Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-07-20
NORWAY.

King Haakon startled the country
by taking long submarine cruise in
the vessel Kobben, which was at the
time making experiments. The king
and his party were on a battleship
| and he went down to make a per-
| sonal visit and inspection on board
the submarine, when suddenly, at his
command, the tower was closed and
the vessel disappeared below the sur
face. The king stayed below for half
an hour. and it is said that he is the
first reigning monarch who has ever
gone down with a submarine boat.
Owe GUIDE, Norwegian minister to
the United States, died suddenly at
White Sulphur Springs. Death was
due to apoplexy. The minister had
been there for two weeks with his
family. Minister GUIDE came to Wash
ington as the representative Of the
Norwegian government on April %,
1908. Previously he. had been minis
ter of Norway and Sweden at Copen-
hagen and was, stationed at that post
at the time Norway severed her con-
nection with Sweden. Later he was
made Norwegian minister at Berlin,
whence he came to Washington. Min
lister GUIDE was scholarly man. He
spoke fiuently eight languages and had
been educated in Germany, England
and France. He is survived by his
the Paris Conservatory of Music. The
body of Mr.. GUIDE will be deposited in
vaults in Kristiania, Norway, Mr..
Guides former home.
The melting of the snow In the
mountains caused rivers and lakes to
swell and in certain localities great
damage has been caused by the flood,
which has surpassed the highwater
marks Of the last thirty-five or forty
years. Tremendous RATS Of logs have
broken loose and involved much ex-
pense in the regathering, and few
thousand logs went down the Sarp-
foss. At Aulestad, Bjornson's estate,
which is now the home Of his widow,
a dam broke and emptied lake
down through the steep valley below,
causing damage to property and coun-
try roads, which probably will run up
to $4,000. This is a severe blow to
Mrs Bjornson and her youngest son,
Erling, who is running the farm and
exporting cheese Co America. He has
at present stock of some seventy
milk COWS and several goats, and puts
his whole energy to the manufacture
Of goat cheese, which finds ready
sale in the Norwegian settlements in
the United States. This same dam
broke a few years ago and caused
Bjornson a loss at that time of sew
eral thousand dollars, but being con-
sidered necessity for the production
of power to drive a flour mill, saw
and the electric light plant of the es-
tate, it was rebuilt with grea: care
and was considered completely safe.
The royal palace in Stockholm has
been empty for some time, because
the different members Of the royal
family prefer to spend the hot season
elsewhere.
A guarantee fund Of $4,000 has
been raised for an exposition to be
held in 1913 in connection with the
celebration of the Acknowledgment
jubilee of the city of Karlskrona.
There are 700 automobiles in use
in Stockholm, and their combined cost
is almost 100000. About 1000
motor boats are plying on the lakes
and canals of the city, and their cos:
is about 100000.
In Ostergotland it is still customary
to salute the bridal couple at wed
dings by means Of explosives, the
more noise the better, of course. At
recent wedding at Saby the banging
became so violent that every windov
in the building where the wedding
took place was shattered.
At least 5000 persons are expec:-a
to attend the tenth Scandinavian edu.
cational congress, which is to be held
in Stockholm, August 9-12. Denna.::::5
will be very strongly represented be-
cause the Danish government has OF.
|fered to pay the fare o. the Dopieh
delegates on the Swedish railways,