Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-17
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
A new company that will operate a
cellulose factory at Lillehammer has
just been organized with a capital
stock of 100000 crowns.
r. D. Luhmkuhl, minister of public
works, has resigned, and M. J. Brun-
chorst, formerly minister to Havana,
has been appointed as his successor.
The Hotel Scandinavia and five 9TH
er large buildings of Trondhjem were
burned to the ground Oct 8. The
loss is estimated at 100000, but for
tunately no lives were sacrificed to
the fire tiend.
Though the works of some of Nor
ways authors are widely read, the
almanac far outstrips them all in pop
ularity, as Is shown by the fact that
no less than 100000 copies were dis
tributed last year.
The West Telemarken Labor society
recently held it's annual meeting and
elected Lars Bjaadal of Fyresdal, as
chairman, and o. S. Lie Of Kvitsexid,
vice chairman. About $50 delegates
were in attendance.
Konow, the Lutheran minister
whose resignation was demanded by
the ministerial conference last sum
mer because of his heretical preach
ing, still retains his call. In a future
issue shall discuss this celebrated
case at some length.
The company that has been operat-
ing iron mines in South Sydvanger,
has made loan of 12,OOO,OO0 crowns
from the Nordeutsche Bank of Ham
burg and the Discount Bank of Berlin,
and has increased its capital stock to
100000 crowns. the former capital
stock being 100000 crowns. The
company took this action in order to
be able to operate it's mines on a
larger scale. 1t is estimated that in
1910 the output will be from 100000
to 100000 tons of ore, containing 65
per cent of iron Of excellent quality.
The coming of Capt ROAD Amund-
son, the famous arctic explorer, to
make lecturing tour of America. is
being hailed with delight by the Nor
wegians of the United States He will
land in New York the latter part Of
October, and will appear in most Of
the leading cities Of the country, as.
we'll as in smaller cities, where Scan
inavian-Americans are numerous.
That his tour will be brilliant sue
cess, there can be no doubt. Like so
many of his countrymen-Dr. Nansen,
for instance-he is a master Of the
English language, SO that he can APP
pear to advantage before an American
audience. He is not only an explorer,
but also a scholar, who has carried
on extensive research work along sci
entific lines.
His discovery of the Northwest pas
sage is SO far his greatest achieve
ment, but there are those who believe
that he will win still greater renown
by reaching the North pole Capt.
Amundson is great admirer Of DR..
hansen, and will adopt his method of
reaching the pole, namely, by drifting
across it on an ice fee.
The story of his finding of the
Northwest passage Capt. Amundson
has recently told in his new book,
which is full of thrilling interest.
His expedition brought back remark
able collections of different kinds from
the regions through which it passed.
For the first time in history relics
were found of the Sir John Franklin
vessels, the Erebus and Terror. An
old Eskimo had in his possession three
metal bolts and two cooking vessels
made from the copper plating off the
bottom Of two ships which he said
had come when he was a small bow.
The ships had been deserted by the
crews and had finally been crushed by
the ice and sunk to the bottom. but
before this had happened the Eskimos
had helped themselves to anything
that they considered useful The can.
tain traded with him, giving in return
an old saw and a Ratchet. and these
remarkable relics are now installed
together with all the other things
from the Gjoa expedition at the Uni
verisity of Kristiania. The old Eskimo
disappeared during the night and new
ermore showed up during Amundsen's
long stay, evidently fearing that the
captain might regret his bargain. The
~ ISL museum has already offered
Sc. 90 for the articles, but they will
remain in Norway.
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SWEDEN.