The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-09-26
l on board the FTithjof from sp1fzfber.
gen OH his way home. He announced
that-.h had definitnlv abandoned. FORE

gen Oil his way home He announced
that he had definitely abandoned for
TINS = ttyear, after disastrous: trial Of
hl ga: a91l:rsslh!ip, the proposed attempt to
reach the north pole. The airship,
made IAN ascent tSept.2:2 lin. astrong
n9ftth1W!!testerly wind, which drove her
southWesterly overland: It was found
necessary to cut sthe. balloon alrift'
from the other parts of :<the airship,
but it was recovered after two days
search scar Mr.. Wellmanr told several
newspaper men in % sTroenidhj EN- Il last:
week that he. will make another, at
tempt TT. with a new airshipt in 1905. Mr.,
Wellman's movements have been
watched with intense interest all over
Norway, wKeFe e:=-f T0lar xploration has
forayears been: avfamiliar subject, not
TO say. a. general topic among all
classes Of people: Leading authorities
in Norway: have all along. had their:
serious: doubts; about. MIR. <.Wellman'sr
success !!cs2: s.. They all claim that in one
way Andree, the : Swedish aiesronayuft;
who started in a balloon: and:'perished;
was even the better equipped -, in a.
sense than Mr. Wellman. Besides the
:airship problem has not ais yet: been
solved and it is not: the general belief;
IN: the =: Scandinavian countries, es-,
ipecially in Norway, that the airship
way is safe one. It is now believed
that the next. man who will try and
reach the desired mark is Road
Amundson, who not long ago made the
northwest passage and who is an I'M:
daunted sailor With a==ir;if1e:IRf=1experience
and: who has made himself: respected
for wonderful - tenacity of purpose.
Norway, and all Europe for that mat
ter! is deeply interested in Mr..
Amundson's latest declaration to- make
the attempt and more than likely he
can get all the money he needs for the
equipment of a polar ship. ~; j., T>..&:: y. :.
( 1t has never, seemed much trouble
for the Norwegian :emigrant to find a
vessel to carry him away from his
native shore when he has been ready
to leave, at least1not during the last
thirty years. Every. week British
steamers leave various Norwegian
ports, carrying emigrants over to Eng
land. where: they embark Oh the ocean
steamers of, the different trans-Atlan-
tic. lines. Resides this the 'sScandi=
navian-American line Of Copenhagen
maintains steamers sailing from Nor
wegian ports. about three times every
month. This should be sufficient
means Of transportation to carry the
several thousands Of Norwegians: over
to1the far; but the; Hamburg
American line seems to think different-
~. According to the latest report
this company now intends to extend
its operations to Norway, by putting
into service emigrant steamers. AS
to emigration from Norway to Amer
lea this year, it may; be said that the
figures will hardly go above those Of
last year, when it was about $4,000.
Very likely it Will be TESS this year =
j: A. pension granted Grieg, the late
composer; by the. Norwegian ,parlia-
mcnt in 1874 rendered him indie
pendent. 2 The following year he spent
with his; old master; .Gade:t,~ A.; few
concerts in the musical capitals of Eu-
rope concluded the active career Ct
the composer With bis health broken
and the freshness of youth which was
the inspiration Of ibis best music gone,
Greig passed the last years of his life
quietly at his picturesque villa, Trold-:
hanger Goblin HID, near Bargen. His
later life was spent. in composing, but
the products Of his labors, which were:
Intensely Norwegian : In spirit and
method, have been less widely appreci-
:ated than his early. works. In. his
native country, however, he never
lacked for appreciation or admiration.
/: 1hereAisz still but one kind Of wealth
er~to report; rain and. still. more rain,
with low temperatures, SO low that
there have been freezing nights i1lSsev-
eral-~of the higher country %districts.
During the last -. few days rain has
been less frequent in this city, but the
Tow temperature and prevailing cold
winds reminds one of the fact that fall
is: here. The crop prospect is rather
poor. Hay is perhaps the only yield
that comes up to.'=the average: The
fruit NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the mark.
The prices on nearly all food products
are uncommonly high, and from Eng
land comes the sad news: that prices
on coal will be higher than ever be-
fore, perhaps with the: exception of
the year of the Boer war. -. >'9~ :"
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