Warren sheaf., 1907-09-05

wife of the one first mentioned is a
Scotch lady, and his son, Carl, has an
English wife. This family should not
be accused of clanishness.
NORWAY.
The government has offered the
Oskarshal mansion to King Haaken
on condition that he keep it ia good
shape at his own expense. But he has
not accepted the offer. There can be
only one reason for his course. Like
the other members of the Oldenburs
family, he is economical, and he does
not care to spend his money on such
luxury as Oskarshal.
TIE steamer Sandeid collided with
Chr. Bjslland's cutter in the middle
of tAs night at Lindesund, outside Of
Stavanger. There were two families
On the latter. Those persons who hap
pened to be On the deck were saved,
to the bottom with the cutter. Those
who lest their lives were Mrs. Bjel,
laad. the wife of the owner OF the
Ejelland eaHAery; a merchant named
II. Thomson and his wife and nine.
tesn-ysar-eld son.
The government eeRfscated sena
Russian publications of 4 Seeialfstie
character at Varde last winter. Tha
Norwegian Socialists made an issue
out Of this incident, asserting that
the government exceeded the be~ads
of its proper authority. Now the mat
ter has been aired in the coArts, and
the government was instructed to re-.
turn the publications to their owners.
This result was 4 severe blow to tho
minister of justice and the minister
of foreign affairs, for they were more
directly responsible for the course of
the government than the rest of the
cabinet.
Something has already been said
about the fate of Skotfos, manufac-
turing town near Skien. About 100 of
the employees of the company which
made the town by locating a factory
at that place, have homes of their
own. The company endorsed notes in
order to enable the workingmen to
build homes, the amount running from
500 to 81, 500 in each case. The COM
pany also donated $50, 900 to the town.
When the stock was declared last
spring most of the home-owners were,
against it, but they obeyed the union
and quiet work with the rest Now,
the time for paying installments on
the notes is approaching, and the men
cannot even make living. not to
mention such amounts as those de.
manded by the notes. On the whole,
it seems most likely tnat many Of the
one hundred home-owners will lose
their homes. Many Of the strikers are
willing to return to work, but the ma
tionsl labor union is keeping up a
vigorous agitation in favor OF Tight
ing the employers to the last ditch. !
Anna Lonnevik, a twenty-year.old
girl, was missed at her home at Tim,
near Skien, and for days the country
was secured by a great number of peo-
pie who went in search of her. Four
days after her disappearance an an.
swer was heard from her in q steep
and very rocky mountain-side. Her
position was horrid.~ She lay with her
chest on rock, her feet hanging down
without any support. Her head lay
under another large rock, and on her
back lay several small rocks. The
rocks were removed and the unfortu-
nate girl was liberated as quickly as
possible. She was exhausted and bad
ly bruised on her. head neck and
shoulders, She told that while walk
ing In the dark. she had lost her foot
ing and slipped down the precipice.
She grasped a bush and held on to
this for a moment, then she fell farth-
er down and stopped in the position
In which she was found. She, had
been conscious all the time and, had
heard the steamboats, whistling on the
fjord. = Her physician thinks that she
will recover from her trying expert
ence. ..~.-.~.. Fl. .
About $4,000 barrels of fat her
rings" was caught up to Aug. 10, the
fjords around Trondhjem being the
heaviest contributors. The catch for
tie corresponding period in 1906 was
s 900 barrels, and in 1905 only a2,30O
barrels. sj5 :,
When King Haakon had finished his
trip to Nordland he gave handsome
presents to, all the men serving on the
steamer which carried the royal party
e2 Knut Rsdsfsen !Tordal. who recently
returned from sAnsriee. donated IS 600
= Straadsbarn. the ple<e where he
was born.