The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-03-23
NORWAY.

1ngvold Andersen, a sailor on the
bark Ragnhild, which was saved by
the British steamer Napierian, related
the following story: when we had
| been saved on board the great British
steamer Napierian we heard remark.
able story. In the night before Thurs
day, December "a, the captain of the
Napierian had dream which worried
him and gave him an unaccountable
suggestion to change the course of the
Napierian. The ship was following the
usual route between Canada anG Eng
land. The captain left his berth and
went to the man at the helm and said
to him: I can get no rest. In dream
I was urged to sail a line more to the
SOUTH But the man at the helm did
not see any reason for changing the
| course Of the ship. He said so to the
captain, and the latter returned to his
berth to try to sleep. But he did not
succeed. The same unaccountable wor-
ry came upon him. He got up and
went to the man at the helm second
time, and now he ordered the course
of the ship to be changed just trifle.
When the Napierian had followed this
course for about twenty-four hours it
came close up to the dismantled hull
Of the Ragnhild with it's helpless crew
on board. Now you can see,' said the
captain to the helmsman, why we had
to change our course. For the sake of
these people I could get no rest By
this time the Napierian was twenty
miles out of it's usual course Prac-
tically no steamers pass this point.
But occasionally sailing vessel may
be carried there out of it's course"
The Western Electric company of
Chicago obtained the award of a con.
tract to install full automatic tele
phone system in Christiania The or
| der involves an expenditure of about
| $1,250,000 and is the largest telephone
| contract ever given to an American
| concern in Europe and a victory over
| the important firm of Siemens &
| Halske of Berlin. The contract calls
| for 30.100 lines of exchange equipment
to be installed in nine exchanges and
automatic dials for $4,000 subscribers.
ThOrvald Amund hammers, the fam
GUS barytone singer, and Christian
Sind1ng, a noted composer, have been
made commanders of the first class of
the Order of Saint Olav by King Haa
kon. Both men have distinguished
| themselves in the musical life of the
country.
The employees of the Laurtsen &
Sorensen wooden mills in Christiania
received $4,000 in addition to their
stipulated wages on account of the
high cost of living.
King Haakon injured his left hand
while skiing. An X-ray photograph
showed the fracture of bone in the
wrist. It is expected that the frac
ture will be healed in three weeks.
Mrs. Marguerite kristine Lavik, al
ternate from the Sandwich district, is
apt to be the second woman to take a
seat in the Norwegian storthing. thu
regular representative of the district,
Mr.. Blydt, having stated that he in.
tends to be absent IRON the stcrthing
for some time. For many years past
Mrs. Lavik has been manager of the
Mission hotel in Bergen, and she was
elected a member of the city council
of Bergen as a representative OF the
! temperance people. Her husband rep.
resented the South Bergenhus dist1 let
in the storthing, Of ls6a1ssA