Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-03
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
DENMARK.

years. The seaport town OF Thors-
havn has 1866 inhabitants.
Admiral Richelieu, commander-in-
chief of the navy of Siam, will return
to Denmark after a service of ~ years
in Siam.
During discussion of the budget
of expenses in the rigsdag it was
stated that the total income of the
Danish people was not more than
$259,OO0,000 for the year 1900. This
would be an average of about $34O
for every head of family.
A Henry George society has been
organized in Copenhagen. The aim
of the society is to discuss single tax
and other reforms advocated by Hen
ry George.
The first number of Damernes Blad
CThe Ladies' JournaD is out. 1t is
edited by Miss Valborg Anderson,
and she has made promising begin
ming.
I'll. G. Wiwel has written a Danish
grammar from which this modern
megatherium of a word was
saetninger. 1t means only, Compare
tive Clauses. After all, the beast is
not so dangerous at it looks.
SWEDEN.
Frau Helene Won Mecklenburg, the
German lady who owns and runs the
Lung estate, Ostergotland, is again
receiving public attention on account
of her quaint methods of dealing with
men. 1t is an established fact that
this worthy lady can never keep her
servants for any length of time. But
as soon as one set of men leave her
in disgust an advertisement in some
German newspaper will invariably
bring fresh lot of men from her
great Fatherland. On four different
occasions her servants, upon leaving
her service, have been so destitute
that the local authorities, from hui
manitarian considerations, have paid
their travelling expenses to Germany.
In each case the local authorities have
sent in bill to the national govern
ment at Stockholm, and have had the
the patience of the government seems
to be well nigh exhausted, and the
king has been asked whether it would
be unreasonable to ask Frau Won
Mecl1lenburg to reimburse the govern
ment. To say that the local author
tiles as well as the old lady's neigh
bors are tired of her business methods
is to put it mildly, and they are
keenly interested in the stand which
the king will have to take in the mat
ter.
Fosterlandska Forbundet The Pa
triotic League) of Stockholm has pub
lished a pamphlet the aim of which
seems to be to deter the riksdag from
extending the voting franchise.
The new temperance hotel at Malmo
will be opened for business in few
days. 1t has 40 private rooms and 60
beds. The servants will not be per-
mitted to receive tips from the Gus
toners.
The railway department has Or
dered 1874, 900 tons of coal for the gov
eminent railways. The prices run
from IA to 10 shillings a ton.
The latest version of the story of
the absorption of the Gellivare min
ing company by the American steel
trust may be put thus: The Inter-
national Iron Ore Syndicate was in
corporated in London, Feb. 20, with a
capital stock of $4,000! This amount
is a mere trifie compared with the
value of the property involved. AS a
matter of fact the government is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the
property as if nothing had happened.
Chief Magistrate Dickson, on the
very day of his appointment to his
new position, lost one of his decora-
tons of honor on the streets of
Stockholm. But in a few minutes
policeman handed it to him, and the
police force think they have made a
good beginning under the new
regime.
The first number of Damernes Blad
The Ladies' Journal-which is pub
lished in Copenhagen, contains the
following from the pen of Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson: ''Intemperance is
the greatest misfortune and the deep
est disgrace of the Scandinavians. Of
nine million people who ought to CO.
operate in order to utilize their great
resources to the utmost, and thus
make up for their numerical weak
ness, there are, perhaps, one hundred
thousand who perform only one-half
as much work as they ought to per-
form in half a lifetime. For it is not
himself alone that the drunkard de-
stroys, but his wife, his children and
his descendants"
In political circles there is said to
be a general sentiment in favor of
sort of house cleaning in the cabinet,
Carl Berner being favorably spoken
of as premier instead of Steen. There
may be chance for DR.. Sigurd Ibsen
to enter the cabinet.
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