Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-03-14
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
FINLAND.


.r w.. .s.,~ ., FINLAND. '7- 7a. ssa,
Won PlehWe, the secretary Of state Of
Finland. sent a special messenger from
st. Petersburg to Helsingfors to order
the keeper of the national archives of
Finland to deliver all the records Of the
Borga landtdag without delay, in order
that they might be transferred to the
national archives of Russia. Mr.. Han
sen. the keeper Of the Finnish archives,
declined to obey the order until the SEN
ate of Finland has acted on the matter.
The action Of the senate is looked for
ward to with great interest.
DENMARK.
Rev. A. M. Jensen, who was dis
charged by the ecclesiastical department
as pastor of the Harboore congregation
on account of his liberal religious views.
has explained his position in a book
which appears in the form of twelve
Everyday sermons The scramble for
the book is so great that its second edi-
ton Is almost exhausted. The essence of
Rev. Jensen's religion may be expressed
In few words: Believe in God as your
father and love your fellow men. But
one must have an unscathed conscience
in order to dare to trust in God. Rev.
Jensen denounces the doctrine Of an ever
lasting hell.
A. burglars league has been operat-
ing in Copenhagen and some other cities.
They have burglarized some two hundred
houses but have obtained only about ST.
700 in cash or goods.
Most Of the members of the rigsdag are
in favor of raising the salaries of the
| public functionaries Of the state on ac-
count Of the increase in the prices of the
necessaries Of life.
SWEDEN.
When funeral procession arrived at
the grave in Landskrona the assistant
pastor. Rev. Nystrom, declined to off,
| ciate, claiming that the death certificate
had not been received at his office. The
widowed husband of the deceased, who
was an old gentleman, assured the pastor
| that the certificate had been properly de-
| livered. but the latter could not be pre-
vailed upon to permit the lowering Of
| the coffin into the grave. The old gentle
| man was compelled to go to the parson-
age and hunt up the particular man to
| whom he had handed the certificate.
This took him about an hour, and when
he returned and verified his assertions
about the death certificate the minister
at last performed his duties.
A number of farmers in the neighbour
hood of Simrishamn are making prepara-
tions for beginning to raise tobacco on a
small scale next summer. An expert to-
| bacco planter from Aims has been en-
gagged to teach them how to raise this
plant, the systematic cultivation Of
which is expected to bring them hand
some returns in the course of time.
Ostgota Correspondence scores the
| first chamber of the riksdag for its ten
| dency to be inconsistent. That body may
| vote for the army reorganization bill, but
| 1t may also fail to make the law effective
| by refusing to raise the necessary funds
| in the only manner in which they may be
| obtained. namely, by increasing the taxes
of the substantial and well-to-do citi-
gems.
The police department of the city of
Malmo proposes that licenses for the sale
of the milder kinds of liquor be granted
to At different parties. Twelve of the
establishments shall dispose of wines,
thirty-four shall dispose of malt drinks
and one shall handle only small beer and
| so-called Good Templar ale. These estab-
lishments have nothing to do with the
'bolag" saloons. where distilled liquors
are sold under certain restrictions.
NORWAY.
The new building at the Aas Agrfcul-
tural College was dedicated Feb 49, It
is stone structure and costs $4,000.
Its appointments are said to be fully up
to date in every respect. Mr.. Hirsh, the
manager Of the state farm connected
with the college. is very able farmer
and his department gave net profit of
$500 in 1900. When the plans of the in
stitution have been carried out it will
cost about $275, OOO.
Miss Karen Kristoffersen. of Ulefos near
Skien, has served at the same house fiftv