Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-07-11
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA.
Principal Events That Have Trans
pired in the Old Countries
Within aWeek or So.
DEN MARK.

DENMARK.
The exact cost Of the new cou4 t.
house in Copenhagen is $1,837,252.80.
Bech Olsen, the champion wrestler
OF Denmark, is contemplating the es-
adjustment OF circus of his own.
"A Copenhagen daily points out that
the wave Of irreligion which swept
Copenhagen during the latter part OF
the nineteenth century has been fol-
lowed by a general Decentralization
which reminds one OF Paris. About
one hundred years ago Copenhagen
passed thru an almost similar ex-
perience. But that time the down
ward movement was checked by a
powerful religious revival Will new
revival come and save the city this
time?
Mr.. Jacobsen, the millionaire brew
er, who has spent hundreds Of thous-
ands of dollars for the advancement
of science and art in the Danish cap
ital, noticed a boy climbing on some
statues adjoining the front Of the
Plypototek, a statue gallery on which
Jacobsen has spent large amounts Of
money The sensitive lover of art
could not stand this dissertation, and
he grabbed the boy by the arm. The
fierce screams of the boy soon brought
a big crowd Of people to the place,
and the police took up the matter. At
the police station it was found that
absolutely no harm had been done to
the boy, and Jacobsen did not have to
submit to the humiliation of being
called to the police station on a charge
Of assault and battery.
FINLAND.
The landtdag Of Finland has had
what might be called woman's day,
a number of women occupying seats in
that body, having introduced important
bills on the same day. The general
aim Of the bills is to improve the lot
of the children of Finland Mrs. He'd
Wig Gerhard wanted to give the courts
the right to exact a compulsory oath
to ascertain the fatherhood Of illegiti-
mate children, and she further de-
manded that such children receive the
name of their father as we'll as the
same proportion Of his property as the
rest Of his children. Another lady
wants the local governments to do
more than they are doing for neglected
children. A male member Of the landt-
dag rose to thank the women for
pleading the cause Of the weak, and
permitting not only the head but the
heart to express itself" .
-' SWEDEN.
Automobiles will be used at the
military movements in Holland next
fall ~ #
Princess Maria Pavloovna, the
fiancee of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden,
is the most beautiful princess at the
court of Russia.
1t is reported that King Edward will
visit Scandinavia this summer, and
while on a cruise in the Baltic sea, he
may meet Car Nicholas of Russia
oscar and Soflas Golden Wedding
Fund for Social Work" will be the
king and queen of Sweden to the CEN
trail union for social work. @
J. E.. Frygberg, Of Upsala. has a
dog for which he has been offered
$1,000, but he will not sell It for less
than $4,000. The dog is pointer and
has won many prizes for his master.
The extension of Drottning street,
Stockholm, will necessitate a bridge
across Morrstrom The bridge is to be
granite veneered and to have three
spans. Three prizes, $3.50, $50 and
$540, have been offered for the best
designs, and the whole world is in
vited to compete for the prizes.
Eighteen families, consisting OF 81
T,,1u
the Grows Palace a building south
dent is interesting chiefly because it
required litigation dragging along for
eleven years to accomplish this re-
suit a
The best paid nastor in Sweden is
the one serving the Jaskasjarvi par
lsh, Norrbotten. He is receiving over
$4,000 a year, and this amount is in
creasing from year to year. The XII
runa ir4n mines contribute most of
the money The day does not seem
to be very distant when the pastors
salary at this uiace will he $4,000 or
even more Fl.
A labor conflict on the Rabelof
estate, Kristtanstad Jan, is Of sucll a
peculiar character that it deserves a
good-sized paragra PHI The employer,
Chamberlain Kennedy, gave his labor
ers the wages demanded by them. But
in order to feel safe in the future he
offered to sign contracts with the men
for a definite period of time, a complete
contract to be made for each individ-
ual and signed, by both parties. But
this did not satisfy the men. They
demanded a single contract for the
whole bunch Of them. Mr.. Kennedy
found this arrangement too risky, and
so firm were both parties that the
men quit work In order to save his
crops, Mr.. Kennedy hired help abroad
A Swedish prince betrothed to q
Russian princess is something to talk
about. In the first place the engage
ment Of Prince Wilhelm Of Sweden to
Grand Duchess Maria Pavloona OF
Russia will establish d more peaceful
connections between the ivy countries
This is the first time that a Swedish
prince ever married a Greek Catholic
princess, and the imperial family Of
Russia will have to break with the
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