Warren sheaf., 1903-07-23
FINLAND.

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sSS rs. FI kLAND. 8s5S
ss8 The Russian government in Fin
land is a handy affair, working in OPP
posite directions as the case may be-.
When a man does not please the au-ss
ssthorities he is ordered to leave, the
country, and occasionally a man is
not permitted to leave the coun try
omatter how anxious he is to do So.
Jac. sAhrenberg, an architect, res
Gently petitioned the government to-
permit his son to leave the country
for good, but his petition was not
granted. # ID ss55 .55#
SWEDEN. ~
Public fupctionaries in Stockholm,
following in the wake Of their fell
lows in Gottenburg and Malmo, have
commenced to organize themselves
into a building association for the
purpose Of assisting each other in
procuring homes of their own.
Prof. Arvid Bergman, lecturer at
the Alnarp agricultural college, has
made an appeal to the Swedish peo-
pie to satisfy a great want by es-
tablishing a bacteriolog gical Ia borato-
rX in Sweden. In other countries,
Prof. Bergman says, such laborat tories
are Of the greatest aid in combating
diseases among domestic animals.
The Statistics of imports and sex.
ports for the months of January-May
of the@presen1 year have been made
public. There was an increase along.
the whole line of staple commod dities,
the increase in the imports of grain
being the most striking. The im-
ports for the corresponding months.
Sof 1902 are given in parenthesis:s
Oats, 77,2o6,o0o pounds (5,346,Ooo)
wheat, ! 14e,,ss4, 900 pounds Cos, 3,s4s e
3ooo); barley, 100000 pounds -(24o,-5
SOoO) rye, 1 04, 4,962, 900 pounds (19, ,496,-
.0Oo); cotton, 15,3s2,Ooo pounds (14,-
$77s,ooo) Exports: Iron in bars, 1872, "a
100000 pounds (99,5s2, ,ooo) 5 iron ore,
y 1,120, 0,O7s. 900 pounds (493 ,944,, ,,OOO) 3.
wood pulp, 134, ,962, 900 pounds Co.,
1o6,ooO) III Il. II. III
The .Lappland Express tourist
train which is run once a week be-
tween Stockholm and Narvik, Nor
way, is bound to be, success. The
distance is 1000 English miles, and
the schedule time is 4s hours, each
way. a large stretch of the road is
located farther north than any other
railway in the world. ..'5
#3 The income tax of the city Of Got
tenberg is assessed on the basis Of
an aggregate income of $17,322, 1886,
which is $1,6OO,OOO in excess Of the
income of last year. About one-ffth
of the total is exempted from taxa-
ton. 'Ihe real estate Of the city is
valued at $74, ,13s, ,59s.
The city council Of Stockholm, by
a vote Of SO to %, has resolved to buy
preferred stock for $135,OOO in. the
company which is expected to be or
ganized for building the East Coast
railway. But the conditions are that
the capital stock shall be at least
81, ,35O,OJO, and that the preferred
stock shall not exceed $40, 1000. .8.5 S588
NORWAY. s
Private or public politician,
that's the rub. In the address which
Bjornson made at the banquet given
to him by citizens of Bergen he re-
$ferred to an interesting chapter Of
the negotiations between the govern
ments of Norway and Sweden with
regard to the establis Of con-
sular service for Norway. At "a crit
ical moment it looked as If the Swed-
ish negotiators would give up the
task for good. Bjornson called on
them and persuaded them to continue
the negotiations So far there seems
to be no difference of opinion. In
said address Bjornson stated that he
had been requested by members Of
the Norwegian cabinet to see the
Swedish negotiators, in other words,
that he did not perform that import
ant function merely as g private pol
5itician, but the members of the Nor
wegian cabinet will not admit that
they asked Bjornson to act as a me-
diator between them and the Swedish
5negotiat tors, and y the press Of Nor
way and Sweden is discussing the.
matter. 3a s3s SO Il izf :8:s
Major General Z. Hansen, general
inspector and head Of the engineer
ing department of the Norwegian
army, has been invited by the king to-
inspect the fortifcat ations at Boden, IN
mort rtheastern Sweden, and to take
part in g trip on the Ofoten railway
July IA. Lieutenant General 81. Ell
liot has invited the Norwegian gem
eral to appear at Boden four Or i've
days before the arrival Of the king,
and Elliot will conduct the No1rSwsze--s.
gian general through the Swedish
fort fcations along the bound daryvss
lines Of Russia.
Practic Al 81 the government
. bonds are owned by foreign capital
lists.
Verdens Gang holds that it would
be a good thing is the old country
3Norweg egians were AZ little less fond
Of festivals and a little more fond 81
hard work. sl assss