Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-04-08
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA.
INTERESTING ITEMS From SWEDEN.
NORWAY AND DENMARK.

NORWAY AND DENMARK.
storthing Discusses the Question 1T Ar.
bitration Treaties With Foreign Coun.
tries-Question OF Observation-Disclosures
an the Gene-Osra Rsilroad-scand,.
.av,an Emigrants to Congo Die.
.. SWEDEN. *H
III. ~ gs' Stockholm.
His majesty has ordered Swedish
Norwegian consulate to be established
ut Johannesburg. q.
Sven Nilsson, convicted of grand
larceny, committed suicide in the jail
by hanging himself.
Six provincial governors are at pres.
emit occupying seats in the "Andra
Kammaren" q the Riksdag.
Melanchton festivals have recently
been celebrated in Stockholm and in
many Of the larger cities Of the country.
Eleven million crowns in bank notes
have been ordered from the Tumba
paper mill by the bank commissioners
of Sweden.
Stockholm's mercantile feet, with an
aggregate tonnage of $685. tons, at
present consists of So sailing vessels
and l42 steamers.
The 10th Of December, which marks
the death Of DR.. Alfred Nobel, will be
kept as a holiday, according to recent
resolution adopted by the Swedish
Peace congress.
Karl Richard Gustafson, Jonn Wick.
lund and Oscar Fahlstrom, all of this
city, recently left via London for Al
RIGA. where they will locate in the
Transvaal Republic.
Andree's second north pole expedi-
ton will, it is estimated, cost 33, OUO
crowns only as far as Spitzbergen from
whence the start is contemplated
Afterwards the expense will be very
small.
Nils E. Rosen, student of the Skog
institute of this city, committed suicide
by shooting The deceased was only
IS years old, and was a son of the well
known agricultural engineer, L. Rosen.
He was melancholy.
The Italian crown prince and crown
princess will. after their visit with
Queen Victoria during her anniversary
festivities, continue their journey to
Sweden aud will. during their visit in
Stockholm. be the guests of the king
aud queen.
Thss Aurhaek institute OF this city
will this year celebrate it, l5Oth ami.
versaxy. II wAs founded in l747 by
the famous evangelist, DR.. Peter Muir.
beck, who, for I number Of years, was
the pastor Of the Hedvig Eleono-a
church Of this city. The institute con-
trolls capital Of SIC, 600 crowns.
Claes Virgin, formerly collector Of
customs in this city, is dead, aged 80.
A geological expedition to the eau.
easian mountains will be headed by
DIR. A. Stuxbexs Of this city.
The hunting of moose in the counties
Of Goteborg and Bohns ''la1s" hos
been forbidden for period Of i've years.
A statue Of the deceased Swedish.
American inventor, John Ericsson,
will be modelled by the we'll known
sculptor Ingel Fallstedt. The statue
will be erected April l, 1898, on the
''Vasaplatsen."
Ludwig Wall, formerly of this city,
now an inspector of marines in the
Congo Free State, is at present spend.
ing q couple Of months in his native
land. Mr.. Wall complains very much
about the fever.nourishing climate of
Congo and regrets that q large numbcf
Of the Scandinavians who journey
there in quest Of living generally
meet untimeiy death.
BY a recent analysis Of the city water
Of Malmo- prominent physicians proved
it to contain bacteria in alarming num-
bers.
the riksdag, suddenly died at Hyllinge
Feb. ~, aged u years. He was rep
resentative of the "Andra Kammaren''
of the riksdag from 1876 to 1894. and
was man of splendid character and
attainments.
Professor G. w. Skarstedt has
through his majesty secured an annual
pension Of 4, 500 crowns.
Professors c.: ]. Ask and M. W.
Godeni1s have resigned from their re-
spect:ve chairs at the Lund university.
Anna Hanson, the daughter of
Night Watchman Hanson Of this city,
was recently crushed to death under
the wheels of the passenger train from
Eslop. None of the train officials were
aware of the accident, which occurred