Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-12

sent a lecturer into the field. namely
Dr. J. a. Hallgrcn, Of Gothenburg.
The Svca Fire Insurance Compau,
has awarded is great gold medal Il
1901 IcEuer. the chief OF the fire depart
ment OF Goihonburg, as "a token o
appreciation OF his splendid record al,
fire hcnd Fighter
The loukopiug and Vaggeryd railroad
l' To DE built across bay Of Lake Vet
Tern winch is over eighty feet deep. A
ppnioon bridge was constructed arros.
the boy and from this about TOO GOO cubic
meters OF gravel will be dumped into
the water
10 commenting upon the many pro.
positions 90 establish "a Swedish uo'ilv
IKE the llh Of July iu America and the
IIlh OF May in Norway the LtuEop.nE
paper Otisoicu says BETTER no,pnus
speculaiIuns us TO q national holiday
until the republic has been introduced
900 sweden, or az least until we have
secured universal suffrage"
Life insurance statistics prove that
sweden has had hard timcsr Tor the
past twenty months. the amount of
new policies Issued was ON fha increase
until the year is13, but the total Tor that
year was only tL2at $40 against sit,-
gtl.s'1 Tor ths year Hgf on 1.-THE other
hand tNc amount oi policies cancelled
was So ufn,N $40 which is nearly Ultv.lour
per OF the amount OF new policies
issued during the year. ONLY fourteen
per cent of The Insurance cancelled was
due 20 deaths. the remaining forty per
cent being Ap,c,. The report OF iour
Of The oldest companies show that forty
of their policy holders committed sat.
eide during the year. while The greatest
number of suicide, Tor any previous
year was only fourteen.
NORWAY
"a rich American" Is said to have
donated $4,000 to Langesund Tor new
city waicfw1fks.
a committee appointed by the Stouh.
INK unanimously declares itself against
the contract system.
Fine new potatoes were sold In Chris
ii1nl July -. the price was rather still
eight cents a quart
The tourist club "Ioctunhcimen" has
published % guide book Tor Naldefs and
vicinity In English, Norwegian aud
German.
A Mr.. Hanncborg has invented
ditching machine which works the
ground whether Il IS hard or solt thawed
or frozen.
The supreme court has dismissed the
case. against Captain Hoitomt, who was
sued for libel. his oiiansc consisting in
charging the Left with receiving cam.
pllgn POUNDS from Russia at the last
general election.
The liie.slying association Of Norway
mas over 1000 members organized into
ihlrty-two districts. The receipts Tor
the year were $1,000, the balance in the
treasury and the value Of property be.
longing to the association amounting to
10000.
Mr.. Foosnes has proposed an appro.
priatiOn Of $50 900 for the regularly
organized rifle corps ON the condition
that private parties must pay M least
unc'hali Of the cost OF the rifles, and
that no corps receives more than ten
dollars per member
DENMARK.
The Danish author, Herman Bang, re.
ceiyed a wound 10 the head at riots Ia
Paris
Mr.. Clark l.. Carr United States min
lister 10 Denmark during Hlnison's adj
has been offered dccora-
ton Of q high degree by the king, but as
an American citizen Mr. Carr cannot
accept h.
"Leif Erikson, an exact copy Of the
viking" which Is making such stir az
The Worlds Fair, has been ordered from
Norway for the Copenhagen Tiyoh.
The vessel arrived at Copenhagen July
rs.
Nc. Riseley, the new United States
To Denmark, Is still so weak
after bis recent illness that he cannot
walk about in the open air without assis.
lance lie Is stopping at Phoenix hotel,
A motion before the prussian l.andtlg
10 allow the exclusive use Of the Dan
lsh language Tor religious instruction ia
all Danish communities in the north
way defeated. The Danes, the Poles,
the CeYusts and the Liberals voted in
favor OF the motion, thus lacking only
few votes OF carrying d.
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