Warren sheaf., 1901-08-29
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
NORWAY.


government Of Denmark to send two OFF,
GERS and that Of Switzerland to send one
officer to Norway to attend the field ma
! neuvers which are to take place near
Trondhjem from Aug. 80 to Sept. 5.
Prof w. c. Brogger was introduced at
sulitelma in regard to Otto sverdrup's s
| North Pole expedition. and he expressed
himself mainly as follows: Captain
sverdrup Is not apt to return before
September next. The difficulties of his
voyage are very great. In this case the
Fran Is not threatened only by pack
Ice, as was the case when she was used
by Nansen's expedition, but the ice in the
waters north Of Greenland is largely COM
| posed Of icebergs from the Greenland
glaciers, and any vessel that is pinched
between two icebergs is simply ground to
pieces, for it cannot be lifted out of the
| water as it Is when crowded by pack
Ice. Every movement in those waters re-
quires the utmost care. But Captain
SVerdrup's determination and energy are
so great that he may spend fourth and
even fifth year up there rather than re-
turn without accomplishing anything
| the expedition being fitted out for a five
years stay. For these reasons no anxi-
ETY. need be felt even If the expedition
| Is not heard from at all this summer.
The city of Kristiania will have about
$1,000 voters next fall. of which number
about $1,000 are women The number Of
voters at the last election was 4O,195.
During practice on the target at Jor-
stadmo, near Lillehammer, Sergeant Lii
war ordered to the targets and while
| standing there a rifle was fired at a dis
| tance of 5000 feet, the bullet passing
through his left lung. His condition is
serious, but he may recover.
whaling vessel returned to Vardo
with eight fishermen from the vessels
Strommen and Familien. both Of which
had been lost in the ice. While operat-
ing near Novoja Semlja. Strommen was
crushed by ice and it's crew went on
board Familien. Six of the men soon
departed again, and nothing was heard
from them. Later, Familien was also
crushed by the ice and those on board
took some provisions with them and
settled on small island. where they re-
| manned two weeks. until their distress
signal was observed by the vessel that
saved them.
J. A. Andsen of Kristiania. a dealer in
building Materials has failed, his assets
and liabilities being about s350.OOO each.
The Princes Gustav Adolf and Erik left
their rustic summer resort at Sikkilsdal
Aug. 2, and went to Skinnarbol the sum-
mer residence of Queen Sofie.
/ A she-bear has been brought from
Skansen, Stockholm, to ST. Hanshaugen,
! kristiania, where there is a Norwegian
he-bear. The newspapers are busily dis
cussng the nature Of the probable issue
of this union wedding'
SWEDEN.
Adelina Patti and her Swedish hus-
band. who have just settled down for a
temporary stay at the Stockholm salt
sea baths, had so much baggage that the
handling of it delayed the steamer at
Sassnitz. There were no less than twen-
ty-two huge boxes.
Queen Josefnas cooking school at
Malmo has closed it's summer term The
final examinations were passed by Al pu-
| pills. The number of recipes discussed
was 1854.
! Torpedo boat number Is struck a sand
| bar in Oxelosund with such force that
| the propeller shaft broke and the pro-
| peller dropped to the bottom. Five
| members of the crew were hurled into
| the sea, but they were all saved. Two
other torpedo boats that happened to be
close by towed Number Is to Stockholm.
Rev. Sam Stadener. Of Helsingborg,
who has been appointed pastor of the
Scandinavian colony at Paris, has start
ed for the latter city. He is to serve at
| Calais and Dunkirk during the balance
| Of the hot season.
| The Sanatorium for consumption of
| northern Sweden. which is located at Os-
| terasen, was formally dedicated Aug. 2.
This is one of the three sanatoriums
which King Oscar ordered to be built
for the national jubilee gift of $500, 600
which he received in 1897. Count Won
| Essen, the representative of the king,
| officially turned the new institution over
| to the trustees. and Rev. Ostman, an
| army chaplain, invoked the blessing of
| God upon the enterprise. The sanatorium
| has ample accommodations for 100 pa
tents. There is. perhaps, no more mod
| ern' institution of it's kind in the world
than that just completed at Osterasen.
| DENMARK.
The althing Qegislature) Of Iceland con-
vened to a regular session July l. The
Revisionists, headed by DR.. V. Gud-
mundsson, had majority of two votes
/
| sent on account Of sickness, so that the
majority of the Revisionists is really
| only one vote. The Revisionists demand
the establishment Of a special Icelandic
ministry at Copenhagen and the increase
of the membership Of the althing from
36 to 40. But the most important meas
ure proposed by the Revisionists is one
embodying a change in the composition OF
! the upper house Of the althing. This
body has II members, 6 Of whom are ap.
pointed by the king and elected by the
people. 1t is evident that the appointed
by the king are in a position to block
all legislation. The Revisionists now pro.
pose that the membership of the upper
house be raised to IA, six of whom shall
be appointed by the king and eight elect
cd by the people. The most important pro-
position presented to the althing by the
government is one which provides fol
the establishment Of a hospital for the
whole island. It is admitted that such
an institution Is an absolute necessity,
One clause provides that the general gov
ernment Of Iceland shall contribute $27,-