Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-03-05
NORWAY.
Christiania.

The movement on the part of Nor
wegian- Americans to present the moih-
or country with suitable token of
the love and esteem of her emigrated
daughters has caused much favorable
comment in the Norwegian press in
general. The object on the part Of
Americana Norwegians to to start a
subscription of 100000 with which to
purchase the proposed gift. The pres
II, 1911. the centennial of the adoption
OF the Norwegian legislation. The
proposition which appears to have the
greatest number of supporters is to
present the fatherland with Nor
wegian minister's residence and lega-
tion at Washington. Hedge A. Hau-
gan. Nicolay A. Grevstad and f. Her
man Gade are at the head of the move
ment in Chicago. The Chicago delegl
ton will be made up of nearly fifty
leading Norwegian-Americans. Those
at the head of the committee In Min
neapolis, Mimi, are Professor III. G..
Stub, of the Luther seminary, chair
man; Professor William Peterson, of
Augsburg seminary, secretary; elsie
Bothne, professor Of Norwegian Ian
guage at the Minnesota university,
and Consul Il. III. Hobe, of st. Paul.
Norway is about to recover its long
lost medieval coronation regalia and
also a number of priceless treasures
belonging to the cathedral of Trondh
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ton menaced the Catholic church In
Norway Archbishop Olav mcpherson
fed from Stenviksholm castle, near
Trondhiem, to Holland taking with
him various cathedral treasures, to-
gether with the ancient coronation
regalia. Archbishop Ingebretson died
in 1888 and after protracted lawsuit
the treasures passed into the posses
sion of Frederick ILL.,, Palatlne elector.
a descendant of whom now occupies
the throne of Bavaria, In which coun-
try the archbishop's archieves were
discovered Now, after a lapse OF
more than three and half centuries
these objects have been acquired by
the Norwegian government and are to
be placed among the state archives
Director Grosch, of the Industrial Art
museum in Christiania, will soon go to
Bavaria to get the highly-priZed ar
ticles. the acquisition of which has
been greeted with the utmost pleasure
and interest throughout the country.
Again the cathedral. The govern
ment has proposed that the appropria-
lions toward the restoration Of the
| celebrated Trondhjem cathedral be in
creased 10000 crowns per year and
that the city of Trondhjem undertake
to increase the fund to the same ex-
tent. This increase In the annual rev.
enue Of the restoration committee Is
necessary in order to insure the COM
pletion of the work by 1914, as
planned, and in order to keep seven
ty-two men now employed. When
completed the Domkirke, as If Is
called. will be one Of the grandest
cathedrals the world has ever seen. lt
is, as is well known, one Of the show
places in Norway building that all
tourists must see.
The portrait in oil Of former Prem
Ter Nicholson, which was painted by
Lund and purchased by the Bergen
Art museum. has been refused by the
directors OF the museum. No reasons
for this action on the part of the d.
rectors has been given. In accordance
with Ex-Premier Michelsen's wish ii
has now been presented to and ac-
copied by the National Art museum In
Chrstiania.
The English steamer Alaska en-
route from Trondhjem to Widdlebor-
ough. was wrecked off the Norwegian
coast last week. The crew, consisting
Of fourteen men, all persisted.
King Haakon has ordered coined a
new medal known as the Kings Re
ward Medal" 1t Is Of gold and will
be awarded to those who make mark
In literature and art.
Bergen's eleven male choruses will
give joint concert in the new thea
ter there next month. 1t is scheduled
to be the greatest affair of the sea-
son in Bergen.