Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-04-16
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
AANEDEA.


A German capitalist is working tho
Malby mines in Waldo ON large
scale. But as the people in that 10
cality DO not seem to enjoy mining,
laborers have been procured from
other quarters. including about forty
italians. .
The work of translating the Bible
Is so far advanced that the Old Testa-
ment will be accessible TO the public
in June. A revised edition Of the
gospels will be presented to the
church council next fall as q sample
of the new evasion Of the New Testa-
ment.
Baron R. Won Kramer's magnificent
castle at Flens station, named STEM
hammer, has been donated to Prince
Wilhelm. The building is located be-
tween two lakes and is surrounded
by fine park. 49,
Only a few men were at work ON
the. Notifications at, Boden during the
cold season. but the work will be re-
sumed in all the different branches
as soon as mild weather sets in.
AS many as Ave tombs built of
stone slabs and ave Of brick have
been found at Ugglebo, Lund. They
date from the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries and mark the location of
churchyard. This find throws hight
on the subject of the time when brick
was first used in the Scandinavian
countries.
AS Erik OLSON of Mamre, Jarfsjo,
approached his home with load of
fence rails he was met by his six
year-old daughter, Anna, who tried to
Jump upon the load. In doing this
she slipped and fell under the rum
ners. When her father, assisted by
another man, had removed the sled
from her body the spark of life had
already fled from the unfortunate
child.
A storm did great damage to the
main building of the tourist hotel at
'Bindalen, Jemtland, some of the
beams of the house being thrown a
distance of 200 feet.
DENMARK.
The number of votes cast at the
last city election in Copenhagen was
44,765, which is an increase of $40
since last year.
Prof. Hans Sophus Sorensen, cler-
gyman and president of a seminary
at Telling, has been appointed bishop
of Lolland-Falster.
Two prominent Danes who have
been Investigating the conditions pre-
vailing in the Danish West Indies
fail to suggest any definite plans for
lettering the condition of the island
ers.
King Christian. was in fine health
when he celebrated his s5th BIRTH
day, April s. U. S. Minister Swenson
extended to him the good wishes of
President Roosevelt and the Ameri-
can people, and he returned greetings
to the president. The king made
speech from the balcony of the
palace.
Kaiser Wilhelm, upon returning to
Kiel from his visit to the Danish
court, sent the following characteris-
tic telegram to King Christian: my
heart prompts me to once again ex-
press my warmest thanks for the
never-to-be-forgotten happy days I
have been permitted to spend with
you in the circle of all your dear
ones. From the day of the splendid
reception which you and the inhabi-
tants of your beautiful capital pre-
pared for me until the last moment,
when had to bid you farewell, my
visit afforded me unaltered pleasure.
Accept my special thanks for having
received me in your family circle and
rest assured shall henceforth regard
myself as son of the house. I pray
to God that he will make your ap-
preaching birthday day of joy both
to you and your house and your peo-
pie, and that H may long preserve
you in unimpaired health. Wilhelm"
NORWAY.
Danish capitalists have been per-
mitted to build a packing house in
Kristiania at a cost of at least one
million dollars.
The Sovereign is the largest pas
senger steamer in Norway. It is own
ed by the Ostlandske Lloyd and may
accommodate 400 passengers.
The widow of Prof. Petersen of
Kristiania has donated $27, 900 to the
university in the form of fund for
the encouragement of young scholars.
In exceptional cases Swedish and
Danish scholars may receive aid from
the fund s-g ~ s.as -
The students of the university of
Lund, Sweden, in their congratula-
tons to Henrik Ibsen ON his 18th
birthday, designated him as "Scan-
dinavia's greatest poet"
Bjornson's "At Storhove'' was pre-
scented at the Deutsche Theatef in
Berlin last week. The public and the
critics agree that It is no good.
Minister of War Stang is expected
to step out of the cabinet in few
months. 9
The socialists of Stavanger have
resolved to enter the next campaign