The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-08

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lomat and is considered an authority
on maritime questions.
The Arjang brewery up in Silbodals
parish was burned to the ground the
other day, entailing loss of about
$4,000 crowns.
NORWAY.
That people are drinking less liquor
in Norway today than ever before can
be cleaned from the following investi-
cation made by newspaper writer in
Norway not long ago: Records have
been taken Of the amount of liquor
used since 1888 and it seems to be
fact that the average Individual drinks
five times as little liquor today as the
average individual did seventy-fve
years ago. In 1888 it is claimed that
the average amount of liquor drank
per year was sixteen liters; now it
is only a trif1e over three kters.
William Churchill passed through
Christiania the other day on his way
to Gothenburg, Sweden, to study the
Gothenburg system. Mr.. Churchill.
who represents a number of temper
ance societies in the United States,
says that the temperance laws in
America have made a pure fiasco of
the entire business and that it is time
to start reform, so far as the liquor
system is concerned, on entirely new
lines.
The following item shows that there
are plenty of strikes in Norway and
that the labor unions are still power
full: There were 173 strikes and other
organized labor conflicts in Norway in
1908, and sixty strikes that lasted for
some time. The receipts of the ma
tional labor unions were $4,000 and
$4,000 was paid out as aid to the
strikers. The aggregate receipts of
all the local unions belonging to the
national organizations were over $780,,
900.
A Danish students chorus from
Copenhagen will give series of con-
certs in Norway during the summer
months. They will appear at Christi
ania Trondhjem Aalesund, Bergen
and other places and will be assisted
by one of the prima donnas of the
Royal Opera at Copenhagen. They
will be accorded a great reception
wherever they will appear in Norway.
Much excitement has been caused
by the discovery of gold in Smaalens.
The chances are that there is very lit
tie gold, but a farmer had some of
the ore examined by chemist, who
stated that it contained some gold and
now it is all the talk in that part of
the country and has caused all man.
ner Of excitement.
An exchange says: 0The govern
ment is in favor of establishing tour.
ist Office in Berlin. 1t will cost about
$4,000 a year to keep 1t running, and
the railroads and hotels are expected
to contribute $4,000 to this amount. II
such an office is opened it will be
managed by the state railways"
Norwegian shipowners are still dis
cussing the Feasibility Of starting a
line of passenger and mail steamers
between Norway and America A
number of them would be willing to
undertake the project if the govern
ment would allow subsidy of about
100000 a year.
Tourist hotels all over the country
are getting in shape for the summer.
Thousands of tourists will visit the
country this summer and enterprising
hotelmen and innkeepers do not loose
sight of their interests either.
Lieutenant T. B. Bohn of Trondhjem
has received an appointment to serve
as an officer in the army of Congo,
S. A. He will leave for South Africa
next week and will remain there for
five years.
There were numerous snow storms
all over the country in the early part
of March. In many instances traffic
was considerably delayed.
Jens Wang, the theatrical painter,
celebrated his fiftieth birthday the
18th of March,
DENMARK.
Copenhagen dispatches state that
the former minister of justice, Alber-
tt, who is under arrest, has been re-
moved from the Jail to the city hospi-
tai. Here he is being watched night
and day for fear that he will commit
suicide. Minister Christensen is now
coming in for a good deal of criticism,
because it is claimed that he knew all
about Alberti's swindleries, but did
not inform the authorities about what
he knew. It is claimed further that
by informing the cabinet regarding
what he knew to be going on that he
could have saved thousands of crowns
and averted much scandal. The su-
preme court, it is believed, will in the
near future take up Christensen's case
The Albert investigations still con.
tinue and the latest development is
that he spent S27, 1000 on the elections
at Kjoge.
Says a Copenhagen correspondent:
"The number of men out of employ
ment is still increasing, and now in
cludes more than Is per cent of the