Warren sheaf., 1903-07-02

keep tavern?" "Yes." "Well," said
the tavernkeeper calmly, "there is the
door. Get ready to leave the prem
ises. This is no tavern" And: the
governor withdrew, realizing that for
the time being he had been outwit-
ted. :, -.
>. NORWAY. ..
The city council of Horten has re-
solved to spend over 100000 for new
water works, new system of sew
ers, and improvements in the fire de-
partment. F..
A white: whale was killed in the
Drammen river. .-.,.-. @. r--.
, The. parents of 1000 Kristiania chill
dren have applied to the committee
for the so-called vacation colonies"
for chance to send their children
into the country at the expense of the
committee; but the means at the
disposal of the committee are so
limited- that only about 1000 chill
dren can be cared for. The expenses
average exactly Is cents a day for
each child.
AOOuU 80 SOAVACUo "41l VIC 0C1U W
Vardalen to work on the improve
ments of the government lands in
that valley. 1sss. :, g@, S..
"A very large number of tourists are
passing through Trondhjem this
year. Most of them are Americans.
The southern division of the Nor
wegian employers union held its an
nual meeting in Kristiania. This di-
vision includes 421 business concerns
in Kristiania and vicinity, and they
employ 10000 persons. In the same
territory the national labor union has
only 10000 members. ~
The Social Democrats held their ma
tional convention the last days Of
May. There were 1872 delegates. Their
reports show that there are 25e
unions, which have 1850 members.
"A good hay crop is practically as
sured,. in the southern part Of Nor.
way. = >-5 are% ~ 4 @4 sgG =
The beautiful Storoen property in
Holsfjord, .Ringevike, has been sold
by Major Brandt to E.. I. .Haarseth.
Rendalen, for $4,000.
The imports in 1902 were SAG, 1885,
276 as against $42,516,954 in 1901. The
main increase was on timber products
and animal food stuffs. ..@,
Both horses and automobiles were
used one Sunday afternoon on the
Malmo racing grounds for the pur-
pose of making the horses familiar
with the automobiles.
The buildings of the Forsa parson-
age, near Gafle, were burned to the
ground. The loss is covered by insur-
ance. :, ..-..'
The state agricultural engineer pro-
poses that the surface of Kingston, a
lake in Skane, be lowered 20 miles.
This cannot be done without Destroy
ing the Bala mill dam. The Bala mill
propertyis is worth at least $25 1000, and
it will cost the government several
thousand dollars more to drain the
lake to the desired extent. The most
important question in connection
with the proposed improvement is
this: Will the owners of the lake
shore pay $4,000 for having the lake
lowered 30 inches?
The Swedish delegates to the White
Ribboners' convention at Geneva are
DR., Emma Wretlind, Miss Maria
Sandstrom. Miss Kerstin Larson, Miss
Emilia Rathon, Miss Ina Boberg and
A. Symonds-Olin.
The communers Of Solvestad and
Blantorp have subscribed for $25, 900
Of stocks in the proposed Genarp and
Ystad railway.
The employees at four iron bed fac
tories in Stockholm were on a strike
from the middle of April to the close
of May. The settlement Of the con-
fict was a compromise, and the men
are now receiving from nine to ten
and q quarter cents an hour. The
firms that were. not affected by the
strike have also agreed to pay the
same rates.
The Markaryd Peat Charring Com
pany has been organized at Markaryd
with a minimum capital stock of f
$5o,ooc. The aim Of the company is
to buy peat bogs and to char peat for.
fuel according. to Ziegler's method.