Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-17
SWEDEN.

The executive committee of the Gel
livare and Luossavaara-k iirunavaara
mining company has received for
NAL proposition for the purchase of
the. property by the government. The
offer is said to be more favorable to
the government than the one made on
former occasion. It remains for the
stockholders to accept or reject the
offer.
DR.. Sven Hedin arrived at Bombay
Feb. IL and Vas the guest Of Governor
Northcote during his stay there.
X. NJ. Lundberg and Joseph Sachs,
managing directors Of the Nordiska
stock company of Stockholm, have set
aside S27,O 900 which is to be the nu-
cleus of a savings and aid fund for
the benefit of the employees of the
company.
The managers of the South African
Railway have placed an order for
three scales of sixty-ton capacity
with a Stockholm firm, though the
English bids were considerably lower.
The platforms of the scales are to be
struction of the scales is such that
whole trains may be weighed while
in motion.
A delegation representing the work
ingmen of Norrland recently called
on the minister of justice and the
minister of agriculture to express the
wishes of the -laborers of northern
Sweden with regard to the two great
problems confronting that part Of the
country, namely, the absorption of
the small farms by the great corpora
tions, and the dangers which threaten
the right of association
August Strindberg's 'Froken Julie"
lin theater, but the censors suddenly
prohibited the performance. It was
learned afterwards that the plot of the
play was too much like the recent
events in the family Of certain Ger
man prince.
A painting called ga Poem About
Death was donated by the painter,
Chr. Sl1redsvig, to Our Savior's
church, Kristiania. The different
church authorities, however, do not
agree as to the propriety of placing
this in the church, and no one can tell
who will win the day. The local au-
thorities object very strongly to the
painting, while the diocese and ma
tional authorities consider it suitable
as decoration for a house of wor-
ship. .."
The central committee of the Nor
wegian Athletic association is making
arrangements for series of games
at great Scandinavian tournament,
which will take place next winter
The Princes Gustav Adolf and Will
helm spent the last few days of
March at their cottage in Sikkeldalen.
The city Of Aalesund is bound to
have new waterworks. The source CT
the supply is LANCE lake, which is To-
Gated about twelve (English) miles
from the city The cost of the i'm
provements will be about $4,000, and
the supply will suffice for population
of 10000.
Consul Huitfeldt, of Trondhjem, in
| public address, made serious charges
| against the lawyers of his city, and
| they have complained to the attorney
general. The latter may begin legal
proceedings against Huitfeldt.
| Minister Of State Blehr and wife
| gave public dinner in Stockholm,
March IA, to about $50 persons. King
Oscar, the crown prince, Prince Carl
and Princess Ingeborg and Prince En-
gen had accepted the invitation. Bar
on Lagerheim, the minister of foreign
affairs, and the foreign ambassadors
| were also in attendance.
The wealth of Trondhjem is put at
| $19,45O,OOO, and the incomes of it's in
habitants at S3,700,0OO.
P. G. Halvorsen, well known and
public spirited shipowner in Bergen,
I is dead.
The stockholders of the Mjondalen
cellulose factory, near Kristiania, have
received a dividend of Is per cent for
the past year.
The surplus of the Kristiania Sam
tag for the past year was $152, 800
The state is entitled to IS per cent
of this amount, the city to Is pei
cent, and the balance will be distrib-
uted among number of charitable
and useful institutions.
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