Willmar tribune., 1909-12-01
NORWAY.

BJOfnStJerne BJOrnSOn was taken to
Paris, Nov. 8, in a special hospital car,
and he is now under electro-therapeu,
tic treatment in that city. His ailment
is direct result of an apoplectic fit
which he had early last summer. Part
of the way to Paris he was accom-
panied by King Fredrik of Denmark.
A cable of Nov. 13 gives a summary
of the results of the elections of mem.
bers of new storting. It is stated
that for the next three years the Con-
servative and Liberal forces will be
in the majority. They number sixty
four, against forty-eight radicals and
eleven Socialists. The majority group
consists of forty.five Conservatives and
nineteen Liberals, though the dividing
line between these factions is in many
instances hard to see. Formation of q
new cabinet will be the first result Of
elections, though this probably will
not take place before the storting as.
senables in January. It is likely that
former Premier Nicholson will be ask.
ed to form new ministry, but his &C.
ceptance of the task is considered
doubtful. Other men also are men,
toned, among them being General
Bratlie and Professor Stang. The re-
suit Of the election means that legisla-
tion will be more conservative, but
it is impossible to tell if the radical
laws relating to water power and
mine franchises. passed at the last
session of the storting, can be chang
ed. Other issues are under discussion,
such as the referendum and the royal
right of dismissing the storting and
ordering new elections.
Captain Roald Amundsen, explorer
and navigator of the Northwest pas.
sage, is coming to Chicago to secure
the greatest store of provisions that
any expedition has carried into the
north polar basin. Captain Amundsen
will sail in July on a seven years.
dash for 80 degrees north, and the
success of his invasion of sevenfold
Arctic winter is conceded to depend
in largest Measure on the best prod.
ucts of Chicago's canneries. While
staying there he will be the personal
guest of Consul Gade. Captain
Amundsen has been studying the mat.
ter of provisions for months past. and
he will not carry a cracker without
the approval of the foremost chemist
of Norway, Professor Sophus Torup,
with whom he has studied out every
detail of his requirements. For seven
years, if favoring currents do not has
ten the progress Of their northward
journey, Captain Amundsen's party.
aboard the Fran, will be locked in the
polar ice, and during that time the
lives of the twelve men who make up
the party will depend upon the condi.
t1on OF their stores. Captain Amund-
sen insists upon visiting personally
the headquarters of the meat industry
of the world. He must have the hest
Besides meats the explorer will re-
quire 300 tons of gasoline to propel
the engines Of the Fran and to fur.
nish light and heat for seven years.
Gregorius Rasmussen, a baker in
Bergen, was 80 years old Nov. 1. This
man had occasion to celebrate his sill.
yer wedding, his golden wedding. his
diamond wedding, and his iron wed.
ding. His wife died year ago. He is
still strong aud takes regular walks
every day.
No less than 100000 barrels of her.
ring has been caught along the coast
of northern Norway during the past
season. This puts Norway at the head
OF the nations of the world with re.
gard to the quantity of herring caught
in one season.
Emanuel Vigeland and Eilif Peter.
sen, noted artists, have decorated one
church each in Kristiania, and they
have done their work so well that
lovers and critics of art are often seen
in those churches. In fact, some of
their paintings can stand a compari.
son with some Of the famous master.
pieces in the Roman Catholic churches
of the continent.
The liberal Christians" held a con.
vention In Kristiania, and the elo.
quence and ability Of Rev. Kl&venas
easily made him the strongest man.
the leader Of this religious movement,