Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-15


via, where they intend to spend three
days in each of the Scandinavian cap
itals as guests Of the members Of the
parliaments of those countries.
DENMARK.
A proposition to protest against the
visit of the car to Copenhagen was
voted down by the Social Democrats
of that city.
Premier Christensen admitted in
the rigsdag that his party suffered a
defeat at the recent elections and the
parties that favor his plans for build
ing Notifications around the capital
wish to cooperate with the other par
ties.
At a Danish meeting at Nordborg,
South Jylland, 1t was stated that the
German government is after land
owned by Danes. On account of this
movement a special credit bank was
established. The attendants must
have been highly interested in having
the Danes keep their land, for $780,
900 was raised at once as capital stock
Tor the new bank.
Denmark's Oldest man, retired
Jylland farmer named Niels Nielsen,
was 1O6 years old June II. His men
tai condition is perfectly normal and
his physical vigor is great for his age.
He can read without glasses, but his
hearing is entirely gone He was
married twice and lived with his sec
ond wife for 60 years. She died two
days before he was 100 years old
About two years ago a Copenhagen
labor union published in a circular
the names of some persons who took
the places of strikers. Those who
were thus placed before the public
against their wishes sued the labor
just fined the labor union s27; but no
damages were awarded to the plaintiff
because the "strikebreakers" did not
prove that they had suffered any loss.
A little steamer which had expert
enced strange vicissitudes was found
on the bottom of the new harbor at
Copenhagen a few mornings ago.
About three-quarters of century ago
1t was the pleasure yacht of King
Fredrik VII. For a great many years
past it has been devoted to far hum
bier purposes. Last winter it was the
resort Of questionable characters, and
the police cleaned it out But in the
course of time this cleaning was for
gotten and it is limited that the police
know a thing or two about the final
fate of the vessel.
Copenhagen, July 8. = Speeches
made at the meetings of the trades
unions in Copenhagen tonight indi-
cate that war between the wealthy
F., classes of Denmark and the socialists
will be one of the most desperate
economic battles ever fought in the
world. The contest between the so
cialists and trades unionists on the
one hand and the rich classes and
small merchants on the other was
precipitated by decision of the
unionists, who are socialists almost
to man, toSestablishsa great cooper
alive retail business in Copenhagen,
and subsequently to open branches all
over the provinces. Until the an
nouncement of cooperation was
made, the small retailers were gener-
ally friendly to socialism. They fear,
however, that the departure will ruin
their business and they want the gov
eminent to prohibit by law. Angered
by this kind of resistance, the social
lists declare they intend the. co-opera-
tive to be only preliminary to the
substantiation of their methods in all
forms of industry and that within two
years, they mean to make the govern
ment socialistic in every respect. The
capitalists, who have long been un-
easy over the progress the radicals
have been making, are welcoming re-
cruits from the commercial classes to
their ranks. They say the time has
come for them to fight for their very
existence and predict a struggle which
will attract the attention of the whole
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