Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-24

$215, of which amount $117 is spent
for food, fifty per cent of the latter
being plant food. Clothing costs $27
year, and the house rent is SIG. These
figures refer to families of three
members on the average.
SWEDEN.
The provincial government of
Stockholm is in favor of prohibiting
the sale of liquors between meals at
| the Stockholm barracks. The author
tiles agree that the soldiers must be
permitted to obtain beer and wine
at the barracks, or else they will pro-
cure it in much larger quantities out
side the barracks. .
The city of Gothenburg has 1,O72
more taxpayers now than last year.
Those who are familiar with Gothef-
burg politics claim that this means
heavy vote at the fall elections.
The last ril1sdag appropriated
money for 4,6O0-ton armored cruiser,
and the plans and specifications have
been presented to the king. This will
be the largest vessel in the navy of
Sweden. Its engines indicate $4,000
horse power, and its maximum speed
will be 21.5 knots.
The labor conflict at the Separator
machine shops in Stockholm is peter
ing out at the expense of the strikers.
| Up to the 18th of June 300 of the old
men had returned to work and the
rest are weakening.
The forests of the province of Kro-
noberg yielded 36S,OOO tons of logs
and fuel in the year 1900, and the
value of it is put at $1,39O,OOO.
A persistent young man. A Stock
holm student has just failed for the
sixteenth time at the final examina-
ton. Last time he had thirty-four
mistakes in his Latin translation and
scores of mistakes in other branches.
The chances are, however, that he will
''get there" before the close of the
| present century.
The French-Swedish Mining COM
pany has been organized in Gothen-
burg with paid up capital of almost
100000. The executive committee is
Swedish, but the capital was fur
nished by foreigners.
The entire province of Blekinge was
exempt from the national strike.
| NORWAY.
About 800 railroad hands are on a
strike in the Cumberland valley. The
men have been quiet, but the situation
is causing some anxiety. Mass meet
ings are held at short intervals. The
engineers have offered the men $1.01
day, but they ask $1.62 day.
| The Norwegian Women's Total Alb
stinence association distributed 5000
| bouquets at hospitals last year.
Sandefjord is bound to have new
church building, only four votes hay
ing been cast against the proposition.
Its estimated cost is $4,000.
The government is contemplating
the construction of Notifications at
Drammen. A corps of engineers has
been engaged in stalking out road to
Breidablilk, the summit of Brag-
ernesaasen, where it is proposed to
build the main battery.
Vardo was treated to a protracted
snowstorm June IL.
The supply of salmon has been so
abundant in Trondhjem that the price
has dropped to 14c pound.
A committee of experts has been
appointed to inquire into the man
| agement of the government copper
| mines at Roros. This plant was a
| lool 1ncc. t1 tho ~ ,,oo,,
The receipts of the Kristiania cleo
trio power station for the year 1901
were $254,8sO, which is $4,000 above
the estimates. The surplus was 1884,
900, or $4,000 more than expected.
Twenty three regular vacation col
onies," composed of 900 children, were
sent out from Kristiania this sum-
| mer.
Knut Hamsun has completed new
drama in versifed form.
Captain Otto Sverdrup drew sal
airy of $50 year for the five years
riding July first. No provision has
Ecen made for a salary after that
date, but the government will keep
on paying at the same rate until
either the storthing has a chance to
act on the matter or Captain Sver-
drup himself returns from the Arctic
regions. The owners of the Fran
will keep on paying salaries to the
families of the other members of the
expedition until further notice.
The Trondhjen Art society has
bought Gustav Vigeland's bronze bust
Of Henrik Ibsen for $500.