Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-07-11

Sweden pays q war bill from 1919
1914. On April :, 1916, an agreement
was made between Sweden and the
city Of Lubbock to pay the latter 10000
Rhenish forms for materials Of war
obtained by Sweden during the war
of 1813-1814. The money was not
paid however, and Sept. "A. 1852, "a
resolution was passed to cancel the
debt. In the commercial treaty OF
June %. 1906, between Sweden and
Germany, the matter was referred to
again, and now the king of Sweden
has instructed the department Of state
to pay the claim Of the city Of Lubbock.
A Stockholm employer had a man
in his service whom he gradually
found to be Indispensable. and the
two signed written. contract by
which both of them expected to steer
clear Of labor. conflicts with regard to
that particular employee. The employer
had to discharge his men on account
Of a lockout, but he kept the one who
was bound by the contract. At the
close of the lockout all the union men
returned to work. But as everything
began to run smoothly the union men
demanded the discharge Of this man
because he was a s'scab." The en-
ployer explained that as an honest
man he was bound by a contract to
keep the man. But this reasoning did
not satisfy them, and they went on a
strike three hours after they returned
to work. j n E H Fl
The strikers lived in houses owned
by Mr. Kennedy, but he had to serve
a six weeks notice on them before he
could than fo,E NOV, -.7a The
Socialist labor organization provided
quarters for the strikers. But the
strikers received instructions from the
Socialist labor party not to move into
the new quarters but to stay right
where they were as long as possible.
The aim of this policy was to create
public sympathy for the strikers Mr..
Kennedy needed the houses, and he
letter of the law The Socialists got
draw glazing word pictures of the
cruelty Of Mr.. Kennedy and the en-
ployers in general The Swedish pa
pers wed with each other in describ-
ing the hardships of those poor wo
men and children who were SO merci-
lessly thrown upon callous world.
Herman F. l.. Lagercrantz, Swedish
minister to the United States, said at
a banquet in Minneapolis: king Oscar
said to me, a few days before I left
Stockholm for America, to tell the
Swedish Americans that, whatever
they may think, I know that they are
Americans but they will always be
in my mind and in my heart. There is
a feeling in Sweden" continued Mr..
.Lagercrantz, that the SWedes lose a
great many splendid people in those
who go to America to seek their for.
tunes. Some prominent Americans
have alluded to the fact that the Swed
ish- Americans do not get the recognt-
ton at the hands of the Swedish peo-
pie to which they are entitled. To this
I answer that when Swedish-Ameri-
cans go to the old country for two or
three weeks vacation, they are a
boasting lot We can stand it for a
couple Of weeks, but when they stay
longer and still keep it up, it is not
to be wondered at that they grow a
little tiresome. Sweden is beginning to
recognize the fact that her system Of
jurisp prudence is hindering the Develop
ment Of the country The spirit which
looks down upon the man who enga ges
in business is injurious to the best
interests Of the country. We are be-
ginning to wake up; we are waking
up; if we do not continue to do 50.
give us a good hard shake"
NORWAY.
A ceaseless fight is kept up against
the Nicholson cabinet, but the mass of
the people feel safe under the present
conditions, and Nicholson may stay il
he cares to do SO.
A ferry carrying seven persons and
an equal number Of domestic animals
across the Glommen river att LON,
Gudbrandsdalen. capsized in hestrong
current, and two men and two women
were drowned.
Paris, June 29.-The widow of Hen
rik Ibsen has Informed M. Lugene Poe.
director of the Theater L'Oeuvre, that
she has sent two baskets Of flowers.
the first gathered from the grave OF
the great Norwegian dramatist. to