Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-05
ScAMDLNvA WAN NEWS
PRINCIPAL Events Gathered In the
OH Scandinavian Countries

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Stockholm, Jan. 28-Serious famine
is prevalent in the iron district of
Northern Lapland. According to q
dispatch to Dagens Nyheter from
Kiruna, the inhabitants in the parish
of Velhelmina have gone to the ex-
IRENE of Strengthening dogs and cats
for food to prevent starvation. Re-
ports from the districts o. Vesterorr.
land and Vesterbotten last fall showed
that famine was threatened in those
districts. Deluging rains has done
great damage to the crops there.
NORWAY.
Col. Georg Michelet died at the age
of IS years. He was an officer in the
Norwegian army from 1s4s to 1897.
Crown Prince O]av has given his
grandfather, King Edward, medal.
lion with his picture. The picture
shows the little fellow dressed in a
Norwegian national costume.
The Norwegian freighter Thore
Fagernes, bound with a full cargo
from Adelaide for Gray's Harbor, ran
ashore fourteen miles north of Sydney,
Australia. The crew must have been
saved since only the condition of the
vessel is discussed in the dispatch.
London, Jan. 24.-Three valuable
miniatures of the duchess of Fife, the
queen of Norway and Princess Vic
toria, all belonging to Queen Alex
andria, have been stolen by burglars
from the studio of an engraver in
London to which they had been sent
for reproduction.
A spicy motto. When Einar Ii, a
young author, was taken to jail be-
cause he refused to enter the army
according to the CONSUMPTION laws,
the Socialists of Kristiania held a
public demonstration, some 5000 per.
sons marching through the streets
and carrying banner with the fol-
lowing unambiguous inscriptions: ITO
He'll with the Entire Military Hum.
bug"
Stockholm, JAN pa mining en-
gineer who has just returned here
from an exploring expedition in North
ern Norway, where the Russian from
tier approaches within fifteen miles of
the North Atlantic at Lyngenfiord,
says that he saw large bodies of Rus
sian soldiers, installed in a log bar
racks, engaged in building a railway
in Norwegian territory in wilderness
many days journey from the highway.
Norway is going to have a normal
school for the education of instructors
in housekeeping. The preliminary
work is to be done by a committee
appointed by the department of agri-
culture. The school will offer two
courses, one of twelve months for
teachers of general housekeeping, and
one of six months for cooking teach
ers. Only persons having a good COM
mon school education will be admitted.
Chemistry and physics will be the
most prominent studies at the school,
All of the leading food stuffs will be
subjected to chemical analysis.
In the Viste cave, near Stavanger, a
regular Kitchen modding' has been
found. A kitchen modding is a pile
of refuse from food eaten by people
living In the stone age. The kitchen
holdings are most numerous in Den
mark, in which country they received
their name. The one just found near
Stavanger contained great number
of fsh-hooks of bone, the largest ones
being about four inches long. There
were also boars' teeth of enormous
size, parts of moose-horns, teeth of
smaller animals and even some orna-
mented bones. The ornaments re-
mind us of the branches of the spruce
tree.
The growth of the merchant marine
Of Norway for the year 1907 is repre-
sented by IS vessels, having a gross
tonnage of 1850. Norwegian fac
tories added u steamers, 16 sailing
vessels and 6 motor boats to the total
during the year. Fifty-nine steamers
and As sailing vessels were purchased
abroad, and &c steamers and rs sail
ing vessels were sold to foreigners
during the year. No less than 20
steamers, 81 sailing vessels and one
motor boat were totally lost, and SO
vessels were condemned. The total
number Of vessels at the beginning of
the new year was 1904, having a ton
mage of 1,9S4,647.