Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-03-20

IS one Of the important trading cen,
tiers in Norrland.
There are not sufficient judges at
present in Stockholm and the so-called
"dratselnamd" has recommended that
additional judges be appointed in or
der that all cases on the calendar may
be properly disposed of.
The government has awarded Attor-
ney III. Solomon stipend Of 1900
crowns to go to England and study
English prison methods. Mr.. Solomon
made trip to Germany last year on
the same errand.
NORWAY.
A week ago last Thursday the con-
ference established for the purpose of
settling the ownership of Spitsbergen
met in Christiania. Delegates from
Sweden, Norway, England, Germany,
France, Russia and the United States
were present at the conference. The
initiative has been taken by the Nor
wegian government, which desires an
international agreement as a protec,
ton for Norwegian fishermen and
hunters, who have up to this time en-
joyed limitless privileges on Spitsber-
gen. These privileges have recently
been curtailed because of the fact that
two mining companies, the one with
English and Norwegian capital, the
other with Norwegian and American
capital, have commenced operations in
Advent bay. If Norway persists in de-
handing the ownership of Spitsbergen
because of the precedence there of her
hunters and fishermen it is almost GER
tain that Sweden will dispute these
rights with her on the ground that
Sweden claims to have called the at
tention of the world to the island
through the many Swedish scientific
expeditions which she has sent thither.
In "Ny It'd" socialistic paper, pub
lished in Trondhjem, there appeared
an article recently in which it was
irsinuated that there would soon ap-
pear sensational charges in regard to
the way that the funds for the Aale-
sund fire sufferers were handled direct
ly after the big conf1agration. The
representative in the storthing for the
Aalesund district has called the atten.
ton of the assembly to the fact that
after the fire there were no correct
auditing of the amounts that came in
and various other discrepancies which
were evident. The committee ap-
pointed to serve as so-called ere.
vision-komite" has not yet spoken and
the storthing may in the near future
order an investigation.
A. Evenstad, one of Osterdalen's
richest real estate owners, who died
not very long ago, has in his will made
donation of 100000 crowns, which
he has ordered to be divided among
various charitable institutions in the
country. Another wealthy Norwegian
who recently died and left a large for.
tune was Thorvald Meyer, of Christi
ania. who was considered the richest
man in that city. He has during years
past donated large sums of money to
literature and art. Meyer was a
knight of the Charles XII. order and
was an intimate friend of the late King
Oscar.
When will the restoration of the
Trondhjem cathedral be completed? is
a question which is being freely
asked from one time to another. The
work of restoration has been going on
for more than fifteen years and still
the end is not in sight. 1t was some
time ago the general belief that it
would be completed in 1914, when Nor
ways centenary will be celebrated
but. according to Architect Schirmer,
this will be entirely out of the ques-
ton. The fact of the matter seems to
be that nobody really knows when the
famous cathedral will be completed.
The representatives of the Social
Democratic wing of the storthing pro-
pose that this years Nobel peace prize
be awarded to Count Leo Tolstoi
The Arendal brewery has been sold
to Christiania syndicate for SIS, 900
crowns. It was established in 1873
Grand Cafe in Bergen has passed
into the hands of Albert Patterson,
who will modernize it entirely.
During his recent visit to Bergen
King Haakon was the guest of Elk
Premier Nicholson.
The George Stang monument was
unveiled Feb. II.
DENMARK.
The disappearance Of a merchant
named Moller some time ago has
caused great deal Of worry to his
relatives and it is now evident that he :,
has been foully dealt with. The sud
len disappearance of Moller caused
he Copenhagen police to make thor.
ougb investigation in the slum sec
ions of the city and 1t has now been
pretty well established that there are
several robber dens Of the worst Or
Ter in Copenhagen. Keepers of these
lives sell liquor and are operating in
secret with cab men. who drive per
sons who have become intoxicated TO