The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-27
THE ART AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL At cHRIsrANA NORWAY

Correspondence Of The Journal
Christiania, Norway, May Last
Sunday the skies We're clear and the
sun was making people believe that
spring had come to stay, and about
10000 member Of eighty two differ
ent trade unions paraded in the after
noon thru the streets of Christiania.
There were both men and women
in the line, and they all wanted to
work less and for better pay. The
eight-hour day is still the principal
item on their program, altho so many
Of them hardly average half Of It the
Of their standards there was also one
reading, Down with Militarism." The
workingmen in line made good inn
preston, their behavior was excellent,
and did not observe a single drunken
man.
The well-known socialistic preacher
and member of the storthing, DR..
Eriksen, delivered the GRAFTON Of the
day. Among other things he said:
''It Is the moneyed men who cause
the wars nowadays, in order to make
personal gains therefrom. Woe to
them! The day will come when the
war orders will be given, but nobody
will obey them" He made an earnest
powers which were theirs at the polls,
and the socialists would soon be the
ruling party in Norway.
Norwegian Delegates to St. Louis.
The Norwegian storthing has de-
cided to send four representatives to
the peace congress at ST. Louis. The
four chosen are: II. j. Horst, princi-
pal Of the high school at Tromsoe;
Bergen; ]. G. Brandt, land owner near
Christiania, and G. B. Hansen, ship
owner at Flekkefjord. Horst and
Lund have been, and Brandt and Han
sen are now, members of the storthing.
The Nobel institution will pay the
travelling expenses for Mr.. Lund and
the state treasury those of Mr.. Horst.
The other two will settle their own
bills.
The Lofoten Fisheries.
The Lofoten cod fisheries closed Of
ficially April 80, and the result com
pared with former years is the poorest
since 1895, except 1900. The. total
catch is .12,3O0s000. The average
profit for each of the fishermen is es-
timated at 1853 kroner (about SAD.
The total money value Of the seasons
catch is very small, only about $780,
900 kroner. While the Lofoten fish
cries this year must be considered a
failure, the prospect for the Finmark-
en- fisheries continues favorable and
as they generally last till about the
end of June, the final results for the
whole country may yet improve.
The so-called Nansen fund has now
reached the sum Of 100000
kroner (s268, OO0). This was accom-
plished on May g. According to the
conditions Of the Nansen fund, an in
dependent scientific institution, out
side Of the university, is to be estab-
was reached. So. the next thing will
be to organize an institution where
noted men Of science may pursue
their work and researches without be-
ing interrupted by other duties. The
professors of the Norwegian univer-
sity now find little time for independ-
ent work, the duties Of the chairs they
occupy taking all their time.
Professor w. G. Broegger has
movement, and the enthusiastic work
done by him has in no small degree
brought the victory now won. Pro-
fessor Broegger thinks the new acad-
envy may in time be articulated and
in certain lines work in harmony
with the Norwegian Nobel-Institute.
Notable Norwegians in Other Coun-
tries.
| It is we'll known that some Of the
Exported Norwegians have done
very we'll in America, and now hold
positions Of high rank, much to the
satisfaction Of their native country.
But 1t is not in the States only that
Norwegians have succeeded. The fol-
lowing brief stories Of two men will
prove that they have been up and
doing" also in other countries.
Johan Wilhelm Norman Munthe,