Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-15


coronation ceremonies. on which so
much stress has been laid in past ages.
This indicates that he intends to be |
more democratic in his habits than |
his predecessors were.
At meeting of the faculty of the |
university of Lund the president of
the university made a few remarks |
in honor of the late King Oscar. Ev-
erybody rose and remained standing |
during this ceremony except Prof. |
Wicksell, who explained that he was
consistent republican and would |
show no special honor to any mon
arch.
Folke Sjostrand, Yngve Sjostrand
and F. Gustafsson, who were preparing
themselves for prominent positions in
the army, went out hunting one day
in the vicinity of Linkoping. In the
afternoon Folke Sjostrand broke thru
the ice on Jernlund lake. 1t took his
brother twenty minutes to pull him
out of the water, but the ice broke a
second time and both fell into the
water. F. Gustafson fastened to the
place, and he pulled out both of them,
whereupon they started for a small
island. On their way they had to part.
Close to another island the ice broke
again under Fake Sjostrand, who
now was thrown into the water for
the third time Gustafson hurried to
his succor and took him to the ISL
and. BY this time Fake was so far
gone that he could not speak Gustaf-
sson succeeded in reaching the main
land, and word was sent to the people
of the neighborhood. In order to reach
the exposed men the ice had to be
broken and boat taken out to the
island. This work took several hours,
and when Fake Sjostrand was found
he was already dead. Yngve Sjostrand,
who was picked up from another ISL
and, was in very wretched condi.
ton, but his life was saved. Falke
Sjostrand had just passed his exami.
nation and was expecting his diploma
as sub-lieutenant in the army.
NORWAY.
Larvik went wet" by majority
OF 81.
DR.. Giebelhansen has retired from
public life after having been men,
Der of the Fredrikstad city council for
IS years.
The Christmas trade was good in
Kristiania, and the number of idle
men was not so large as in former
years.
1t is seriously proposed to construct
an underground electric railway from
Majorstuen, at Holmenkollcn, to Karl
JOhans street, Kristiania. A private
company has applied for permission to
make this improvement.
Many Norwegian papers speak in
glowing terms of the character of
King Oscar, and more than one re-
calls the fact that the most unpleas-
ant feature of the dissolution of the
union was that it happened during the
reign of such a noble ruler as King
Oscar II, who did not deserve so much
sorrow and humiliation at the close
of his life
Flekkefjord is the most electric city
in Norway, Electric kitchens are the
most recent departure in the line of
identification A plate is put on top
of the stove, but only flat-bottomed ket-
ties and pans can be used. The rate
is about $500 year. A two horse
power motor will keep room warm,
and the rate for the winter season is
$3.50. Electric lights are looked upon
as an ancient institution
Seven shipwrecked sailors, believed
to be the only survivors of the crew
of sixteen of the Norwegian bark Ger
manic, were brought to New York b.
the oil tank steamer H0than Newton.
They were picked up in midocean on
Dec. II in a terrible condition from
exposure eight days after their vessel
had been abandoned. Another boat
which contained eight men has not
been found. The captain of the bark,
who remained on board until all the
men found places in the small boats,
went down with his ship. The seven
men who were rescued tell story
of fearful suffering before they were
picked up by the Newton. Obliged to
leave their sinking ship in the midst
of storm which had twisted and
opened the seams of the big bark. their
little boat was tossed helplessly about
by the waves. The scant store of
provisions which they had succeeded
in getting together was in constant
danger of being ruined by the salt
water which poured into the boat, and
their cask of drinking water became
tainted. For many days they had moth
ing to drink but rain water, which
they caught in tarpaulins. The supply
of food allowed each man was held
down to the lowest possible, even
from the first, but even then 1t be-
came exhausted after seven days, and
the men had been entirely without
food for more than twenty-four hours
when they were picked up by the
steamer
Kvik, tugboat from Bergen, was
struck by Swedish steamer of Kop-
pervik, near Stavanger. The tugboat
sank at once, and the captain and an
other man were drowned. The Swe'
dish steamer was not damaged at all.
Bjornson had an attack of bronchitis
after his arrival in Rome. BY means
of careful treatment he improved
some, and he is able to work; but he
is not allowed to go out of doors.
About $500 men are involved in