Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-08
NORWAY.

at has now been learned that the
rumor that the Swedish government
does not desire Swedish officials to re-
ceive and carry any decorations of any
of the Norwegians orders is well
founded. From Norwegian point of
view it is only another official evil
dence on tho part of Sweden that her.
stand on this question is made at just
exactly the same time the Swedish
press began to look for sympathy from
Norway in regard to the building of
the Swedish Continental route to Ger
many. In Norway, however. Swedens
attitude to Norwegian orders has not
caused nearly the furore that was all
ticipated. 1t is only pertinent to note
that General Thalow, Norwegian of
ficer, who stands very high in foreign
military circles, has returned all his
decorations from Swedish orders on
the ground that if a Swedish citizen
cannot carry the st. Olaf order for
instance, Norwegian citizen cannot
as matter of course carry Swedish
order. The Norwegian press in gen
eral seems to approve of the generals
course in this respect as being abso-
lutely consistent"
Reports from the various districts of
Norway would indicate that there will
be lively competition for the tourist
traffic this summer. In Gudbrands-
dalen the hotel proprietors have been
up and doing in the way Of advertising
the interesting sights to see there, and
in Valdris plans are being laid for get
ting fast trains from Christiania, so as
to draw the wanderers to the hotels
there. 1t seems to be generally as
sumed that larger number of for
eigners will sojourn in Norway next
season than ever, before. On account
of the opening up of the Bergen rail-
/ way the tourist traffic of Flaamsdalen
has greatly increased. Last year, for
instance, the Fretheim Hotel was un-
able to accommodate the tourists and
/: many were compelled to seek shelter
at farm houses or sleep under the
!, open sky. The proprietor has built a
! large addition during the winter and
expects to entertain a goodly number
of sightseers during the coming sea-
son.
! A bloody fight in which one man lost
his life and another was fatally in
jured took place up at Fredriksstad
the other day in Torsnaes while a
double wedding feast was in progress.
| A number of stone cutters who were
in the neighborhood gathered at the
place where the wedding celebration
was gong on and soon began to engage
in hand-to-hand fight, knives being
freely used. Blood flowed freely and
j the entire wedding company broke up.
! Two of the stone cutters were found
lying out on the road and when few
of the wedding guests came to their
rescue one of them was already dead.
His name was Oscar Rosdal and the
man who killed him is also a stone
cutter named Karl Ogarden, who at
last reports was not expected to live.
The murdered man leaves wife and
five children. There were as many as
a dozen persons mixed UP in the
bloody encounter and several of them
will carry scars for the rest of their
lives
Ludwig Bergh has been chosen chief
of the Bergen National theater for the
coming season with a salary of 5000
crowns a year. Mr.. Bergh has for
years been prominent on the Nor
wegian stage and is an actor of excep-
tional talent. He succeeds Olaf Han
son, whose direction of the theater
did not bring satisfactory results.