The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05

covered at LeirSkor. Denmark The ex-
csvations which have been prosecuted
BIZ the National Museum Of Copenhagen
were commenced IN June. After q coup
fe OF days work six urns and a spear
were found. A short distance from the
place where the urns lay, the diggers
struck an oven. which appeared to Rave
been used for the cremation OF the urns
At the bottom OF the oven was a LAYER OF
ccal. al places several feet deep As the
excavation proceeded several new uras.
spears, rings and knives were found. all
well preserved. The scientists who have
had charge Of the excavations state that
the erematory dates from period about
80 years before Christ
B. Bjornso1's mother died August 5th
in Christiania. - years old
Lieutenant Hialmar Johansen DR..
NJ nsens companion across the Polar ice
IS writing a book about his life in the
Arctic. One publishing firm has offered
him 5000 crowns for all rights.
The Norwegian storthing each year
appropriates stipends for young authors.
artists and teachers who desire to travel
abroad 10 pursue their literary ard arts
lie studies The present storthing has
voted stipends TO the following authors:
Arne Garborg. 1880 crowns; Thomas T.
krag, Loo crowns. Jacob Hilditch, l.15a
crowns and V. yislie 1850 crowns. The
following artists have been voted sti-
ponds: Jacob Bratland. painter. 1,5oo
CT owns; Andreas Singdahlsen, painter.
Ice crowns; Architect Segurd Bentsen.
loco crowns: Jens Afunthe Svendsen,
sculptor. 800 crowns: JcEan Backer
Lunde. composer. 1900 crowns; Miss ia
cobine Madsen, singer, 100 crowns; Mrs.
Johanne Dybwad, actress. 80 crowns.
Six thousand telephone cables in Chris
tiania will be placed underground.
The Norwegian storthing has appropri-
ated $4,000 crowns for commercial sti-
ponds.
The campaign for the election OF MEM
bers of the storthing is on. While the
consular question has been relegated TO
"a committee for adjuse inent il neyeFthe-
less is one of the living issues of the cam
paign. The liberals in their platform de-
maEd separate consular system a sep
arate minister of foreign affairs and gen
eral suffrage. Some time ago the result
OF the election was considered extremely
doubtful, and the right or conservatives
entertained fond hopes of controlling the
next storthing with a good working ma
jority owing 20 factions within the ranks
OF the liberals. The celebration OF St
Olafs day unified the liberal party, and
its best speakers have offered to take the
stump, including b. Bjornson, Steen and
UIlman. The king and the right party
or conservatives committed a serious
political blunder when they insisted upon
celebrating st. Olafs day on the Kings
Coronation day. thereby causing dual
partisan celebrations. This action on
the part of the King was deprecated by
leading members Of the right and has
caused great dissatisfaction.
Hartvig Lassen, one of the best known
literary men of the Norwegian capital
died August s, 70 years old. AS a young
student he was an ardent admirer OF
Henrik Wergeland. whose complete work
he edited at the instance of the Students
union. For years Lassen was editor Of
various newspapers and magazines. His
TRANSACTIONS of some OF Shakespeare's
and other foreign dramatists' plays were
used both in the schools and at the the
alter.
The tariff committee has reported to
the storthing a new protective tariff
measure. which in all likelihood viii pass
the storthing at the present session and
be put into operation al once.
Max Nordau, the eccentric writer and
author, is "A visitor at the Stockholm ex-
position. Mr.. Nordau writes as follows
about the Venice Of the North: Mature
and civilization have joined I'm order to
create a matchless gem of a city. Stock
holm is a perfect piece Of decoration with
the most surprising transformation. We
pass into the harbor lively as the docks
Of Hamburg and London. God took one
day piece of the Scottish coast. a piece
of the Gulf of Naples, some pieces of the
Hebrfdian islands. some OF the granite
cliffs Of the mountain ranges of Ural a
piece OF the Canadian forests and some
parts of the city of Paris, shook them
well together in a cask, and threw the
whole out pell nell on the shores of a
bay of the Baltic where it forms today
the capital Of Sweden and is called Stock
holm"
The Swedes residing in different East
ern cities have sent numerous goblets,
heakers and vases as jubilee presents TO
18th anniversary OF his reign. which &C.
ours next month One of the prettiest
Of these is a silver vase presented to the
King by Philadelphia Swedes.
he vase is thirty-two inches high. and
stands on an onyx pnn,h about eight
inches high The style is a modification
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