Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-10-18
Egede Nissen, Konnow. Van CastDerg,
ReklOr Horst, Gunnar Knudson Brat

Egede Nissen, KonnOw. van CastDerg,
ReklOr Horst, Gunnar Knudson Brat
lie and Rev. Mr.. Eriksen. Among
:hc new members are: Friis Peterson,
of A%alesund: Professor +. Stang, Pro-
lessor Broegher and Rektor Gunder-
sen.
William Jennings Bryan expresses
himself as follows in one of his re-
cent letters TO the Chicago Daily
News regarding Norway and its peo-
pie: There are many in Norway who
prefer a president to a king and who
object to having 100000 people taxed
nearly 100000 n year to pay tie
salary of a kingly ~figurehead, but the
monarchists reply that the kings posi-
ton is purely ornamental and enables
the government to maintain cordial
relations with other European coun-
tries while the people govern Il an
selves through the storthing. They
point out that the king has much less
power than u president. While this
is true. they forget that a president
elected by the people and holding Of
flee but four years can be trusted with
more executive authority than an
hereditary monarch. The storthing has
absolute power, and as its members
are elected by universal suffrage every
three years. and as there is but the
n parliamentary body, public senti-
ment finds prompt expression in the
government. Ii can be truthfully said,
therefore. that with the exception Of
the executive branch of the govern
ment. Norway Is thoroughly demo
cratic and that the influence Of the
king is reduced TO a minimum. Nor
way has n promising future. Her peo-
pie are hardy and intelligent. Educa-
ton has been compulsory for fifty
years, and il is the country's beast
hat it spends more per capita on
schools than any other country in
Europe. ecause of Norway's immense
shipping interests she demanded a
separate consular service, and 1t was
that led to the separation. Now that
her destiny is in the hands Of her own
people. much is to be expected Of her.
Her sons and daughters, those who
have emigrated to America as well as
those who have remained at home,
prove to the world that 1t is possible
for apeople to acquire the refnements
Of civilization without losing their
original strength and vigor."
For printing alleged libelous edi.
torials In Scandia, a Norwegian week
ly newspaper published here, Anton
p. LANCE, a well known Norwegian
American editor. was severely beaten
with a heavy came, which was broken
over his head and back. and his eyes
We're blackened. His assailants were
Erl!ng Bjornson, SOL Of Bjornestjerne
Rjornson, the ''grand old man Of Nor
way" and Gustav f. Reimers, son OF
Associate Justice Reimers Of the Nor
wegian supreme court. Both men are
members of Norway's first families
and are prominent In the highest So
ciety of the Morse capital. The whip
ping Of LANCE occurred at Grand and
Center avenues, Chicago, where Bjorn-
son and Reimers had waited for ev-
eral hours in a drug store for the edi-
tor. After administering what they
considered a sufficient %trouncing,
Bjornson and Reimers left their vic
tim in the street and went into the
drug store, where later they were ar
rested and taken In a patrol wagon to
a police station. LANCE also was ar
rested. Reimers and Bjornson were
released on bonds signed by a friend
and LANCE also was released later in
the evening. The beating was the
climax Of q series Of editorial attacks
made on Bjornson and Reimers since
their arrival in the United States early
last spring. In South Dakota they OBJ
tanned a copy Of Scandal in which was
printed a story regarding alleged com
promising actions Of Bjornson and
Reimers at Belgrade, MINI. 1t was
then that they determined to whip
LANCE the moment they reached Chica-
go. LANCE was crossing the street
when Bjornson saw him. take that,
you scoundrel." said Biornson as he
struck LANCE a terrific blow on the
head with the cane. Reimers followed
this with a punch in Lange's face.
while Biornson fairly rained blows
with the ane on Lange's back ard
head.
Hotel de'Angleterre. Throndhjem,
has been sold at auction to the Co
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