Willmar tribune., 1914-05-06

the queen, the crown prince and mem
bers OF the cabinet The other mem
bers Of the storthing and government
officials will arrive early Sunday morn
ing, May II. and will attend divine
service, together with King Haakon,
at Eidsvold church at 10 o'clock.
Jonas Dahl's cantata will be present
ed following the services. At l
o'clock the Eidsvold commune VIII
serve a dinner In the communal hall,
after which procession win b
formed to the Eidsvod building,
where one storthing member viii de-
liver the address Of the occasion. The
will hold a short meeting
In the assembly hall Of the building
and the management of the Mdsvold
building will then present to the ma
tion the entire historical collection
gathered there, valued at nearly $780,
900. The king will respond in be-
halt Of the country.
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The visit of Sven Hedin, the Swed-
ish explorer, to the Students club
of Christiania, to explain his opinions
on the question of Norway's defenses.
took place recently. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Hedin, some time
ago, awoke resentful sentiment in
Norway by making speech in a mill,
tary club in Sweden wherein he Sc
verely criticised the poor condition
of Norway's army and navy. Later,
Mr.. Hedin attacked the way in which
journalists reported his remarks,
whereupon the Christiania Students
club invited him here to explain
them. The hall was crowded and he
was received in absolute silence by
the assembly. He spoke from manu-
script, explaining in detail the po-
litical situation In Europe and the
question of Russian conquest Of the
Scandinavian peninsula. He fore
shadowed as an absolute certainty
Russian advance into Sweden and
Norway in the near future and de-
scribed the ultimate disappearance or
the two governments unless both ma
tions awoke to the necessity of tmme-
date arming for mutual defense.
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In Bergen the MormOns have been
carrying on an energetic propaganda
for several years. Some time ago
they secured a rather valuable prop
erty in a prominent part OF the city,
but in this transaction they came In
conflict with a law Of the country
with reference to foreigners holding
real estate. They applied for conces-
sions from the government, which,
however, were refused, and SO NO
good title to their property could be
secured. They were anxious now
to sell out. It so happened that the
cathedral church congregation was
looking for property and finding the
Mormon property suitable purchased
it for $4,000 crowns.
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The exposition authorities have
fixed on May Is, at II o'clock, as the
date for the official opening Of the
exposition. The festivities will take
place in the music hall, which will
be elaborately decorated for the occa-
sion. More than 5000 invitations
will be sent out for the event.
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The Russian gunboat Balkan recent
ly ran aground on the Kvaelmakken
bar, near Leka, Nordland, and was
doated again by two Norwegian
wrecking boats. One of the officers
of the Russian vessel made use of
the opportunity to make a systematic
survey Of the harbor.
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Bishop Arnold Hille recently passed
his eighty-fifth year. He was elected
bishop of the Hamar diocese in 1887.
He has been professor, pastor, dioce-
san provost and member of the Nor
weg1an Bible society. He has retired
from active service In the church.
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The collegiate institution of the
United Norwegian Synod reports sos
students In attendance during the
past year. OF these thirty-three were
in the regular college class. The en-
rollment included 292 young men and
PIG young women.