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M**"! 91 Sfc- Era. A op OT'&V m r*r Editorial, Music, Society, TELEGKAPH dispatch toTho' Journal last Thursday told the good news that the birth place of Abraham Lincoln is to be pre served thru all time* as a possession of the peoplet of the United States. The little farm in Kentucky where the matchless American"the strong handed, clear-headed and-great-hearted Lincoln--*'lived when a boy, was sold recently under the auctioneer's ham mer. The auctioneer stood on the steps of the courthouse at Hodgenville, a few miles from the farm. He was sur rounded by a small crowd, composed largely of curious village folk and farm ers. But in the crowd were several men bent on obtaining possession of the his toric ground. The motives of three of the principal bidders were unknown. Cabin Held for Ransom. Already the humble cabin in which was born the president who guided the union ship thiu its most terrible storm had been carted away and used as a feature of a traveling show, and is now held intact in a cellar in Stamford, Conn., for ransom. The acres had been impoverished by careless^ tillage. The spring where little Abe- ^had often stopped to drink in the heat of the day had been reduced to a mudpuddle in which pigs wallowed. But the beautiful sentiment of thoAmericans. place where the great soul was born had not been obliterated, and in thepriceless crowd there was one man who intended to acquire the property for a lofty pur pose. That man, representing Kobert J. Collier, was the successful bidder. He paid $3,600 for the farm as it stands. Now Mr. Collier has organized the Lincoln Farm association, with a score of America's most prominent men when it shall become the property of the people of the country. All have been invited to share in the ownership by paying anything they desire, from 25 cents to $25 Each contributor will receive a certificate of membership in the association bearing on its face a portrait of Lincoln, scenes on the farm, the member's name and the autographs of the officers and trustees of the asso ciation. Clarence Mackay, president of the Commercial Telegraph & Cable company, is treasurer of the fund. His address is 74 Broadway, New York. The Flan Endorsed. The plan and purpose of the Lincoln Farm association have been endorsed by nearly a hundred prominent Amer icans, including President Boosevelt, former President- Cleveland, the mem bers of President Boosevelt's cabinet, members of congress, leading church men and educators, governors of states, authors and publishers. A few of these, which may le of especial interest to Journal readers, are reprinted from Col lier's Weekly, as follows: President RooseveltI heartily approve of the movement to make the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln a national park, so that the building in which he was born may be preserved to illustrate the real I^"_^T- ~S2~Z,~~\ZZ1 ^+r n_~i "/cl Archbishop John IrelandThe land and women as members, to care for i$\nntm P?~ HteMiHM wh rall!i THE NEW YEAR BEGINS WELL IN NEW NORWAY Everybody Continues Happy in the Kingdom, but Lack of Snow Disappoints an Army of Ski RunnersPeople Are Making Ready fot the CoronationSinging So- ciety to Celebrate Its Sixtieth Anniversary. BY M. ALGER. HEISTIANIA, Norway, Jan. 10 The new year sailed in under fa vorable auspices in most respects, c'og and-storm on the coasT, have, how ever, been causing considerable delay and inconvenience to traffic. At the capital the weather has been fine for everybody but those wanting to go ski ing. The snow and the sport it affords is the chief joy of the Norwegian win ter, but somehow "the beautiful" seems to be getting scarcer every year. Up to the present writing we have had onljf one skidaylast Sundayand, of course,* everybody interested in the sport took to the hills. The next day it rained, and JIOW everything is on wheels in the streets, and skiung can not be indulged in nearpr than a couple of homV journpy from the city. The big Holmenkol' races have been scheduled for Feb. 11 and "12but the Governor Johnson's Statement. Governor Johnson of MinnesotaI most heartily indorse the project and plan to establish the Lincoln Birthplace paik. Fostering a spirit of patriotism, it would ranew memories of the great martyred man who ga^e his country and people the unselfish service of his whole life Min nesota will do her full share to realize the purpose of the project Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota The proposition to make a national muse um of the farm in Kentucky on which snow! Perhaps they will have to get it by freight from the Eidsvold district as they did last year. At least they have started the erection of the spec tators' stand, and that is a begin ning. The king and queen have pur chased skis, but have so far had very little chance to use them. They have, however, been taking some toboggan rides up on the Holmenko\len hills, and seem to enjoy the sport very much. French Visitors. This is rather an out of-the-season time for foreign naval vessels to visit Christiama, but nevertheless the French warship Casim has been here for about a week. She came for a double purpose. First and foremost, it was an act of courtesy by the ifrench republic to the new king of Norway. Next the ttaati Wx THE OLD MILL FIVE MILES FROM THE LINCOLN FARM. It wat one of the boy Lincoln's greatest delights to accompany his father to this picturesque spot, where he played while the grist was being ground. This mill was closed only two years ago. T.,nin -ii. .c u.u millstone ucd oy te Lincosnt. .o serves as a "stoop" to the side door of the house on the farm conditions of his birth and childhood. It seems to me that the value of the project will largely depend upon the simplicity with which it is carried out* and the &uc^ cess of the effort to' keSp the surround ings as nearly as possible such as they were when Lincoln lived among them I am glad that the scheme of preservation contemplates an appeal to individual Lincoln's memory, like Washington's, is one of the hallowed and heritages of all our people. It is not possible that any home in which he lived can ever have quite the associ ations for the nation as a whole that Mount Vernon has, but most assuredly his birthplace should be preserved in such shape as will enable us. as a nation, to realize vividly the conditions from which the. second of our two great presidents sprang to mold our destiny for good w upon whicihh Abraham Lincol was born and upon which he spent his early youth, is too sacred to be turned over to vulgai, every-day purposes It must be for all time one of America's venerated shrines, over which the spirit of America shall hold undisputed sway, and whither wor shipers shall come from every clime to honor it and inhale its sublime and purifying life. Mark l"wainMr. Collier has secured the land, saved it from desecration, and put it at the nation's disposal, and now the rest of us can go ahead and make it a fitting memorial of the man it cradled. The government Is spending millions every year on agricultural colleges and model farms to teach the art of raising more corn and squashes. In the present political, moral and social atmosphere of the American people, there is nothing in that line that can compare with this little modern farm that raised a Man. LL! N01S* Abraham Lincoln was born, meets with my unqualified approval. I think it is the proper thing to do, and have no doubt that patriotic people all over the country will approve of it. The South's Interest. John Sharp Williams, Congressman from MississippiThe south has esptolal proprietorship in Abraham Lincoln. Every drop of blood in his veins was southern, every characteristic of the man was southern, his love of humor, his stead fastness of purpose, his devotion to an idea. He was a typetho, of course, a very high type*of that class of southern ers whence he sprang I have never been in favor of national parks, except, of couise where they weie a means of con serving the remains of the dead But a national park upon the home of Abraham Lincoln would much more heartily repre sent the coming together of the northern and southern ideas, and the essential unity of the Amprican people than a park ship brought the French minister, Mr. Dclavaud. Altho it was in the heart of the win ter, the Frenchmen appeared to have a good time of it while here. The higher officers were properly received by the king and entertained by the minister of their country, by Mr. Loviand, the Nor wegian minister for foreign affairs, and by others. Some of the officers even tackled the Norwegian winter sports, and thought them great, especially the skiing. Other Visitors. Not a few Americans, mostly of Nor wegian birth, are spending the Winter here. Among them are several Minne sota people. Mr. Arctander, the Min neapolis lawyer, has been a visitor here for some time. While here he had an audience with King Haakon, whom he seemed to like well. Having some busi ness connection among the Indians up in Alaska. Mr. Arctander provided him self with Norwegian music while here. This he intends to bring up 4to MINNEAPOLIS," MINNESOTA, SUNDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 1906.^ TH E FAR O N WHIGHIABRAHAMIONGOLNIWAS^BOR N & Wh AT LAS O BECOM E TH#PRORERTY OFIALIIIAMERICANS pf^*, NOIANAPOUS his Alaska red' men, who according to his statement, are very fond of music. Besides Eleonora DuBe, a genuine Jap anese company is to give a series of per formances here at Fahlstrom's theater 'next week. **t c. i Uic now 7 he house on the farm, built after the Llncolns left, In which the present keeper Some of the foreigners, however, be lieve in learning the sport in its mother country, and we therefore have more winter tourists here this year than ever before. The main part of them is Eng lish, but also, many Danes are here., Norwegian Industries. Pt^ 3 Norwegians Teaching Skiing. As in former years, several young Norwegians, who are experts in the art of skiing, are this winter engaged as teachers of their national sport by ski clubs in, southern^ Europe,- principally in Switzerland. "^M^Mim 4t i n*fctiva Paae We The Lincoln birthplace Is located in the geographical center of Kentucky. Nolan Creek, In which young Lincoln was nearly drowned. upon a mere battlefield. The story of the farm after the Lin colns left it and until the recent pur chase, is told by Collier's as follows: It was sold by Thomas Lincoln to a f&mily by the name of Creal. In their hands it remained for over seventy years It was sold but twice since Thomas Lin coln transferred the deed to the Creals. A. W. Dennett, a wealthy New Tork restaurant owner, bought the farm' sev eral years ago -for a consideration of $3,000. A little money was spent on im proving the place, and a new picket fence was erected with a view to converting it into a public park, but financial reverses overtook the owner and the idea had to be abandoned. Since then the farm has been rapidly declining. A few years ago it was given into the management of the Rev. J. W. Bingham, a Methodist preacher, who had the logs of the oldlitigation cabin taken to the exhibition at Nash ville. Later, a tenant was given the pos- While it is yet too early to say what the codfish catch will be this year, the first reports from the Lofoten districts are at least very satisfact6ry both as to quality and quantity. The ore transport from the Swedish mines over the Ofoten railway to the town of Narvik is steadily increasing. While in 1902 the road carried 25,477 tons, the year 1905 shows the large fig ures of 1,450,000 tons, and it is expected that before long the road will be taxed to its maximum capacity, 4,000,000 tons, and as the Luossavarre-'Kirima^arre company will, as soon as possible, try to bring their production up to 10,000,- 000 tons, they are planning double tracks for the railroad between Kirunna and Tornetraesk. ly To work the largeJptaims' of Chr.Norwegians Anker, FredrikshalcL, |ia Sydvaranger, Finmarken, a largp4 stock com pany has been fanned, mostly foreign capital, of r- which a con siderable part comes froni Sweden. I is estimated that between 15,000,000 and 20,000,000 kroner will be set in on this enterprise, and the work is tonot begiil on a large scale next spring. The principal shareholders in this new company are the -owners, of the well I known Sulitjelma njyigW^ I The ore deposits of*yVranger a,re not rich, but the new company controls newly invented methods by which it can be made a paying business. The 'Dunderlandsdalen company has also se cured one of these methods and has discarded the Edison system for bri quetting purposes. The Coronation. Altho June 24 is quite a little way ahead, the Norwegians are already getting busy making preparations for the big event of the coronation of 'King Haakon and Queen Maud, which is to take place ,m the old cathedral at Trondhjem next summer. The hotel keepers" have already booked several guests for the occasion. I is believed that both the British and the Danish royal families will attend the ceremony. The king and queen will go by rail to Trondhjem, but will return by steamer along the coast, making stops at the more important towns and places of_ interest. Perhaps the suggested gift from in America, a royal steam yacht, will be on hand by that time and answer the purpose of conveyance 0n a 4-v-- a )?^v ^'n, ^l|gg^jj| tKJg- ST session of the farm with the only con sideration that he pay the "annual taxes upon it. The neighbors said that he made a bad bargain, and the products of the farm wouldn't pay the~tax. The truth of their prediction was verified when, a few months* later, the old farm .was ad vertised for sale for the taxes, the amountf however, being paid by its owner just before it was sold. The old Lincoln cabin was finally sold to an exhibitor who has taken it about the country as a traveling show, and who now holds it intact in a cellar at Stamford, Conn., for ransom. It will never be given back to the people, to whom it should belong, but it can beowner's bought back, and this will be done. As to the farm itself, all manner of en terprises have sought It. John Wana maker is known to have made repeated attempts to secure the property, but the in which the title was Involved made the sale impossible. A bill was in troduced in the Kentucky state legisla- "C V.**tadmt Singers' Jubilee, ^i The Norwegian student singers have been much heard of as a soeiety since their return from the United States, last summer. Shortly after their homecoming they gave'a couple of con certs and then disappeared from the range, of the public eye. 't ^iF- *V jrl- is* ture providing for the purchase of, the property by the state, but the bill died from neglect. Then a wealthy negro conceived the plan of converting the old Lincoln homestead into a nucleus for an old negroes' home, but this plan was held in abeyance, until the project of making the house over into either a home for confederate soldiers or a widows' and orphans* home for the victims of both sides of the 'conflict. This project failed to receiver the support from congress *and died. Many other schemes were sug gested, but none bore any large national significance. The property was sold re cently to satisfy claims against the estate^ "This little model farm that raised a Man" should be, and probably soon .will be, of much interest to all Ameri cans. To bring more plainly before its readers the country in which" the boy Lincoln lived and workedworked hardT he Journal presents the One more they hold the center of the stage, on the occasion of the six tieth anniversary of the society. July-10, 1845, was its birtftday, a,nd Johan Diderik Behrens its father. One week later, at the funeral of the Nor wegian author, JHenrik Wergeland, it received its baptism it was thenjieard for the first^tinje. The first public con !cert INESQT/ HIOT0BIRA1 SOCIETY. This cabin. In which Lincoln was born, was removed several years ago for exposition purposes. I Is to be restored to its original place by the Lincoln Farm association. The fissure out of which flows the cl ear, cool water of the Lincoln spring. was given \(y the society Dec. 10 of the same year. sAmong' the guests of honor on that occasion was Ole Bull. As condactor after Mr. Behrens fol lowed Halfdan Kierulf, the well-known composer. The Norwegian Student Singers' so ciety visited Paris in 1878. I 1889 'O. A. Grondahl became* the conductor of the society aid still holds that po sition. As the most glorious point in the history of the society, however, stands the trip to the United States last year. I was a thing never to be forgotten. That "is what all who participated in'it say. Some of them even liked "God's own -country" so well that they are going to make it their future home. On the occasion of the anniversary they have given two very successful concerts. The last of these was one of special importance and elegance. I was held at the festival hall of tho city called "Logen." There was a full house and a very distinguished crowd. The king and queen were there, the Norwegian cabinet, the diplomatic corps, the foreign consuls and a great many other dignitaries. Generally speaking, it was an affair such as only & 1 Wit ^**M^i^i *"&* SK fi' -v'- The Lincoln farm is hear the center of popCction the new order of things in Norway has been able to produce. The Diplomatic Corps. While most countries intending to keep diplomatic representatives in ',Norway already have their ministers, secretaries, etc., here, they nearly alt seem to be living at hotels as. yet, and seem to have difficulties in finding suitable quarters for their residences and offices. This is not because there are not plenty of vacant flats and -rooms in the city, but such people are, as a rule, a bit particular about what they want. As a rule they desire mora rooms en^suite^than can easily be_ found here, w^kSfls A CONNECTICUT ESTATE FO MISS TABBELL. .-s f' New" ""fork Herald.' $i*% The old Bradley estate, near Bridga- {onial ort Conn., comprising a great old co house with forty acres of ground, has been purchased by Miss Ida M. Tar bell. Situated on the edjfeof a valley 400 feet above sea level, the place com mands a splendid view of Long Island sound and the surrounding country. Miss Tarbell intends to equip the honsa with modern improvements and taka possession next April. 'A flm A SMABT SET NURSERY. Puck. Visitor-^-So that is the mama doll, ia itf And the other, I suppose, is the papa doll? GwendolenOh, no, you stupid! That is a friend of the mama d,o& Th papa doll is away from "honie^ 4t^ 4 of the United States. accompanying 'photographs and draw ings, by courtesy of Collier's. The lines under them tell how Lincoln was associated with the places on and near the old farm. The purchaser, Collier'a says, hopes the American people may consider the historic farm a trysting-place whence north and south, east and west, may find the inspiration of national unity, a growing witness that the "dark and bloody ground" is no longer, and that the "border" state has beeome th 9 central state. As a patriotic park, says Collier's,' the Lincoln farm will differ wjdely from OUT other national parks, such as Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Mission ary Bidge, Vicksburg and others, in that it will etpress our national unity rather than preserve the memory- ef our lamentable differences. I 1 i i i -J"4 1 J4 &VHBBHKaaJ L- H,'