Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-22
NORWAY.

granted a permission to Ferd G.. Juell,
Of Kristiana to build and operate gas
works in the city. He may also build
a,n electric light plant.
At Mes, Romerike, a boy went to
sleep on the sunny side of a house
and was bitten in the stomach by
viper. A doctor was sent for at once,
but he could do nothing, and the boy
died two hours later amid excruciat
ing pain.
King Haakon and Queen Maud were
cordially received by the people on
their recent trip through Nordland. At
their departure from Bodo they were
followed to the ship by 1000 people,
who time and again made the air ring
with their cheers. On every occasion
the king made short address.
M. Thams, one of the leading mer-
chants OF Trondhjem, died at his
summer residence. Fje4dhe1nL in
Medal aged II years. He was looked
upon as rich man. His remains
were taken to Gothenbnrg, Sweden,
for cremation. and his ashes were sent
back to Trondhjem and inferred at
Cathedral cemetery. 800 =,
Some, 5000 men were thrown out of
work BY the employers lockout, But
both, parties %,soon grew tlrsd Of the
idleness ca1ned by the, hckpnt., and
cable of recent date states that, they
have. agreed to; res,zme tho nagot17
lions which we're started by PRECEDENT
Berner Of the sto1t1ng bnt Which the
emTaoYegs did not take seriously at
the time sbedng. *. -, :,
o.; Ang1r9 9th -Rjorngt5sene B1mu.
son ceasba4sd. the 4ffueeh anniversary
a. the appearance OF his fast nprel.
;'SvnnopEe SrdbaKken.r He reoet5sd
an enormous number =. Of; gre6E1ngp
frem all countries, ana the memaaus
Of the royal family. and n1mhlrI Of
distinguished persons oattded q PER
fozmhnre Of his comedy Gengnphy
and .LD5e." at the Nat1pmm fheatfr.
Rev. KonDw. Of Bergen, Is t1ll oeels.
ing trouble. It will be rememoeeeq
that he puH1rly announced hts d1sbs-
Lief In the bodily resurrection Of
Chr1st. and the orthodox people have
be6 Ing for months to have BIN
re(4o&eIfrum office as pastor Of a
state congregation. A short while ago
the government formally requested
him to resign. But he refused to do
so. and the people gre waiting for the
next step to BE- taken by the govern
ment against him. No matter what
the government does it Will be ,roundly
denounced by SOM party. Bjornson
has advised Rev. Konow to remain in
Office.
In 1856 there were 1858 lepers in
Norway. About that time a systematic
work was started for roofing out this
loathsome disease, the leader Of the
movement being DR.. Danielsen, Of
Bergen. He was succeeded by DR..
Armauer, who acquired lasting fame
by discovering the lepra bacillus. The
work has been success. In 1875
there remained 1852 lepers in the
country, in 1885, 1,195, in 1898, eSS,
dUu at Tue present. lille LuCl Z 1lo O1lly
about 45O In the city of Bergen thera
were 139 lepers in 1905, while only one
Ieper has been found in Kristiania
during the past 60 years.
The sealing vessel Bjorn, CON-
randed by Capt. Jorgensen, of San
defjord, returned from the Arctic
ocean with a catch consisting Of $500
seals, 43 bottle-nose whales and 8
white bears.
The twenty-five year jubilee of the
Meraker railway has been celeb9ated,
the connection between this line and
the Swedish railway having been made
July %. 1882. =s' .-
A memorial tablet is to be placed on
the house at Grimstad where Henrik
Ibsen served as an apothecary's ap.
prentice. g.H..
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