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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
NORWAY.

Ole Slevigen of Kredsherred, near
Drammen, has sold his farm, Slevigen,
to his Oldest son, Erling, for $4,000.
The property includes 1000 acres Of
fine timber.
Baden Powe1ls plan to establish
squads of scouting boys is Selling
the people of Norway like sort Of
epidemic. Let the school boys roam
through the country, studying its
topography just think of it! The
boundary line between Norway and
Sweden is about 1000 miles long, and
there are round stone towers ct inter-
walls of about five miles. An old SOL
der has proposed that the boys of the
highest classes be sent out to travel
the whole during the summer vaca-
! ton, and to send in a report from each
marker. The old soldier was Of
course joking, but he made an i'm
mense hit with the boys.
Edmund Gosse makes the following
appeal to admirers of Ibsen TO help
( the movement to save the house in
which the dramatist began his literary
career: AS all the biographies repeat,
Henrik 1sben lived in an apothecary's
house at Grimstad from 1874 to 1850,
| from his sixteenth to his tWenty-sec-
| ond year. In this dreary little box,
| in a dismal little town among the
rocks, the greatest imaginative writer
| of Scandinavia "stuck," as Maya
would have said, to his p.asters, pills
and ointment boxes. Here, in the gar
ret, which still exists unchanged, he
wrote his first tragedy Of Catalina"
The house at Skien in which Ibsen
was born having been destroyed, the
melancholy, but completely water
tight wooden edifce in Grlmstad is
all that remains to recall the youth Of
! the great poet. A national movement
is now being made in Norway to pur-
chase it, and to fill it with memorials
and biographical objects-to make an
Ibsen house, in fact, which shall be
to Norwegians all that the Goethe
house in Frankfort is to Germans.
Such places of literary pilgrimage Of
fer a legitimate attraction to the cult
| waited tourist. If it were only to med
itate on the contrast between the OBJ
security Of the poets youth and the in.
ternational celebrity of his old age, a
visit to Grimstad would be rewarding.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
RHINESTONE RI A FAKE
EXAMINED BY EXPERTS IN, NOR
WAY AND DECLARED
SPURIOUS.
IS OF VERY MODERN WORK
9roadside Fires Into Holland Camp in
Scandinavian Organ Of Wisconsin
BY Professor Rasmus q.
Anderson.

Madison, Wisconsin. - Considerable
interest has been aroused by the claim
of H. R. Holland of Ephrim, Wis, that
the Kensington Rune stone, found
some years ago in Minnesota, is a
genuine record left by early Morse
men. In the current issue of Amerika,
the Scandinavian organ of Wisconsin,
however, Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson,
it's editor, fires broadside into the
Holland camp as follows, in reply to a
communication from an officer of the
Minnesota Historical society:
"Some time ago the Kensington
Rune stone was submitted to Prof.
Magnus Olsen Of the Christiania Uni
versity in Norway for his opinion. He
had the inscription examined by one
of his students, by name Hedge Gjes-
sing. The conclusion was reached
that from Runic and linguistic stand
point the inscription could not have
been made in the fourteenth century
and that for historical reasons it could
not belong to later period. This con-
cluslon was approved and Endorsed by
Prof. Magnus Olsen, and H. r.
Holland was SO informed by letter, but
for reasons best known to himself,
Mr.. Holland has seen fit to conceal
this fact. The verdict of Prof. Magnus
Olsen ought to be enough to satisfy
the Minnesota Historical society.
"A short time ago Mr.. Holland ex-
plotted this Rhinestone fake before the
Chicago historical society. There the
stone was declared a fraud by Prof.
G. T. Flom Of the University of 1lli-
| nois. Prof. Gould read a letter from
Prof. o. J. Breda, now residing in
Christiana, but formerly of the Uni
| versity Of Minnesota, in which Prof.
Breda declared the inscription a
| fraud"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA
Principal Events That Have Trans
pired in the Old Countries
Within a Week or So.
DEN MARK.

A short cablegram from Iceland
says that an avalanche killed % per-
sons in village at 1safjord.
1t is proposed to introduce nofseless
signals instead of whistlng on the
Danish railways to indicate the time
for starting from the station.
N. Nelson of Gjildberg, near Bor-
base, died at the age of one hundred
years and six months. He was sup
posed to be the oldest person in Den
mark.
The Haarsler parsonage at Stag
else was completely destroyed by
fire in the middle of the night. Not
even the stock could be saved, and the
pastor himself shot down six horses
to save them from useless suffering.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
Chippewa Lands Near Cass Lake and
Deer River Will Be Opened Later.

Cass Lake.-The land Office received
United States land Office received
from the general land Office an order
which withdraws from settlement the
ceded Chippewa lands, notice of the
opening of which on March IL was
received several weeks ago.
The tract comprised about 10000
acres located around Cass lake and
Deer River.
This makes the third time the OPEN
ing has been postponed for the reason
that the department says the with
drawal was for the purpose of facili-
tating the exchange of allotments
from lands in the limits Of the nation
al forest to lands outside.
This exchange cannot be effected in
the dime required, hence the depart
ment withdraws the tract from home
stead entry for one year or until
March 10, 1911.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16

t1ouS u FrOCLOrS sailor Boy
and Little Lord Fauntleroy" into the Japanese
language. She also wrote volume of ESSAYS
in English An extract from one of these,
Some Phases of the Japanese Home and
Home Life" will give hint Of her style and
Of the process Of her thought:
Japan, like any other ancient country. has
had unique national life and history. She
boasts Of civilization, code of morals. a
form of government and system of education
all peculiar to herself, and she cherishes
these as he1rlooms expressive of the wisdom
and experience handed down through the whole
line Of her ancestors. You all know that
the o1dtime Japanese woman was trained &C.
cording to rules Of conduct that were most
severe tn their rigidity. She was assiduously
taught to guard her personal virtue and the
proud honor OF her household. Death was the
only alternative in case she swerved from her
duties. Place, on the one hand, this
type of womanhood, serving In the house of
her lord and master with singleness of pur-
pose and with devotion strong in its SIMPLE
lty and, on the other, an average girl of mod
ern education, with smattering of western
knowledge, it is true, but without discretion
and Judgment to apply her newly found infor-
nation, and Of course, the latter will appear
at disadvantage. In the present
home where the old and the new elements
combine, contrary streams Of thought and &C.
Ion tnWaFt the young wife at her every STEP
and in spite Of her resolution, many are the
tears that she sheds unseen But she
must learn to be just as cautious and deferen-
tlal In one respect as it is her duty to be
prompt and decisive in another For herein
lies the very test of her intrinsic worth and
usefulness We deplore the many evils
that have issued and still do issue from the
ancient household system in Japan.
Yet we cannot help noting that this has been
perhaps the most successful system of disci-
pine ever extant-a discipline productive of
the utmost diligence circumspectness and self
sacrifice. We certainly owe it to this system
that incident, whimsical and selfish women
have been set aside and the noble, self-sacri1c-
ing type Of wives and mothers was pre-
served for the old-time Japanese homes and
handed down as an heirloom to the present
day."
Another woman Of marked ability az
writer was the Baroness Nakajima. AS
child she excelled in her studios and was al
lowed to 90 to boys school, there BEING no
high schools for girls at that time. Her fame
as scholar became known at court and she
was appointed as a teacher of learning to the
empress. After retiring from this service she
toured the country for special study and OBJ
servation. 1t was an unusual thing for an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16

unmarried woman TO travel alone, giving leo
lures on political and scientific subjects apa
at one time the baroness-at that time Yo-
shiko Kishida-was arrested and imprisoned
on the charge of plotting against the govern
ment. While in prison she wrote many poems
In Chinese, giving vent to her feelings regard
Ing the condition of her country. Later on
she married a newspaper man, who was after
ward made baron. He was the first president
of the house of commons and arse minister
to Italy. The young couple never ceased to
interest themselves In the political affairs of
their land and at one time were ban1shed
from the capital city, charged with disloyalty.
Mental ana physical overwork brought the
baron to an early death and the wife, broken
hearted, followed him within two years. The
Baroness Nakajima was considered very
beautiful woman and the many experiences
she underwent as student and reformer gave
depth and strength to her character which
speak plainly in her written works. Her es-
says and lectures are numerous and her last
work, which is daily record OF her life, is
very instructive and interesting. She wrote
m1nutely Of passing events and illustrated
these details with fine drawings or comic
sketches. This work she continued until with
In five days Of her death.
Miss 1chiye Higuchi, who died at %, had
already attained fame writer of realistic
fiction. Being of humble and poor parentage.
sne was obliged to leave school at ten years
OF age, time when most children are merely
beginning to learn to read. With her sister
she helped to support her widowed mother.
but gave all Of her spare time to study and
writing She was forced to live with her fam
lily In the outskirts Of the city, among the
poorest and lowest people and it was there
that she got the material for all of her stories.
which are pathetic in the extreme Notwith-
standing the fact that her opportunities for
learning were limited, her composition is with.
out fault, her style chaste and expressive. Il
was not until after consumption, bred through
poverty and overwork, had taken strong hold
on her system that her genius was recognized.
For little time then she knew the luxury
OF friends and of admiration. But I have
never known what youth free from RESPONSIBLE
tiles MEANS" she told friend. The japanese
DOW low IN reverence to the memory of Miss
H1guchi, who might we'll be styled the female
Gorky of Japanese literature.
Miss Kaho Miyake, Mrs. Kajita and Mrs
Otsuke are all prominent writer's of TODAY
Miss Uta 1mai is representative Of tho
ultra modern Japanese woman. Miss 1mai is
the chief editor of Nijuseikinofujin, or Twenti.
eth Century Woman and is one Of the fond.
ers OF the Hekkaido Woman's society. She ia
working toward that day when the japanese
women will rise unit in their declaration.
along certain lines of emancipation. She /.
hopeful buoyant and answering In her DUR
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
PRAISE DULUTH COMPANIES.
Inspecting Officers Say Company c
Peer OF National Guard.

Duluth. - Inspecting officers Lieu
tenant Colonel Gerlach and Captain
Bugge inspected Company c of Du-
luth and complimented that body high
~. There were seventy-two men
In line, in command of Captain F. D.
Knowlton. After the inspection, Col
Onel Gerlach said:
II have seen some national guard
companies as good as c of Duluth, but
none better"
Captain Bugge said:
II can see no opportunity for i'm.
provement for Company c, other than
that which might be afforded in active
field SERVICE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
SWEDEN.

The city of Stockholm paid out $25,-
coo in one week for removing snow
from the streets.
The king has requested all congre-
cations in Sweden to take up a col
lection for the new Swedish church
building in Copenhagen.
The national society against emigra-
ton has raised $36,50e by national
subscription. This does not include
the receipts from the sale OF view
cards issued in large numbers at New
Years, which will amount to several
thousand dollars.
The Vista shipbuilding company
was organized near Hernosand at tho
close of the eighteenth century. Per
Saltgren owned three shares of the
stock But in the course of time the
company lost track Of one of them.
A short time ago namesake and
descendant of the original owner
produced the document in question.
and the present value of it seems to-
be about $4,000. The company con-
tends that Per Saltgren cannot prove
courts will have to settle the matter
The study of the Swedish language
has been undertaken by Princess
Patricia of Connaught, whose sister
ultimately will be the queen of Swed-
en-. The youAg daughter of the Prince
of Wales is contemplating an extendd
ed visit to Stockholm, where the pres
hoe
and will study the language that she
may be better able to understand the
people who will acknowledge allegi-
ance to her sister. Her lady In wait
ing, Miss Adam, also has taken up
the study of the language. Both wom-
en- take instruction three times week
in Clarence House from a Swedish
teacher. The princess has shown re-
markable aptitude in the language.
which is spoken fuently by the crown
princess.
There are 1889 public schools In
Sweden, and the number of teachers
employed in them is 20,500. There are
about $4,000 children between the
ages of and IA years, and all bit
10000 of them are attending school.
The teachers salaries aggregated
s., 400,0 in 1909, and an equal amount
was spent for improvements and man
agement. D., t..
Emil Hammar1und, one of the most
useful of the public men Of Sweden.
was accidentally drowned In Stocki
holm. He distinguished himself chief.
ly as an educator, journalist, and
member of the riksdag.
The running expenses of the state
railways of Sweden for the past year
were about s14,825, 600, which was =
saving of about $60S,0oo as compared
with the figures for the previous year.
For the year 1899 the receipts ex-
ceeded the expenditures by $2,45o. 600.
A labor conflict in the lumber yards
Halmstad resulted in an agreement
by which the wages were cut dom
from about eleven to about ten Genes
an hour. s5ss.=zz
The receipts Of the national trsasu.,
for the month Of January fell about
$25, 600 below those Of the same mora
last year. . . .z s= ::
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
.LAPAN,S ANCESTRAL GODS

One of the most marvellous manifestations
of patriotic and religious enthusiasm in mod
ern Japan was occasioned recently by the
transference Of the imperial shrines at Ise to
their new tabernacle just completed, the Lon
don Standard says. This remarkable Shinto
festival may be witnessed only every 81 years,
when the temples of the ancestral gods are
reconstructed and the sacred objects are re-
moved to their new abode. The Ise temples
have been thus renewed every score Of years
since A. D. $50 at least and for how long be-
fore that no one knows, the present occasion
being the ffty-seventh rebuilding record.
Such periodic reconstruction will appear
quite necessary when it is recollected that on
these shr1nes no mortal hand is ever permit
ted to execute repairs. After they are built
the gods Of the nation take possession Of them
and thenceforward they are not touched till
they go the way Of all things.
The work Of rebuilding the sacred shrines
begins almost as soon as the last reconstruc-
ton is complete by the appointment of an i'm
perial commission intrusted with the impor-
tant enterprise. Every stage is marked by
religious ceremonies, from the telling Of the
trees to the driving Of the last nail. The COM
pletion is emphasized by special festival of
publication, after which the temples pass from
the hands of the commissioners to the priestly
custodtans Of the imperial shrines.
Finally comes the great festival of remov-
ing the ancestral gods and the sacred treas
ures and relics to the new ''holy of holies,"
which took place recently. 1t is computed that
no fewer than 10000 persons were present on
the night of the actual removal. Though the
august spectacle takes place at night, the
preparation for it appears to go on for two or
three days previously, but the ceremonies of
the notable day itself are the most Interesting.
The day opened with the appearance before
the new temples Of specially chosen virgin,
who went through a peculiar ceremony of
burying in the ground before the shrine lar
containing offerings to the god Of earth
Later in the day began long procession
OF priests In gorgeous robes of green and gold.
chanting weird litanies and homecoming sutras
to the strains Of archaic Instruments It is
affirmed that the service has in no respect
been changed during the last thousand years.
With the settling down of darkness came the
great function of removal. A detachment of
priests, led by priestly representative of the
imperial house, went into the soon to be aban-
doned shrines to examine the treasures and to
measure the sacred fabrics. AS the latter are
reputed to be more than 100000 feet in length.
this was no small matter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
Old Riverman Dies.

W1nona.-Abner Gle, one of the
early river pioneers, who assisted in
building up the great commerce of the
upper Mississippi in the early fifties,
and known personally from st. Paul
to ST., Louis by old-time river men
and those people who lived along the
river, is dead, according to word re.
ce1ved by friends here from McGreg-
or, Iowa, where he had lived since his
retirement, fifteen years ago. He
built and was master of the well.re.
membered rafter which bore his name,
the Abner Gile.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
TWO TO FACE MURDER TRIAL

One DuIuthian to Claim Self.Defense.
Other Denies Implication.
Duluth. - Ralph Jones must
stand trial for murder in the first de-
gree for stabbing Walter Whitehead,
a Duluth pugilist to death early last
January. Both men are colored and
the stabbing occurred in the colored
club rooms on West Michigan street,
during fight over crap game.
George Booker, teamster, must
stand trial for murder in the first de.
gree for the alleged killing of his
step-father, Charles Clark, few weeks
ago. The grand jury brought in an
indictment for first degree murder.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16

mands Of custom Probably her will was in
domitable her intellect clear and strong In
such case she reached more nearly to the
IDEAL because she could control herself She
believed in the customs Of her land; she
loved them. She was guided by them So it
mistake to regard her soft voice. her
well-learned timidity, as indicative Of weak
ness, of f1exibility
Even in the long, musty past woman
came out now and then and gave to her people
a sample of the possibilities of the feminine
mind in fields other than the intimate home
life. But such disclosures were naturally rare.
One of these was Murasakishikbu, a
man who lived about 1900 years ago and
wrote electromagnetic" realistic story of
Genj prominent member Of the nobility of
that time. This novel has long been classic
in Japan and is studied in the modern schools.
Parts of it have been translated into English.
Seishonagons a famous poet and sketch
writer, lived about the same time. She was
a strong moral,st and was noted for her high
and excellent character.
Shiran Yanxgawa the Mrs. Browning OF
Japan lived during the reign of Shotgun Toku-
gawa, about 100 years ago. and, together with
her husband, wrote many Chinese poems. At
that time, as to-day, Chinese was the medium
employed by The Japanese classic writer for
the expression Of his thoughts.
When the Sreath OF western civilization
blew across The picturesque little island Of
Japan it melted the chains of conservatism
and prejudice for women we'll for men.
And so we have to-day the peculiar spectacle
Of the new springing with almost startling zeal
out Of the very bosom of the old. Mothers
who cling 9th fervent faith to the old school
Of training have daughters who go out and
work as newspaper reporters
There are those whose emancipation is so
radical thSt it even jars upon the sensibilities
Of one so sallous westerner. There are
other wou;en whose growth, though marked, is
pleasing and graceful. To this class belongs
Kashi Iwamoto. Mrs. 1wamoto was Of that
generation that helped to make Japan what
she is to-day and she herself part of the
new order. Born at the end of the old regime,
end growing up amidst the fercest struggle
of transition, she imbbed that which was best
of the Did and at the same time caught the
true spirit of the new. Her husband, Zenji
hwamotH is well-known literary man and
founder of Meiji Jogakko, prominent college
for girls. In working with him Mrs. Iwamoto's
views 2f life were broadened and she inter-
ested herself in all things pertaining to the
\welfars: of her people. She not only learned
English, but mastered it to degree in which
her strle is not only correct, but has dis
jtinct literary quality and charm, partly due,
perhaps, to y hint of foreign idiom, which
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
100000 LOSS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
One Man. Seriously Injured BY Jump
ing so Feet.

Minneapolis. - Jumping fifty feet
down blazing elevator shaft Ell
mer Bruckhardt, chauffeur, was
seriously burned and otherwise injur-
ed in a 100000 fire which almost COM
pletely Quilted four floors and the base
ment of the Northwest School Supply
building.
Flames, supposed to have original.
ed from the explosion of a partially
filled can of gasoline in the garage
of the Royal Automobile Company on
the third floor of the structure, spread
rapidly, by way of the elevator shaft
to every floor. The building is the
property of T. B. Walker.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16

instead OF giving the youth the priv
1lege OF the common law Of swapping
MS fingers at the judge and saying:
Provo 1t Il you can; will keep quiet"
IN much tbs same way the military
and the naval service have evolved in
the course OF years, on both sides of
tne water, a method Of disposing of
their own troubles. It suits them. al.
though widely at variance with that
which has been found wise in regular
court proceedings. It applies to things
which are quite as often as otherwise
not o3enses against 10 law Of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
COLE STAYS IN RACE,
Will Not Withdraw in Behalf o

Will Not Withdraw in Behalf Of
Sprague of Sank Center.
Fergus Falls.-Dr. 4. B. Cole of
Fergus Falls will not withdraw from
the race for lieutenant governor on
the Republican ticket in favor of Cas-.
sius M. Sprague of Sank Center, &C.
cording to his own statement.
Mr.. Sprague and DR.. Cole met in
the Grand hotel here, and DR.. Cole
introduced Mr.. Sprague to friends
about the city. The only substance
OF their talk, says DR.. Cole, was that
Mr.. Sprague said he had not yet an.
nounced himself.
His announcement is expected soon,
however, it being thought whatever
ends he may have had in mind polit.
fcally did not eliminate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-16
japanese Student Killed

Minneapolis. Kozo Yamagishi
a Japanese, a senior student in
the department of pharmacy of the
University of Minnesota, was struck
by a plank blown off a lumber pile
at Eighth street and Hennepin avenue
and knocked senseless, died of his in
juries without regaining conscious
ness. Death was the result of concus-
sion of the brain. Yamagishi would
have graduated from the pharmacy de-
partment in June. He came from a
wealthy family and would have gone
into business in Japan.