Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-10
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
NORWAY.

ICccAO 81 SJOChuOllcIS mccUlnS III
Kristiania, resolved to raise it's capt.
tai stock to $2,430,OOO. The plants of
the company are very costly, and the
running expenses are heavy, but still
this is not only the largest but also
the most profitable mining concern in
Norway. The only pits operated are
those located north Of Langvandet,
and known as "Mons Peter 'The
Cuckoo" Charlotte and "Sulitelma"
the last mentioned being Finnish
word which means sun-star. The rich
ore deposits on the south side Of
Langvandet have not been worked
yet, but now it is proposed to open
up mines there too. The stocks of the
company are owned chiefly by Swedes
and the Norwegian papers suggest
that outsiders be permitted to buy
stocks in order that Norwegians may
be in a position to acquire partial
control of the enterprise.
A fishing boat capsized at Napp,
West Lofoten, and two men were
drowned.
A boat which was on it's way from
Harjangen to Narvik capsized and
four out of nine persons were
drowned.
A lot of human skeletons were
found in an excavation at Bergen.
They evidently date from the time
when St. Johannes monastery was To-
Gated on that spot.
Nesseby, Northern Norway, June Z.
The weather is still wintry, with
snow showers in the day and ice on
the water at night. No vegetation
and no fish.
DR.. Oscar Jaeger has been appoint
ed professor of political economy and
statistics.
There are not quite SO many idle
men in Kristiania now as two months
ago.
Namsos, June THE corner stone
of the new stone church at this place
was laid today, the civil and ecclesi-
astical authorities being in attend
| ance.
A home for vagrant children has
been dedicated at Eidanger. There
are accommodations for forty boys
and girls.
The first English tourist ship of the
season arrived at Hammerfest June 8.
The Norwegian rolling mills at Lii
lehammer are almost completed. The
plant and the waterfall cost about
100000.
Six thousand tons of water was
used for putting out the great fire
at Tromso.
Observations made in connection
with the geographical survey have
demonstrated that the magnetism of
the sand banks at Rauna, in the bay
of Ogne, is not powerful enough to
cause dangerous disturbances of the
compasses of steamers sailing in those
| waters
| A series of naval meneuvers took
place along the coast of southern
Norway in the early part of June.
The school teachers examinations
at Kristiania were attended by 357
candidates and only II of them failed
to obtain certificates.
The walls of the new government
building on Akersgaden, Kristiania,
are rising above the surroundings.
SWEDEN.
Prince Gustaf Adolf has commenced
to serve in the Svea bodyguard, and
he will take part in the training until
the close of September.
The election of members of the
second chamber of the riksdag for
three years will take place September
next. 1t is settled that the great is
sue of the coming campaign will be
the suffrage question. Those who are
in favor of a general suffrage have
been gaining during the last few
weeks, and the issue will be clear-cut,
for or against universal suffrage.
The imports and exports for the
year 1901 were $125,82O,OOO and $685.
AS, 1000, respectively. The former is
1873 per cent, the latter 81 per cent
below the corresponding amounts for
the year 1900.
The Separator Manufacturing com
pany of Stockholm is hiring men
every day in place of the strikers. A
strong police force is guarding the
shops against disturbances on the
part of the strikers.
Miss Annie Paues, Phi. D., of Yes
tergotland, has received fellowship
from NEWMAN college, Cambridge, on
the strength of a meritorial thesis
written by her.
About 100 strikers have returned to
work at the shops of the Separator
Manufacturing company, Stockholm.
Many applications for work are re-
ceived from the country districts.
Large numbers of utensils of differ
ent kinds were recently found in an
excavation in Lund. Part of them
are supposed to have belonged to a
monastery occupied by the Gray
Friars before the reformation.
Cold, rainy weather has been a
blessing to southern Sweden by way
of killing harmful insects, and a large
fruit crop is predicted.