Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-12-13

Steps have been taken to establish
such homes in Trondhj em, Tistedal,
sKristiansand and Fredrikshald, the
ssamlag of the latter place having.
contributed $4,000 to the building
+ fund. # ss
/ Bjornson's Over Evne beyond His
,cess'' in Berlin.
| ADout 40 members of the storthing5
have held q caucus and agreed to
form "a group of members represent
/ ing agricultural and labor interests
The group is evidently an organiza-
| ton, three of its smembers having been
elected as an executive committee.
The managers Of the Bank of Nor
way have resolved to increase the cap
ital stock Of the bank from $3,375 900
to $4.185.000. and to establish tour
branch offices in LarVit, Gjovik, Aale-
sund, and Vardo.
Russian 'saw filers'' in Norway. At
least one Russian .'saw fler" has,
shown up in Norway. He came to, a
place near Moss, along difficult road
which was, used during the field man
euvres last summer. His hands were
SuSpiClOuslys SHdll, anu Nc HdusslHdES
which he studied very carefully.
When asked point blank whether he
was a Russian spy he said he had read
some stories about spies, but protest
ed that they were idle talk. When he
left the place in the morning he chose
difficult road.
Otto Aakram, of Elverum, has do.
mated $1,000 to the municipality for.
the establishment of home for inva
lids and aged people.
At recent election the municipal
ity of Soon voted to have no saloon
(samlag) for the next five years.
Those who are cultivating the pure
Norwegian tongue seem to be gaining
ground. as Bjornsona appeals to the
university to prevent the different
school boards from dropping the Nor
wegian-Danish book-language.
The Norwegian Bible Society has
published pocket edition of the Bible,
in the pure Norwegian tongue,
Bjornson visited Thorvald Slettern
in Jail, 1t will be remembered that
Slettern was convicted of killing his
foster-mother. The evidence being
wholly circumstantial, Bjornson can
not get it into his head that Slettin
is guilty. ss.,s. .t.,st=s;&..:.
The Kristiania Brewing company
has distributed dividend Of only
per cent to the stockholders
A national employers association
has just been organized in Kristiania.
It's members employ l4O, 900 men. The
headquarters of the association COM
mittee will be located in Kristiania.
The Storthing has voted. the usual
salary to the king ($9O,720) and $21,-
600 as appanage for the crown prince.
According to cable dated Kris
tiana, Dec. 3, Russian "sawflers" are
still in evidence in the peninsula, and
some Norwegian papers suggest that
the people prevent them from obtain
ing any information.
Edward Grieg, the composer, must
be i'll, for a cablegram states that the
has been removed to mountain SAN
itarium near Kristiania.'
A number of Norwegian and Swed-
ish railway laborers played rough
house" in dead earnest at a restau-
rant in Rombaksbotten. A patrolman
was sent for, but as they did not mind
him he had to use his club. and one
of the combatants was hit so hard
that he died. /
Bjornson has written another news
paper article, scoringl the jury for
declaring Thorvald slettin guilty, of
killing his foster-mother.
The retail price of potatoes in Kris
tiania is from 80 to- IS cents bushel
exactly the same as in Minneapolis.
Last September a Norwegian trav-
eled in Finland in the interest of his
business. At restaurant he met a
Russian policeman of high rank. Two
Finlanders were engaged in conversa-
ton at the same restaurant, The
Russian turned to the Norwegian,
who spoke both Russian and Finnish,
and asked him to listen to them and
afterwards report what they said.
The Norwegian gave an evasive an
swer and left the restaurant. A few
days ago this Norwegian visited Kris
tiania. AS he was walking along Karl
Johans Grade he suddenly faced tall,
dark man. Both of them stopped.
They recognized each other. The tall,
dark man was the policeman from
Finland. Shortly afterwards two
strangers were taking notes on the
customhouse pier. They spoke a lam
guage which no one present under
stood. and handled some papers that
Hooked like charts. One of them was
the Russian policeman. Both Of them
were typical Russians: All of this in-
formation is. claimed to be strictly
correct. %% Il n @5$
DENMARK.
The deaf mutes of Copenhagen, no
matter in what part of the city they
reside. have been permitted to organ
ize congregation Of their own in
Holmen parish.
Prominent English authors have
given a banquet to Holger Drach-
mann. the poet, who has been stop
ping in London.
The Copenhagen bar association has
passed a resolution in favor of assim-
Hating the civil laws Of the Scandi-
navian countries
/ A number Of adherents Of the Inner
Mission have built sanitarium for