The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25

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teal articles (propriete d'informaficnsl:
reduction OF the tariH for international
press dispatches: the establishment OF an
international bureau 20 facilitate eN-
changes between publishers OF news
papers and journalists
The next annual congress will be held
ar Lisbon. Portugal. The Brazilian and
Argentine press applied 70 be admitted
members OF the congress.
One OF the exhibits In the art gallery
IS Fridthiof of hansen group. which at
tracted great attention On the top IS
a true model OF the Fran. below bust
OF hansen and two stuffed Eskimo dogs;
round about lie a pair Of skis, gun. the
kayaek and Narsens sleeping bag. Tho
group is always surrounded by crowd.
and. says a correspondent to the Chris
tiania Dagbladet. Il notice that there IS
always quiet in that part OF the gallery.
no one speaks aloud. only in whispers or
in a very suodued tone or voice. IL seems
as though the great stiffness from the
eternal ice regions hreatheS from this
simple collection of plain. ordinary tools"
In Christiansund the friends of total
abstinence are waging an aggressive war
against the samlag, the corporation
which is granted the sole right TO sell
liquors in the city under government con-
troll and supervision or the Gotheneurg
system. The question will be decided at
the next election. The same agitation
has been going on in all other towns and
cities in Norway prior to the municipal
elections with the result that the Goth
enburg system has been voted down and
prohibition introduced. From all reports,
however, ii would seem that the change
has not been fer the better. 1t has re-
suited in the Importation of vile wines
and diluted brandies in casks from
abroad. Drunkenness and crimes have
increased in all towns and cities where
the samlag has been voted down.
On July 2oth DR. hansen entertained
half a score OF English and American
biologists in a pleasure jaunt along the
Christianiafjord.
The old Akershus palace will be re-
stored at government expense.
From an old Viking mound near STEM
kJaer have been unearthed several
spears, axes, shields and other articles
OF antiquarian interest and value.
Sam Matson, the Chicago bicyciist,
writes from Chrisuania about the trouble
and fluctuations of a wheelman in tho
informed by a custom house officer that
l would have to pay duty of twenty
crowns on my bike. Riding up town I
was stopped by policeman who scowled
and me and told ME to display the num-
Der of my license, which should be- at
tached TO the bike. l went with him to
the station, where secured license and
was instructed to buy copy of the BIZ
cycle regulations which were for sale IN
a I
to feel safe. But spinning along through
one of the suburbs l was stopped by a
policeman, who politely informed me
that l must have a be !. Dismounting,
proceeded to the nearest store and pur-
chased bell. Returning at night after
circuttous route through the surround
ing country, l was stopped on the corner
of Carl Johan and Drammensveien by
another policeman. who told me that
must have brake. The result of my
experience is that whenever l see a
policeman l instinctively turn into a side
street to avoid him."
A statue of Nils w. Gade, the COM
poser. was unveiled recently at Copen-
hagen.
The Danish government has applied to
the Norwegian government for the loan
of the Fran for an expedition to Green
land. AS the Fran has been promised
to Capt. Sverdrup for his polar expedi-
ton next summer, the request could not
be complied with. The Fran is turning
out to be a very neighborly sort OF an ar
ticle. The city of Bergen has spoken
for her for the exposition in 1899. but
by that time the Fran will be on the
northwest coast of Greenland.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson and daughter.
Mrs. Bergljot Ibsen, will tour Denmark
next fall. Bjornson will lecture on VIC
tor Hugo. while Mrs. Iosen will sing from
her repertoire Of Morse folk songs.
John Ericsson, well known Swedish
engineer. was recently appointed city en-
gineer of Chicago.
Aug. Lambert, a Swedish fencing mas
ter. won the gold medal at the interna-
tional fencing tournament recently held
in the city Of Berlin.
The building association Mannheim. OF
Stockholm, carries accident policies for
each employee for 1000 crowns, payable to
the order of the employe
Scandinavian press congress will be
held in Christiania in 1899.
The Ortofto and Svedala sugar refiner-
les have lost over 200 go crowns during