Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-18
SCANDINAV Wan NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past. 1863

IN the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week f:8
or So Just Past. $
{. The Swedish Sulphate Cellulose
Manufacturing company has been reg
istered at Malmo. Its capital stock is
1920, 900, and it is to deal in all materi-
ais necessary for the manufacture Of
paper. @Sa2.s.s Il i. 4. ts4; k5g
A steam launch of unusual construc-
tion has been built at Ljunggren's me-
chanical works at Kristianstad. It is
provided with brakes, the aim of which
is to stop the launch as quickly as pos
sible. The brakes consists mainly of
two large blades, which are run out
into the water on either side of the
launch. The brakes were invented by
Count Posse of Bergkvarna
The whisky distillers of Malmohus
have just held an important conven-
ton at Eslof. It was claimed that the
prices of liquor had been so low of late
that the distillers had actually lost
money. The high prices of coal and
Indian corn had also contributed to
this unsatisfactory result. The con-
vention resolved to reduce the produc-
ton ten per cent during the coming
year, and committee was elected to
endeavor to induce the distillers of the
provinces of Kristianstad and Blek-
inge to join in the movement. .,#e =.
A Dutch art critic has discovered
two paintings by Rembrandt at an old
Skane manor. s., E. r.
The remains of the late S. A. He'd
lund, the Gothenburg journalist, were
reduced to ashes at the Gothenbur
crematory.
The sugar factories of Sweden have
been provided with new system of
knives for cutting the beets. The Ca
pacity of the new system is almost
twice as great as that of the old. The
change involved an extra outlay of
several hundred thousand kronor, and
German experts have been engaged to
superintend the work of the new ma
chinery until the Swedes become IA
miliar with it. A new method Of
washing the beets has also been intro
duced from Germany.
The rough frontier town of Cell
ware is abreast of the times. A pawn
bank has been opened up there.
= Adelina Patti gave concert at the
Royal theater, Stockholm, and the
king decorated her with the medal
''literis ct artibus."
A session of the provincial legisla-
ture and horticultural convention
were held at the same time in Malmo,
and the hotels were so crowded that
belated members of the legislature
were glad to obtain shelter for the
night at the Seamen's Home.
The receipts of the government for
the year 1899 were $51, 226, 3s2.07. ~.
The consistory of Hernosand has
formally petitioned the king for di-
viding the diocese of Hernosand, or
ganizing the lans of Vesterbotten and
Norrbotten into a new diocese, with
Lulea as the bishops residence.
Fifteen charges are vacant in the
diocese of Lund.
The Onnestad Peoples high school
had a total attendance of SO during
the past year. ~. Ri, = IT.
1t has been estimated that the pro-
posed navy yard and armory will cost
at least So, 600: 900. 60 a5>r .
irmed Sept. 26. $3.50
j. V. Petre, the late mayor of Gefle,
bequeathed $4,000 to charitable insti-
buttons in his city. -.' - z. =
The employees on the government
railwayshhad a convention in Stock
national association.
Consul E. G. Broms has bought a
large tract of land in Karl Gustaf par
ish, Jorne valley, for the purpose of
establishing model farm, which is
to serve as a kind of school for the
farmers of that part of the country.
The farm, when fully equipped, will
cost over $125, ZOO. .@ aiss
The state of Morocco has a navy con-
sisting of one solitary gun boat. and
the captain of this is a Swede named
BenzOn. E.s# -..'< r5S Nc. rs
It is just 100 years since Rev. Wiesel-
gren, the great apostle of temperance,
was born, and the Swedish total alb
stainers may raise monument in
honor of their teacher. z.saa =,
About 100 elks have Been killed in
the forests of Sormland this year. The
commercial value of the animals is
about $40 apiece on the average.
Pearl fishing is by no means remun-
erative in the Lagan and Atran rivers
this season. The highest price paid
for any pearl found in the Lagan was
81. One man gathered 10000 mussels
in a week, but did not find single
genuine pearl.
= sayrg NORWAY. .58 5t 45@t
The second Norwegian clergymen's
conference was held in Trondhj em.
A French admirer Of Ibsen has writ
ten to the latter, telling him that a
new summer residence in Paris sub