Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08
NORWAY.

Premier Gunnar knudsen entered
upon his career as virtual ruler of the
kingdom of Norway under title
which never graced ruler in all the
history of the race. During the de-
bate in the storting which led to the
fall of the Lovland cabinet, Premier
Lovland illustrated the situation by
referring to Morse mythology. Hold,
or Holder, was the blind man on whose
bow Loke, the arch-enemy of the gods,
placed the missile with which Hold
killed Balder, the god of light. The
premier said that Gunnar Knudsen
was the Hold that shot out the killing
arrow placed on the brow by Loke,
namely Castberg, an extremely radi-
cal member
Capt. Road Amundsen stated while
at Seattle few days ago that he ex-
poets to spend four years in the Polar
regions on his next trip. He intends
to leave Norway in 1910 with a ship
somewhat smaller than the Gjoa,
which he found too large for the pur-
pose. The crew will consist of six
men, the same as last time The ex-
petition will go around Cape Horn
and stop in Seattle for completing the
equipment. The. ship will be pushed
as far into the pack ice as possible
the same season. No rush will be
made for the pole, but it will be
touched if it is found to be within
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North Pole, he said, has no scientific
value. Capt. Amundsen has four
white bears which are being trained
at Hamburg, and he thinks they will
be more serviceable than dogs for pull
ing sleds He is confident that he
can pass from Bering Strait to the
Atlantic as easily as he made the pas
sage north of British America.
Comparatively few women were
elected at the local elections in Nor
way. A few figures will make this
clear. In Kristiania 70 men and five
women were elected; in Bergen the
corresponding numbers were 70 and
6; in Trondhjem, 62 and g.; in Kris
tiansand, 40 and 3; in Drammen, So
and Z; and in Fredricksstad, so men
and two women. The women had
much larger number of candidates,
but they were defeated Miss Holsen,
president of the Woman's Suffrage
association, was asked how the wo-
men look upon this result, and she
answered in substance: We were deep.
ly disappointed and highly indignant.
1t seemed as though we were par
alyzed. We were unable to keep our
ground at the elections. One reason
for this result was, that We were
too sanguine, we really thought that
the men would vote for us. Besides,
we did not understand their tactics,
we did not realize that the matter was
so complicated. Each party wanted
certain number Of men as representa-
tives of the different interests and
the women were crowded out because
they did not represent those particu-
lar interests. We were poorly or
ganized, too; but we propose to unite
our forces better next time. Other
leading suffragists spoke in the same
strain. Mrs. Mariane Narup differed
somewhat with the other leaders. She
said that the women often scratched
the names of each other off the bal
lots partly because they do not trust
each other sufficiently, partly on &C.
count of jealousy. II
President Berner, who occupied the
chair, did not listen very closely, and
his ears played him false at a most
critical point. When Premier Low.
land said, "Gunnar Knudsen is the
blind Hold sending out the killing ar
row." President Berner thought the
speaker called Gunnar Knudsen a
blind hen," and he proceeded to re.
Duke the speaker for using unparlia.
mentary language, which instantly
brought a roar Of laughter from the
house. This is the way in which the
new premier received the title Of
Blind Hen," and every bright man
thinks he ought to crack joke on it..
While Henrik 1bsen was an assist.
ant pharmacist at Grimstad he was
thinking of becoming an artist, and
some of his romantic pieces caused a
great stir in the little town. Some Of
the paintings have been destroyed.
But collection Of both water color
and oil paintings have been discov.
cred at the house of Nitedal fanny
with whom 1bsen was in close touch.
The paintings, the artistic merits of
which are undoubtedly very small.
will be exhibited and eventually sold
abroad. It is expected that fabulous
prices will be paid for them in Ger
many and America.