The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-26

man passengers on board the Laura,
TO rescue which the unfortunate crew
| sailed forth. The prince of Morocco
| has contributed 900 crowns for the
| same purpose
The government OF Norway is do
ing its share in fighting tuberculosis,
which has made inroads into that
country as we'll as elsewhere in spite
| of its bracing climate. About 100000
crowns OF the governments money
| was contributed to hospitals and sani-
tariums for the care of consumptives
in 1906.
There is almost as keen mourning
throughout Norway as in Sweden over
the death of King Oscar. The people
| have not forgotten the noble stand
taken by the late king in the crisis of
| 1905, and they regard his rule in gen.
eral as just and generous to both
countries. All the leading papers have
published tributes to his memory.
| lie hiSSlOH quietly Vi MI way Hdo
| issued its report for the year 1906.
| The income of the society was 739. 900
| crowns--a sum so large that the So
ciety was able to wipe out a deficiency
of 10000 crowns from the preceding
| year and still have surplus of 24,15
crowns in it's treasury after the pay
ment of all expenses. 1t appears that
229 persons were converted by the mis-
sionaries of the society in Zulu, 7,045
in Madagascar, and AZ in China.
| The number of letters handled by
| the postoffices of Norway is rapidly
| increasing Last year 71,499,000 let
ters were distributed. which is 3,000,-
| 900 in excess of the number handled
in 1905, 100000 more than in 1904,
| and 10000 more than in 1903. Ten
| years ago only about 100000 letters
| passed through the mails of Norway
and twenty years ago the number did
not exceed 22,O2o,o00. The receipts
Of the postofice department in 1906
were 6,705,OO0 crowns and the dis
bursements were 5,S44.000 crowns.
Ths Official opening of the Bergen
| Christiania railway. which was to have
taken place Dec. is, was indefinitely
postponed on account of heavy snow
storm, which caused an extended
blockade up in the mountainous por-
ton, where the road is over 1000 feet
| above the sea level
| This railway will be of the greatest
| importance to Norway, uniting as it
does the two principal commercial
centers of the country and Eastern
and Western Norway, which have
hitherto been connected only by the
sea, commercially speaking.
Mrs. Eva Sars hansen, the wife OF
| DR.. Fritchof Nansen. the famous eX-
plorer and diplomat, died at her home
| in Christiania. She leaves family of
| five young children, besides her hus-
| band, and her death is peculiarly
sad one. She was the daughter of
Prof Sars, the we'll known scholar,
and lady of rare culture and refine
| flCl "uo oiC vi tuC
| brightest in the land, and the sympa-
| thy of the people goes out to the be-
reaved husband, who had planned to
resign his position as ambassador to
| Great Britain in order to return to
Norway and spend the rest of his life
| in the bosom of his family. DR.. Nan
| sen was not present at his wife's
death.
Biornstierne Bjornson, Norway's
| famous poet, celebrated the seventy
| fifth anniversary of his birthday on
| the 9th of this month, and the day was
duly commemorated in the principal
cities of the country, as well as by
various literary societies in foreign
countries. AS will be remembered, he
celebrated his golden jubilee as an au-
thor last summer and he was then the
recipient of gifts and kilograms of
congratulations from all parts of Eu-
rope. A memorial edition of his COM
plete works has been issued by the
Glydendal Publishing house of Copen-
hagen, which has had the honor of
giving to the world all the poets
works from 1887 to the present, begin
ming with "Synnove Solbakken." The
venerable poet is still active and Wig
orous. He takes a deep interest in all
the political and sociological questions
of the day. One of his latest PROPOSE
tons is to establish a new university
in Norway. the old University of
Christiania having incurred his dis
pleasure by its recognition of the
peasant tongue, the adoption of which,
as the official literary language of the
country, he vigorously opposes.
The authorities of Nannestad have
asked the department of agriculture
for a loan of 10000 crowns with
which to purchase grain for seeding
purposes. In 1903 about $4,000 crowns
were borrowed for the same purpose.
The socalled Queen Maud fund
now contains 10000 crowns, but the
promoters hope this sum will be in
creased to 100000 crowns within a
wear The fund will he under control