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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

The rush OF Norweglans from the
northwest at the present time Ii
marked enough to remind one OF the
great tribal migrations which Europe
Witnessed during the early middle
ages. Still this Ia but small proper
ton of the Norwegian population of
that part Of our country. Most Of the
grown people of sound minds and loyal
hearts. who feel Morse blood coursing
through their veins. want to enjoy
the jubilee in some form. Therefore
the next "Syttende Mai" will find a
large number Of gatherings Of Norwe-
gians listening to patriotic speeches.
eating Ludefisk Goldfish soaked In I've
and boiled), rommegrod "a sort Of
cream pudding without spices) and
lefse (unleavened dough rolled out
very thin and baked on hot surface),
and. above all, singing Bjornstjerne
Bjornson's immortal national hymn,
ia, vi elsker dette landet" eyes. we
love this country.
Large Gathering In Minnesota.
The largest gathering outside of
Norway will be at the Minnesota Fair
grounds at Minneapolis. The plan of
this celebration is very unique. A
number of years ago the Norwegians
in this country began to organize them
selves into what Is called bygdelag. or
unions, whose members hail from the
same settlement or section Of Nor
way. Every one of them is named after
the locality from which its members
originally came. Those who came from
Valdres belong to the Valdreslag.
those who came from the vicinity OF
Trondhjem are members of the Iron
derlag. And so we have such wierd
names as Sognalag, Solunglag and
Gudbrandsdalag. There are about
thirty such unions. At the exposition
grounds each lag will have its head
quarters where each member Will
have the chance of his or her life to
talk with old neighbors and revive old
memories. Many Of those who come
from a distance are expected to spend
three days in the Twin Cities. Sew
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
Started Down ssth Street.

a street car and paralyzed traffic in
the district.
The animal darted down Thirty
ninth street to Butler street, and
there gored James Kane, aged twenty
eight. From Butler street it headed
out South street, and in Charlotte
street, a negro boy, Earl Clark. aged
thirteen, was knocked down. Running
down Thirty-seventh street to Foster,
it crossed a vacant lot, and dispersed
a crowd of Lawrenceville high school
boys playing ball, throwing six down.
The big steer bumped into a milk
wagon at Thirty-sixth and Butler
streets. The horses took fright and
bolted into Sharpsburg and Aspin-
wan street car on Butler street. Both
horses were bruised and the wagon
was wrecked. Finally the policemen
forced the steer up against the Ar
senal wall in Butler street. and Po-
liceman Cryser shot 1t four times.
telling it. Harry e. While stepped up
with long butcher knife and plunged
it into the steers heart, ending its
career.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
First American "Editor."

One hundred years ago Nathan Hale
assumed the editorship of the Boston
Daily Advertiser, the first daily news
paper in New England and for many
years the only one. Mr.. Hale was the
first American journalist to make edi-
toria articles prominent and to es-
tablish the principle OF editorial re-
sponsibility distinct from that OF In
dividual contributors. Under his ed
itorship the Advertiser acquired wide
influence as a Wing organ. Its infiu-
ence was given in 1920 against the
Missouri bill and it was the first jour
nal to suggest the immediate free col
onization Of Kansas. Mr.. Hale was
an early advocate of railroads In New
England, and for 20 years he filled
the presidency of the Boston &
Worcester railroad. He was the
nephew and namesake Of the cele-
brated Capt. Nathan Hale. whom the
British executed as spy during the
revolution.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
GAVE HIM THE EXACT TRUTH
Village Gossip Asked Straight Cues
ton and Lawyer Answered With
Entire Frankness.

Residing in little village Is law
yer who is famous for drawing wills,
in which branch of business he has
long enjoyed monopoly Of the coun
try for miles around.
A few months since wealthy man
died. There was much speculation as
to the value of the property and the
town gossip set about to find out the
facts. He hunted up the lawyer, and
after few preliminary remarks about
the deceased, he said rather bluntly:
81 suppose you made Browns Wilt"
Eyes,"
Then you probably know how much
he left. Would you mind telling me?'
mot at ALL" the lawyer answered
as he resumed his writing. He left
everything he had"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

ment OF Queen Margreta as a means
of molding public opinion In favor of
reviving the Scandinavian union This
plan was swept away. however. by the
breaking up Of the union Of Sweden
and Norway.
kalmar Union Dissolved.
The Kalmar union experienced q
checkered career. The Swedes broke
away from it several times, but the
final separation did not come until the
time Of the reformation. In 1920 King
Kristian II was guilty Of one of the
most cruel deeds recorded In the an.
mails of the North. After a successful
war against his enemies in Sweden
he had himself crowned king in Stock
holm He then had 50 of the leading
men Of the opposite party beheaded
on the ground that they were here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

under one government? But It Is
fact that these kingdoms have never
been more completely separated from
and Independent Of each other than
they are today.
For period of 434 years Norway
was ruled by Danish monarchs resid-
ing in Copenhagen, and many were
the Danes who predicted that in due
time the two nations would be united.
For another 81 years Norway was
ruled by Swedish kings residing In
Stockholm. But Norway, deprived of
a ruler. a national government and a
legislature of her own for 525 years,
at this moment can boast Of the high
est degree of liberty ever enjoyed by
a nation.
AS early as the year 1890 Norway
was In such condition that King
Knut Tor Canute, as he is known in
English history the Great, of Den
mark, sent his son. Svein. to rule over
the Norwegians as their king. This
was the beginning of series of dy-
nastic entanglements with Denmark
which have continued until today
The present kings of Norway and
Denmark are brothers.
The last mare descendant of King
Harald Haarfagre died in 1919. But
a princess Of that dynasty has mar
ried Duke Erik of Sweden, and their
son, Magnus Ericsson, inherited the
thrones Of both Norway and Sweden.
The two countries remained under
the same ruler from 1919 until 1871.
|, Scandinavian Countries United.
This brings us to the period when
the three Scandinavian countries were
united under one ruler. To enter into
the details Of this union would take
too much space in a newspaper arti-
Gle. Suffice 1t to say that King Olaf
OF Denmark inherited the throne of
Norway in 1880. and the union of Dem
mark and Norway Is generally reck-
sned from this date, although It was
net until 1850 that a formal agree.
ment was made that the two countries
should have the same king for ever
and ever"
King Olaf died in 1887. But the
union was not severed. for his mother
was Queen Margreta, by far the
strongest and ablest woman ruler who
ever lived in Scandinavia. This
woman has Justly been called "The
lSemiramis of the North" Upon the
death Of King Olaf, at the age OF
seventeen, she managed to have her
cousin, Erik Of Pommern, a lad only
six years old, made king OF Den
mark, Norway and Sweden. He was
crowned at Kalmar. Sweden, in 1897.
Hence the union of the countries of
the North is known in history as the
Kalmar union. This union has always
been an inspiration to those who
would like to see united Scandina-
via About twelve years ago an at
tempt was made 10 ersct a monu
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
NORWAY PLANS
GREAT JUBILEE.
Marks Centennial of Rise Among
Nations as Independent
Kingdom.
GATHERINGS IN NORTHWEST
Hundreds Of Thousands of Norweaians
In United States to Celebrate
May f7-BIg Exposition at
krlstianla.

Marking the one hundredth anniver.
sary of the rise of modern Norway
among the nations as an independent,
self-governing kingdom. the seven
teenth Of May this year is of peculiar
interest to about two and a quarter
million people living in Norway and
about two-thirds as many of their kins-
men in foreign countries, for the most
part in the United States and Canada
The true meaning Of this day can be
understood only in the light of the
political history of the countries of
the far North, that Is. of Denmark.
Norway and Sweden.
An account of the events will be
given in order that the reader may
realize that they naturally contribute
much to the enthusiasm with which
the Norwegians, in all parts of the
world, are preparing for the next sew
enteenth of May. For years the patri-
otto men and women of Norway have
been planning and constructing build
ings for the jubilee exposition which
shortly will be opened to the public
in the capital of Norway. At the same
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

eral able men have spent months max
ing preparations for this gathering
and they confidently expect to see
tens Of thousands of people gathered
on the afternoon of May II. A num-
Der Of special trains have already
been chartered from different locali-
ties in the northwest. Prof. A. A. Web
len is chairman of the committee on
arrangements.
There will be large gatherings at
Grand Forks, N. D., Madison, Wis.
and many other cities. There will be
village and neighborhood meetings by
the hundreds.
Gifts for the Old Country.
The bygdelag have been raising
money which will be sent as gifts to
the localities whence their members
came. The aggregate Of these gifts
is not known yet, but probably It will
be in the neighborhood Of 100000.
Senator L. o. Thorpe Of Willmar,
Mimi, is chairman Of a committee
which is raising funds for national
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
FAIL TO TIE BULL OUTSIDE
Employe of College Wants $1,000
Damages for Being Gored by
Animal.

New York.-John Walter, formerly
an employe of st. Joseph's Normal
College in the Pocantico Hills, SUED
the college for $4,000 damages. He
alleges the college bull gored him on
two occasions.
Walter asserts that this bull was
kept by the institution. although
known to be "ferocious and mis-
chievous and accustomed to attack
mankind" On June IL last, 1t goreo
Walter on the legs and abdomen ana
two DAYS later it gored him in the left
shoulder and arm. He wants S2.ooo
a gore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
ANGRY STEER AMUCK
WREAkS MUCH HAVOC
Knocks Several People Down,
Stops a Ball Game and Par
alyzes Traffic.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Breaking the chain
with which 1t was bound to another
steer. large red steer, being driven
the other afternoon down Thirty-third
street to the Hers Island stock yards
by George Jacobs. butcher. started
to ramble about the town. Before
Mounted Policeman William B. Cryser
poured four bullets into 1t and Harry
e. While, butcher, ended its ram
blings with large butcher knife, 1t
had frightened the entire Lawrence
vile district, knocked down and In
jured IA people, broke up bali game
caused team of horses to run into
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

Prof. Georg Sverdrup, Chairman OF the
Constitutional Convention at Eds
void, May IL, 1914, When kristian
Frederik Was Chosen King of Nor
way.
Swedes hardly realized what was 60
ing on until the union was past his
tory.
To show how poorly the Swedes
understood the temper of the Norwe
gians 1t must be mentioned that they
asked for popular vote on the Ques
ton. A vote was taken in Norway
August Is and It was found that 1874
votes had been cast in favor Of the
union and 368,208 against 1t.
Both countries sent thousands OF
soldiers to the boundary line ready
for action on few hours notice
Meanwhile a joint committee met at
Karlstad, Sweden, to settle the de-
tails of the dissolution of the union.
Norway abolished her nobility by
an amendment to the constitution In
1921. The nobility of Sweden were
anxious for war with Norway in 1905
but the king was opposed to blood
shed and large majority Of the com
mon people of Sweden could see no
reason for fighting the Norwegians.
Failing in its attempt to obtain a
king from Sweden the storting pro-
ceeded to elect Prince Carl of Den
mark. This was the last act In the
drama which put Norway on the foot
ing of absolute independence which
she had not enjoyed since 1880.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

time the great Baltic exposition will
be opened in Malmo, in the southern
part of Sweden. This competition
compels Norway to put forth extraor-
binary efforts in order to make cred
liable showing. The cathedral of
Trondhjem, the most magnificent
building in all Scandinavia, will be the
scene of elaborate ceremonies. Eds
void, the birthplace of the constitution.
will be the great mecca Of those who
visit southern Norway.
Expect $4,000 Norwegian Visitors.
"Det Udflyttede Norge" the Emigrat-
ed Norway, is quaint, almost homely
building erected at the exposition for
the special benefit Of Norwegian Wis
itors from foreign countries. This
building will contain exhibits from
several northwestern states, notably
North Dakota and Minnesota. The
presidents of the different Norwegian
American church associations have re-
ceived special invitations from the
Norwegian government to attend the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
NORWAY'S RISE
TO INDEPENDENCE
Why "Syttende Mai" Is CeIebrat-
/ ed as Great National
Holiday.
STORY OF EARLY STRUGGLE
Country Can Now Boast Of tho High
est Degree Of Liberty Ever
Enjoyed by Any Nation
In tho World.

Az Tar back as reliable history car
s1es ID the countries of Denmark.
Norway and Sweden have been in
habited by people of Germanic stock.
with the exception of the extreme
north, where Firms have lived as NOM
ads from time immemorial.
Until about nine hundred years ago
the people Of the north spoke prac-
ideally the same language. generally
Enown as Old Morse. Before the year
500 they were divided between num-
Der of petty kings. When King Har-
aid Haerfagre (Fairhaired) united the
various domains into one kingdom, in
s72. It Is said that he could boast that
he had subdued 81 petty kings. Den
mark became one kingdom under the
powerful CORN the Old, about the
year 900. Almost at the same time
large parts of the present Sweden
were subdued by kings Of the Ynglin-
ga family.
In modern times the people of the
North are generally called Scandina-
VANS This appellation Is derived
from the name of the southernmost
portion OF Sweden. now called Skane,
which Is sometimes Latinized into
6cania or Scandal. An English lin
guist suggested "Scandian" for Scan
dinavian. but he has found few fol-
lowers.
/ Attempts to Unite Countries.
/ For more than nine hundred years
attempts have been made time and
again to eliminate one or two of the
three Scandinavian Kingdoms. Their
Inhabitants are Of the same stock,
their languages are SO much alike that
they can easily understand each other
and their religion Is the same. The
argument has been-why not unite
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

Christian Nicholson, Premier OF Nor
way, 1905, at the Time Of the Disso-
luton Of the Union of Sweden and
Norway.
because they have not shed enough
blood"
The storting (legislature) convened
in Kristiania, October Z, 1914. King
Kristian Fredrik resigned and left
Kristiania October 10. He lived rath-
er quietly until he became King Kris
tian VIII of Denmark In 1889. Certain
parts of the constitution were amend
ed, and King Karl XIII of Sweden was
elected king of Norway, November 4.
1914.
The kings Of Norway and Sweden
often found it difficult to satisfy both
nations. The governments were sup
posed to be independent of each other.
But the two countries were SO closely
connected that the actions Of one gov
eminent would be felt in the other.
Consequently, there was a great deal
of friction from time to time. In the
early eighties matters grew much
worse. The stortings amended the
constitution so as to compel the mem
bers of the cabinet to appear in the
storting and explain and defend ito
policy, IL need be. The constitution
provided that If three successive
stortings passed a certain bill It
should become law without being
ratified by the king. It did not say
anything about amendments to the
constitution itself. Now the storting
claimed that the amendment was a
part of the constitution, having been
passed by three successive stortings,
while the king maintained that he had
an absolute veto" with regard to
amendments to the constitution. The
whole nation was aroused. The stort-
ing was pitted squarely against the
king and his Norwegian cabinet. The
storting impeached the cabinet, and,
after trial that lasted more than six
months, three members Of the cabinet
were fined $4,000 each, and the others
were deposed. The king still tried to
thwart the will of the storting, but
the opposition was so determined that
he had to yield.
Norwegian Cabinet Resigns.
At the beginning of this century the
Norwegians made a demand which
finally broke up the union Of 1914.
They wanted separate consular serv.
ice for Norway. chiefly In order to adj
vance the particular commercial In
terests of Norway in foreign coun-
tries. Negotiations were carried on
for years, but the king and the gov
eminent Of Sweden could never ba
! induced to yield to the Norwegians
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

jubilee. and they are preparing very
interesting exhibits. The people OF
the old country have found that Nor
wegians returning from America or
other foreign countries to settle for
good on the ancestral sod are far more
enterprising in building up the coun-
try than those who never ventured
abroad. During the exposition sys-
tematic efforts will be made to capture
as many as possible of the $4,000 or
more Norwegian visitors expected
from abroad. The country has large
areas of tillable soil that have never
been put under the plow. The great
est drawing card to be aimed at the
prospective settlers will be list of
farm and garden land for sale in all
parts of Norway. The government has
printed 10000 copies of this list as
starter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

gift to Norway. the so-called minde-
gave memorial gift), which Is to be
managed through the storthing of Nor
way. The amount raised shall never
be used. but the storthing shall have
authority to use the interest for reliev-
ing unexpected suffering due to some
calamity, or for charitable work of a
more general nature. The amount al
ready secured for this purpose Is
about $4,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
Old Story Revived.

One of the "odd favorites" among
travellers tales comes to light again In
the London Saturday Westminster. Sir
Martin Conway writes from Switzer-
land describing the temperance OF
an article dropped into glacier years
ago. A well-known guide. Matthias Eur
briggen. dropped his ice ak from
peak down onto a glacier In 1893. This
year 1t was discovered in the bottom
of crevasse near the edge q tas
e4acier s4as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
Famous PhiloIogist.

Edward Elbridge Salisbury, one of
the greatest philologists America has
produced, was born in Boston one hun
dred years ago. He received his A. B.
degree in 1882 and three years later
was graduated from the Yale Divinity
school. For several years thereafter
he devoted himself to the study OF
oriental languages. In 1841 he became
professor of Arabic and Sanskrit Ian
yuages and literature at Yale, which
hair had been created for him. In
1870 he presented his uneQualed San
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

NTiStidn FreoSrik, Nin9 OF norway
From May II, 1874, to October 10,
1914.
try. Thousands upon thousands of
Norwegians barely saved their lives
by eating the inner bark of the Nor
way pine. The terrible news came in
the gloom of the northern midwinter.
1t CALLED the people to be traded away
like dumb beasts.
Norway Declares Independence.
Prominent Norwegians met at Eds
void February 16 and agreed to call
a national convention for the purpose
Of drafting a constitution for Norway.
Sunday, February Is, was set aside as
a day Of prayer for the cause of indie
pendence, and the people were sworn
to stake everything, even to sacrifice
their lives, If need be. A constitu-
tional convention was called at Eds
void, which is located a few miles
north Of Kristiania. The meetings
were held on the second floor of the
main building 9: the iron weeks OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
SHAW WANTS MOTHERS PAID
English Playwright Suggests $lo,ooo
Fee for Women Who Gives Birth
TO Children.

Lennon --Gseorge Bernard Shaw
thi;,ks that child bearing ought to be
a paid PROFESSION. He told meeting
Of thu Tebian society that If he were
a w,oaan his fee for becoming
mother would be $4,000 Mr.. Shaw
said a woman ought resolutely to re-
.use 10 nara children unless she was
maid fer 40 doing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15

skirt library to Yale. Few Americans
have been welcomed to membership In
SO many Of the famous European So
cieties and associations as was Prof.
Salisbury. The famous philologist
died In New Haven in bis eighty.
eighth year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
Boy chokes Bio BULLDOG.

Ch:cago.-John Stapleton, fifteen, a
newshoy. ssized big bulldog by the
thrcAt after the dog had sunk his
tee.h iptn the :eg of Francis Tanning.
nfteer, end choked the animal until
he ise &C. While Stapleton held the
Dog r.sotte- boy beat It to death with
9 haryrsr.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
The Eidsvoid ObeIisk.

The obelisk which Is to be raised at
Eidsvold, where the constitutional
convention was held In 1914. Is 20
feet tall and weighs IL tons. It is
to be taken out of a quarry at Ide-
ford and transported by steamer to
Christiania, where it is to be dressed
before it is taken to Eidsvold.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-05-15
The Reason.

she-why do fishermen have to b.
so quiet?
He-So the fish win bite.
She-Oh, see. You fish with bated
breath
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-25
ESPANA
Noticias TeIegraficas
Recibidas durante la
presente semana
De nuestro Corresponsal
en- Nueva York.
Madrid Is, 4:15 tarde
ACcion de ESpana en-
MarrueCOS.

Pedidas opiniones acerca ac-
ci6n Espana en- Marruecos, han
sido muy comentadas las emiti-
das por distintas personalidades
de la politica y de las letras.
Ell insigne literato Pauline
Cuevas dice:
Para hacer a un pueblo fuerte,
capaz de afrontar a los enemi-
gos. que nos acosaran baJo los
auspicios del lena 'morallzar"
(vean ell ejemplo en- Marruecos y
en- Mexico) necesitamos como
medida primordial, la cultura in
dividual, 6bice de nuestra con-
quista, supuesto que, ell fin es
conciliar ell respeto mutuo de los
pueblos civilizados,
Pasa a la a =" plrna colum. 4. :
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-25
Conspiraci0n contra ell
GObiern0 en- ell
Peru.

Lima, Peru, Julio "a. Hoy en-
la noche ha sido descuDierta por
la policia una vasta conspiracion
contra ell gobierno constituido.
A ESQ de las doce de la noche,
fueron sorprendidos en- la resi-
dencia del DIR. Gerardo Blalbue-
ma Barrando un numeroso grupo
de conspiradores, los que fueron
hechos prisioneros inclusive 20
militares, los que de plano han
confesado su ingerencia en- ell
complot. Sc esperan sensacio-
males acontecimientos.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-25
Mexico Sc arregIa.
N. Orestes Guile.

Washington, Julio "a
Una comision autorizada por
el presidente Carvajal lego a
Veracruz, para negociar los ter
minos de paz con el General Ca
rranza. En- dos 9 tres dfas Sc
suspenderan las hostilidades en-
toda la Rep1blica.
Carranza ha notificado que a
ceptara los terminus por bien de
su patria
Mensajes del Presidente Car
baJal, relacionados al efecto, han
sido presentados al Sr. Bryan
por el representante Sr. Caste
Hot.