Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-12-07
NORWAY.

NORWAY.
The government paid the funeral
expenses of Bjornstjerne Bjornson,
amounting to about $4,000.
The Norwegian colony at Newcastle,
England. is very numerous, and the
Norwegian language may be heard
not only in all parts of the city, but
even in the surrounding country.
A young man lost his life in a pc.
culiar manner in Hamar. He started
to ride down the railing Of stairway
in hotel. He suddenly lost his bal.
ance and fell. down with such force
that he was killed almost instantly.
For many years past Norwegian
emigration to South Africa has been
very light, the whole number of emf
grants being only from twenty to
thirty year. Now there is marked
increase. During the month of Sep
TENDER over one hundred persons left
for South Africa, and the number for
the whole year will be about three
hundred.
The new electric plant at Stangvik,
Nordmore, has been in operation for
several weeks. The power is obtained
from the Bruseth river, where a 225
foot waterfall is utilized. It supplies
the whole settlement with light. Mo-
tive power is also furnished for doing
part Of the work at some farmsteads,
and for running box factory and a
dyeing establishment.
In a company of six persons who
were out hunting in the neighborhood
OF Norderhov were two brothers, the
younger one Of whom was walking
just ahead of the other. The one
walking ahead suddenly slipped, and
his gun was discharged into the
breast of the other, killing him in
stantly. The deceased, Johan LANCE.
vandsbraaten, was twenty years old.
While 1nger Andersen, a ffty-year-
old woman, was washing a window in
the fourth story Of Claus Hansen's
block in Bergen she lost her hold and
fell down. She first struck the iron
railing Of a porch on the third floor,
but this only checked her speed for
an instant, and she came down on the
sidewalk head foremost. When picked
up she was only lifeless mass. Her
birthplace was Bryggen, Nordfjord,
but her home had been in Bergen for
a great many years.
The house rent is very high in Kris.
tiania, and it is climbing still higher.
To aggravate the situation the house
owners union has induced the banks
to refuse loans on the construction of
new buildings. Meanwhile a union
has been organized with a capital
stock of $4,000 for putting up new
flats. It is stipulated that those who
put money into the enterprise shall
receive five per cent interest ON their
investments from the very start. This
union, even If it proves successful, will
not materially cut down the rent.
On the Svingset farm in Nordfjord
a woman's tomb from the Viking age
has been excavated. There was an
irregular coffin with stone slabs on
top Of It. It contained remnants of
a human skeleton, besides fragments
Of cloth, pieces of bronze, glass beads.
sewing needles, small wooden box
with iron trimmings, etc. The most
interesting object was a miniature
bronze ak with handle which is
over two feet long. It is said that
similar ak has been found in 4 Viking
tomb near Dublin.
Gunnar Heiberg is productive. Not
long ago he handed new drama to
the manager of the National theater
in Kristiania. The title of it was IN
the Cage of Freedom" Now he has
taken this back because he has fin
ished another new drama that he
wants to put on the stage first. The
one last mentioned in based on the
stirring political events of the year
1905. Premier Nicholson and many
other Norwegian statesmen and politi-
clans are represented in the play, and
it's presentation on the stage will be
sure to make a great stir in political
circles. w..
The language reformers tried to get
the Blk hymn book introduced in
Vefsen, Nordland, some time ago, but
they were beaten by large majority.
But they are plucky, and a second
attempt was made this fall They
were beaten again, this time by
vote Of 43S against 1872 In the neigh.
boring congregation of Drevjen they
were beaten at the same time Dy
vote Of 116 to 10.
It is calculated that about 1900
Norwegian Americans will spend the
winter in Norway, and that they viii
pay Get about s75o,oo0 during the,
stay.