The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

been held, where boys and young men
7 receive proper. instruction from expert
teachers: =: ~ -: j..
1 The principal aim is life-saving. I'm
der this heading is included the knowl-
edge Of not only how to keep one g
own body afloat,, but also how to- as,
sist and float others.
Ordinary swimming, j swimming on
the back and. resting in the water, diy-
circumstances, are the main lessons.
Swimming under unfavorable condi-
tions: includes lifessaving. Here the
pupil is trained how. to float another
person, climb into a boat from the wa
ter, swim; under it, etca -. ....,f
F. Closing exercises were held at the
principal swimming school 3of this city
last Sunday, and the spectacle was
viewed by large and interested crowd,
Forest Fires and Other Fires.
One result Of the long drought this
| summer is an unusually large number
of forest fires, most Of them original
ing from sparks from railroad engines.
The loss this summer has been heav
Ter than for years. Z r 49, .,-.:-,. '..@-.
that Of the Bjorneby sawmills, near
Fredriksstad, where about 100000 kro-
.ners' worth Of property was destroyed.
Another Viking Ship Unearthed.
AT Oseberg, a farm between Tons
berg and .Holmestrand, an old viking
ship was discovered late last year.
Now the: work Of excavation is going
on, under the supervision of Professor
Gustafson Of the Christiana university.
The fine. is Of the greatest scientific in
terest. unfortunately the ship has. been
damaged to such an extent-bregra
robbers of the time-Bhat it 5wiI be pos
sible to get it OUT only. in pieces. Thus
the Gogstad ship now among the uni
versity collections, will still be the best
seen. But this also was savagely
treated by. .treasure-hunters, who knew
that according to the old CUSTOM q Nor
wegian chief was buried in: his best ship
and his valuables were buried with him.
+. Did Not Find Fiala. : ~.
The auxiliary expedition fol. the ;Zieg-
Ter polar expedition, On the Frithjoff,
which left Tromsoe in the beginning: Of
July, has returned without succeeding
in reaching Franz Joseph Land, on ac-
count of ice and fog. - ~s
The farthest north they. had managed
nor bea and depea Sc III sas
and Is degrees So minutes north and
40 degrees 10 minutes east.
The : steamer St FIRTH jef; went north
again as: soon as fresh coal supply had
been taken in. - -
Captain Doenvig Goes to America.
Captain Doenvig, the inventor of the
to demonstrste tie nus usefulness Of his in
vention. IS
In European. waters many trials have
been made. Last week a trip was made
by three men in the globe, starting
from Brown Ridge, near scarborough,
England. Three days later they safely
landed at Gmuiden, Holland:
Return Of New Jersey Criminal
John Klimoic, alias Joseph stofel-
steamer Island from New York in June.
On his arrival at Christiansand, June
25, he was arrested by order of the
chief of police at Bayonne, N. j., where
he is accused Of killing his landlady to
get $4,000 cash he had seen in her pos
session q few days before. His calcu-
lations proved wrong, as his haul was
only $50. He vented money to buy a
ticket ito the old country. He will,
however, I am afraid, find out that he
employed rather drastic means to So
cure his passage money. Last week
the prosecuting attorney of Hudson
I county, New Jersey Mr.. Vickers, came
here to take the accused, man back to
America for trial hey sailed from
Christiansand on the Oscar II Aug. 10.
siyert Nielsen Dead.
Few names have been SO closely con-
nected with Norwegian politics FOR the
y last forty years rs that of Sivert Mel
sen. After having been ailing for