Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20
news FROM SCANDINAVIA
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM SWEDEN,
NORWAY AND DENMARK.

sian Bonndary-Prinoe Carl Mentioned
For the Cretsn Govsrnorship - Hoot-
blacks Make Their Appearance In
Norwsy-"Puro'' Flag Dispute.
SWEDEN. -. Y
The ironclad Oden will be completed
In the near future
The shah of Persia may establish q
legation at this city. '.o .-' +
Balloons will soon be part of the
military equipment Of Fort Oscar Fred.
rlksborg. ..a.-. ~
An English syndicate will undoubt.
eddy secure control Of the works at
Hellefors. -
The Svenska Observation-Disclosures (mis.
sion union) holds its annual meeting
in this city June 10 10 IL. ..s--..
A congress of gardeners from Ill
parts of the kingdom will be held in
August in connection with the exposi.
tion.
II. D. Jansen, ]. f. Hail and J. N.
G. Flygare are nominated for primate.
the highest Office of the church Of
Sweden. .-,t. ir.aH,,@ .-.. fl
An appropriation Of /, 09l, 900 crowns
has been made by the riksdag for the
benefit Of the telephone system Of the
kingdom. ~ ii j
The syndicate owning tho Stora KQp-
parberg mines in Dolarne, made .
profit Of 2.210,251 crowns from them
during the last year.
Prince Karl of Sweden il recon.
mended by prominent mon in the dip.
.lomatic circles of France az a candi.
date for possible governorship Of
Crete.
DIR. Martin Ekeberg, superintendent
of the Swedish industrial museum, has
left for London for ;,le purpose Of
studying there the IMPERIAL institute,
said to be the best in the world.
Professor E. Almqvist of this city
has presented to the Upsala university
the only existing portrait, painting
in oil, of Professor Erik Jonas Aim.
qvist, who died at Upsala in 1908. :
An experimental station for dairy
and agricultu ral matters will soon be
ready here. DR.. Erik Arenander has
been sent to Germany, France and
Austria to obtain knowledge regarding
such institutions in those countries.
An apparatus for launching lifeboats
from ships is invented and patented by
-Axel. E. Falk, = pupil at the Stockholm
School of Technology. The invention
consists mainly of a movable track or
large spout. on which the boats glide,
striking the water at safe distance
from the ship. ....l.
The bill providing for an appropria-
ton of 1900, 900 crowns for the contin-
uing in 1898 of the Northern trunk line
from Beden over Hasafors to Utter.
:morjarf on Kalix river, near the Rus.
Bian boundary, passed the lower house
by a vote of 103 to 81. the minority be.
ing in favor Of placing the line over
Niemifors instead Of Hasafors, six or
seven miles further inland. The upper
house passed the bill with minority
amendment of the lower house, by
vote Of 81 to 81. The reasons given for
placing the proposed line as far inland
as possible were that otherwise q hos.
tile force could easily secure control of
it by landing troops from the bay Of
Bothnia. 49,.
Lars Ludwig Siedberg, prominent
citizen of Ulricehamn, is dead.
A department of cooking will become
part of the elementary school for girls
at Uddevalla. Z" x
Fourteen blooded horses shipped
from England reached Goteborg lately.
Prince Carl is the owner of one Of.
them. = 5 -. Y
The bill providing for an appropria.
ton Of 1900, 900 crowns for the Cote.
borg. Svinesund railway passed the
upper house of the liksdaR, but failed
i'll the lower house.
The committee on railways has ex-
pressed itself in favor Of changing the
Uddevala- Venersborg- Herrljunga rail-,
way from narrow gauge to the stand
ard width Of track .ls. ~ " :
Some leather importers of the city
were recently compelled to pay $4,000
crowns more in duty on leather than
would have been necessary had the lot
arrived one day earlier.