Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-11-13

pressure of the air at that elevation,
that the cloth of the balloon could
not stand the strain. Capt. Unge and
Engineer Wikander,- Ibis companion,
did not hear the explosions, but they
soon noticed that they were sinking
at a rapid rate, and they threw out
the remaining ballast, which reduced
the speed of the balloon very materi-
ally. They remained perfectly cool
during the descent, and they landed
in forest near Stockholm. The bal
loon was caught on telephone post
and some tree-tops, and the men
struck the ground without receiving
the slightest injury.
The He'll and Sunnan railway line
is finished as far as Leyanger, and
this part of it was to be formally
opened for public traffic Oct. 80.
Reports from different parts of
Norway show that when the snow
storm of Oct. Is swept the country,
from 25 to IS per cent of the grain
was still in the fields, and in a few
places the potatoes had not been dug.
Wilhelm Singer of Vienna has pro-
posed the establishment of tribunal
Of honor for the settlement of news
paper controversies. This proposition
gave Bjornson occasion to remind the
public that he made similar sugges-
ton to an influential newspaper man
number of years ago, and the poet
further produces some plausible ar
guments in favor of such a tribunal.
The cutter Rose from Arendal cap
sized in the North Sea. Captain
Peder Tonnesen and sailor sue
.ceeded in climbing up on the keel
after the craft had turned around,
and there they fought against death
for eighteen hours. They were final
~ saved by steamer that passed by.
The Kristiania Orebladet is respon-
sible for the following: Henrik
Ibsen has rented rooms at the cor
ner of Albinsgade and Drammensvei,
an exceptionally fine location. The
department of agriculture has been
looking around for new quarters, and
this building semed to be the most
suitable. When Ibsen found out what
was apt to happen he dictated this
ultimatum: eff I am driven out of
this building I shall go to Germany"
The department abandoned its plan,
and Norway is permitted to keep
Ibsen.
The Norwegian Geographical So
ciety has ordered it's first gold med
ais, which are to be awarded to Nan
sen, Captain Sverdrup and DR.. Hedin.
A tall, fine girl who was enjoying
a dance at Bratland, not far from
Bergen, suddenly died of hemorrhage.
It was found that she had laced her
self so tightly that her corset had
to be cut@open with a knife, and the
doctor declared that her death was
due directly to tight lacing.
The plans and specifications for the
new ironclad have been agreed upon.
1t is to be of minor type. The
committee in charge of this work for
time contemplated more modern
all the members but one to vote for
the general plans on which the four
old ironclads were built
The Paris Figaro holds that the
establishment of separate con-
sular service for Norway will tend
to bring out more conspicuously than
before the subordinate position of
Norway in the union of Sweden and
Norway.
A number OF. Copenhagen students
are organizing a students fencing
club.
It seems to be an easy matter to
raise a few thousand dollars by pop
the late Minister of Public Traffic
Horup.
Mrs. Marie Konow has written a
small book about the family life and
personal habits of her father,
Ohlenschlager, the great Danish poet.
A forty-foot well caved in at
Svendborg, burying two men and
killing them almost instantly. 1t
took % men "a hours tc reach the
bodies of the victims.
A subscription has been started for
the erection of an obelisk at Koge in
memory of two naval heroes, Niels
Juel and Iver Hvitfeldt.
1t is, proposed to extend the Veile
and Vandel railway to Varde, by way
of Grindsted.
Fysisk Tidsskrit is the name of a
scientific bi-monthly magazine just
started by Mrs. Kirstine Meyer.
The university students have made
arrangements for giving a number OF
courses of lectures on different sub
jects in different parts of the coun-
try. In every instance admission will
be free.
A tramp who spent the night in
the Osterbro lime kiln, Copenhagen,
was overcome by heat, and his dead
body was found in the morning.