Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-10
NORWAY.

A ceaselesS fight is kept up against
the Nicholson cabinet, but the mass of
the people feel safe under the present
conditions, and Nicholson may stay If
he cares to do so.
ferry carrying seven persons and
an equal number Of domestic animals
across the Glommen river at LON,
Gudbrandsdalen, capsized in the strong
were drowned.
Paris, June 29.-The widow of Hen
rik 1bsen has informed NJ. Lugene Poe.
director of the Theater LOeuvre. that
she has sent two baskets of flowers.
the first gathered from the grave of
the great Norwegian dramatist. to
him, and requests that they be pre-
scented to Eleonora Duse and Suzanne
Despres in recognition of their ad-
mirable Interpretation of 1bsen hero
ines.
Consul Person of Helsingborg,
Sweden, donated 1000 mineral claims
in Norway to the Norwegian govern
ment, which accepted the gift with
thanks. Mr. Konow, a member of the
storting, objected tu the course Of the
government because that body would
seem to place itself under obligations
to the donor. To this reasoning Mr..
Arctander, a member of the cabinet,
retorted that the government thought
it had no right to decline the gift. At
any rate, the members of the cabinet,
he said, were gentlemen above re-
proach, and he was sure that their
actions would not be Influenced by &C.
oift uyh IF
fered in good faith.
About 100000 Norwegian women
have enjoyed the right of voting at
local elections for several years past.
During the past few months woman's
suffrage has been discussed thruout
the country, and a few days ago the
storting, by vote of sc to 25, extend
ed the franchise to those 100000 wo-
men SO as to include national as we'll
as local elections. The 25 opponents
are characterized as a mixture of re-
dictionaries, idealists and cranks The
women themselves hardly dared to ex-
pect such sweeping victory. There
are still about 100000 women who
have no right to vote at all, but the
day cannot be far distant when the
political distinction between the sexes
will be completely blottcd out The
doubling Of the number of voters will
make the next national elections par
ticularly interesting.
The 18th of June was an unlucky day
to the workingmen of Stavanger, for
on that one day nine of them were
injured more or less in different ways
while engaged in different kinds of
work, while the number If similar
cases for the whole year of 1905 was
only 116.
About 10000 Norwegians are men,
bers of total abstinence organizations,
This is almost eighty per cent. of the
population. Romsdal amt heads the
list with percentage of 1917.
A fine; fresh mackerel may be- had
for five cents, or even less, in the
towns and cities of Northwestern Nor
way.
A young recruit lost his life in a
most unusual manner at the Gimlemo
drill grounds, near Kristiansand.
While taking his after dinner nap, he
rolled down into twelve-foot deep
pool in creek flowing thru the
grounds, 1t took some time to find
him because the water was muddy:
and all attempts to resuscitate him
were in vain. - 81.
The king and queen Of Norway will
meet Kaiser Wilhelm and Kaiserin
Augusta at Trondhjem, or place still
farther north. - 4.
The surplus OF the railway depart
ment for the past year was $685., 900 in
excess OF that Of the previous year.