Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-01-22


Several days of mild weather left
crust on the snow in Finmarken, and
it will be difficult for the tame rein
deer to break this crust and reach the
moss on which they live during win
ter.
The seals are doing great damage
to the fisheries around Tromso.
Telephone connections have been es-
tablished between Narvik, Norway,
and Kiruna, Sweden.
The weather was exceptionally fine
in Norway just before Christmas.
There was excellent sleighing, but too
little snow for ski running.
The celebrated Ranheim property,
at Strinden, near Trondhjem, has
changed owners, the consideration be-
ing $4,000.
The city council of Bergen, by
vote OF 40 to IS, has rejected motion
TO establish a municipal pension sys-
tenn. The majority was composed of
the Conservatives and few Liberals.
The volume of the Christmas trade
was below the average, and the goods
sold were chiefly of the cheaper
grades. The sale of books was about
| as large as in former years. The trade
was more satisfactory in Trondhj em
| and Kristianssund than in other cit
| les.
There are three ''mush stations" in
Kristiana, that is, places where poor
people may eat oatmeal mush and
| milk free of charge
The Kristiana electric street rail-
way company offered 1000 new shares
for sale to the old stockholders, and
the total number Of shares subscribed
| for was 1865. The face value of each
share is $54, and the rate paid was
$67.5O. The money raised by the issue
| of the new stock will be spent for
| the construction of a new line to Fro
| guer and an extension of the Bygdo
| line.
SWEDEN. r..
! The Skane and Smaland railway
company has foated bonds amount
ing to 100000, and they are endorsed
by the city of Helsingborg
At Goinge, Skane, is a farmhouse
most of the furniture of which is
made of oak and is several hundred
years old. -.
About 100 sugarbeet growers held a
convention at East Tomarfs, Skane,
and resolved that the price of beets
next fall ought to be 1884 cents per
| 100 pounds for fall delivery, and 28N
cents per 100 pounds for winter deliv-
cry.
John Carbon, Swedish business
man at Grimsby, has advised the
| Swedish export union to establish a
Swedish chamber of commerce in Lon
don. Mr.. Carbon has already ascer-
tanned that Swedish business men in
England as well as English business
men are in favor of organizing such
body. - -
The volume of mail matter distrib-
uted at stockholm during the Christ
mas holidays was the largest in the
history of the city. .-
The Trollhattan tourist club has
spent hundreds of dollars for the con-
struction of paths leading to the most
Interesting points at the Trollhattan
waterfalls.
Major General Won Vegesack. an Of
tlcer OF the Swedish army, died at the
age of 50 years. He distinguished
himself in the union army during the
Civil War.
1t will be remembered that King
oscars decision of the Samoa cues
ton went squarely against the United
States. The Swedes are highly graft
fled to see that The Nation (Ameri-
can magazine), under the caption.
imperialism under the MICROSCOPE
sustalns the decision in vigorous Ian
guage. The Nation thinks it was
very fortunate that the question was
settled in that way. If it had been
settled by war with Germany. the
magazine holds, the truth Would ner-
haps never have been publicly estab-
lished. III I2 'I.7@
Half dozen match factories il
southern Sweden will henceforth be
under one management, and the main
office will be at Jonkoping.
Those that are interested in the
liquor traffic on the one hand and
those that are interested in the tenn j
perance movement on the other are
holly discussing the bill which pro-
vides that the maximum percentage
Of alcohol in untaxed beer shall be
put at two per cent. Tt seems to be
agreed that small beer, or svagdricka,
should not be taxed; but the dif6cul-
ty lies in fixing the exact limit be-
tween taxed 4 and untaxed drinks.
The temperance organizations of
Helsinborg and community have ~
solved to hold 9 temperance exposi-
ton at HEelsingborg next summer.