Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-05-23
NORWAY.

SandefjOrd was largely destroyed by fire
little over year ago. But the people
did as the Americans do in such cases.
they went to work and rebuilt it, and by
this time the damage is not only repaired,
but Sandefjord is a far more magnificent
place than it was before the fire.
At Eidsvaag, Bergen, a, stone has been
found which bears an inscription from
prehistoric times. There are seven runes
of the kind used from the fifth to the
seventh century.
A brass cannon bearing the date 1914
has been found on the bottom of f'red-
rikshold harbor.
The king will return to Norway early
in July, and proposes to spend several
weeks at Bygdo.
Large quantities Of clover and timothy
seed are imported to Norway because
they are cheaper than the home product.
Bastian Larsen has been collecting figures
on this subject furnished by farmers liv-
ing in different parts of the country, and
he claims to have demonstrated that the
foreign article is so poor that the Nor
Wegian farmers lose over $780, 900 every
year by using foreign clover and timothy
seed
May 18th is mentioned as the date for
closing the present session of the storth-
ing.
Brede Kristensen, Ph.D., a young Nor
wegan, has been appointed professor Of
history and religion in the University Of
Leyden. Efforts will. no doubt, be made
to secure position for him at the Uni
versity of Norway.
to the United States this spring that
those who remain at home cannot but feel
uneasy.
Several corporatIurs have petitioned
the department If inc interior to make
the 18th of May a. legal holiday and to
transfer the present day of public prayer
from the spring of the year to the fall.
Answer has been received from the de-
partment that for the present nothing
will be done with regard to the petition.
The change of time for the day of public
prayer had been discussed, only to show
that no agreement could be reached Nor
will the day Of independence be made a
holiday because the time is not considered
ripe for such a change.
1t took 80 men half a day to put out a
forest fire at Hasselviken, near Trond-
hjem.
DENMARK.
A young recruit from Odense, being an
Adventist, persistently declined to take
part in the regular military training in
the army After having been arrested
and released and monkeyed with in many
ways, all to no purpose as to his deter
mination, he was finally dismissed from
service because the physician found that
his chest was not of the most approved
construction. 1t looks as If this was the
easiest way Of getting rid of the young
man.
The Danish Coal Company handled
100000 tons of coal last year.
DR.. Oscar Hansen has written a popular
work on the theory of evolution. It is
said that the common people of Denmark
are highly interested in this subject at
the present time. q. -. -... 4.
The cooperative labor unions of Dem
mark held representative convention at
Copenhagen few days ago. The unions
had been laboring under unfavorable cir
cumstances, but so ably had their work
been managed that 80 per cent of their
members had had their wages increased
in the course Of the year.
Chester Anderson, the proprietor Of a
Copenhagen restaurant has been fined
$2,7S1 for the illegal sale Of liquors. He
has been fined many times before, and
each time the amount is doubled.
Axel Lassen, a Copenhagen wholesale
merchant, was married May LIST to Miss
Marguerite Bech, of Stockholm, and they
have started on a combined wedding and
business trip around the globe.