The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-13

t'1tAifsif, Ddt tHt StOCh ~ never tHtit-iS
sold above par
The De Labal companies. organized on
tho strength of imaginary or Impractical
bic Inventions, have swallowed 25.lNG ot9
crowns. In spite OF these failures. the
stock ia another Re I.abal company, the
Troldhattan Company. Is finding ready
buyers.
Fourteen Scandinavian officers left Aut-
werpen las. month for the kongc State.
where they have secured lucrative posi-
tons ia the army.
on the End day Of March Henrik Ibsen
viii celebrate his seventeen birthday. a
leading Publishing house tn Christlania
will comm morate the occasion by pub
fishing an thsen review containing con-
tributions from leading scandinavian au-
-thors and poets. king oscar H.. who IS
himself poet Of no mean order has for
warded 10 the publishers an essay on the
poetry OF lbsen.
Since the acquisition OF the former Dan
ish provinces in 1864 the Prussian gov
crnmcut has taken an possible precau-
tons which human prudence can suggest
in order 20 GermaniSe rs former Danish
subjects. who cherish and cling 20 tire
Danish language and Danish customs with
the fondness ~ persons kept IN involuntary
exile The Yutelanders refuse q become
an integral part ct the great German en-
p!re. Danish schools have been stopped
BY Imperial edicis. the publication OF
Danish newspapers has been forbidden.
Will. the singing Of Danish songs has
been looked upon BY the German au;hori-
ties as high treason and more Tcprs hen
~ib.e than iese faa jesfc. aEd has been fol
lowed ~ arrest ASA punishm ~. Danes
,eEn have temporarily stayed rs South
Yuteisnd nave been expelled upon the
LEAST provocation. These and other
etylnvcnt measures taken by the German
government Rave however. f8ilel 20 ers6-
ieate the Danish tongue 70 quci the lose
tha aolfh Yutetan0CTE bear 80 Denmark
ara the Danes who are their next Il hin
ard their uelgbhors. The assimilation Of
the Germans and Yutt.anders wiz take
a long ti-1e ana before IL is effected his-
tory rlay again change the map ~ Europe.
The Prtaxstan government bis pareUed its
aeht against everything panish IA the
point - persecution. This appears lu ~
action la she etae 81 H@usssn-$ grrsfyo ole.
g prominent s9uta Yutelander. wfo has
been fired ia marks for singing 3jQrD-
ft1erue BiorHson'~ Norwegian patriotic
song. we WAi Defend Our Land" az a
y estlrr held a; Residing "a short Flme ag3
Ten years a d Bjavnst ieFne Btornsou on
his birthday lealvered lecture ia Cafen-
hagen. The proceeds of thfs lecture
amounting - IQoo crowns IVES donated by
TIRE pces 70 the South Yufeiandera Ths
money YVES forwarded - Ludwig SrhFue-
der a. Askgw with the request fb8s ~
x1e8ia 6iv'rlbure fi ar he Eaw e. an& beet
Schroeder gave the Money 20 orc = his
former pupils a young and promising
1.nn. HaGsseu- %crrsTgoIle wlth the in
striIctioa thar be - to Berlin ana Bse the
money g. defTay hjs expense ssudyikt
public afairs. Since thar ttTas Hansen
Norreusalle hae devoted fl-s time tai
eats ard eue~E re 10 fhs elevation ard
het;efrnert of his sftow-c1uutrgsElen both
physically ana entslly. Last Novel o.
hssT -his wagfer Was mentioned In fhe to-
7erhr 2r1 PaHGkkfn. the occasion hel.g
tlss VS. - TIA Norwegian pct Oh MS
Fteter HaEo }crtwftas tour. concluding Ais
ioar wifh q gecs~ge az Copenhagen. fas.
proceeds whereof Yere also donated - fhe
Yutc.arsers Toe notice reache. thu
Pssssl4n authorities and az the he4r1n Z
accorded HANSEN NorT sxno2se Tor singing