Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-06-17

OF comfort. He may not be able tc
get room with a bath, as he can at
the fashionable summer obstetrics in
the United States, but he can instead
have the grandest and most pictur.
esque mountain scenery that you can
find anywhere in the world. The hos
pitality of his host will know nc
bounds and it is tolerably certain that
if the tourist pays one visit to Nor.
way he will come again. Americans
and English are getting thick as flies
in Norway at this season of the yeal
and all indications point to big yea1
in the tourist traffic. The hotel men
and inn keepers generally are ready,
too, to receive their guests and they
will leave nothing undone to make it
pleasant for them. ......
Premier KonoW made the following
significant statement some time ago
regarding the political situation in
Norway after the death of King Ed
ward: CAS- it is we'll known that the
ruler of England does not personally
play direct part in the foreign policy
of his country, and as the internation-
al relations of Norway are dictated by
national and personal considerations,
there will hardly be any change on &C.
count Of the accession to the English
throne of new man. Owing to the
close relations between our royal
houses all forms of intercourse with
England have been confident and cor
dial. Neither in this respect is there
any reason to fear change"
The car of Russia and Emperor
William Of Germany are making ar
rangements for a tour on the Norwe-
gian coast this summer. They will
spend a few days with King Haakon,
who will entertain them on his yacht.
mere will, of course, be an inter
change of visits between the mon
archs. Emperor William is not an
unfamiliar figure OH the Norwegian
coast in the summer months and he
will not deviate from his usual course
this summer. 1t will be the first time,
5 t t4at ths Rgssias car will
cruise IN Norwegian waters.
Bishop Dietrichson delivered his
farewell address at Bodo recently.
Every seat in the large edifice was
filed. He departed the same day for
Christiania to be ordained as bishop
of Bang. The ordination, which was
witnessed by large gathering Of peo-
pie, took place Sunday, May o.
Peder Olson Lund was the thief
who entered the historical museum at
Christiania some time ago and pro-
ceeded to help himself to some of the
most valuable of the historical collec-
tons He has now confessed to the
theft and has returned about $4,000
worth of the collections.
Vigeland, the sculptor, who is
man of international fame, is at pres
ent suffering from a severe attack of
rheumatism. He will go to the south
ern part of France in the near future,
where it is believed that the warm
climate will enable him to restore his
health
An international swimming contest
will be held in Bergen Aug. IA to 81.
Crack swimmers from England, SWe-
den, Russia and Denmark will be
present on this occasion and a large
number of people in Bergen and vicin-
ity will witness the contests.
The Queen Maud fund has reached
800 and is steadily growing. An
unknown contributor sent check to
the fund the other day amounting to
$4,000. The queen stands sponsor for
the fund and it will undoubtedly swell
to large proportions in time.
Editor Thommessen's new paper,
"The Signs of the Times is already
proving very popular and when the
third issue had gone out from the
presses he had received 10000 sub
scribers. The first issue appeared in
an edition of 10000.
Christian Nicholson has ordered a
large new steamer to replace the
Gladstone, which was destroyed by
fire some time ago. Norway's mer-
chant marine is growing at a rapid
rate and is now relatively the largest
in the world.
The "Aftenposten" in Christiania
has a pension fund, amounting to $780,
600, for it's employees. The fund is
steadily growing and it is proving OF
immense benefit to the retired en-
ployes of the paper.
There will, of course, be an inter
summer from Christiania to the Farce
islands. About 100 Norwegians from
various places have signified their in
tention of making the trip.
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