Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-01-03
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAiHERLAND.
REancipal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
@ 8 or So just Past.
SWEDEN.


DArtly on new railway to Stockaryd,(
party to Safsjostrom, these places being
stations on existing railways DR.. Kauf-
naa Is the Swedish representative of the
syndicate. Il
Mr.. c. E. Gren made a CONTRACT with
railway department which granted
IN the sole right to carry provisions by
TAIL to the country north Of ,Gellivore.
nut 1he consumers signed complaint to
ne railway department., and Mr.. Gren's
nsnopoly will be abolished January first.
An officer in the English navy recently
save q lecture on the naval affairs of
Sweden. The lecturer said that the
SWedish navy is not only unpretentious
sut Is apt to prove inadequate in case of
war. But though the naval defenses of
sweden are somewhat>unsatisfacto the
navy Is served by very efficient men. and
!. Ne naval academy of Sweden is known
very favorably throughout the civilized
world
The beech forests Of Skane are cut
down at rapid rate. and in many locali-
ties spruce trees are planted in their
pace
II. A. Berge. a public school teacher at
Askersund. has decided to start week
y paper for the profit and pleasure Of all
single men of Sweden -.- ....
A new government railway running be-
tween Orebro and Krylbo was opened for
pablic traffic Dec. IL. +.
The statistical bureau has just issued
reports on the savings banks of Sweden
fer the year 1885, At the close of that
year there were 376 savings banks in the
country. The whole number Of deposits
Was I'LL ISL. and the aggregate deposits
&S6.& .OOO Malmohuslan has the best
slowing. Although a mere patch as COM
4ared with the rest of the country, its
savings banks contain more than one
4eurth OF the total deposits for the whole
country. $751;. .- =. #
II. 4 Stockholm banker has donated two
1ousand books to the Swedish Bankers
Vnion.s Most OF the books. treat of po-
Aelcal economy. civil government and his
TRY. Ia" ~. .& a..
mass meeting at Ge1e, which was at
tAded BY more than 1000 persons. re-
solved to organize an association for sys-
tsnatically combating the drink evil.
frof N. P. Odman was elected president,
I 90 the other members Of the executive
Senmittee shall be elected by six diner
eat organizations. IL &ss
The city OF Vadstena celebrated the
aye-hundredth anniversary of its estab-
9shment Dec. 8. The school children
PAraded the streets and divine services
were held In the monastry church.
The Employers Union of southern
sweden recently held a largely attended
eSnvent1on at Helsingborg. It was de-
o1ded that the annual dues of each mem
Der shall be 81 cents for each grown per-
son and q cents for each minor which he
employs. The following peculiar resolu-
ton was also adopted: The executive
committee shall invite the board of aid
& ermen and the managers Of the harbor of
i1eise1ngborg to send representatives to
the Employers Union; for their interests
are Identical with ours and the EN-
paoyers Union has manifested itself not
as an lnst1gator to combat but as a power
aiming at peaceful solution of labor
problems.'' ~ 5@ ..sE.#
u The sale of stamps for public docu-
ments netted the government 81, GIG, 900 for
the year 1899.
"A certain private railway company has
been doing some snide business. The
agents at many of it's stations are post
masters. But their pay as postmasters
was only nominal, and in order to save
itself from paying them decent salaries
the company managed to make the gov
eminent raise their salaries as postmas-
I tiers. The modus operandi was as follows:
dhe company ordered all it's postage
stamps from one of those stations, SWELL
Ing the business Of that station so enor-
naously that the government raised the
salary of it's postmaster. AS soon as this
was accomplished the company would
transfer its business to another station.
q There was significant reduction in the
sale of postage stamps after the increase
In the salary of the postmaster had been
made, but when the government has
raised the salary Of a postmaster it is
very slow in reducing it again. It is evil
dent that such dealings as the above do
not tend to make the private railroad
companies popular.
The department Of agriculture has
asked for an appropriation of $1,000 for
the determination of the May bug pest.
"A professor named Lidfors seriously
proposes that Sweden be admitted into
the German empire on the same terms
as the Kingdoms Of Bavaria, Saxony and
Wurtemberg. His reason for proposing
such step is that he hates awfully to
Be gobbled up by the Russians.
Rich deposits of iron ore have been
found at Tuollavare, on government land
and mining company IS negotiating with
the government for the lease Of about
1S6 acres for a period Of fifty years. The
Place is located only a short distance
from Luossavaara. Norrland.
III Rev. Nils Lofgren of Gefle has been
appointed bishop OF the diocese Of Yes
teras.
n It is claimed that o. W. Rosendahl, Of
Karpalund has invented a new kind OF
governor for regulating the speed of
steam engines. The main feature of the
new contrivance is that the engineer may
give his engine any desired speed. and
when the governor is once set the speed
remains constant. 81
The Vulcan Match Manufacturing COM
sDany Of Tidaholm has resolved to pay
& 10 per cent Of the wages as a pension to
employees who are 65 years old and who
DO not share the profits. The company
also sells cheap homes to its employees at
cost and to be paid for in 20 annual In
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