Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-08-21
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The city council of Kristiansund has
granted permission to Ferd G. Juell,
of Kristiana to build and operate gas
works in the city. He may also build
an electric light plant.
At Mes, Romerike, boy went to
sleep on the sunny side of a house
and was bitten in the stomach by
viper. A doctor. was sent for at once,
but he could do nothing, and the boy
died two hours later amid excruciat-
ing pain.
King Haakon and Queen Maud were
cordially received by the people on
their recent trip through Nordland. At
their departure from Bodo they were
followed to the ship by 1000 people,
who time and again made the air ring
with their cheers. On every occasion
the king made short address,
M. Thams, one of the leading mer-
chants of Trondhjem, died at his
summer residence, Fjeldheim, in
Medal, aged II years. He was looked
upon as rich man. His remains
were taken to Gothenburg, Sweden,
for cremation, and his ashes were sent
back to Trondhjem and inferred at
Cathedral cemetery.
Some 5000 men were thrown out of
work by the employers lockout. But
both parties soon grew tired of the
idleness caused by the lockout, and
a cable of recent date states that they
have agreed to resume the negotia-
lions which were started by President
Berner of the storting but which the
employers did not take seriously at
the time being.
On August 9th Bjornstjerne Bjorn-
son celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of the appearance of his first novel,
"SynnOeve SOlbakken." He received
an enormous number of greetings
from all countries, and the members
of the royal family and a number of
distinguished persons attended a per.
Torrance of his comedy Geography
and Love-" at the National theater.
Rev. Konow, of Bergen, is still caus-
ing trouble. It will be remembered
that he publicly announced his disbe-
lief in the bodily resurrection of
Christ, and the orthodox people have
been trying for months to have him
removed from Office as pastor of a
state congregation. A short while ago
the government formally requested
him to resign. But he refused to do
so, and the people are waiting for the
next step to be taken by the govern
ment against him. No matter what
the government does it will be roundly
denounced by some party. Bjornson
has advised Rev. Konow to remain in
office.
In 1856 there were 1858 lepers in
Norway. About that time systematic
work was started for roofing out this
loathsome disease, the leader of the
movement being DR.. Danielsen, of
Bergen. He was succeeded by DR..
Armauer, who acquired lasting fame
by discovering the lepra bacillus. The
work has been a success. In 1876
there remained 1852 lepers in the
country, in 1885, 1876, in 1895, 688,
and at the present time there are only
about $50. in the city of Bergen there
were 1879 lepers in 1905, while only one
leper has been found in Kristiania
during the past so years.
The sealing vessel B5orn, COM
manded by Capt. Jorgensen, of San
defjord, returned from the Arctic
ocean with catch consisting of: 6, ZOO
seals, 43 bottle-nose whales and 8
white bears. =. .y., il.
The twenty-five year jubilee of the
Meraker railway has been celebrated,
the connection between this line and
the Swedish railway having been made
July %, 1882. ~
A memorial tablet is to be placed on
the house at Grimstad where Henrik
Ibsen served as an apothecary's ap-
prentice. 80. -: 81
!; =: 1.-THE Olsok festival is regularly
celebrated in many localities In west
Eern Norway. This festival is held in
memory. of st. Olaf, who introduced
Christianity in Norway, and fell in
battle July 20, 1880 .1,:. ~s:xt
The number of steamers in process
of construction in Norway July first
was 76, having: a, tonnage of, "a, $50.
At the same time IL wooden sailing
vessels were building, and their tom
mage was only 900. So ~. s-...
I. Hange has constructed a shipyard
at Bagero, Hangesund, which will en-
able him to build ships of 5000 tons.