Warren sheaf., 1903-07-23
NORWAY.

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NORWAY.
The fortress at Fredrikstad was
abandoned for good on the evening Of
June rs. 5
Storthingsman Korset is not a cam
didate for reelection because his pri-
vate affairs are going to wreck and
ruin during his long absence at the
storthing.
June so was the 25th anniversary
of the establishment Of Nerdens
Gang, the greatest Norwegian daily.
o. Thommesen has been at the head
of the paper from first to last. He.
received many presents on that day.
including an album in which numer-
Gus contributors to the paper had
written congratulations. Bjornson
wrote: ''Thommesen is the best ed
itorial writer the Norwegian press
ever had, and he has done his coun-
try invaluable services
a, The South Vale brick factory, near
Fredrikstad, was almost completely
destroyed by fire. The loss is about
1000.
A number of Kristiania ladies and
gentlemen have commenced to raise
money for the establishment Of
hospital for sick horses. There is
nothing sentimental about the plan.
The aim of the promoters is simply
to restore overworkeds or sick ani-
mails so that they may render better
service in future.
d It is settled that the air compress
sor invented by Engineer Fling is
an unqualified success. The air COM
pressor is used for storing motive
power in limited quantities. The in
vention will be patented in all man
tafacturing countries.
Bernhard Hanson, one OF the
Thrane men, who caused great dis
turbance among the workingmen
about SO years ago, recently died in
Haugesrud at the age of IS years. In
1855 he was sentenced to term of
2 years in the reformatory. After his
release he piled his trade as mason.
"A few years ago the Socialists raised
enough money for him to keep him
out Of the poorhouse in his old age.
B1ornson has declared that he will
take active part in the coming cam
paign. This means that some Lib
eral fur is apt to fly before the fight
I is finished. g. I'm
The weight Of the imports for the
year 1902 was 1857, ,342 tons, and their
value was $685., ,O7s; the weight Of
the exports, 2,s41,s71 tons, and their
value, $4s, 1897, ,367. The value Of the
exports broke the records of all pre-
vious years.
.B.5. j5 SWEDEN.
The depot agent at the station near
the Norwegian boundary line on the
Gellivare and Ofoten railway leads a
unique life. At that particular place
the sun does not appear until the
third of Mach, and the snow storms
of last winter almost defied descrip-
tion. From one hundred to two hum
dred snow shovelers were quartered
at the station a large part Of the win
ter. There was no clergyman and no
physician in that part of the world,
and in extreme cases the depot agent
had to serve in the capacity Of either.
On Sundays the men would gather In
the third-class waiting room, per-
haps the finest of its kind in Sweden,
and the station agent would read q
sermon to them. In one case he had
to administer the sacrament Of bap-
tism, and he was frequently called
upon to dress wounds and put on
bandages. 5l5 # y, "A
photographs Of the fortifcations at
Gothenburg appeared in book pub-
lished by Cham berlain agerberg.
This, Of course, was highly displeas-
4 ing to the government, and the king
# has issued a general order to all
army and naval officers, making it
their duty to see, as far as within
their power lies, that mo pictures Of
any kind are taken Of forts or other
means of defense. III III.
Naval maneuvers will take place
4 Aug. 24-26 at the Vaxho holm and IOs-
car Fred berg forts. The assault
\ ing force is to consist of three gum
boats, one torpedo cruiser and eight
i torpedo boats. y 35st
The people 's high school associa-
! ton Of the province Of a lfsborg has
elected IA committee Eel of 5fiy ye men to
raise funds for the est Isl ishmen Of q
1 peoples high school ait Dal, 1T will
I cos about So, 1000 d year 20 run the
school. Il
rle stock hold q ders sofs Krist ian
4 sstad and Solvesb borg rail way have re-
ceived a diyide end of sl0 per cen T.