Warren sheaf., 1901-07-25
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
NORWAY.

munde August 8. for his annual trip to
Norway .e{
The returns from the Finmarken cod
fisheries were 35,50OO0O pounds Of fish,
while the average Is about $4,000, 900
pounds. Bad weather was one of the
causes of the failure. The total for the
whole country is about 75.OO0.OOO pounds,
or two-thirds of an average catch.
Ihe Young Peoples Christian Union Of
stJordalen has resolved to build hall
at the Vernes drill grounds for the bene-
ut OF the soldiers. The state has already
contributed $50 to the building fund
me corner stone of the Ullern church
was laid June "a. by Rev. Godal. st@
On June "a It was three years since
captain Otto Sverdrup left with the
Fran" for the waters to the northwest
OF Greenland. According to his plan he
IS to return this summer.
The winter rye is promising. to say
the least, in Botne. In one field. for in
stance, the grain conceals a tall man
completely when he walks erect through
ht.
The workingmen of northern Norway
held convention at Trondhjem June %.
Mr.. Branting a member of the Swedish
riksdag. addressed the convention on in
ternational politics. and at the close he
was vigorously applauded. p, Svendsen,
a member OF the Norwegian storthing,
lectured on labor organizations, and his
remarks were strongly tinctured with
:socialistic theories
A stock company which is backed up
10y paid up capital of 100000 has been
granted permission by the national gov
'ernment to build a row Of free ware
houses on the Aker river. Kristiania.
The most important feature Of the estab-
Hshment is that imported goods may be
kept there Indefinitely without payment
of customs duty. said duty being paid
when the goods are removed from the
warehouses;
The suns rays caused the rails to ex-
pand to such an extent at Lersund that
the track was wrenched out of its place.
A passenger train had to stop an hour
until the track was replaced.
The prices of timber and lumber have
fallen from 10 to 30 per cent in the course
of the past four months. This is a
severe blow to the numbering interests
of Norway.
The samlag (saloon) people of
Stavanger have commenced to agitate for
a resubmission of the question of open
ing samlag in that city.
The new church at Grorud, near
Kristiania. is to be built Of granite at
cost of 100000.
The special appropriations made by the
city council of Kristiania for the COM
ing year amount to s2.650,0OO
There has been too much rain for the
crops In southeastern Norway. Much rye
has been cut for fodder because it lodged.
The grass is ripe for cutting, but hay
ing is delayed by constant rain.
The squid is not a handsome fish, but
in Romsdalamt it affords a good source
of income. In Maandalen, for instance,
the annual catch of link squirts' repre-
sents $4,000.
SWEDEN.
Nine railroad Observation-Disclosures
three farmers driving to town through
the Tierp commons. The railway build
ers felt perfectly safe and quickly re-
solved to make a haul. One of them
the others pounced upon the driver and
demanded money or whiskey. But they
soon found out that they had made a
mistake. The hindmost Of the three
farmers was M. Jansson. Of Wendell. and
as soon as he came to the front the
scenes were shifted ''Why is the road
obstructed?" he asked. In a trice the
railway builders attacked him with kicks
and blows. But they made absolutely no
impression. His hands and feet began to
move TOT. and with such terrific force
and rapidity that in a few seconds every
one of them lay on the ground gasping
for mercy. The victor ordered the van
quished to deliver their arms, and they
handed him knives. pair of boxing
gloves. revolvers, 5 lead slugs and z
snuff boxes He next commanded them
to get up into his wagon that he might
take them to the sheriff. But they begged
him so piteously to let them go that he
consented to do so on condition that they
turn their ready cash over to him. When
they had emptied their purses he gave
them good drink. shouted hurrah for
their gentlemanly behavior and said
goodbye to them as they departed.
Vice Admiral S. o. Makaroff, who is to
head Russian expedition to Novaja
Zemlja. in the Arctic ocean, declares un-
equivocally for publication that Andree
and his companions "are quite certainly
lost"
The press association of southern
Sweden proposed that the mail circula-
ton of the papers be withheld from pub
lication, and a publishers convention at
Sundsvall endorsed the proposition. j.,
In the Skansen park, Stockholm, an old
Norwegian stabur, or storehouse used on
the farm, has just been put up. It was
imported from Vastveit Telemarken,
Norway, and is said to date from the
thirteenth century.
The city council of Landskrona elected
a committee to invite the king to visit
their city, and it has pleased his majesty
to accept the invitation.
DENMARK.
The great railway committee. which
has been at work for two and a half
years. has completed it's task. The COM
mittee proposes complete rearrange-
ment of the management of the Danish
railway system. The bookkeeping is to
be greatly simplifed so that the clerical
force may be materially reduced, and an
executive committee is to take the place
of the general director. The employees
shall not be allowed to be engaged in any
other business. A majority of the COM
mittee favors higher rates, but the
minority is actively opposing the raise