Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1913-01-02
OF INTEREST TO
SChND|NAV|ANS
Recent Happenings In This
Country and Abroad.
NAMED THE CARISTIAAF JORO

First Steamer of the New Norwegian
American Line Launched at 6irken,
head, Ene.-Large Increase in Swed
Ish Iron Ore Exports-Woman Suf
frage Up for Consideration at Pres.
ent Session Of the Danish Riksdag
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The first steamer Of the new Nor
wegian-American line was launched
on Nov "a at Birkenhead, Eng, at
the shiphuiluing establishment Of
CANNED, Laird & Co. IT 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.
err vessel now under course of con-
struction will be named Bergensfjord
and the third Trondbiemsfjord. That
th3se names will prove impractical
from an English-American phonetic
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case is decided by the owners, who
do not look at it through American or
British eyeglasses. The vessels are
of 1900 tons displacement, $40 feet
with a 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 ves-
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. DR.. Borchgre-
wink went to Madagascar as mission
airy in 1869 and has been doing active
work on that island ever since. Dur
ing the last twenty-five years he has
been the missionary superintendent.
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 a 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
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 q
furlough Missionary F. Bjaernss IL
taking his place temporarily.
Norway's oldest and most distin-
guished singing society, the Trondhjem
choir of fifty voices, will sing In
cities on Its tour of the
United States this winter, It was an
nounced from Christiania the other
day. The chorus will sail from Ber-
gen on the first steamer OF the newly
Incorporated Norwegian American
company and win spend
only limited time In the United
States and only twelve concerts will
be given. New York. Chicago, Min.
st. Paul, Duluth. Crookston,
Grand Forks and Fargo. N. D., will
be visited. The Trondhjem choir IL
. selected body Of vocalists and only
the best singers In Norway are admit
ted to It's ranks. 1t Is of higher mu-
steal Importance than the famous
student chorus which
visited the United States two years
ago. In all the aforementioned cities
musical organizations will make prepa-
rations to entertain the visitors. The
concerts will undoubtedly be attend
Cd by thousands Of Scandinavians.
Since the American election the
politics Of Norway have, according to
. Christiania correspondent, tumbled
completely upside down. The con-
solidated Left. that IL, Gunnar Knud-
sens party. was returned at the polls
with an absolute majority over all
the other parties put together-the
Right. the Independents and the So
cialist and Workingmen's parties.
0unnar Knudsen will be called upon
to form . new ministry within a COW
pie OF months or less and his part.
sans will then have open sailing be
fore them to enact such laws an they
and suitable for their party politics.
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Tie public schools of Christiania
Fave Just celebrated their one hun
dredth anniversary amid great festiv-