Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-02

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and shouting crowd, and several Of
the socialist agltat0rs Logan 70 ue-
nounce the council because " uiu not
take steps 10 protect the Interests OF the
working classee. The crowd now
several thousand strong was being
cheered by on-lookers and curiosity
seekers. The chief Of police, who was
personally leading the officers Of the
law, suddenly gave order TO disperse
the crowd.
with their drawn sabres the police.
men made n determined charge
upon the workIngmen's column,
but they stubbOfnly withstood
the attack, and succeeded In beating
hack the police detachment The
chief Of police, by the way, n very I'M
popular Jew named Rubenson, was
mad with fury, aud In vain shouted TO
his men: "kill the dogsl" II was APP
parent that the officers were unable 10
core with the big crowd, aud for this
reason the mounted police and the
militia ON guard ut the royal castle
were ordered out. At the first charge
the crowd commenced 10 beat q re-
treat, which soon developed into n
flight. Fifty people were arrested. The
remainder were chased down the side
streets and dispersed. Several OF tho
policemen and many Of the workmcn
were wounded, hut, as far rs known,
nobody was killed.
The demonstration cannot he called
n failure, as II was noticed throughout
the whole riot that the sympathy Of
the people, of which many belonged TO
the upper aud middle classes, was with
the crowd. II Ia supposed that only
two or three OF the leaders viii be pun
ished, and the other prisoners will bs
liberated. The excitement throughout
the city during the riot was very great,
but at present everything IL quiet, and
the demonstration almost forgotten.
THE NORWEGIAN EXHIBITION AT
TItE WORLDS FAIR.
The committee on tho question Of
Norwsy's participation la the Colum.
bian Exposition hns unanimously de-
cided, and reported to the government,
that Norway ought TO be represented
Mt the Worlds Fair. The committee
asks for an appropriation OF 1000
kroner TO loo used for the Norwegian
exhibition, and also au extra appro.
priatlon OF 10000 kroner TO 20 for
travelling expenses. Both appropria.
tons will without doubt be granted.
IN FAVOR OF MUTUAL REPRESENTA-.
IIoS.
During a debate In the upper house
OF the Swedish Riksdag, Governor
Bergstrom referred TO the report OF
tho cabinet meeting held January
Is. He declared himself TO he fully
convinced that mutual foreign min.
lister and mutual ambassadors were alb
solutely necessary Tor the national
representation Of Norway aud Sweden
and for n further existence OF the
union between the two countries.
This speech was received with great
applause acd cries OF "bnvoln Repre-.
sentatives byt,kens and Danielsou
spoke In the lower houte nj the came
time and took a similar stand.
IL goes without saying, that the
majority 81 the Swedish people aud
the newspapers, with very few except
ions, hold the same opinion, M the
government and people OF Sweden dc
not seem to be willing TO yield any.
thing more to Norway and the Radi.
cal part y OF that country will not even
hear Of compromise, the present out
look Is u very bad one.
JANSEN cRIIclsEs THE SoRw.dIAs
LITERATURE IN AMERICA.
KrlstoiIer Jansen, the w.ll.knowu
author and Unitarian clergyman o
Minneapolis, writes IN a private letter
, TO u citizen Of Christianih the follow
ing concerning Norwegian literature
In America: at is impossible TO lind
any publisher here who will pay one
| cent for n manuscript even II YOU have
gained name In the old country.
myself have been Obliged to pay casl
for every book have Published. ,
Beaid.s, all the book dealers live by
means OF robbery. They copy all tn,
now books TO which they take u lik
ing and pay neither tho author moi
publisher n cent, aud Of course do not
under such circumstances, care to buy
| n manuscIlpt. As h
their literary taste you may regard IN
general the Scandlnavians Ms Grove
OF peasants from the old country
| Many Of them Are not able 10 read
books printed in Latin letters"
AN ARMY OF VETERANS.
The union Of veterans from the lat,
Danish war with Germany In 1864
numbers 10000 members. The uniOI
has one hundred and iifty-nine diff
ferent local branches, the finnncla
condition Of every one OF which Il
the very best. Seventy thousanC
crowns year are paid out to member
In want. This commander.in chief o.
the army Ia General Stain, an old mat
Of eighty years, who took active par
In the two wars OF 1850 and 1854.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The fourth convention OF ScandlDa
Wan philologisis will take place II
Copenhagen, July 1921.
Emil Opfer, the eminent Danisl
newspaper man, has returned 10 N@to
we'd, after having made u Journey
around the wOrlt.
The fourteenth convention OF Scan
dinavian naturalists will be held II
Copenhagen, July 40.
Mira. Anna Beata Horner dieI a
Skuttungc, Upland, at the age OF l0t
years.
Mr.. Gustsf Ericsson, a prominen
factory owner Of Eskilstuns, Sweden
Is dead.
King Oscar anu Queen Sophia ar
staying In Norway. Crown Prime
Gustaf has returned to Stockholm from
st. Petersburg.
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