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Hull England, for the next ten years.
Each steamer shall have special rooms
for carrying at least one hundred
tons Of butter ON each trip.
DENMARK.
"The everlasting sale" is the way
q Norwegian paper puts the negotia-
tions about the disposal of the Dam
ish West Indies. The following ca
blegram indicates that the matter
will not be disposed of for months
or even years:
Copenhagen, April a.-The bill pro-
viding for the sale Of the Danish West
India islands to the United States as
amended by the landsthing, came up
for discussion in the folkething to-
day, with the result that the party in
the majority submitted a proposal as
follows: The riksdag approves the
cession, on condition that the inhabi-
tants of the islands declare in favor
thereof by a plebiscite, similar to the
one taken In 1857" The f%olkething,
by a vote Of 90 to z, adopted the ma
jority proposal, submitted today. The
landsthing is expected to agree to the
TO- Aething's decision, with some mi
nor notifications regarding the de-
tails Of the plebiscite. The anti-sale
element Is now devoting it's attention
to influencing the voting of the ISL
anders themselves. It is known that
one influential person has already
mailed thousands of anti-sale circu-
lars to the island of St. Thomas.
swK1,EN.
During the field in the
vicinity Of Eslof the Good Templars'
hall at this place was utilized as a
hospital. General Brakenhtelm was
highly pleased with the arrange
ments. This was the first time that
the three-lobed flag ever waved from
o private building in Eslof.
Most of the members of the second
chamber. of the riksdag are evidently
dissatisfied with the suffrage reform
bill of the government. On the six
teenth Of April NJ less than three diff
ferent original bills we're introduced
in that body. Ths most important
n is that drawn up by the joint
committee of the united Liberal par
ty, which was supported by no less
than so votes. The main feature of
the bill is, that it makes communal,
or local, suffrage the basis of the
right to vote for members of the
second chamber Of the riksdag. All
the bills introduced provide that the
age of the voter shall be at least Is
years.
When King Oscar arrived at Bar
ritz, France, all the streets leading
to Grand Hotel, where he Yves to stop,
We're crowded with people though it
happened to be raining at the time.
When his majesty appeared all heads
barred, and the royal hymn was
struck up. Preparations had been
made for an elaborate public recep-
ton, but the king was SO tired after
the journey that he simply bowed to
the music band and next to the peo-
pie and disappeared in the hotel
building.
AK oOCxCVy AN UlbC 0V0G1Ol0aIY D6-
lenses Of Norrland is pushing the
plan of building q new railway
through central Nornand. The pro-
posed line will be a continuation Of
the Sveg and OTsa railway, crossing
the Sundsvall and Storlien railway
at Ostersund and extending in q
northeasterly direction from the lat
ter piece past Strom, Asele, Lycksele
and Arvidsjaur to Murjek on the Luz
lea and Gellivare railway. The So
ciety has Just voted $1,000 for sur
veying the stretch from Strom to
Murjek.
The rikstag cannot finish its work
any earlier than the last week Of May.
What causes the greatest labor and
worry is the proposition to have the
state purchase the Norrland iron
mines. At the present stage this
| problem is complicated enough to
stagger the brightest and absest men
of Sweden.
The sum total Of the phi1anthropic
bequests Of the late Pontus Fursten-
berg Of Gdthenburg amounts to $780,
| 600.
About $50 brckiayers are On a
strike IN Malmo. The strike was
brought shout by the leaders rather
than by the rank and file of the
workingmen, and 1t Is claimed that
the strikers are not in q position to
keep up the struggle for any great
length of time.
Five thousand Mauser rifles belong.
ing to the government have been dis
tributed for sale among the volutees
rife clubs OF Sweden.
Former Premier Bostrom is slated
for the governorship Of the province
of Stockholm. Mr.. Isberg, the pres.
ent incumbent, may be appointed
chief justice Of the Gotta Court
The crown prince has denoted a
number of articles from the camp
of Andree on Danes Island to the
Northern Museum, Stockholm.
A movement has been set On foot
IN Stockholm for the abolishment OF
the system of regulated ,prostatu-