Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-01-03
4 Interesting Notes From Across the
5s Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAiHERLAND.
4 fEincipal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
81 or So Just Past. Etg
SWEDEN.

PAGES where those metals are found. all
y them In Frodaryd and other parishes
AJonkoptnglan. The syndicate has also
seeght much other real estate, including
vast peat bogs. The ore Is to be carried
HAFtly on new railway to Stockaryd,
pArty 70 Sarsjostrom. these places being
STATIONS on existing railways. DR.. Kauf-
man Is the Swedish representative Of the
syndicate. =
Mr. c. E. Gren made a contrac with
0e railway department which granted
lin the sole right to carry provisions by
r~i' to the country north of Gellivore
nut the consumers signed complaint to
tlae railway department., and Mr., Gren's
nass 'py VIII be abolished January first
An officer In the English navy recently
save lecture on the naval affairs of
sweden. The lecturer said that the
SWedish navy is not only unpretentious
nut IS apt to prove inadequate in case of
war But though the naval defenses of
sweden are Observation-Disclosures the
navy Is served by very efficient men. and
4. me naval academy of Sweden is known
4 very favorably throughout the civilized
werld.
The beech forests Of Skane are cut
down at rapid rate. and in many locali-
ties spruce trees are planted in their
place
n. A. Berge. 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
psablic traffic Dec II, ,,s.
The statistical bureau J i Just issued
reports on the savings b} Aks of Sweden
Ter the year 1898. At the close Of that
year there were 376 savings banks in the
country. The whole number of deposits
Was H. 1851, and the aggregate deposits
ls6.s ,000 Malmohuslan has the best
ahowtng. Although mere patch as COM
1ared with the rest Of the country. its
savings banks contain more than one
4eurth Of the total deposits for the whole
ssuntry. $3.50 :. II
4. a Stockholm banker has donated two
theusand books to the Swedish Bankers
1nion. Most OF the books treat of DO
aAical economy, civil government and his
asry. ri y. n.
- mass meeting at Gene, which was at
Aded by more than 1000 persons. re-
solved to organize an association for sys-
sonatically combating the drink evil,
tIor. N. P. Odman was elected president,
and the other members OF the executive
Semmittee shall be elected by six differ
eat organizations. -'r. e.. :. &'~
The city of Vadstena celebrated tia
I've hundredth anniversary of its estah-
ushment Dec. 8. The school children
paraded the streets and divine services
We're held in the monastry church.
The Employers Union of southern
Sweden recently held a largely attended
convention at Helsingborg. It was de-
o1ded that the annual dues of each mem
4 her 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
i1else1ngborg to send representatives to
4 the Employers Union; for their interests
are identical with ours and the En-
NOyers' Union has "manifested itself not
as an instigator to combat but as a power
aiming at peaceful solution of labor
problems a..
The sale Of stamps for public doom.
ments netted the government 81, $40, 900 for
the year 1899.
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 postmas ters
\ 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-
tiers The modus operandi was as follows:
Z 4rI
stamps from one of those stations. swell
1ns the business Of that station so enor-
mously that the government raised the
= Saiary OF IT'S postmaster. AS soon as this
was accomplished the company would
transfer It's business to another station.
There was significant reduction in the
sale OF postage stamps after the increase
N the salary of the postmaster had been
made. but when the government has
raised the salary Of 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. s
81 The department Of agriculture has
asked for an appropriation Of s11 900 for
the determination of the May bug pest.
ss "A professor named Lidfors seriously
NOpOSeS tndL sweden be admitted into
the German empire on the same terms
as the Kigdoms Of Bavaria, Saxony and
Wurtemberg. His reason for proposing
such step is that he hates awfully to
be gobbled up by the Russians
81 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
l6 acres for period Of fifty years. The
Place is located only a short distance
from Luossavaara. Norrland.
vi Rev. Nils Lofgren Of Gefle has been
appointed bishop Of the diocese Of Yes
teras.
II It is claimed that o. W. Rosendahl, Of
Karpaiund has invented 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. ,s
The Vulcan Match Manufacturing COM
SDany Of Tidahom has resolved to pay
10 per cent Of the wages as pension to