Warren sheaf., 1901-07-18
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SWEDEN.

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SWEDEN.
A number OF real estate owners and
merchants of Kungsholmen, Stockholm
are contemplating the establishment Of a
new bank in their neighborhood. -
1t is said that the cabinet no longer
favors an extension Of the northern trunk
railway of Hapdranda. and that Kukkola
will ba its northern terminus
The karpalund sugar refining company
IS running two peat-cutting machines by
steam at the Hulta Mosse (bog), the
'oaily production being 10000 blocks OF
peat.
A brewers journal. published at Brus-
sells. recently contained an illustrated ar
ticle on the Kloster brewery at Ystad,
which is described as a perfectly modern
establishment and pattern Of its kind.
Crown Prince Gustaf arrived at Ber-
lin. June 25, and put up his quarters at
Hotel Bristol.
Upon ratifyins' the army reorganization
bill. the king added the following signih-
cant remark: I'm accordance with what
all the members Of the cabinet have
agreed to, now ratify the bill presented
by the riksdag. but also desire to have
= it expressly explained that 1 do not con-
slider the question Of military defenses
Ito be completely settled thereby
The sugar beet crop of southern Sweden
for the past year was S759u tons from
which the state derived revenue of
:S2916,0OO The total output of raw sugar
was $4,000 tons, or an average of 13 per
cent of the weight Of the beets Then.
Is tariff of s63.45 ton on raw sugar.
If the $4,000 tons produced in Sweden
had been imported, the government would
oh1,,
in excess Of the present internal revenue.
The latter amount, therefore, may be
looked upon as bonus granted by the
government to the sugar industries of
Sweden. and 1t averages about 900 for
each of the 10 sugar factories operated
in the country. -. ~+r.
The John Ericsson monument which Is
ito be erected at Nybrohamn, Stockholm,
is approaching Its completion and it will
be unveiled next fall.
Young pigs are awfuly scarce in south
.ern Sweden this summer. A decent four
week-old grunter easily commands
price of s475 and the price by weight is
from % to 25 cents a pound.
Private parties have been permitted to
build new railway from Lackeby, on the
Kalmer & Berga Railway. to Alsterbo,
Province of Kalmar
A number of farmers from southern
Sweden have made trip through some
>of the richest farming communities Of
Fyen and Langeiand. Denmark, and they
all admit that the Danish farmers gave
them many valuable pointers.
NORWAY.
The Swedish Womens National Union
sent the Norwegian union greeting re-
-ferring to the Norwegian suffrage law in
the following terms: Every new right
acquired. every new victory won by our
Norwegian sisters is greeted by us as if
our own"
Many men are out of work in Bergen.
The city government has been requested
to push new public improvements, but
the aldermen have advised common la
borers to seek employment on the farms.
The stone masons have absolutely MOTH
ing to do Some men have been idle for
twelve months
The railway department is censured be-
cause the passenger cars are so poorly
supplied with windows. Why are the
passengers or the Norwegian railways
not permitted to see and enjoy the beauty
of the country?
Lieutenant &c Besche Jurgens, who had
been serving the state of Congo for three
years, was on the point of returning to
Norway on visit when his life was sud-
denly cut short by malaria.
The weight of the total imports for the
year 1900 was 3,O24,2s4 tons, and their
value sS3,S763i37. The weight and the
value of the exports for the same time
were 2,7OS,427 tons, and s34,545,528.
Gen. F. P. =. Naser died at the age Of
85 years. He served in the army from
1887 to 1894, and for period of fifty years
was a very useful public man.
On June Il, 1851, Jews were permitted
to live in Norway by an amendment to
the constitution. Even saxlund, men,
Der of the storthing, who voted for that
amendment, is still living.
The fund raised by the students for
monument tc' Nordraak the composer of
the tune to 'Ja, vielsker," amounts to
$3.50
DENMARK.
The Free Trade Union of Denmark is
the name given by Mr.. Westenholz, a
rich farmer at. Brastrup, to a national
organization which he has started by
advertising in the press and otherwise
One of the first tasks of the union will
be to raise money for the spreading of
free trade literature. The regulations
provide that no contributions shall be
asked from poor members. The prosper
Gus members are expected to contribute
at least s1.35 from every parish in the
country
Representatives from Randers, Ebeltoft
and Grenaa held convention at Ryom-
gaard to discuss the question of estab-
fishing a line of ferries between Jylland
and Sjalland. The convention recon-
mended such line as the cheapest and
best way Of connecting the two places,
y and a committee was elected to push
the matter in the rigsdag.
There are over 5000 vacant buildings
in Copenhagen. and over 500 of these are
new.
H. P. Hansen, native of Horsens, who
was very influential in Cape Colony, and
finally became mayor of Chalk Bay Cape
Colony, was drowned near his city April
last. ~ =
Mr. Gron, Copenhagen merchant, has
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