The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-11-07

Os w.. SVAnS4ueEtu one OF the &aycSt
capltals IN northern Europe, is at the
present moment suffering from the
Jealous exertions Of the prohibitionist
party. Up to now the restaurants and
cafes have been open up to midnight
ana those guests who arrived before
the midnight hour struck have been
served with food and drink and al
lowed TO stay for practically an I'm.
limited time. It has not been unusual
that the restaurant keepers have not
seen the back of their last guest be.
fore o'clock in the morning. This
was permitted by special license. of
course, always subject to the condi.
tlon that perfect order was kept.
Even II one may say that to keep
restaurants open so long was unneces-
sary, it is impossible to say that the
r1gnt mas been abused to any greater
extent. For city like Stockholm,
when possesses very few clubs and
Where the Well-to-do classes like to fire.
quent restaurants, especially after the
tbeaters, which sometimes do not finish
until half-past II. it has been and
IS sui almost a necessity to keep the
restaurants open after midnight. But
the teetotal party, which has begun to
be very strong in our town council,
mas made the governor of Stockholm
enforce the rule that no restaurant OF
cafe shall be kept open and no alco
none drinks served after -. In this
way these places must be emptied as
soon as II o'clock strikes. This prac.
tlcally means that nobody can enter
restaurant after 1870 o'clock, which
makes it impossible for people coming
from the theater to take supper out
Inc new rule was enforced for the
first time Sept. 30, and caused many
demonstrations from the other part Of
the pub!ic.''
The coming of Captain Roald
Amundson, the famous Arctic ex
plorer, to make a lecturing tour OF
America, is being hailed with delight
by the Norwegans OF the United
States. He landed in New York the
latter part of October, and will ap
pear in most of the leading cities of
the country, as we'll as in smaller
cities, where Americans
are numerous. That his tour will be
a brilliant success, there can be nc
doubt. Like so many Of his country.
men-Dr. Nansen, for instance-he is
a master Of the English language, SO
that he can appear to advantage be-.
fore an American audience. He is
not only an explorer, but also a
scholar, who has carried on extensive
research work along scientific lines.
His discovery of the northwest pas
sage is 50 far his greatest achieve
ment, but there are those who believe
that he will win still greater renown
by reaching the north pole. Captain
Amundson is a great admirer of Dr..
Nansen, and will adopt his method of
reaching the pole, namely, by drift
ing across it on an ice foe.
The company that has been oper-
ating iron mines in South Sydvanger,
has made a loan of 100000 crowns
from the Nord Deutsche bank of Ham,
burg and the Discount bank of Berlin,
and has increased it's capital stock to
1O,OOOOOO crowns, the former capital
stock being 100000 crowns. The
company took this action in order to
be able to operate it's mines on q
larger scale. It is estimated that in
1910 the output will be from 100000
to 100000 tons Of ore, containing 65
per cent. of iron Of excellent quality.
At Grand cafe in Kongsberg the 9TH
er day the dinner guests were startled
to see great big elk come marching
into the room. He looked about for a
minute or more and in consideration
rushed through big plate glass win.
dow and took to the woods.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
oct. 10 all along the Drammens river
For some reason OF other it was not
noticed on the seis1nograph in Bergen
ana scientists are now beginning tc
wonder what was the matter with the
seismograph.
The Brustad gold mines near Eids.
void have been sold to seven land.
owners from Christiania and will be
operated again next spring.
Madame Nina Grieg, wife Of the
late composer, Edward Grieg, and he1
sister will spend the winter in Conen.
hagen.
otto Winter-Hjem, the Christiania
composer. celebrated his 10th BIRTHDAY
the other day.