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holm's church are to be moved to the
artillery museum, where there is al
really a, large collection Of historic
Swedish flags.
NORWAY.
Christiana.

When Captain Amundsen returns in
March from his lecture tour before the
leading geographical societies of Eu-
rope. where gold medals and honors
OF very kind have been so freely be-
slowed upon the hero of the northwest
passage, he will spend some time lee
turing in the provincial towns Of Nor
way. In May his impressario, Mr..
Harry Randall, leaves for America,
where Captain Amundsen will make
an extensive lecture tour next fall.
The captain has still another project
in mind. He believed that when he
could find the magnetic pole he would
try his luck in finding the hitherto
undiscovered north one,"s and many
believe that he is the very man for
the task. The ."Fram," the famous
ship Of DR.. Frithjof hansen and Cap
tain Otto Sverdrup, has also been
spoken of in connection with Amund
sens intended venture. The "Fram'
is now the property of the Norwegian
government and is in custody of the
navy department. Should this ship
not be obtainable or unsuitable Cap
tain Amundsen will have a new ship
built. Mr.. Amundsen has not as yet
determined when he will make the
start northward.
The loss of the Norwegian steamer
"Skuld,: has been reported by the Of
ffcers Of the steamer Bosnia" which
arrived from Hamburg March 10. The
Bosnia" sighted the "skuld'' lying OF
her beam ends in latitude 41.14 north
and longitude $40 east, about $50
miles south of the island of Miquelon
on March Is. Her crew had evidently
abandoned her and it was believed by
the "Bosnia's" officers that they were
taken off by some vessel which sighted
her before the Bosnia" 1t is be-
lieved that the "Skuld" was upset dur
ing one of the heavy gales reported by
steamers during the last two weeks.
She was a freight steamer running
on no line, but picking up freights
wherever offered. It is believed that
she carried no passengers. The 'Skuld"
was of 1882 tons, was 265 feet in
length, hailed from Tonsberg, Norway,
and was owned by Otto Thoresen.
Since the fatal avalanche and tidal
wave at Nordfjord in 1905, no disaster
of the same character has taken place
which approaches that which is chron-
icled on Feb. % and % at Vesterrass,
in Gieranger, and at Opstryn, Nord-
fjord. At the first place thirteen per-
sons and at the latter seven lost their
lives and several houses and cattle
were buried under huge avalanches
coming down from the overhanging
mountains. Several persons have been
rescued, but the death roll is likely to
remain as stated. The snowfall has
been extremely heavy in Norway this
year, and this catastrophe, like most
such occurrences, was not lacking in
thrilling incidents and wonderful es-
capes from death.
The annual Holmenkollen tourna-
ment was splendid success this year
i all the ski and skating races in
III their varieties were we'll attended.
King Eaakon made trip to see the
great games and number of we'll
known British, German and French
newspapers sent their best men to COW
er the affair. The week was undoubt-
eddy a great advertisement for Nor
way as an excellent tourist country
even in the winter season. Some Of
the British newspaper men say that
Norway beats Switzerland for scenery,
even in winter.
Says a Christiania correspondent:
ut is sure sign of spring when some
Of the theatrical companies of Euro
pean cities put in an appearance in
Christiania. At present the we'll
known French actress Susanna Des-
pres, with her company is at the Ma
-tional theater. Her opening perform
ance was Ibsen's "Doll's House," and
was, of course, given in French. This
has given Ibsen's countrymen an op-
portunity to see how the dramas of
the master are interpreted by the ar
lists of sunny France.