Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-07-25

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Principal Events That Have rsr'ss
pired ia the Old Countries i'll
Within a Week or So. III
DENMARK.
Many men lost their lives by
drowning in June.
The government .reeently sold three
warcraft, as scrap iron for aooat
$4,000
x year ago So Danish STUD 1 en fLt''
worked in the harvest fields away
from home, and this year the NUMBER
will no doubt be still larger.
Niels Nielsen, Of Gilbjerg, Heinsyis
Il parish. who is said to be the Oldest
man in Denmark, received a git az
s27 from the king on his 1o4th blrti-#
Gay anniversary which occurred juhe
18th.
The kaiser and kaiserin Of Germa ny
and Prince Adalbert have visited the
Danish court. They were welcomes
by large throngs of people, and many
festivities were arranged in honor OF
the distinguished guests
A scenic artist named Otto Jensen
fell down a precipice in the Bern
Overland, Switzerland, and was
crushed to death. His body was thrown
so hard against the rocks that lthcould
hardly be recognized. 1t is supposed
hat he was pulling flowers when he
fell.
FINLAND.
A st. Petersburg dispatch to the
Daily Mail says that the husband OF
one of the women deputies in the FIN
nish parliament tried unsuccessfuily &c
commit suicide, and the reason ne
gave for the attempt was that his wife
was so occupied with political WORK
that she neglected her home. Ine
misery to which he and his family
were reduced he said, drove him e
desperation. s.als..
& The landtdag of Finland is soon go
Il Ing to discuss a proposition tff
counterpart of which was never serl'
ously discussed by the national legls'
lators Of any country. The questlon IS
in brief. this: Shall the government O
Finland spend about $4,000 for nay
ing the best samples of all foreign
literatures translated into the flnnlsl
language? The advocates of the oil
argue that the common people OF Fin
land are entitled to enjoy all the bes
literary productions Of the world
ICELAND.
There are about 40 co-operatly
creameries in Iceland.
lt The Icelanders catch fish Tor asou
$4,000 a year along the coasts
their country, but the foreigners cate
from three to four times that much
Only one third of Iceland is in
habited and one-ffth of its area ma
be cultivated. So far less than one
half per cent. Of the area is cultivate
An enthusiastic Icelander has VII
ten book about his country, and aftt
having given an account OF its natur
resources, he says that the island ca
support a, population Of at least 2,Ooo
900, instead Of the $4,000 people WI
are scattered along the coast at II
present time.
work has begun on an electric raj
way which is. to run from RFe9yk3aH
Tor about SO (English) miles thru Il
most thickly settled parts of the islan
The waterfalls Will furnish mott
power. Indeed some French enginee
have estimated that the water pow
Of iceland may be put at the enormo
aggregate Of 10000 100000 horse-poW'
# SWEDEN.
Rev P. P. Waldenstrom is ba
from China and is occurring on i
experiences and observations oS
there.
Per vihtor Nilsson and Vita
Johansson We're drowned while TAXI
a ride in sail boat in Brunnsvlk
Stockholm. A third party was say
at the last moment.
About 500 acres Of timber land v
swept by fire in Hafvero parish, n;
Sundsvall. The fire IS supposed
have been started by poachers.
timber destroyed was very valuable
The Neptune Salvage Company
ordered a new steamer in place OF
sold some time ago. The craft WI
Is to be a powerful one, VIII ne o
nv Bslrneister & Waine, Copenhae
Denmark. a5
The Svano Stock Company OF 2Ans
mainland has borrowed Sa40oOo II
two Scandinavian banking institute
and given a, mortgage on timber i
in Angermanland, Iemtland and "
erbotten.E
The riksdag appropriated S24O
for the building of barracks for
coast artillery at Vaxholm. Now
1 turns out that the appropriations
been exceeded by $4,000 and
the work is not quite finished.
Some Swedish newspapers are.
pleased because a number OF pre-
nent and representative Swedes
going to attend an agricultural (
gress in Kristiania. 1t is admi
. that the men attend as private
sons but it is argued that the
mon people will overlook that fact
The students chorus Of the Uni
sity of Lund has made tWo-We
concert tour of Southern Sweden,
director being Berg, and John T
sell the parytone soloist. The trip
III axceadinglv satisfactory one