The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

year compared with similar perlod our
ing last year. shows decrease Of - per
cent. During the three first quarters OF the
year the emigrants numbered $3.50. Distri-
buted among the different departments or
lans as follows kalmar Ian 5oS. Elfs-
borgs 4Ss. Skaraborgs 434 Goteborgs and
Bohus ian AZ Hallands 40 Malmohus 399.
OsterSotiands 30, kronoberss 3S7. Jonko-
pings So. Stockholms stad $50. kristian
siads Ian 1853. Narmlands 304. Biekinge 2l6,
Orebro 100 GotlaHds ia Get1eborgs Ill.
Kopparbergs 100, Nesterncrrlands So Stock
hoims IS, Sodermanlands %, Nestmanlands
3S Cpsaa % Nesterbottens H. Norrbottens
The king has appointed G.. F. Gillian.
formerly a member of the cabinet. cham
ceiior al the Iund university. This is the
position that some newspapers averred that
Prime Minister Bo.trom, having grown
tired OF politics and his eternal qulbble
with the rihsdag, had decided 10 reserve
for himself.
There Is a bread famine in Copenhagen
The owners Of 100 bakeries in the Danish
capitai have declared a lockout The lock-
out is sympathetic lockout and was
caused by the strike of the rye bread bak-
ers who demanded an increase of four
crowns week In their wages a reduction
or working hours from 10 to hours and
50 ore an hour for overtime. The employ
ers and the employees agreed 10 submit
their differences 10 Herman Trier the IA
nous Liberal leader. for arbitration Mr.
wages be Increased from q 20 ., crowns A
week, and that all other demands made
by the members of the bakers union be
arctdec 10. The employ consented 10
this compromise Bat at a meeting Of
the bakers union attended by over 500
bakers. Il vas decided 10 eject the COM
promise. TIE master makers met and de-
cidtd TO declare a lockout. To an Amer
lean who is accustomed 70 his home made
bread. a bakers lockout might seem a mat
ter Of small consequence. bat IN the Scan
dinaVian countries outside OF the country
districts, whore every farm has its brick
oven. the art 90 making bread does not
enter in;o the household duties. In Copen-
hagen there is daily consumed ~ 60
pounds OF rye bread alone When the lock-
out was deClare 30 master bal crs rolled
UP their sleeves dorned the bakers un!-
forms ana So 10 work kneading the dough
VITA their united Efforts they managed 70
turn ont s0eA pounds a day. The price
on q loaf Of hrsad has gone uD ffty per
cent. Car loads OF bread arrive daily from
the provinces. hut the demand can not
he filed The 1Spapers publish receI pts
for baking bread ana many good house
wife Is acquiring the arr % baking. The
united labor Unions DO rot sanction the
STRIKE q me hakefs. as ne e 5orlns class
es feel the effect Of the bread famine mast
keenly. Bu9 the takers Insist that they
Will 10; give in. and the master bakers sav
thai they WI rot acce'e 20 the demands
a the bakers. even though Copenhagen
should starve 70 death
Ctto %.rding The Norwegian author. has
competed new drama. which treats 81.
life among he fishermen on az island u
No~3laUG The new drama will ne INTRO
ducsd ST he Chr.stiania royai theatre IN
the near future.
\ Japanese poet IN Tokyo Mana Karfsu
has written japanese Song - the ynezsiy
- thv l3&risA ua.tGns5 eCnE .+Deugang leg
dog ass-el - 80 s.tkado founo such de-
tRnt ~ the Danish tune tha, he orfere3 Il
aSorre6 ~ his SEE guard l. Will als5 hs
reFn@ II heTs5 ny the readers q these col
GYurs that one - TIA rew American war
songs, We S7and ~ Uncle Sam was
written . -Ne air % Hortemsnns we'll
known composition.
TIE population az he city CO AagsSuna
has increased 20 2 80 Inhabitants
GRAND BAH. Germsnla hall. SUNDAY
night