Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-12-27

| First Steamer of the New Norwegian
American Line Launched at 5irken
head, Eng.--Laree Increase in SWed'
Ish Iron Ore Exports-Woman Sui
fraee Up for Consideration at Pres,
| ent Session of the Danish RiksGag
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The first steamer of the n~;
! wegian-American line was }&nn".,e:,
on Nov, "a at Birkenhead, EGg. q
| the shipbuilding establishment o.:
| CANNED Laird & Co. 1t has been
difficult to find a practical and suit.
| able name for this vessel, as nearly
| all the suitable names are already
taken by other ships and the law
does not allow any Implications. More
than 1000 names have been suggest
| ed and finally the line settled upon
the name of Christiansfjord. The 9TH
er vessel now under course of con-
struction will be named Bergensfjord
and the third Trondhjemsfjord. That
these names will prove impractical
| from an English-American phonetic
viewpoint is not doubted; but the
! case is decided by the owners, who
do not look at it through American or
| British eyeglasses. The vessels are
Of 1000 tons displacement, $40 feet
with horsepower which will give
them a speed of fifteen to sixteen
knots. The cabins are arranged to
accommodate 105 first class, 215 sec
end class and 700 steerage passen-
gers. Several of the Norwegian di-
rectors of the line went to England
to witness the launching of the YES
sci, which will start on her first tour
some time in March.
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DR.. Christian Borchgrevink, the IA
nous Norwegian superintendent OF
the inland and east coast mission
field on the island of Madagascar, has
now left his work for good and re-
turned with his wife to Norway,
where they contemplate remaining for
the rest of their lives. Or. Borchgre-
wink went to Madagascar as mission
airy in 1869 and has been doing active
J work on that island ever since. Dur.
ing the last twenty-five years he has
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He had won and has held the love
and esteem of not only his fellow mis-.
sionaries and the natives, but also OF
the missionaries of other mission so.
cieties. Mrs. Borchgrevink estab,
lished Women's asylum On the island
in 1872, of which she has been the
head since it's establishment. Miss
| Valborg Anderson, who has been in
3 the field since 1882, has succeeded
Mrs. Borchgrevink as head of the in
stitution. Missionary John Johnson
has been appointed superintendent in
the place of Mr.. Borchgrevink, but as
he is home in Norway at present on a
furlough Missionary F. Bjaernes il
taking his place temporarily.
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Norway's oldest and most distin
guished singing society, the Trondhjem
choir of fifty voices, will sing in
Northwestern cities on it's tour of the
United States this winter, it was an
nounced from Christiania the other
day. The chorus will sail from Der
gen on the first steamer of the newly
incorporated Norwegian American
Steamship company and will spend
only a limited time in the United
States and only twelve concerts viii
be given. New York, Chicago, Min
neapoliS, st. Paul, Duluth, Crookston
Grand Forks and Fargo, N. D., vii
be. visited. The Trondhjem choir il
selected body of vocalists and only
the best singers in Norway are admit
ted to its ranks. 1t is of higher mu
steal Importance than the famous
Norwegian student chorus which
visited the United States two year.
ago. In all the aforementioned cite.
musical organizations will make prepa
rations to entertain the visitors. Thu
concerts will undoubtedly be attend
ed by thousands of ScandiRavians.
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Since the American election thu
politics of Norway have, according tt
a Christiania correspondent tumblet
completely upside down. The CON
solidated Left, that u.s. Gunnar Knud
sens party, was returned at the poll
with an absolute majority over al
the other parties put together-th,
Right, the Independents and the Sc
cialist and Workingmen's parties
Gunnar Knudsen will be called upol
:, to form new ministry within cou
pie of months or less and his part
sans will then have open sailing be
fore them to enact such laws as the,
find suitable for their party politics.
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) The public schools OF Christians
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