St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15

The large Bodsf@ngsel is penitentiary
on the Pennsylvania system Of correc-
ton, and accommodates $50 prisoners.
The oldest house of the town Q626), is o
military hospital yet in use and in good
preservation. The finest amusement
place in Christiania is Klingenbefg, re-
Gently renamed Christiania Tiv0li. The
Sthotspark is public park, handsomely
laid out round the royal palace. In the
envirOns of Christiania is Oscar
shall, chateau consisting OF three
stories, surmOunted by an impos-
ing tower. In the dining room
resenting "Norsk BOndelif," the differ
nnt periods of Norwegian peasant life,
etc. In Stiftegaarden, to return again
to Christiana itself, resides NOrway'S
premier, Johan Sverdrup, one of the
ablest men and most genuine patriots
that Norway in our century gave birth
to. He is still at the head of public
affairs in Norway, notwithstanding the
late ministerial crisis in that country.
He is now an old, gray-haired man, but
very laxative, gentlemanly and pleas
ant to his manners. ] had the pleasure
of an interview with him the Other dBy,
but was astOniShed to see the prime
minister live in one of the oldest and
most primitive houses in Christiana,
having not so much as a carpet on
American idea of comforts this is a
little revolving. Else, of course, the
house was elegantly furnished. He eX-
pressed his profound dislike of the
present policy of the Radicals in Nor
way, and said it was necessary for peace
and stability to oppose them. There
are three political parties at present in
Norway, owing to the Radicals having
split themselves into two equal parts.
"AS Norway" he said, declares for
law, order and Independent unity for
itself, as well as with Sweden, think
my policy in opposing the extreme
measures of bet Rene Venstre' .(the
pure Left, IS nothing more than just,
and consequently in its right place."
NO GOVERNMENT ORGAN.
There is no government organ at
present in Norway, but ''FOlkets Avis"
and ''ChriStiania POsten" are together
considered the nearest to such.
''DaZbladet" is the organ of what
by D. ThOmmesen, the editor of ''Verdens
Gang" is called bet Creme Venstre the
impure Left. Verdens Gang is for the
pure" and MOngenblOde, the cham
piOn for the Conservatives. A Schibsted
is the able editor of AftOnpOSten. Chris
Friele is considered the best Norwegian
journalist at present, but cannot write,
it is said, single line without some
pOlemics in it. Fritz TreschOw and
Sven Foyn are, next to ID. X. Astrupo,
the richest men in the kingdom. Prof.
j. E. Sars is considered NOrway's finest
cOnverSatiOnaliSt; he is a venStreman,
pure and solid, and a man very eminent
in the walks of Norwegian history and
literature. Yuyvar Nelson, professor
at the university, is another illus
triOuS man among the more brilliant
of section of Norwegian scholars.
He is the author of good, recently
published Handbook for Travellers in
Norway" which has been of great use
to me in compiling the historical part of
this newspaper article for the GLOBE.
Prof. e. Storm is also prominent man
of learning. NOrway's DemOsthenes is
Wullum. DR.. Ludwig Daae, however, is
not much of his second in that direction
of prominence.
COnstantius Flood, an editor of re-
spectacle standing among his profess
SIGNALS, received me very fatteringly,
and followed me round to most of the
prominent men Sketched above. Hans
jaeger, Arne Garbourg, Christian KrOgh
and Amalia Schramm are all we'll
known personages in the capital, but
they are classed, as authors to
the branch called ''BOheme lit
erature" (or, as critics also call it,
"Grise- literature''). Rector Steen will
never be the premier of Norway, as is
expected by the Radicals, because a
rumOr is started that he made himself
the victim of false oath. Johan Sver-
drup himself said he did not believe the
rumOr to be true in the least. Still the
accusation will do him great harm.
Rector Steen is the dignified leader of
the Radicals in the Christiania storth-
ing. The leader of the Conservatives
is very able man, according to the
different mems opinions given me. His
name is Emil Stang, of the supreme
court of Norway. Soren Zaabeck is an
other Widely-knOWn person. He has
achieved. nOtOriety for his system
atical opposition to pension allowances,
etc. Jacob Sverdrup, the brother-in-
law of the minister is the spirit Of po-
litical faction i'll the storthing called
He caused the crisis of which l above
have imperfectly, perhaps, but faith
fully described. King Oscar IL. of Swe-
den was here when [ arrived on the
Thingvalla steamer Hekla to ChriStiana.
He succeeded in getting up cOmpro-
mise, and now the ministers are looked
upon as business chiefs until the next
session of the storthing commences, or
until the next campaign decides the
fate of it. JOhan Sverdrup is not afraid,
however. and will not be afraid, hOwso-
ever the suffrage decides, because I
am ready to leave" he accumulated,
''whensoever the people of Norway say
so, and say it clearly"
EVERT NYMANOVER.