Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-11-21
sweden.


SWEDEN.
A consolidation of two Of the larg-
est brewing companies Of Stockholm
Is contemplated ~s~.@s- 49,
A meeting attended by 400 persons
at Karlstad went on record In favor
Of woman's suffrage. @E
Nya Kopparberg and Mellerud will
receive charters as towns at the be.
ginning Of the new year. ,.,..-..-. -
About $1,000 has been raised for
the Wennerberg statue at Upsala, but
$4,000 more will be needed. -
Herman Lagercrantz, Swedish min
lister 10 Washington, Is going TO spend
the Christmas holidays in Sweden.
A third steamer will soon be added
to the two steamers already employed
by. the Swedish La Plata Steamship
company. .., r.. >..s4ss
The directors of the Trollhatte
canal and power plant have asked
the government for 100000 to COM
plete the work s.. w.
J. e. Wetterquist & Co., of Gothen.
burg, have made a contract with the
government to furnish 100000 hats
for the army at cost of $172,26O.
O. Baumbach. OF Stockholm, and
another man sailed in a twenty-foot
motor boat from Copenhagen to Goth
enburg. A brisk wind and high seas
made the experiment a dangerous one.
The average speed was 611s miles an
hour.
The armored cruiser Fylgia left
Karlskrona Oct. &c. bound for a trip
to East Asia, and will not return until
some time next summer. The re-
cent voyage to America proved the
Fylgia to have splendid sea-golng
qualities.
The city of Malmo has given up the
practice of awarding prizes to those
school children who have the best
standing. 1t was found that the prizes
were generally won by the brightest,
though they were intended for the
most diligent scholars.
Prince Eugen Of Sweden travelled
by automobile from Hamburg to
Paris, making many detours to noted
historical places. The average speed
made by his machine was 20 Eng
lish) miles an hour, and he never
made more than 26 miles an hour. T.
The executive committee Of the
post-of1ce employees union has pro-
posed the organization of an associa-
ton to which any government en-
ploye may belong. The plan may
eventually be extended so as to in
clude even the higher government Of
f1cials.
Rev. C. A. Leopold, 80 years old,
and the weston of the clergy Of Stock
holm, who spent his life as a bachelor,
has just married a 81 year old sick
nurse, to whose care he thinks he
owes his life. He wished to express
bis gratitude to her in this manner,
thus making ample provisions for her
support. :.
A movement was started last spring
to induce students to work on the
farm during the summer vacation.
About $50 farmers announced that
they would like to hire students and
high school boys, and about 25 stu
dents and school boys spent the sum-
mer vacation on farms, according to
the plan. IT, .~.> 81. ..,s.sG
The Tori stock company has bought
LOO acres Of peat boys in the vicin-
ity of Ljungby, Smaland, where a
factory will be built for preparing
peat powder" according to the Exc.
lund method. The capacity OF the
factory will be 10000 tons year.
The same company has also acquired
peat boys In other parts of Sweden.
A ten-year-old Stockholm boy was
accidentally shot by his brother. The
weapon used, however, was only a
toy pistol, and the bullet was lodged
in the heart. The wounded boy was
taken to Maria hospital, and most
delicate operation had to be per-
formed. The cardiac sac was opened
and mass of curdled blood was re-
moved. The bullet had penetrated the
front side of the heart, and the wound
was seved up. The bullet could not
be found, but the physicians think 1t
will be encysted and cause no serious
trouble. The boy recovered rapidly
and is doing we'll.
The Svea royal court has refused
to deliver certain documents from the
foreign office to Helga de la Brache.
This lady has fought for those docu-
m1ents in the courts OF Sweden for
years past, but she never receives
any encouragement.
On account of failure of the crops
the people of Norrland have petit
toned the government to waive the
duties OF foreign grain imported to
til st. part of Sweden.
Electricity will soon be substituted
for steam on the Malmo and Linn
hamn railway.
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