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having 9 street frontage Of only 30 feet.
AS a 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 Dan
Ash West Indian islands. have been re-
moved.
The mining company which has COM
menced operations in the Farce Islands
paid $4,000 to the owners Of the
s1round, the government having received
$1,000 of this amount. TIL company has
spent $4,000 in the islands.
SWEDEN.
The Karlstad Labor Association, after q
protracted debate and by q majority OF
two votes, resolved not to join the So
,caal Democratic party.
Alfred LARSON, an engineer represent
ting q number Of peat manufacturing
Arms. has induced the government to use
peat for fuel in the offices Of the agri-
cultural department. The results Of the
experiment will be lctbsely 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.
Lagerheim. the minister Of foreign af-
fairs, has spent some time in Bordeaux
and Paris, and on his way home he had q
aengthy conversation with Chancellor Won
Bu1ow at Berlin.
The central Jail Of Malmo does not suit
{ purpose for which 1t is used. and
private parties nave offered $4,000 for the
property.
The new 100000 gunboat which shall be
built at the Kockum shipyards, Malmo.
must be completed within Is months.
Prof. HI. Sjogren, the new mineralogist
ct the Academy of Sciences, has donated
his collection of minerals to the institu-
t5on. It contains 5000 numbers n costs
about 10000. It is very rich in American
and Russian samples, n Is claimed to
b the largest private collection Of its
kind In Europe.
DR.. N. Ekenberg. who has invented q
new method Of preparing milk -four"
place where he can obtain $500 gallons
produce about 1000 pounds Of milk
Hour"
The temperance organizations Of swed-
On have provided for a scientific course of
lectures on the drink problem, which will
be given at Stockholm from Dec. % to
Jan. 6.
Minister Of Justice Annerstedt will soon
hand in his resignation. and his tempo
-Eary successor will be Husberg, consult
Ing member of the cabinet.
The Three New ''Immortals." 1.-THE
three vacancies in the Swedish Academy
Will be filled by the appointment Of Prof.
Kari Warborg, Prof. Retzius and Per
-Hallstrom, the author.
The United States consuls in Sweden
make special note of the increasing inn
ports Of American horse-flesh to Sweden.
This article Is generally dried served
at restaurants as 'venison,"' and 1t 10
'toothsome food. A Swedish paper asks.
why cannot Swedish horse-flesh be util-
lied in the same way?
The Swedish edition Of Julrosor Christ
-smas 'roses) was accidentally dropped into
'the sea from a steamer in Stockholm har-
Thor. BY means Of great exertions the
package was fished Up, and to the great
surprise of those present, the papers had
been so well packed up that they were
not injured by the water.
Many liberal educators are raising their
voices in advocacy of separating the
schools from the church. But the great
xnass Of the Swedish people are ~contented
with the present state of things.
The recent visit of the king to Lands
.1kIuma cost that town over $4,000.
Several clergymen in Malmo refused to
perform the last rites over the remains Of
sHofus MalmQuist because he had given
soEders that his remains should be burnt
ut a crematory.
NORWAY.
A religious convention Of the clergy and
q hymen Of the diocese Of Kristiania
plainly revealed the fact that the belief
In the. literal inspiration Of the Bible IL
3osing ground at q rapid rate among the
Beading minds of the state church of Nor
way. Rev Gronland ven so far as to
propose hat the Remuneration Of '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.
-eaeed at the conventions. But these TEN
denotes were backed by two theological
professors and many leading ministers
Rev. Christofer Bruun proposed to di.
worce the church from the state.
The snow was over three feet deer
saround Trondhjem, November Is, and the
Toa was blockaded between the city and
E~5eldsater Sanitarium.
The newspapers are urging the people
S SNRPSAS ~ AS ASN0 ~AO0S 9OSASSy VI
h ground that the work of this organ.
azation will be highly needed in case Of
war.
A cable: dated Kristiania, Dec. 10
states that J. Pierpont Morgan, Of New
York. is buying iron mines in salten
S1sordland. An American syndicate Il
amasking extensive preparations for oper
sating iron mines in the Cumberland val
hey. part Of the plant being q railroad t
the sea. Thomas Edison is largely inter
sested in this syndicate. The cable doe
mol state whether Morgan has bough
stock in this syndicate or has bough
mines somewhere else.
the royal family will return to swede
from Kristiania in the first part Of Janu
ary.
Over-suspicious newspaper men hav
limited that the Russian saw flers" al
Swedish spies.
Rev. Olaf Holm. in a public lecture
Kristiania, expressed as his opinion this
Bjornson may yet return to the churc
and embrace the Christian faith, l
which case he will 'give the churc
hymns of faith, of rejoicing and victory.
Tho nemhers of the storthin1 we,