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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Finnish Woman Journalist and Publisher
MISS MAGGEs wALz CALUMET VALUABLE WORK
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and literature of8this country and she at
tended an English night school in order to
better acquaint herself with these. $50 ~ -
4 During six years work in various walks Of
life, Miss Walz managed to save $1,000 from
her earnings, and in 1887 she returned to
Europe, visiting in Sweden for some time
In 1888 she returned to this country. and
brought with her fourteen Finnish girls, as
ssting many in paying for their passage and
securing work for them all inside OF four
days after their arrival at Hancock. Miss
WalZ was always solicitous for the welfare
of her country women and through her efforts
about twenty five Finnish women attended a
night school at that time. She accepted a
position in a dry goods store at Hancock as
clerk in 1888, being the first Finnish woman
clerk IN the state. The work at that time
was much despised by the Firms and many
regarded it as a disgrace. but to-day there
are between 100 and 200 Finnish girls work
ing as clerks in stores in the upper peninsula
alone. At this time Miss Wall also acted as
agent among the Finnish people for trans
portation and insurance companies. About
this time she did her first newspaper work,
in which line she has been so successful,
sending correspondence to papers in Finland.
Miss Walz entered the Northern Indiana
Normal School and Business college at Val
paraiso, Ind, in 1893, and continued her
studies during period Of one and halt
years.
Miss Wa1z Is treasurer and manager Of the
Suometar Printing company, publishers OF the
Suometar, the Oldest Finnish weekly in
America, established in 1879. The. Suometar is
independent in politics and religion and has 4
strong influence with the Firms of America
It probably has done as much, If not more
in the cause of the down -trodden Firms thar
any other paper published. It circulates
throughout the United States, having specia
correspondent in all important Finnish set
Elements, and goes all over Europe where
Finnish people are to be- found.
| This progressive Finnish woman is sol,
owner, editor and publisher OF the Master
Lehti, or The Ladies' Journal, which has beer
published continuously for the past six years
The magazine is the official organ of tn,
| Finnish Ladies Societies of America, and Il
read by the Finnish women. In 1894, largel!
through Miss Walzs efforts, the Finnisl
/ Ladies' Society Of Calumet was organized
/ This was the first woman's club to be forme
/ in this country among the Finnish ladies an
with its aid clubs were rapidly formed il
other cities. including Chicago and New York
i though the local organization remains to thi
| day the strongest and largest, with a mem
/ bership Of about 225. The Finnish woman
clubs are banded together under one organ
ization. somewhat like the Michigan Fedora
i ton Of Women's clubs. It is known as tn
4 Finnish Ladies' Societies of America, and i
common with the several individual clubs
advocates women suffrage and higher educa
i ton. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
NORNANNAHE:IMEN
Of unsafe speculation and overproduction
is responsible for the present exodus.

Of unsafe speculation and overproduction,
is responsible for the present exodus.
Notwithstanding the fact that thousands
of men are leaving. the farmers are COM
planning persistently over the scarcity of
labor and declare that agriculture is suf-
fering greatly by reason Of it., 1t is ad-
mitted that the industrial conditions at
present are not satisfactory, and the al
Tentative of farming is not congenial to
the artisans and laborers Of the cities.
Something is undoubtedly wrong In
Norway. 1t is believed to be land of
much promise. While the country is full
of valuable mineral deposits mining is not
carried on to anywhere near the extent
which is possible. Many splendid water
powers are wholly undeveloped. 1t may
or may not be lack of enterprise. but the
natural resources are certainly unused.
y Bjornson proposes that tenant farmers
be encouraged and even financially aided
in becoming owners Of land. The plan
must necessarily be carried out on an es-
tensive scale, however, If the exodus Is to
be restricted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
EMIGRATION CAUSES ALARM
Norway Is Worried Over Exodus OF
Her Citizens.

Norway is alarmed over the large pro-
portions assumed by the stream Of emf
grafton to foreign lands, principally to the
United States. Should the movement con-
tinue, all previous records will be broken,
a prospect that the whole country views
with sadness, as the best strength of the
country is departing, to be lost forever.
Up to about April Is the emigration fig
ures were as follows: Christiania, 400;
Throndhjem, 1900; Bergen, 1000; Sta
yanger, /, 100; Christianssand, 1000; Aale-
sund 800. During the first four months
of 1902 therefore, about 10000 people left
to make their homes in the new world.
This is more than in any corresponding
period for forty years. Should the rate be
continued it is feared that the total emil
grafton for the year will exceed 100000
Between 1860 and 1870 the emigration
averaged over 10000 yearly, reaching 49,
900 in 1869, but during the next decade
the average was not over 5000. In the
eighties there was big increase. the
total reaching $4,000 and $4,000 in 1881 and
1882 respectively. Another gradual falling
off followed due to the advent of good
times. and in the middle of the nineties
the emigration sank to about 5000 The
industrial crisis which followed a period
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
OBSERVE INDEPENDENCE DAY
Norwegian Societies of Boston Plan
Elaborate Celebration.

NOT"cSlHH SOclct1cS OIL bOSlOn ran
Elaborate Celebration.
The Norwegian Independence day will
be celebrated in Boston on a scale never
before known at the hub. The big dailies,
for the first time, are printing long arti-
cles regarding the preparations and the
significance Of the day. The Norwegian
society, Of which Emil Kolseth is presi-
dent, will hold a banquet, reception and
ball, at America hall and will make the
affair memorable one.
The Viking club, of which Consul Gjert
Lootz is president. will celebrate at the
Revere house with a banquet and ball,
and the Fran society will give an enter
tainment at its hall, 724 Washington
street.
In addition to these three principal eel
ebrations there will be several smaller
ones, and the Norwegian churches will
Lold special services.
The Norwegian club of Washington, D.
c., will give a banquet on the 18th OF
Norway. R. S. U. Sartz, formerly Of this
city, is the president and JUL Dieserud
is the secretary.
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~ ! !.
John Lindt. of Council Bluffs, who will
be the next commander of the state de-
partment of the G.. A. r.. Of Iowa, was
baSn in Erie, Pa, March II, 184s. The
only son of widowed mother. he was ed
ucated in the public schools ofsthat place.
When the war broke out, he was anxious
to go to the front, but his mother would
not consent and he threatened 70 run
away and Join the navy. His mother
finally consented and he enlisted as a
private in Independent Battery of the
Pennsylvania Light Artillery. He was
scarcely more than IS at the time
The battery was at once sent to the
front and became 2art Of the army Of
the Cumberland under General Thomas.
1t took part in almost every battle of
General Sherman's campaign from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta and Jonesboro. In
all of these, Young Lindt was engaged,
and later on. when his corps was ordered
into Tennessee: he took part in the fight
ing at Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
PRAISES THE DANES
Margaret Thomas Comments Iheif
Courtesy to Foreigners.

Margaret Thomas, tourist and autnoi
Of some note, writes very entertalnlns!y
of Denmark, 1.-The smallest natlon III
the May Gravel" She writes as 1olloWs:
To the cyclist, the sportsman tne alueI
the tired toler in search of rest and cnan9e
7 ran suggest nothing better than visit TO
it's hospitable shores. The people are most
amicabiy DISPOSED towards the English, Who1n
spain, Germany and France often Jake &C
casion, unfortunately, to Willy, ana uerlue'
On the contrary, the traveller meets Will
nothing but kindness and friendly help from
every Dane he comes in contact with. AS,
to quote recent experience, the Deautles o,
Bruges and Brussels are frequently marreu
nv the insults of the ignorant popuiace, SO
this sentiment of the Danes adds to the less
MAGNIFICENT attractions Of this land une
charme de plus.
The best months for visiting denmark are
, June July, August and September. Person
allv i enjoy the country extremely In April
and May, when the bright new buds illu1nl-
nate. as it were, the depths Of the glorious
beech forests and in October. when the whole
country is a blaze of varying reds and yelloWs
as the leaves fade before the coming winter
The climate Is comparatively speaking, miro
quite llp to christmas. The mean tempera-
ture recorded from MAY 10 oeptenfoei 10 W u
to 621a degrees.
In appearance Copenhagen resembles an ole
provincial English town. IT 1t is not pre-
cisely magnificent city, such as those witt
which Italy abounds, 1t is not wanting II
picturesqueness. Its chief charm, however
lies in it's numerous and beautiful parks AM
gardens. The stranger feels at home at one:
in the friendly little town, and those Wht
have seen the finest capitals of the worlt
even, invariably like Copenhagen
One of the greatest advantages OF Copen
hagen is its proximity to immense parks ant
forests The Dyrhave, a magnificent parl
stocked with stately deer, is within half al
hours railway ride, Charlottenlund littl
nearer The shores of the sound going north
ward are covered with villas and pretty vii
lagos, where in the season excellent Sc;
bathing may be enjoyed.
The article, which is one of considerable
length, gives detailed mention of the fint
art museums of Copenhagen; the old cas-
ties such as Rosenberg, Kronborg, Ere
densborg and Fredriksborg; the man!
handsome towns, Aarhus, Viborg, Aalbor,
and Veile, and the many islands ant
lakes, all of which are charmingly de
scribed.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

lions. About, 1000 laborers have already
been engaged for the work. ss
Lindblom. one of the discoveries OF the
Nome gold fields, is having troublous times
with his wife, who sues for a sdivorce and a
big share of his wealth, which, she says,
amounts to SS,500,000 y
A Gunnar Wennerberg festival, at Carne-
gle hall, New York, on May 4. was a COM
plete success. Among those who participated
were John T. Erickson, organist; Lillian
Hanson Gray, sopranos; Joseph Hagstrom,
barytone, and Miss Martina Johnstone, vio-
lnist.
While Norwegian vessels are numerous in
the West Indian trade, it appears that only
one was at St. Pierre when the volcanic
eruption of Mont Pelee overwhelmed the
city and the shipping. This was the bark
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
"a: ]; Captain Aasen. The whole crew was

sma. Captain Aasen. The whole crew was
lost.
CLAN academy. or college, at Tacoma by menu
sbers of the United Lutheran church in Wash
Sington. The chamber Of commerce Of Taco
ma Is taking an active hand in the PROPOSE
ton and the prospects are believed to be
excellent. tt8 n
A considerable Scandinavian colony is being
founded near Furlock, CAL More than 5000
acres have been sold in lots Of from forty
to four hundred acres. and general store
will soon be opened for the benefit of the
colony. $3.50
/. The strike Of the dock laborers in Copen-
hagen has been called off by the union, as the
chance for success was daily decreasing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17

The MinneaD polls School of Fine Arts
closed its regular school year this week.
The annual exhibition will open tonight
with a reception and will be open all CT
next week. The display of drawings,
paintings and sketches is large and in
cludes much excellent work. The inter
est of the students will center largely
about the drawings submitted in compe
tition for the three scholarships. One,
ships are in the Minneapolis school, each
being a years tuition. The announce
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17

ment of the winners will be a. feature Of
the reception tonight.
The rece<tion will be informal and is
given BY the students TO give their friends
an opportunity Of inspecting the results
of their work. There will be several
musical numbers and short talk by Max
Bohm. s
E The showing made by the school this
year has been gratifying both in numbers
ard ii the spirit of industry and earnest
ness that has characterized the work.
The enrolment has been 160, a gain in all
of the classes and the strong interest has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Correspondence of The Journal.


Calumet Mich! May 15-Miss Maggies j.
Wall Of this city is the only woman Finnish
journalist and newspaper publisher in Ameri-
ca. Although it is nc uncommon thing to
meet the sturdy sons of Finland in important
positions in the copper country, many having
forged ahead in business and professional life
in wonderful manner, it is seldom that the
daughters of that unfortunate country are
found outside of the home. Miss Wall: Is a
young woman; comparatively, but has met
with remarkable success in this country as a
result of her business sagacity and hard work
and to-day occupies a prominent position in
the Finnish publishing business in the United
States
located at Hancock, Mich, in this county.
After paying for tie trip from Finland to
Hancock she had only 81 left, and 1t was
necessary for her to accept a position as a
domestic servant to earn her living. Before
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
.. SONGS FOR FEMALE VOICES
Jacob l.. Hort of Red Wing Pub
fishes New Collection.

Jacob L. Hort has published a small
collection of songs for female voices. The
collection has been dedicated to the
Choral society at the Lutheran Ladies
seminary at Red Wing, for which Mr.
Hjort is the musical director, and will be
used at the society's concert at Red Wing
May %.
Among the songs is Griegs famous
"Iandkiending,' transposed for female
voices by Mr. Hort, IT'LL Oesterland,
"Brudefaerden,'' ''The Singers Hurrah'
and Anna Knudsdotter."
Mr.. and Mrs. HORT leave next week fol
London, where Mr.. Hort will continue his
studies in vocal music. Later they viii
visit Germany and Norway.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
PROGRAM OF MINISTRY
Premier B1ehr Announces His Policy
to StorthinE.

.4
Premier Blehr in announcing the
changes in the Norwegian ministry to
the storthing, made a short address in
which he presented the policy Of the gov
eminent.
The program Of the liberal party, he
said, would be carried out. The negotia
tions with Sweden regarding the consular
question and revision of the articles of
union, would be continued without inter-
ruption. Social reforms would be pro-
posed in time, particularly plan for a
national pension system for the aged and
destitute. The interior department would
be reorganized into a department for COM
merce and industry. -
An attempt to pass vote OF confidence
was postponed on a ruling of President
Berner that there was nothing before the
house the report being an oral one.
Verdens Gang, the principal organ OF
the liberal party, continues to hammer
the ministry and declares that it has no
| party support.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

diseased portion of the ear There is only
one way to cure deafness. and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an infamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness Is the result, and unless the inham-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars flor any
case of deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c-
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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and Nashville, some Of the hardest fought
battles of the war. After the battle of
Nashville, the battery was ordered to
New Orleans and thence to Texas. It
was expected the troops would be ordered
into Mexico. to fight the French, but the
Emperor Macmillan having surrendered.
the necessity Of American intervention
was obviated.
In 1865, Lindt was mustered out at
Harrisburg, Pa. He attended school at
Oterlin, Ohio. In 1869. he came to Iowa
and was admitted to the bar in Council
Bluffs. He has built up a large practice
and has been prominent in the politics OF
| Pottawattamie county and of the state.
He was instrumental in starting the
GraGl Army in Iowa and in establishing
the branch of the National Soldiers Home
at Leavenworth. He has been four TIMES
commander Of Abe Lincoln post at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, eight times Aon the staff Ct the
nmander-in-chief and four times on
the national council of administration of
the G.. Ar 81 si$siI - ,.s ~ - :
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|petitive drawings there are excellent com
position studies of Royal Rheem, G. w.
Harting, Miss Alta Hillsdale and Gustav
Goetsch, in which these students excel,
portrait heads by Mrs. Burke and Otto
Gerde and others, sketches by Miss Alta
Hillsdale and Doris Reed and others, and
many strong drawings from life.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Danish Lutherans.

According to the annual report of the Dan
ish Lutheran church in America, 1t Is COM
posed of 116 congregations, which are served
by forty-six clergymen. The number Of con-
membership 1900. The united value Of the
church property is $187, $780, =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Rev. e. O. vil1 Declines Call.

The Rev E. o. Vik, pastor of the Charles
Street Norwegian Lutheran church of La
Crosse, has declined call to a Minneapolis
church upon the earnest and unanimous re-
uuest Of the congregation. He was at La
Crosse for fifteen years and was instrumental
in the erection Of new church and the or
ganization of many Lutheran churches in this
district. Mr.. Vik is one of the most promi-
:nent pastors in the Norwegian synod.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Summer Art Course.

A summer course for the study Of art will
be established in Stockholm by committee
Of which Prince Eugene Is president. The
course is intended largely for teachers but all
art lovers will be encouraged to attend. On
account Of its numerous museums and CALLER
les, the Swedish capital offers splendid place
for the projected enterprise
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17

ises With good health to a girl all
things seem attainable and she bends
every energy to reap knowledge and
gain the coveted class prize. But IN
winning the honors of her class many
girl has lost the great prize Of health.
The excitement of examinations and in
termingling with school mates causes
girls, whether at boarding school or at
home, to forget the precautions Of
health. Persistent, hard study, with
loss Of sleep, excitement and lack of
proper outdoor exercise will ruin any
girls health.
The hardest school work generally
comes at that age when the girl is least
able to stand the wearing mental strain
and the consequent waste of vital en-
orgy. Thousands Of girls are not phys
ically strong enough to withstand the
tax Of a life full of activity. # they are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Denmark's Holiday.

June S, Denmark's national holiday, Will
be celebrat ed by the Danes of this city with
the customary festivities at DANA hall. The
affair will be held under the auspices of the
Acollo Singing Society.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17
Biornson wei Again.

Bjornstjerne BjorLson has recovered from
prove fatal.
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Foreign Items.

The American engineers who will construct.
on oreTroad from the extensive fields in Dun
derland valley, in Norway, to the coast have
arrived at the scene of the proposed opera
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-17

The Seventeenth at Montevideo. II
Henry J. Gjertsen will spend the 18th Of
May at Montevideo, where he will be the ora
tor at celebration by the Norwegians Of that
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is to
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~ 7CHOOL days are the happiest
days Of life. In the buoyancy
lzDI Of youth the student sees life
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1902-02-22
David b. Hill is Breaking Loose.
Dav,6 Rann.t l,i,, NJ wn,ssrt,. Rocst

David b. Hill is Breaking Loose.
David Bennett Hill Of Wo,fsrts Rocst,
New York has concluded that he wants
to be a Democrat again. Time was
when David B. Hill was the plumed
knight Of Democracy. with the legend
II am Democrat" embiszoned above
his bead. That was before William
Jennings Bryan carried the Chicago
convention of 1895 o6 its feet and cap
tured the presidential nomination with
historic speech. Bryan's oratory or
honesty did not suit Hill. Bryan was
and is for that matter, for the
common people. Hill was and
is for the great corporations aud trusts.
and stands for nothing that the Democ-
racy represents. He calls himsslf .
Democrat, but II he shares one principle
in common with the Democracy - 1t
has stood since 1896, no one has been
able to discover 1t.
In very truth Hill Is = Republican.
He bolted the Democratic ticket IN
1890. He damned it with faint praise
in 1900. He has been q sulker and
skulker when the new Democracy voiced
its demands before the republic. He
has no sympathy with the Democratic
cry for the regulation of the trusts. He
is for the gold standard. He advocates
the slavery Of the Filipinos. In all
things essential in fact he is Republican
and not Democrat.
1t is in a way significant that this
treason monger is to speak at banquet
in New York where, We are gravely told
''plans for reuniting the Democratic
party in the nation will be discussed"
Who the ''reuniters" are is not disclosed
in the Associated Press dispatches, but
among the speakers will be Mayor Pat
rick A. Collins Of Boston, Cleveiand's
consul general in London. who will
speak on "The Democracy Of New
England" Collins is another Democrat
Of the Hill stripe. He also sulked and
skulked like his master Cleveland In
1895 and 1900. And yet, ye Gods and
little fishes. these are tho self consti-
tuted "reuniters" Of the Democratic
partyl. May the good Lord have nnsrcy
on tho Democracy II they be it, re-
deemers.
Hill and Collins are fair specimens Of
the class who have been fighting tho
Democracy for six years. and will light
1t again in 1904 unless the trusts can
nominate their man for the presidency.
What they do or may not do In New
York at the board OF club matters
little to the loyal, virile Democracy Of
the nation. 1t 10 sufficient to know that
they are not Democrats and have not
been since 1895. Their impertinence in
posing "a .'reuniters" of the Democracy
is Ut piece with all their treason mon
gering in the past half dozen years.
Republicans have no place In the Demo
cratic ranks and that is the precise rea-
son ~hy Hill and Collins and their sort
should 60 where they belong, under the
sympathetic and sheltering wing of the
Roosevelt Lodge Hanna Plat outfit
Colorado Democrat.