Willmar tribune., 1909-12-08

is reported to have said that it Is I'M
pudent to intrude upon people as the
Prohibition canvassers are doing Ia
this case. Indeed the church ought to
work for temperance, but the riksdag
can not identify temperance with pro-
hibition, was the opinion of the bish-
op. 1t ought to be mentioned that he
is a member of the riksdag.
NORWAY.
No woman was elected 40 q men,
ber of the next storting, and only one
alternate, Miss Anna Rogstad, pub
lie school teacher in Kristiania. Sew
eral women were regular candidates,
but the women who cast votes did not
1avor their own sex, while majority
of the men voted for candidates of
their sex because they thought they
were more able as lawgivers than
women.
Paris, Nov. 19.-The condition OF
Bjornstjerne Bjornson 10 grave. He
has been unable to receive the treat
ment for arteriosclerosis for which he
came to Paris. His son was sum-
m0ned to the bedside today. Dailss
bull( Inns describing the authors con-
diti0n are transmitted to the kings
of Denmark and Norway. Accompan-
led by members of his family, Bjorn-
son arrived here on Nov. IL to under.
take a course of treatment, which it
was hoped, would at least prolong his
life.
Mrs. Rev. Gjor, nee Nissen, died in
Kristiania at the age of "a years. She
was born in Trondhjem, but spent the
early days of her life in Hedemarken.
where lasting impression was made
upon her mind by religious revival
which the people Of that part of the
country experienced during the fifties.
She devoted much of her time to
church work. From her grandmother,
who was sister of Henrik Steffens.
a noted man of letters, she inherited
a literary taste, and she published a
number of novels under the pen name
"Margrethe." All her literary works
are carried by a strong religious un-
dercurrent.
While Kristian Mortensen Lerkjos
and wife were out fishing at Malan'
gen whale suddenly rose on one
side of the boat and ran over 1t to the
other side, striking Mr.. Lerkjos and
knocking him into the sea. AS the
whale went down he took the boat
and Mrs. Lerkjos with him. She had
presence of mind enough to cling to
the boat, which soon came to the sur
face again. Her husband also man.
aged to get to the boat. But the boat
was too small to carry the weight of
both of them. The boat turned around
several times, and the couple were on
the point of giving up the battle for
life in despair when some other fish
ermen came to their rescue.
It is several years since two Norwe'
gians who had been in the Klondyke
went to Finmarken to dig gold. At
first it did not pay; but they kept on
year after year, and last summer they
struck place at Storfos, Karasjoh,
where they were more successful
Several men spent two and halt
months washing gold dust, and they
cleared little over $3.50 day each.
The largest gold nugget found weighed
a little over six grains, and had a
value of about four dollars. This
~.o,,oo %ho% ro11 1;uu;po ,oo.1 no voo6o
a paying occupation in Karasjok, and
the owners of the claim at Storfos In.
tend to keep a number of men at work
both night and day next summer.
At the Enebak parsonage is tenant
farmer who ought to give Theodore
Roosevelt some pointers with regard
to the anti-race-suicide propaganda.
The man in question is seventy-four
years old, and he has just been made
the happy father of his twenty-sixth
child. AS might be expected, he is
not rich. and he wrote letter
straight to the king, telling his ma
iesty that a little aid would come
very handy, "for," he said, Il have
had fifteen children by my first wife
and eleven by the second, making
twenty-six new subjects in ALL" The
king agreed with him to a dot, and
arrangements were at once made to
have the twenty six children supplied
with complete winter suits.
Paris, Nov. 22.-Bjornstjerne Bjorn.
son is dying, according to bulletina
issued by his physicians today. The
aged genius is hourly growing weaker,
and is unable to take nourishment
Bjornson came to Paris to be treated
for arterial soristis, due mainly to
his age, II. His excessive weakness,
however, prevented his being treated,
and he has rapidly grown worse.
Paris, Nov. ga change for the
better was reported last night in the
condition of Bjornstjerne Bjornson,
and some hope is now held for fur.
ther considerable improvement.
The will of the late B. J. Just and
wife, Of Kristiania, provides that their
estate, which is valued at $4,000,
shall be distributed among a number
of charitable institutions in Kristiania
and Grimstad.
The Socialists did not do so we'll as
they expected at the recent elections
But those who ought to know what
they are talking about claim that the
Socialists will rule Norway in few
years.