Amundsen, OF
Rvald, as it is called in Norwegian, is
an Arctic mariner by inclination, edu-
cation and special training, according
to his brother. He is 81 years old, a
master sailor by profession, and to his
knowledge of the sea and seafaring
life he has a knowledge of medicine
and special training in natural science,
acquired in the best Norwegian uni
versities. He has been in the far
north before and he was mate on
the Belgian so,lth pole expedition
which penetrated far INFO the for
bidding ice mountains of The antartie
seas. The voyage around the northern
points of North America had long been
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 for
the trip. He was also materially
helped in a moral and practical way
by Nansen, that other famous Nor
wegian Arctic explorer. The start was
made early in 1908. The little vessel
was designed as a sailor, but petrole-
um 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 OIL
not blowing. The crew at the start
numbered seven men, but one of them,
Gustav Wink, 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
tific research and experiments. The
vessel on it's 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, 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 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 1t and vigor-
ously berates the man. who has
brought such disgrac upon the Nor
| wegian name in America. Not long
ago an American newspaper cor
respondent came to Stavanger from
Christiansand 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 fir,
man proved to be former Chicagoan
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 for
| him. This sentiment is widespread ia
| 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 man 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
| Trondhjem cathedral, died very sud
denly Sept II. He had been engaged
in the work Of rebuilding the ancient
| edifice since 1869 and was looked upon
as an authority on questions relating
| to old Scandinavian architecture.
DENMARK.