The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-01-29
NORWAY.

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The royal couple have contributed
2,5G0 WI to the poor of Christi
ania city and district.
The late I. NJ. Bolstad, consul gen
eral. bequeathed 10000 crowns of his
fortune to the sailors mission at Ber-
gen.
The Bank OF Norway profits con
siderably every year through the loss
and destruction of paper bills, which,
in coin.
The teachers of Norway will erect
a monument to the memory of the
late Soren Jaabeck. 1t will stand just
outside the limits of the city Of Man
dial. and will be unveiled early in
April.
Stone from the quarry at Roken
will be found in the walls of the new
peace palace at the Hague. The pro-
p%rietors of the quarry have been busy
all winter filling orders for stone from
the builders of the splendid palace.
Johan ThoresOn, a ship owner who.
in February, was awarded a gold
medal for heroic conduct, has now in
dicated his willingness to accept it,
after having declined to do so last
year. He vas in doubt as to the
propriety of accepting the honor.
There are two institutions for the
care of lepers in Norway, one at Ber-
gen, the other at T%rondhjem. The
number of inmates in both is 200,
which is much less than formerly. a
pleasing fact indicating that the dread
disease is losing it's grip in Norway.
Shortly before the holidays, to show
his appreciation of and interest in art.
King Haakon gave 1000 crowns to
the society Of artists, to BIS divided
among deserving young members Of
the craft. The handsome gift has
been divided among these talented
young men: Einar Sandberg, w. Wet
Lessen, Laureng, Sigurd Ericsson. AS
trup and Sorenson.
According to the reports received
from the various seaports of Norway,
from which emigrants embark. 1t is
estimated that the number of persons
who left the country in 1905 is 1884.
OF these SITS sailed from Christiania.
1869 from Christiansand. 1901 from
Stavanger, 1879 from Bergen. 2,66S
from T~rondhjem. 1t is estimated that
5 per cent Of those who emigrated
we're Swedes and other foreigners.
The directors of the society known
as The Blue Cross" have purchased
an estate a mile from Eina station.
in West Totem, and will there build a
home for drunkards. The idea is. of
course, to lift up and cure fallen vic
tins of tn edrink habit and to help
them get a new start in life. To be-
gin with only six patients can be &C
commodated at a time, but later the
buildings will be enlarged, so that a
larger number can be taken care of.
A former resident of Norway, now
living in the United States. has sent
420 crowns of conscience money" to
the department of justice. requesting
that it be used for the good of the
state. He says that some years back
he was employed on a wharf at Chris
tiania and did not faithfully earn his
wages, on which account his on
science has disturbed him, n he
wishes to right the wrong he did by
contributing a sum to the govern
ment.
Dagsposten Of Christiania is author.
ity for the statement that a Norwe-
gian engineer, named Sinding, has in
vented a wireless telegraphic device,
whereby it will be possible to aver
collisions at sea. An instrument is
to be placed on every ship connected
with the fog horn, the sound of which
is transmitted to other ships by wire
less telegraphy. 1t is claimed that
the proximity of ships to each other
can also be determined by means of
the instrument. A practical test Of
the invention is to be made soon. If
it proves a success. the device will
be Of the greatest value.