The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-17

tom three strong boxes were securely
placed, two for water and one for bread. &
Thirty men were placed in the boat and
it was then rowed about. After the
canvas sides were laid down, the bottom
carried tibet hirty men equally. we'll.
When twelve men stood on one side,
with no balancing weight, the boat did
not turn over. Such boat, carrying
thirty men, costs about l,1OO kroner,
or about 300 kroner more than the cost
OF an ordinary lifeboat, carrying eigh-
teen men. sas 90 y
This new boat does not easily break,
but even if it should do so, it will re-
tain its full carrying capacity. Kapok
does not-ike reindeer hair-lose its
buoyancy after being in water for /:
while. 2-.. -.
The Parliamentary Visit.
All Norway is following with great
interest the doings of the delegates
from their storthing to the Paris peace
convention. According to reports they
seem to be doing well in the French
capital, and holding their own along
side their Swedish and Danish coli
| leagues. #..
While it might be possible to get to-.
gether men better suited for the occa
sion, the selection is certainly not
bad one. Some Of the delegates are
men Of wide experience, used to travel,
speaking foreign languages, and able to
tabie e 'G The foreman n2 IS N
I Pr;ebensen, governor of Nedenaes: The
! others are: Consul Open, DR.. Brun-
chorst, Sheriff Berge, Consul Bergesen,
Pastor Erickson, Commanding Captain
Frisak, DR.. Graarud, Shipowner Han
s ssn FarEer dshpen Banker
Farmer Tyeiten, Rector Horst and
"Statsraad' Loevland. Some of them
have their wives along.
| They left Christiania on the 2lst, and
will not return before the beginning
gates and all went in a body to Paris
for the furtherance of universal peace.
Everything seems to have gone ac-s
cOrding to the program made up by the
men Of the north. The cables now,
however, report some things that look
as If harmony were in danger. In the,
first place, the Danes and the Swedess
did not like it that President Loubet
gave seats to five Norwegians in his
box at the opera while only two Swedess
and two Danes had the same honor. But
it was at one of the many banquets that
the most serious rupture between the
A when the Swedish and Norwegian min
lister at Paris, Mr.. Alderman, on be-
half of King Oscar, bestowed on Baron
Estournelles de Constant the decoration
Of the Grand Cross Of the Swedish
North Star Order; The, fact that the.
minister thus acted on behalf of Sweden.
alone and without beforehand notify.
ing the Norwegian delegates caused
much Indignation among the latter.
The French baron put. on his decora-
ton at once, without having any idea
about the friction the affair had caused
between the two, groups OF, delegates,
+ fl l1c hn ho% sHn&
peace and harmony are impossible on
this earth, even at an international
peace convention.
There is an end to everything, and so
it was with our fine weather. Since /
last wrote The Journal we have
had almost all sorts of miserable edi-
tions in this line. We have had fog so
dense that it was dangerous to be out
doors in the evening. The fog caused
no end Of trouble to steamship traffic.
The Danish ocean steamer that was to
leave here Thursday evening did not
dare to go out before Saturday morning.
Half a dozen persons walked right into
the water, but all but one were rescued.
} The one who lost his life was an old man
going to his home in the city. His dead
body was found in Akerselyen, the river
that runs thru Christiania.
After the fog came severe storms and
the coasting steamers have regularly
been delayed.
Some little snow we have also had.
but it still makes a cover too thin to
make skiing enjoyable in the vicinity Of
, the city.
> Apropos, skiing seems now to have
, have attained more than ordinary prom.
inence. Thus director for circus in
Berlin has engaged five young Nor
wegians to star with him as high Jump
ers. AS far as I know, this is the first
, time that skiing has been part of CIR
Gus program. $50.
Since that famous earthquake Of
, which I wrote in another letter, the