Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-09
NORWAY.

The opponents Of the new cabinet
have dug up something unpleasant.
One Of it's new members, Arctand-
er, said at the opening of the Berg
en- railway last fall that if said railway
way would not have been compelled to
dismantle her forts along the Swedish
frontier. The Swedish ambassador
was present on that occasion, and he
resented the remark in the name of
his country. But he was finally in
duced to let the matter pass by on
condition that the newspapers make
no references to the remark. The
scheme worked nicely, and the Swed-
ish people did not find out anything
about it. But the Norwegian oppon-
ents Of the new cabinet did not hes
ttate to bring the matter before the
public in order to create bad feeling
in Sweden against the Konow cabinet.
Wollert Konow, the new premier,
is IS years old, and since 1870 he
has been a very prominent man in
many respects. He began his public
career as a peoples high school teach
er, and since 1885 his influence has al
ways been felt in Norwegian politics.
Perhaps the most dramatic moment in
his life was May S, 1884, when he rose
in the storting to ask the minister of
war whether. it was true or not that
a large part Of the rifles of the army
had been tempered with at the time of
the impeachment of the Selmer cab
met It was found that parts of the
locks Of thousands of rifles had been
removed, and it is easy to imagine the
rage of the adherents of the falling
cabinet on the one hand, and of the
opponents on the other hand Konow
is really poet who has turned his
attention to practical affairs. His
father wrote bunch of tragedies, and
his mother, who is still living in Cop
enhagen, is daughter of Oelen-
schlaeger, the Danish poet laureate.
Decades ago his imagination enabled
him to foresee the utilization Of the
water power Of Norway by means Of
the electric dynamo, and he bought
waterfalls at price which at that
time seemed ridiculously high, but
which now seem ridiculously low.
For years past he mas been busily en-
gagged in farming on large scale. In
this branch he has also been success
full, and Stend, his ancestral home
stead, is now looked upon as one of
the best managed farms in the king
dom of Norway. The vast and varied
experience Of this man makes it OBJ
viOus that the nation expects a great
deal from him in his present position.
His weakest point is said to be, that
he cannot stand criticism with eQua-
nimity, and his opponents will be sure
to take advantage of this weakness.
Hans Jakob Klovstad of Ristvedt,
Sandsvar, built fire in his barn to
thaw out some water pipes. Some
sawdust kept burning after he left,
and when he returned eleven COWS
had been suffocated by smoke. The
insurance on the animals was low.
No less than Is fishermen lost their
lives in recent storm in Lofoten.
A national subscription was started
at once for the benefit of their widows
and children.
DR.. Gustaf Neander has been ap.
pointed to investigate to what extent
tuberculosis prevails among the PEG.
pie of the Kiruna mining town.
While Otto Hallin, a Malmo police.
man, was inspecting his revolver in
his house the weapon dropped down
on the floor and was discharged. The
bullet passed thru his wife's leg, but
the wound IS not dangerous.
About 70 persons left Kiruna; very
quietly December last, their destina.
ton being Brazil. Some of them, no "
ever, were. detained in Hamburg on
account of sickness.
Mrs. Ole Bull and her daughter do
mated $3.50 to the Bergen Ole Bull
fund, and the money has been dis
tributed among six youag nuslciapl
and actors.