Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-11-27


ing this law upon present officials
general weeding-out of obnoxious
men might be effected, the refusal
to take such an oath being good
reason for dismissal from public
service.
Young Finland in Exile" is the
significant caption of Swedish news
paper article. Every passenger steam
er leaving Finland carries crowd of
young men who are anxious to leave
their native soil in order to avoid the
hated military service. In parish
near Vasa, for instance, every young
recruit but one had left the country
This one was too poor to follow his
comrades in voluntary exile. But with
grim humor the farmers of the parish
raised the necessary money by sub
scription, and the last "bevarings-
mann" Of the year 1902 has left that
parish never to return. Most of the
young men go to the United States.
NORWAY.
Great fire in Kristiania. A building
belonging to the Aker iron works
was burned down, throwing 200 men
out of work. The loss is $4,000.
At Rognstad, Kolbu, two small
children were left alone in the house
for a few minutes. The coffee pot,
which was almost empty, was stand
ing on the stove. The smallest of the
two children, a two-year-old girl, put
the spout to her mouth and poured
the few drops of boiling coffee down
her throat. She was so badly burnt
that she died after two days Of terri
BILE suffering.
Captain Otto Sverdrup's book about
his Arctic expedition will be publish
ed by Brockhaus, Leipzig, Germany,
in German, Bohemian and Hungari-
an. Captain Otto Sverdrup was 4s
years old Oct. 81.
A mutual fire insurance company
for town and country has been organ
lied at Hamar. The rates will be Is
per cent lower than those of private
companies.
Bjornson's new drama, Sat Stor-
hove" appeared few days ago in
Norwegian and German. The moral
of the play is: the enemies of hui
man society ought to be rendered
harmless.
The storthing has appropriated ST.
$50 for continuing experimental gold
digging in Finmarken.
The sculptors of Norway will soon
be asked to make sketches for mon
ument to Welhaven, the poet.
Bishop Bang of Kristiania has is
sued an encyclical in which he adj
monishes the ministers in his diocese
to observe the ritual of the state
church in every particular.
About $500 has been raised for
monument to Peter Dass, who was
born 200 years ago and was the most
popular poet in Nordland.
DR.. Abel of Bergen has proposed
that the medical profession take a
firm stand against the use of alco-
holic drinks as beverage. Says the
doctor: cit is probable that the time
is not far distant when the Norwe-
gian physicians in a body will take
part in the struggle against alcohol
ism. We may be sure that our par
ticipation in this struggle will lead
to results which will be blessing in
our times as well as in the future"
The government shops at Kongs-
berg must turn out 5000 Krag-Jor-
genson rifles next year at cost of
$92, $40.
lngar Nilsen, Kristiania attorney,
has donated $3.50 to the students
union.
About $50 men and $50 horses were
employed in public improvements on
the streets of Kristiania last summer.
The great Stalheim hotel, near Ber-
gen, was completely destroyed by fire
in the course of two hours. The loss
is about $15O,0oo The property was
insured for 100000 in the Skane fire
insurance company of Sweden.
The new sanitorium for consump-
tives at Lyster, near Bergen, was
dedicated the other day. 1t is one of
the finest institutions of it's kind in
Europe and will cost almost 100000.
About $50 patients can be accommo-
dated.
Captain Thesen was reprimanded
by the commanding general because
he told newspaper man that the
Telemarken battalion was exhausted
and unfit for service after days
march last summer.
A woman at Jonsvandet, near
Trondhjem, was killed by lightning
Nov. 2. She took a flower pot from
the window, and just as she placed
1t on the telephone apparatus the
shock came and killed her instantly,
The municipal government of Ber-
gen has offered 100000 for the street
railways Of that city, which are own
ed by q private company.