Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-26
.SCANDINAII Wan NEWS.
DENMARK.
DENMARK

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81 ,55 DENMARK,
The new Apostleenhnrch in Copenhagen
was dedicated few days ago. 1t is To-
Gated chiefly In the interior Of block.
having street frontage OF only 80 feet.
AS q result Of the negotiations that
have been in progress between Secretary
Hay and Mr.. Brun, the Danish minister.
the last obstacles to the preparation OF
the treaty of cession whereby the United
States will become possessed Of the Dam
ish West Indian islands, have been re-
moved. S.
The mining company which has COM
menced operations In the Farce Islands
has paid $4,000 to the owners Of the
ground, the government having received
$1,000 of this amount. The company has
already spent $1s9,0o in the islands.
SWEDEN.
The Karlstad Labor Association, after a
protracted debate and by majority Of
two votes, resolved not to join the So
cial Democratic party.
Alfred LARSON, an engineer represent
Ing number Of peat manufacturing
firms, has induced the government to use
peat for fuel In the offices of the agri-
cultural department. The results of the
experiment will be, closely watched
A farmer at Mala, in the northern part
of Sweden, sowed some wheat last spring,
and the grain ripened just as fast as
barley. 59> HMu@
Lagerheim, the minister Of foreign at
fairs, has spent some time in Bordeaux
and Paris. and on his way home he had a
lengthy conversation with Chancellor Won
Bulow at Berlin.
The central Jail OF Malmo does not suit
the purpose for which it is used, and
private parties have offered $4,000 for the
property. * @ ...s,.-
The new $500, 900 gunboat which shall be
built at the Kockum shipyards, Malmo,
must be completed within 10 months.
Prof. Hi Sjogren, the new mineralogist
of the Academy of Sciences, has donated
his collection of minerals to the institu-
ton. It contains 5000 numbers and costs
about 100000. It is very rich in American
and Russian samples, and is claimed to
be the largest private collection of it's
kind in Europe. ~
DR.. M. Ekenberg, who has invented a
new method Of preparing "milk -four
intends to establish a factory at some
place where he can obtain 1900 gallons
of milk day. This quantity of milk will
produce about 1000 pounds Of milk
-four" +t.-55, ...tsE.. g.,
The temperance organizations of Swed-
en- have provided for scientific course Of
lectures on the drink problem, which will
be given at Stockholm from Dec. q to
Jan. G.. ... ~.s@
Minister of Justice Annerstedt will soon
hand in his resignation. and his tempo
rary successor will be Husberg, consult
ing member of the cabinet.
The Three New 'Immortals. The
three vacancies in the Swedish Academy
will be filled by the appointment of Prof
Karl Warborg. Prof. Retzius and Per
Hallstrom, the author.
The United States consuls in Sweden
make special note of the increasing i'm
ports of American horse-f1esh to Sweden
This article is generally dried and served
at restaurants as ''venison,'' and it is
toothsome food. A Swedish paper asks
why cannot Swedish horse-flesh be util-
lied in the same way?
The Swedish edition of Julrosor Christ
mas roses) was accidentally dropped into
the from steamer in Stockholm har-
Dor. BY means Of great exertions the
package was fished up, and to the great
surprise of those present, the papers had
been so we'll packed up that they were
not injured by the water. .s.-
Many liberal educators are raising their
voices in advocacy Of separating the
schools from the church. But the great
mass of the Swedish people are contented
with the present state Of things.
The recent visit of the king to Lands
krona cost that town over $1,000
Several clergymen in Malmo refused to
perform the last rites over the remains Of
Sofus Malmqufst because he had given
orders that his remains should be burnt
at crematory.
NORWAY. ->...
A religious convention of the clergy and
many laymen of the diocese of Kristiania
plainly revealed the fact that the belief
in the literal inspiration of the Bible is
losing ground at a rapid rate among the
leading minds of the state church of Nor
way. Rev. Gronland went so far as to
propose that the remuneration of 1.-THE
devil and all his deeds be wholly cut
out OF the pledge given by young people
when they are confirmed. Indeed the old
school fought the liberal tendencies advo-
Gated at the convention. But these. ten
dencles were backed by two theological
professors and many leading ministers.
Rev. Christofer Bruun proposed to di-
vorce the church from the state
The snow was over three feet deep
around Trondhjem, November Is, and the
road was b1ockaded between the city and
Fjeldsater Sanitarium.
The newspapers are urging the people
to support "The Red Cross Society on
the ground that the work of this organ
ization will be highly needed in case OF
war. '"
A cable, dated Kristiania, Dec. 10
states that ]. Pierpont Morgan, of New
York, IS buying iron mines in salten
Nordland. An American syndicate is
making extensive preparations for oper-
ating iron mines in the Cumberland val
ley, part of the plant being railroad tc
the sea. Thomas Edison is largely inter
ested in this syndicate. The cable does
not state whether Morgan has bought
stock in this syndicate or has bought
mines somewhere else.
The royal family will return to Sweder
from Kristiania in the first part of Janu.
airy.
Over-suspicious, newspaper men have
limited that the Russian saw filers" ar,