Willmar tribune., 1899-07-12
Some. Of the natives want to soueeze

Some Of the natives want to squeeze
something more tangible than esthet-
ical enjoyment out of the beautiful
scenery of Norway. They want to ex-
tract so many dollars and cents from
the charms of their mountains and
t]ords and waterfalls. The scenerc Of
Switzerland has been exploited for me-
tricious purposes to such an extent
that that country no longer exerts the
charm of former days. The Norwe-
gians are becoming apt disciples of the
Swiss. in that regard. Bergens
Tidende complains of this tendency
as a spirit of vandalism. The noted
Steindalsfos, in Hardanger, to mention
one instance, has been bought by Ber-
gen parties. They have built fence
around the the waterfalls and are
charging admission and the people of
the settlement are UP in arms against
the scheme. But the speculators own
this spot of beauty and they propose
to make it pay handsome dividends.
Repeated night frosts damaged the
crops in the southern part of the
country during the first part of June.
An extract from Jemtlands Tidning,
Swedish paper, says: ''The idea of an
assault on Norway has sprouted from
the seed sown by men and women of
dwarfish minds-sown in night and
darkness, sown while they were walk
ing about wrapped in the protecting
garment of patriotism. Thy hand on
thy heart, thou Dragging man! Hast
thou realized what a war between
brothers means? Where is the man
who in the face of posterity dares to
assume the responsibility of such a
night-black deed as to cause brother to
draw sword against brother?''
The council (Thing) of North
Trondhjem Arnt County, resolved to
build no peoples high school for that
section of the country.
An American syndicate has sent
agents to Norway to inquire into the
vacated mines at Bysheim, Hosanger,
with view to reopen the mines.
The work at the east end of the
Gravehals railway tunnel Is progress
ing at the rate of feet in "a hours.
DENMARK.
Iceland has population of less than
IS, 900 people all told. And yet this re-
markable people is not only preserving
it's ancient tongue, but of all the civ
ilized nations of Europe it is the only
one that is systematically and success
fully applying native terms to objects
invented in recent times. Take few
words as samples: The term ''locomo-
tive" is common throughout the rest
the civilized world; in Iceland it is
''eimrlid." Take some others: '"Tele-
graph" ''frettartradnr;" ''cigar,"
''vlndil;.' ''editor, ''redakteur". on the
continent and in Scandinavia
''ritsjora." The Germans have made
repeated attempts to ''purify" their
language but SO far they are far behind
that handful of poor Icelanders.
Malmo, June 19.-No important
changes have taken place in the last
few days in regard to the great lock-
out But the tension is increasing.
The leaders of the employers union
are at their wits end. They are now
beginning to reap the consequences of
their poor choice of means. Their let
ters to German employers, their criti-
cism of the support given the laborers
by Rev. Koch of Hellerup, and their
recent attempt to prevent the commit
tee on arbitration from effecting a
settlement, have turned the tide of
public opinion against the employers
to marked degree. M. Klausen, a
labor leader and member of the folke-
thing, has spent some time in England
raising money for the idle workmen.
Belgium and German labor organiza-
tions are officially raising money for
the same purpose.
The street car drivers of Copenhagen
are almost upon the point of strike.
Two hours have been added to their
former days work and at the same
time they have been deprived of the
privilege of riding free of charge when
off duty. Almost seven hundred en-
ploves held an evening meeting and
formulated complaints against the gen.
eral manager of the street railway on
account of these changes.
The chairmen of the Danish labor
unions has sent the following to the
London labor unions: ''The Danish
employers union has locked out SO, 900
workingmen in the building and iron
trades in Denmark; 10000 other labor
ers have also been discharged. We
count $4,000 organized workingmen.
Denmark has only 2, 1850, 900 inhabitants,
therefore it is impossible for us to OBJ
tain support from this country. The
capitalists have drawn up such de-
mands that the existence of our organ
izations seem impossible in case we
lose. Aid us with money as speedily
as you can."
The city council of Copenhagen may
decide to go into the building trade of
it's own accord in order to finish the
public buildings, the work on which
was interrupted by the great lockout.
FROM ACROSS TIE POND.