Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-18
NORWAY.

The government has paid Owe GUIDE,
the new Norwegian minister to Wash
ington, $4,000 for incidental expenses
Thorvald Riser, farmer at Hobol,
and his wife, nee Grydeland, may cele-
brate their diamond wedding March
Is. They were both born in 1925,
and they are very strong for their
age.
Rev. Amlie of Hovaag worked hand
in-glove with Barratt, the revivalist
who has become notorious by the
''gift of tongues" which characterize
many of his converts, and the two in.
troduced the new gospel in Kristians-
sand. But all of a sudden Rev. Amlie
was suspended from Office by the gov
eminent.
The Slemmestad cement factory,
near Drammen, was closed down Feb.
Fl. The fire in the main furnace had
never been put out since the factory
was started, March 1, 1893. About
800 laborers were thrown out of
work and the 1900 persons who are
dependent upon them for a living are
in a precarious condition. The en-
ployers and the employees disagreed
on several points, and complete
lockout was the result
Erling Ronas of Trysil won the first
prize at the long distance skiing match
at Holmenkollen, covering 81 Eng
lish) miles in 3 hours, 43 minutes and
81 seconds. This is remarkable rec
ord. The snow was damp and sticky
before he finished the heat, and still
he was by no means exhausted. Erling
Ronas is a farmer who has been on
his skis every winter in connection
with his regular work. The endur-
ance required for a long distance ski
ing match is SO great that a city boy
does not like to attempt it, though he
may distinguish himself by a one
hundred-foot leap through the air.
Rev. Carl Konow, the obstreperous
minister in Bergen who persists in
holding Office as a minister of the
state church though an avowed Uni
tartan, may be compelled to resign
after all. His opponents have found
a new weapon against him. Rev. Leh-
man Hansen, the chaplain of the do
cese, has produced written declara-
ton from the precentor and the YES
tryman that Rev. Konow has changed
the ritual of baptism to suit himself.
The declaration was drawn up by
Rev. Lehman and signed by the 9TH
er two, and this is supposed to be
sufficient evidence for having Rev.
Konow removed from Office. The OPP
pOnents of the latter claim that they
have very strong precedence in their
favor, the supreme court having re-
moved Rev. Gunnerius from Office
some forty years ago because he
changed the formula for infant bap-
:ism.
4 French reporter who attended
came so enthusiastic that he unhesi-
tatiagly put the young people Of Nor
way at the head of everything of the
kind in the whole world Their life
rings like song throughout the
world" he said.
kjerStlne Berre OF Ndm0dlSeldeL
celebrated her Tooth birthday few
weeks ago. She is blind, but vigor-
Gus for her age.
Extensive fires at wooden and cot
ton mills in Trondhjem threw about
400 persons out of work.
Six men left Odda, Hardanger, jan
uary r., and they intended to cross
the mountains to Rjukan, Telemarken,
by way of Havkelid. Nothing has
been heard from them at the starting
point up to Feb. 20, and it is feared
that they persisted in a snowstorm
among the mountains. Two of them
were residents of Gottenburg, Swe-
den.
A reconstruction of the cabinet IS
talked about, but no one seems to
have any definite plan to follow.
Johannes Rogueby of East Totem
celebrated his Tooth birthday Feb. Is.