The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14

teen and half million kroner. These
figures are not bad showing every
thing considered.
, A new form for saving has been insti-
tuted here lately, the home-saving sys-
tenn, so well known in America. Nearly
using the American Burns system was
the last to start, but seems to be get
ting large share of the business, as
nothing is charged for the box, except
first deposit Of 5 kroner on its de-
livery. -. 80 ..y.}:s ~ -. a..@
s-.- The ''Norge'' Case. ~
Judgment has finally been rendered in
the investigation case of the Norge dis
aster. The verdict was that neither the
company nor. the captain was response
bic for the disaster: While the court
found fault with the captain s naviga<
ton at the time, these faults were not
considered to be of character to sub
ject him to punishment. He had to pay
his own expenses in the case.
The relief committee for the aid of
those left dependent by the death Of rel
atives has now distributed the funds,
1880 kroner having thus. been sent to
the company's agent here, and to their
agents at Christiansand, Stavanger and
tribution.
The Aalesund Relief. .a.
AT. Aalesund there is claimed to be
much suffering, especially among the
fishermen, owing to the failure Of the
plenty Of money on hand for relief, but
the authorities have as yet not agreed
upon how to distribute it. It must for
the fishermen surely be case of 'tthe
cow suffering for feed while the grass
grows. ~ 1t is now nearly a year since
the money was donated, and / do not
blame Americans or anybody, else for
complaining because their. donations
reach their destination rather slowly.
DR.. sauerwein Passes Away in This
| -, 49, City.
DR.. Sauerwein was one of the most
original and able inguists of our time,
It is now about twenty-five years since
he first became known in Norway, thru
another great man, the Norwegian lin.
gulst- liver Aasen, who had discovered
! the exceptional knowledge this man ha6
OF great number Of languages, includ
/ ing Norwegian. -, :
| Since then Mr.. sauerwein has often
visited Norway and at times made
lengthy stays here. He liked the coun.
try, especially Gudbrandsdalen, where
he first settled down for his health
He made study of the dialect of the
district, and lived among the peasants
for SIX years. He also wrote poetry in
their dialect, which he finally mastered
as well as. any Of the natives.
George Sauerwein was the son Of a
minister of the church at Gronau in
!. Hanover, Germany. At his death he
he studied oriental languages and San.
scrit at Goetingen and lived for sew.
eral years in England. !. Originally he
intended to study theology, but he was
facinated with languages. How many
different Languages this wonderful man
really knew is hard to tell; of living
languages he knew at least all the
European tongues. He wrote poetry
and prose in about forty languages and
dialects. .-5
It was not only as inguist that this
genius was known. He was spokesman
for the rights of the small nation, and
! the best efforts of his life were in the
behalf of universal peace. u
/ For number Of years Mr.. Sauerwei1
! had been in the service Of the British
Bible society, and he had translated 9
great number Of their books and tracts
/ For this service they allowed him ar
enough for him to live on His expec
i tations in regard to money were not
large. He did not expect much fnan
cial gain from his work, as 1t was toe
i far away. from the practical walks Of
4 life. He was a lonely man, an idealist
]! a warrior, who never tired of work
4 for what he thought was good and Just
and Of service to the human races. He
7 possessed a large and warm heart. Attic
a German by birth, he, belonged to the
! world at large, and in Norway where
his life came tom end, his friends were
many.
Prince Gustav Adolph and Miss Roose
Welt
/. No doubt the American, newspaper
have already given many columns O.
4 space to the rumor that Prince .Guta'
1 Adolph, the eldest son Of the crow
4 prince of Norway and Sweden, woul,
try to make Alice Roosevelt his wife
4 However, nobody here, at least at pres
ent, looks upon the tale as anythin,
4 but a hoax. The i future king O
the. two Scandinavian countries ha
been making a trip thru the roya
4 wife, and further has mot been able t
4 find the right one SO far.
Il Should the unexpected happen, how
4 ever, the opinion here seems to be tina
: such union would in more than on
q sense be a. beneficial one to the peopl
q here, and to royalty Of Europe in gen
eral, n-as-much as it might tend t
q make them all more democratic. Blu
q what effect would it have on the Ameri
8 leans, that il. indeed 81 question.