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t~illeries and railways were s12,725.s 25.
which is s2.OsO.ooo less than the corre-
spending amount for last year.
"A mass meeting OF Gothenborg work
ingmen passed a resolution endorsing the
proposition OF resorting to a national
strike as a means of enforcing general
suffrage.
At vassanda-Naglum. vestergotland.
lives a IA who is 1o2 years old. He is
quite vigorous for his age. Many people
call on him in order to see a man who
has lived in three centuries. He has an
eighty-year-old son, and he always calls
him "the boy
The whisky distillers Of Sweden will
make an attempt. Oct. 10. to organize
themselves into a national trust for the
purpose Of regulating the output and the
prices Of their goods. L. o. Smith is the
soul of the movement.
A Skane syndicate has made an offer
to buy Kafsjo and Haradso lakes in Sma-
land. If the offer is accepted the lakes
will be drained and their beds used for
raising sugar beets. F.,
The condition of the health Of Crown
Princess Victoria is causing anxiety. her
physicians having stated officially, over
their names. that her chronic lung ca
tarrh has been worse this summer than
before and that she is troubled with an
irritating cough. She does not sleep as
much as formerly, and her strength Is
apparently reduced. It will be necessary
for her to leave for italy much earlier
this season h a in former years.
Nordenskiold's South Pole expedition Is
expected to cave Gothenborg Oct. 6.
A. O.. Stenkula, the superintendent Of
schools of Malmo, completed his sixtieth
year Sept. II, AS he had asked to be ex-
cused from visits. his friends only sent
him a large number of kilograms and
rich floral tributes. The school teachers
had raised $115. with which they had in
tended to- buy a present. But as the old
gentleman had given them a tip that
he would be happier without such a pres
ent, they turned the money into fund for
poor school children's summer colonies.
The Hoganas Labor Union has taken
practical steps towards establishing q
''citizen's school" for the benefit of grown
people.
The minister of, ecclesiastical affairs has
instructed the head Of a department to
consider whether 1t would he advisable to
provide for bathrooms in all public
school buildings that are to be built in
the future.
Application has been made to the gov
eminent for permission to build an east
coast railway from Cafe to Hernosand.
Olof WIKI, ''the first citizen Of Gothen-
borg is dead at the age of SO years.
The deceased was very popular. and one
of the ablest business men in Sweden.
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of the riksdag from 1867 to 1890, and dur
ing the years 1sSO-1sso he acted as presi-
dent Of that body. In 1884 he might have
been appointed premier If he had consent
ed to act as such.
A crew of men engaged in dredging the
Flaket bay at Soderhamn. struck a ship
which must be very old, the planks OF
which it is built having been split, not
sawed.
NORWAY.
The National Theater of Kristiania hal
accepted a new drama by Peter Egg
n another by Wilhelm Krag.
Sweden n Denmark exported so,oo
pounds Of founders to K%ristiania In on
month.
Carl G. Walle, /, a Kristiania engineer
has invented a new kind Of brick 70
veneering houses as a protection from
fire. 1t is claimed to serve almost as wei
as brick and is far cheaper.
There will be six distinct parties at tn,
coming municipal elections in Kristiania
namely, the Rightists, the Leftists, tn,
Social Democrats, the Temperance party
the Democratic labor party and an ''un
political" party which the women hav
proposed to start. 1t will be next to i'm
possible for any single party to rally a,
absolute majority.
The representatives Of the foreign pow
ers who witnessed the field maneuvers i,
the vicinity Of Levanger, spoke yer,
highly Of the efforts Of the 1900 me-
who o part in the movements. Mucl
Of their praise must OF course be locke,
upon as mere tokens Of courtesy; blu
there are good reasons for believing tina
many Of them we're sincere in their Gu
logistic remarks.
The Rural Young Peoples Society o
Kristiania has dedicated its new "coffe
hail." The refreshments served on tn
occasion were cream pudding, dried her
ring n lefse, or thin, soft waters tina
look almost like sheep skin. Rev. Oh,
Brunn made the dedicatory address
Among the guests were Wexelsen, min
lister Of ecclesiastical affairs. and Prof
Hagstad.
John Lund, former president Of tn
lagthing. while on his way from a meet
Ing of the executive committee Of the in
terparliamentary union at Brussels. pai,
a visit to Paul Kruger. The old gentle
man said: 'You Norwegians were NOR
fortunate in 1914 than we are now. Blu
over the fate Of South Africa rules
greater power than England's. 1 know
that my people will do their duty to TIL
last man." 81
It has already been mentioned in thes
columns that there are six distinct DO
litical parties in Kristiania. Vigorous eff
forts are being made in certain quarter
to cut down this number by a fusion q
the temperance party, the democratic la
Dor organization and the socialists. Th
movement originated with some temper
ance people who used to affiliate wit,
either of the other parties mentione