Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA
rhsc'pa' Events That Have Tran,-
pred in the Old Countries
Within a Week or 50.
DENMARK.

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DENMARK.
Nltzan's telegraph agency bureau Il
Il years old.
1Wo young mon Of Horsens have in
vented contrivance for threading
sewing needles. s
ne Jaungyde poor house near Skan-
oles'Fl.Dotorg, was burnt down and an old
4 Woman 20 nal lost her life in the flames.
0 = number Of prominent Danes have
started an agitation in favor Of laws
TOT preventing children from smoking
tobacco. 1
= free congregation at H1orr1ng has
bought q parcel Of ground for $4,000
and $4,000 will be expended for a high
school house at this place. S
SWEDEN.
Baron Erik Gustaf Bostrom is dead,
Inls man deserves more than pass1na
mention on account Of the part he
played IN Swedish politics l,ilmedlare-
~ before the dissolution Of the union
o. Sweden and Norway. Tie was born
IN 1882 and was a nephew Of the noted
philosopher Of the Same name. A. rIle
age OF - years he was elected to a
seat IN the lanstinz, on provincial
legislature, and from that moment he
occupied high positions Of trust and
honor almost uninterruptedly, and at
MS death he was chancellor Of the
universities Of Sweden AS premier,
Bostrom was the leading man IN
Swedish politics during the years 1891
1910 and again from 1902 to April,
1905. During Bostrom's second term
Baron Lagerheim, minister Of foreign
affairs, represented Sweden In the me-
gotiations with the Norwegian govern
ment which pointed strongly to a set
tlement Of the cont1 oversy between the
Two countries by the establishment If
a separate consular service for Nor
way. But when Premier Bosrrom an
nounced the conditions required by the
Swedish government the Norwegians
gave up the whole plan, ana the dis
solution of the union followed The
election Of Bostrom to the position OF
chancellor Of the universities was a
conspicuous endorsement of his policy
by the leading men Of Sweden.
~ LAG AAyO4f Cc1o0S UlOuSILi FU0lOI0
the three royal courts Of Sweden In
1904 the Svea court tried 81 per cent,
the Gotta court 31A per cent and the
Skane court lax per cent. The diff
ference In the point Of size is still
more striking, the Svea district COW
ering 80 per cent, the Gotta district II
per cent. and the Skane district only
8 per cent Of the area Of Sweden. The
Svea district covers all OF Northern
Sweden, and it is proposed to organ
fze a new district in Norrland, in
creasing the number Of royal courts
to four But there are many who IA
vor a reapportionment without the adj
dition of a new district.
The so-called ''chapter committee
has handed a significant report to the
kind, proposing that the chapters, or
governments Of the different diocese
Of the kingdom. be reorganized. The
new plan provides for five members,
and the most important part OF the
whole report is that provision is made
for a member which is 70 be elected
as a representative Of the public
schools and other institutions OF learn
ing within the diocese. This 1nnova-
ton is proposed in view OF the fact
that a large number Of the teachers
think the clergy have too much to say
in school matters.
sanatorium satisfies. 1t will be re-
membered that King Oscar established
three sanatoriums for consumptives by
of the 100000 given to him
when he celebrated his twenty five
years jubilee as king Of Sweden. On
February 1st there were u men and
Al women at the Halahult sanatorium,
81 men and 81 women at Osterasen
and So men and SO women at Hesselby.
Twice as many persons suffering from
were entitled to treat
ment at these establishments but could
not be admitted for lack of room.
The Bjernarp estate, in the parishes
of North Svalof and Kagerod, has been
divided up into small farms. The area
Of the estate was about 1000 acres, and
the area Of the new farms ranges from
4 to so acres. Over 20 of the small
farms have been sold, some Of them
to tenant farmers who rented the land
before the estate was parcelled out.
Many new houses are in process of
construction on the farms.
Many prominent men, including "a
members Of the riksdag, have proposed
that X. p. Arnoldsson, a Swedish adj
vocate of international peace, be
awarded the next Nobel peace prize.
Many Swedes rather dislike Arnolds
son because he sided with the Nor
wegians on certain points during the
union conflict
The London Standard IS inclined to
bslisvs that DR.. Sven Hedin. the
Swedish explorer Of Central Asia, Is
going to susoosd Il proving that those
gsographers arc right who. claim that
ths vorid1 riohest gold mines are In
Thibst, ana dat troy have been
Woxksl from time out Of mind
It was stated that the Engleholm
shoe factory was closed for good be-
cause the wages demanded BY the em-
Dioyss were tee high. Thi. result was
an unpleasant surprise to them, and
rather than be brown out Of work
they consented to stay on tho terms of
fsred By the proprietors Of the factory.
"A company has been organized in
stockholm for building a submarine
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