Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-06-06
honorary title of Phi. D., at tie recent
Lime festivities in Upsala.
NORWAY.
Chrtstiana.

During the recent visit of the
Danish royal couple 10 ChristiaEil
there was an occurrence which gave
Use to much criticism by the press and
that naturally enough becaus the
newspaper men Were those direc, ~
remembered. a number OF chosen rep
sesentatlves of the Christiania press
called on King Haakon and entered
protest against the way in which the
press was received at the royal palace
viz, against the fact that they were
always held back at all functions OF
Il public character where the king anu
queen were present, etc. But their
protests We're evidently of little araii
judging from the way the new spaper
representatives Were t.eated dur.
the aforementioned visit of the DaLish
king and queen When the latter ar
rived in Chrstania and Were we!-
coined by the kings staff, members OF
the diplomatic corps and members of
the storthing, etc. the newspaper rep
resentativeS were sternly ordered by
the kings officers to stand back ana
were told not only once but several
times. They were relegated to III ;
rear and the result will be publicity
of character which may not be pleas
ing to the ears of Il certain king.
According to the Orehladet. King
Oscars collection of old Norwegian
buildings Il, Byado will be added t.
the general collections of the l. o Is
museum. the open air section Of which
viii. now have rare col ectiOn Of Ii
characteristic and historic national
building types. This section has now
splendid collection Of specimen,
from the Saga times and it VIII be IA
excellent place to study old Morse cul.
ture and will in time become see
ond SkaGsen.
Rumor had it some time ago that
Bjorn Biornson has resigned as man
ager of the National theater in Christi
ania, but this has not been officially
confirmed. The rumor has, however,
been persistently published In the dali
ly newspapers of the Norwegian capl-
! tai. The author, Wilhelm krag, has
| been mentioned as n candidate for
scenic instructor at the theater, but
this also lacks confirmation.
| The following members of the
Bergen theater will take the tourist
route to Arendal and afterwards south
to Paris: Torborg Abelsaeth, Magda
Blanc Eriksen, Signe Dahl, Hilda
| Fredriksen, Anna Sverdrup-lvarson,
| Doris JohaneSsen SAINT Herrerne Hen
ming Eriksen, Johan Hauge, William
! Ivarson. Christian Sandal and L0renn
/ I'hyholdt
Edward Grieg the composer. who
is at present in Kie. Germany. was
! the other morning serenaded Ivy the
/ emperoris "Hohenzollern" o CHI stra
/ The famous composer responded with
few appropriate remarks.
/ Professor Haegstad of the Christi
ania university has departed for the
Farce islands, where he will during
the next few months spend his time
in the study of the language of the
! inhabitants of these islands.
Grand hotel in Narvik has been pur-
| chased by the Bodo Brewing company.
Hotel Britannia at Kongsberg has been
sold to o. Brataas of Nikesund. The
| sums i'm consideration are not made
! public.
| At the Norwegian clubs spring con.
cert i'm London May 20, there were
conspicuous among those who partici-
! pated Elsa Wagner, Rudolph Lhom-
| bino and Halfdan Rode, all of Christi
| ania.
| Roald Amundsen delivered a lecture
| in Berlin May on Winter Sports In
| Norway" and delivered a pathetic adj
dress i'm Chrstiania May II.
''rhe Happy Widow" has been
rendered lightweight times at the IA
| tonal theater in Christiania and
| netted 10000 crowns.
The Nansen fund has now reached
sum of 1.O31 900 crowns. The in
come last year was 46,3OO crowns.
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