Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-04-09
SCANDIN A Wan NEWS.
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parish where there are SUI destitute
persons. as has been stated. During
the whole trip DR.. Reuter- was only
able to procure one bit of hunger
bread, which was composed of -four
made from green grain mixed with
bark. and even this loaf had been pre-
served since the early part OF the win
ter, before the relief committee was
able to extend its operations to cot
tages in out-of-the-way places. DR..
Reuter- and his party visited fifty
poor cottages and found in every one
OF them plenty of bread and suppnes
OF flour. There would have been un-
told suffering but for the assistance
OF the committee which was so large
" helped by American funds. The
committee now has branches IN every
village and parish and every case Of
suffering discovered is carefully at
tended to. Potatoes and milk are
scarce, but the committee supplies
sufficient bread, peas and salt fish,
carefully avoiding making the people
more comfortable than in ordinary
years, and exacting labor in payment
OF it's help whenever possible, SO as
to avoid pauperizing the people. AS
to the stories of deaths from famine,
DR.. Reuter- adds no such happenings
have been reported anywhere.
Forty-three clergymen have stimuli
taneously been deprived of their liv-
ings because they refused to cooper
ate with the authorities in carrying
out the new military service law.
The seminary of the national school
teachers at Sordavala has been closed.
DENMARK.
The stone-cutters' strike, which has
been dragging along for more than a
year, is past history. The strikers
will have to return to work for reduc-
The executive committee of the cons
sentative labor union of Copenhagen
has decided to vote the anti-Socialist
ticket at the coming city elections.
Mr.. Jensen, the Socialist who has
been elected as one of the two bur
gomasters of Copenhagen, will have a
difficult task to perform, his new
position being that of manager Of
the finances OF. the city.
Copenhagen, April 1.-Queen Alex
andra Of England arrived here last
night from London. Her majesty was
received at the railway stauon by her
father, King Christian TX, her sister,
Empress Dowager Dagmar of Rus
STA, and all the members of the royal
family of Denmark.
NORWAY.
It is easy for able-bodied sailors to
obtain employment in the seaport
towns this spring.
A token of distress. About 725 s'vo-
luntary auctions were held in
Kristiania from January first to
March fifteenth. This number is so
large as TO lead to the conclusion
that very many people in the Norwe-
gian metropolis were nara up last
winter. 1t need not be added that the
prices paid for the goods in many
cases were ridiculously low.
Some one who is fond of money
ing with large numbers uas figured
out that the. annual loss caused by
the injury done to the skin of the
sheep with the shears amounts to at
least $4,000. That fellow is natural
ly in favor of shearing machines,
which cost about three dollars a
piece.
About 5000 persons emigrated from
Norway during the week ending
March "A.
Three hundred mechanics in Ber-
gen are preparing to strike for higher
wages.
A ballasted fishing smack while on
its way to the fishing grounds near
Henningsvar was filled with wafer
and went to the bottom Four Of it's
occupants were drowned. Two Of
them had families.
SWEDEN.
The Oldest ship in the world is own
ed by parties at Raa, Skane. It's name
is sEmmanuel,' and it is commanded
by Captain Dyberg. This curiosity
of ship was built 153 years ago. OF
course it has been rebuilt several
times during that period, but the hull
OF it can boast of the above age. 1t
has passed through many vicissitudes.
For many years the .Dannebrog Dan
8ish fag) would float from its mast
head, its owner being an Icelander.
It was next owned by Bornholn
man, and years ago it passed into
Swedish hands. Berlin Tageblatt.
Is DR.. Sven Hedin, the hero of Gem
trail Asia, bent on making dash for
the North Pole? Well, that is the
burden of the latest news from this
remarkable man.
Leo Tolstoi instructed his son, who
recently passed through Sweden, to
make himself thoroughly acquainte4
with the condition Of the famine suf-
ferers in Norland
The Turkish government has re-
quested the Swedish government to
permit a few military officers to go to
Macedonia to organize the turkish
randarmerie in the three Macedon;an