The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-03-05
NORWAY.
Christiania.

Neutrality-suspicious. to present the mOin'
er 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
acknowledgements to to start a
subscription Of 100000 with which to
purchase the proposed gift. The pres
ent is to be given to Norway on May
II, 1914, 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 a Nor
wegian minister's residence and lega.
ton at Washington. Hedge A. Haul
gan. Nicolay A. Grevstad and F. Her.
man Gade are at the head Of the move.
ment in Chicago. The Chicago delega.
tlon will be made up of nearly fifty
leading rwegian-Americans. Those
at the head Of the committee in Min
neapolis, MIMI, are Professor H. G..
Stub, Of the Luther seminary, chair.
man; Professor William Peterson, OF
Augsburg seminary, secretary; Gisle
Bothne, professor of Norwegian Ian.
guage at the Minnesota university
and Consul r. H. Hobe, Of st. Paul.
Norway is about to recover it's long
lost medieval coronation regalia and
also number of priceless treasures
belonging to the cathedral Of Trondh
jem. When in 1887 the great reforma-
ton menaced the Catholic church in
Norway Archbishop Olav mcpherson
fed from Stenviksholm castle, near
Trondhjem, to Holland, taking with
him various cathedral treasures, to-
gether with the ancient coronation
regalia. Archbishop Ingebretson died
in 1898 and after prOtracted lawsuit
the treasures passed into the posses
sion Of Frederick ILL.,, Palatine 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 a 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 az.
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.
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 it is
called, will be one of the grandest
cathedrals the world has ever seen. It
Is, as is we'll known, one of the show
places in Norway-a 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 di-
rectors has been given. In accordance
with Ex-Premier Michelsen's wish it
has now been presented to and &C.
cepted by the National Art museum in
Christiania.
The English steamer "Alaska," Ell
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 4
new medal known as the 'King's 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. It is scheduled
to be the greatest affair of the sea-
son in Bergen.