Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-11-13
NORWAY.

Jonas Lie, the author, is going to
spend the winter with his son, Erik, at
Hvalstad.
Mrs. Malene Falck, nee Harder, a
resident of Tromso, celebrated her
Tooth birthday Oct. q. In spite of
her advanced age she is hale and
hearty, her hearing and eyesight are
good, and her mental vigor is re-
markable for a person of her age.
An important church meeting was
held in Kristiania Oct. 16. Rules for
the organization of theological fac
ulty in Kristiania were adopted, and
twenty prominent men, including two
bishops, we're elected to provide for
the establishment of free theological
seminary.
A great popular demonstration took
place in Kristiania November 3 in
honor of the retiring premier. Chris
tian Nicholson At least $4,000 per-
sons marched through the principal
streets of the city, and filed around
Michelsen's residence, where he was
made the object of great ovation.
Alfred Vinger, man who had been
making living by transporting brick
in rowboat from the Aaserud brick
yards to Drammen, met little steam
er when his boat was heavily loaded,
and the waves from the steamer rose
high enough to throw so much water
into the boat that it sunk with it's &C.
cupant, who lost his life.
Architect Trondsen of Kristianssund
has sold his copper, sulphur and iron
ranges in Hitteren and Smolen to an
English syndicate. The price has not
been announced. An English expert
who has inspected the property speaks
highly of its value. Engineers will
be sent to the ranges, and work will
commence at once. Mr.. Trondsen is
also negotiating for the sale of beds
of iron sand, which are said to con-
tain about 100000 tons of iron sand.
The price asked is about $125,000.
The fate of the whaling steamer
Frithjof was peculiarly sad one. The
tic waters for years, and its crew
consisted of as brave and capable men
as Norway ever sent out. upon the
stormy main. It was used by the
Baldwin-Ziegler expedition of 1901,
and in 1905 it was sent out in search
of America, the ship of said expedi-
ton. 1t also carried the Wellman ex-
petition to Spitzbergen. It was DAM
aged by the ice last summer, and on
it's way back to Norway it was
wrecked Oct. OF Langenes, Iceland.
Only one man, Elias Samuelsen. the
machinist, saved his life. The bodies
of thirteen members of the crew were
washed ashore and were buried in
Iceland. The Frithjof disappeared en-
tirely and only few fox skins wers
thrown upon the shore.
The legal profession of Norway
seems to be hostile to the idea of hav-
ing the civil courts settle the case
of Rev. Carl Konow, who refuses to
resign his charge as chaplain of a
congregation in Bergen though he is
a Unitarian.
The settlement of the great lockout
was followed by an era of good feel
ing, and the working men of Norway
look into the future with hope ana con-
fidence
The cold, rainy weather did not re-
duce the grain crop to a failure. In
fact, the crop is better than expected.
After negotiations lasting q year,
new treaty guaranteeing the integrity
of Norway was signed Nov. 3 by repre-
sentatives of Norway, France, Great
Britain, Germany and Russia. A dec
laration also was signed dissolving
the treaty of 1885, under which Great
Britain and France guaranteed the in
tegrity of Norway and Sweden az
against Russia. - .'szs'''sl :. >-: 80
Einar Ii, an enthusiastic student,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment
for one year by a court martial for
repeating his refusal Of last year to
serve in the army.