Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-23
NORWAY.

| 1e1epnOne company OF copenhagen,
will expire at the end of this year, and
the storting has voted 100000 for
buying the cables to England and
Germany.
John A. Gade, an architect living in
New York, has given $4,000 to Capt.
Road Amundsen towards defraying
the expenses of the North Pole expe-
| dition for which Capt. Amendsen is
making preparations.
The government pays big bounties
for killing bears. Now this animal is
becoming so scarce that it is actually
proposed to protect Bruin for a few
years SO as to save him from utter
extinction in his own country.
The city Of Fredrikshald has cele.
brated the 250th anniversary Of the
siege of that place by tho Swedes,
which took place Feb. 81, 1860. Many
of the most prominent men of south
eastern Norway were present on the
accession.
The Westinghouse on the Bakkely
farm at Nordreisen was burnt down
in the night. The wife of the pro-
prietor and two of their daughters,
who were Is and 20 years old, and
an adopted child, all persisted in the
flames. The proprietor and his sons
were out fishing. The origin of the
fire is not known. A storm was rag
ing at the time.
4 sad accident is reported from
Liam, railway station not far from
Kristiania. Mrs. Aflangsrud, whose
home is few miles from the station,
drove to the station together with her
four little girls. She took the train
for Kristiania, and the girls started
on their way home without any grown
person to look after them. When they
crossed bridge over a ditch their
sled slipped, and all the girls fell into
the water. Two of them managed to
save their lives, but the other two
drifted under the ice and were drown
ed.
When Gunnar Knudson became
premier he announced that he intend.
ed to make Norway rich" He tried
his best. But he was too slow for
many people. He wanted to save the
resources of Norway for the Norwe.
gians, while so many wanted to let
foreign capitalists develop these re-
sources. Knudsen was knocked out.
Wollert Konow, the new premier, has
his program too: he wants the Nor
wegians to work and to learn to be
thrifty and happy. And he can back
up his words by his past life He has
been a very hard worker, and splen-
did success has crowned his every ef-
fort. And as to happiness, one needs
but see him and hear him talk to be
convinced. How long will this grand
man last as premier of Norway?
According to the most recent re.
ports, Bjornson is rallying after his
breakdown in the early part of Feb
ruary. His mental as we'll as his
physical powers are returning, and
his physicians are strongly inclined
to believe that he will recover. His
son Bjorn felt so safe that he left
Paris in the middle of February. His
wife never seems to get tired of tend
ing to him and she is always at his
side. His daughters, Mrs. Sigurd h.
sen and Mrs. Langen, are also nurs-
ing him with the most touching ten,
derness. Finally there are two Danish
sick nurses that have become indis.
pensable to him. Many Scandinavians
call at Hotel Wagram to find out how
the poet is getting along. Only per.
sonal acquaintance are permitted to
see Bjornson's daughters, and Mrs.
Bjornson excuses herself from seeing
callers, no matter who they are. Ana
tole France was permitted to see the
poet few days ago, and he reverent
ly kissed the hand Of Norway's dear
est and bravest son. DR.. Herbert
said: "The Norwegian master is be-
You'd competition. Neither myself nor
my colleagues ever witnessed any
thing like this. Two times Mr.. Bjorn
son has fooled death. Last time
death had already marked him, for his
nails had commenced to turn blue
All hope was excluded
A balloon which assembled at Meis.
sen, Saxony, Germany, landed at
Drangedal, Norway, 81 hours later.
The distance covered is the same as
that from Spitzbergen to the North
Pole. This shows how easy it would
be to reach the North Pole by balloon
| in case of favorable winds.
The wife of the keeper of the Strut,
en- lighthouse off the coast of Smaa.
lenene took sick during a recent
storm. He raised flags of distress.
| but one after another was torn to
pieces by the storm, and in the course
| of few days the woman died without
having had any medical attendance.
Premier Wollert Konow has been
decorated with the Grand Cross of the
Order of St. Olaf. Konow is said to
be the most imposing figure that ever
filled the premier's chair in Norway,
and this decoration looks we'll on his
manly breast.
F! Rev. Gustav Jensen of Kristiania
| has proposed the adjustment of the
law which makes religious funerals
compulsory. His idea is, that it ought
to be left to the parties concerned to
decide whether funeral is to be re,
ligious or purely secular. Rev. Jen.
sen points to. the civil marrisge Law
as q precedent.