Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-06-06
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean. A.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old Countries About the To
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past. 81

North Sea Within a Week ">
or So just Past.
NORWAY.
1t is mentioned in the papers as some
thing highly remarkable that there was
no rain in Bergen from April 20 to May
3. The thermometer at times registered
" degrees. and the rain Of the latter
date came in the nick of time to save
whatever vegetation was above the
ground.
"A Thieves Comedy" a new play by
Peter Egge, has been we'll received in
Swedish theaters.
Several THOUSAND young Norwegians
have emigrated to America since the be-
ginning Of the year.
The city council Of Kristiania has or
'oered a combined tug and ice-breaking
boat from the Kristiansand iron works.
A dairy exposition at Molde was well
attended. There were u samples Of but
ter and As samples Of cheese.
Tho late Koroline Steen, Of Drammen.
bequeathed $1,000 to the Bragernes private
poor house.
Ole Olsen Kvisler and wife, of Hot,
solor, have celebrated their diamond we'd
ding. a.~,'..-a ... j.. ....
Meat IS so scarce in Trondhjem that
some meat shops have been closed sim
ply because there IL no meat to sell.
Kaiser Wilhelm expects to be in
Trondhjem July u.
Norvik, the western terminus of the
Ofoten. or transpeninsular,. railway, will
soon receive a charter as city. Some
Enelishmen who held interests there
lnH iah
be the name Of the new city. Originally
ship-bay.
Protracted storms on the Finmarken
fishing grounds have hampered the op-
erations of the 10000 fishermen who are
engaged there this season.
Captain H. D. Rund, veterinary sur
geon in the army, died from blood-pois-
oning contracted while he was engaged
in performing an operation upon q sick
animal. The poisoned member was am
putated, but all in vain.
The storthing has passed bill estab-
fishing a commercial bureau of informa-
ton at Kristiania. Branch offices may
be opened up elsewhere.
SWEDEN.
A so-called Tallerman institute has been
established in Stockholm. The aim of
the establishment is to cure rheumatism
and blood diseases by the application of
hot air to the part of the body which is
affected by the disease. The apparatus
used was invented by Lewis A. Taller
man, an English engineer, hence the
name of the establishment
King Oscar has appointed Prof. P. J.
Boethius to fill the Skyttean chair in the
University of Upsala.
A relia BILE daily of May says cate
gorically: Minister of the Marine Dyrs-
sen handed in his resignation yesterday"
Minister of Marine Dyrssen is slated for
the governorship Of Halland, and his sue
cessor In the cabinet may be either
Wrangel or Pihlgren.
The Swedish Press Association has ap-
piled to the king for permission to raise
100000 by means of q lottery. If the an
plication is granted, the money raised
will be divided among the building, sick
and pension funds Of the association
The employees at the government ma
chine shops at Liljeholmen- were not
given holiday on May 1st. But many
of them ventured to stay away in the
afternoon anyway The result was that
the authorities are threatening the men
with a new Sitting to get rid of the
shiftless element
The riksdag has raised the salaries Of
the functionaries of the national govern
ment ten per cent. excepting those who
receive at least $3.50 a year. The raise
was made at joint session of the two
chambers of the riksdag. It was ascer-
tanned. however. that the vote was 124
to Is among the members of the first
chamber, and 1Os to III among those of
the second chamber
The rlksdag has granted permission to
q private syndicate to build railroad to
Svappavaara
The queen arrived at Neu-Wied April II.
About so representatives from savings
banks held meeting at Stockholm and
adopted the main paragraphs of the con-
stitution of a bankers union which they
are organizing.
The Swedish Authors Club, which has
ia members, has elected Prof. K. War
burg as president.
The Forestry Association of the Prov
tnce Of Kristianstad has distributed mil
lions Of young trees without charge, and
the Oldest spruce trees planted are from
eight to ten feet tall. Large stretches of
sand which were considered worthless
trees distributed by this associate
DENMARK. 49,
A case Of smallpox just reported from
Aarhus was Of the worst kind, the So
called black-pox The patient was two
year-old child, and death came within
few hours Of the time the disease was
discovered. 49,
Prince Christian was confined to his bed
for a few days by an attack Of bron-
chitis.
The general opinion seems to be that
new cabinet will have to be appointed.
Count Sponneck, Danish ambassador to
Stockholm, is mentioned as premier and
minister Of foreign affairs, and Christen-
sen-Stadil and Bardenfleth may be ap-
pointed minister Of the interior and min
lister of the marine. respectively.
The royal theater is an expensive at
fair, it costs the state Of Denmark over
$3.50 day. a.. ~ - g.
SO many clergymen in tho state church
OF Denmark doubt some Of the dogmas
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