Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-02-07
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA
Principal Events That Have Trans.
PRED in the Old Countries
Within Week or So. .
DEN MARK,

DENMARK.
A four-year- old son of Mr.. Refs
gard, a ropemaker at Skine, fell off
from a railway train some distance
eastIof Viborg, the door Of the car fly
Ing open while the train was running.
A young man resolutely jumped off to
look after the child, and the other pas
sengers gave the usual signal Of dis
tress, which soon brought the train to
standstill. 1t was soon found that
neither the child nor the young man
had sustained any serious injury
D.. SWEDEN.
The Swedish riksdag was formally
opened Jan. 16, with a speech from the
throne delivered by Crown Prince Gus
tav in his capacity as regent. After
reference to the "grat ifying change for
the better" in the condition of his
father, King Oscar, and the good re-
lations existing between Sweden and
the foreign powers, the crown prince
discussed the domestic affairs Of the
kingdom. The principal legislation fore
Swallowed in the speech was a COM
prehensive electoral reform measure
Introducing universal suffrage and
limiting the election Of members
of the house to period of six
years. Municipal franchises also will
be extended so as to include wider
sections of the community. Other bills
tc be introduced provide for the estab-
lishment Of a naval station on the
island of Lindingo, the establishment
Of a free port and warehouses at some
point not yet announced and the utili-
cation Of the hydraulic power of the
waterfalls of Sweden. The estimates
for 1908, which were introduced, bal
ance at about $5O,25O.0OO Among the
expenditures about $20,Oo0,000, or two
6fths Of the revenue, are assigned to
the army and navy. The budget for
1907 balances at about $4,000, 900. IT..
DR.. PHILIPPE Tissie, prominent
French physician, writes in La Petite
Gironde, Bordeaux, France: 'The truth
lies in Swedish gymnastics. 1t causes
movements of expansion which have
favorable influence upon the activity of
the diaphragm, and thereby upon the
expansion of the chest and the straight
aning of the backbone. I was con-
vinced Of this when my government
sent me upon a scientific mission to
Sweden. The congress at Mons, where
forty one nations were represented, en-
lorsed the Swedish method exclusively.
In France it has finally been realized
that the acrobatic method must be
abandoned. But hybrid, so called
eclectic, method has been proposed,
and into this some Swedish principles
have been Incorporated In this case,
too, I shout: BE careful!' In France,
as everywhere else, the Swedish method
ought to be applied In all it's purity"
Warner Ryden Social Democrat,
has been elected to the riksdag from
Malmo giving the Social Democrats a
solid delegation from that city. The
result of the recent election was due
rather to apathy on the part Of the
conservative elements than to the real;
strength of the Radicals. Most Of the
great dailies of the country make COM
ments on this Social Democratic vic
tory The political situation in Mal1no
is strong argument in favor of pro-
portional representation. Such an ar
rangement would have given the Con-
servatives of Maln.o one or two of the
four seats in the riksdag.
The inhabitants Of the island of Cot
land are asking for a free harbor at
Visby, their strongest argument being
that Visby is the only seaport in east
ern Sweden which is free from ice dur
ing the coolest season Of the year. In
this connection it should also be men,
toned that many modern Gotlander
Is still dreaming Of future greatness
FOR Visby, which was once the head
quarters Of the powerful Havseatic
League.
The fishermen along the south coast
Of Skane are having very poor luck.
Goldfish is practically the only fish that
they can obtain this winter. At the
same time the seals are getting more
and more numerous, and many fisher
men look upon this animal as the cause
of the scarcity OF fish. Seals are
killed in great numbers, but that only
seems to multiply them.
Gothenburg and Malmo we're sup
posed to be the only cities that would
compete for the great free harbor
establish somewhere in southern Swe-
den. Now it appears that Helsingborg,
which is located between the former,
is going TO e1lLor Tie RANK VI GULL
petitors, and it is said to be more
favorably located than either of the
other two. ., ..-5.. 4, .s.....rz,
Some curious local statistics. The
city of Malmo was visited by 923
foreign travelling merchants in 1906,
and they paid a tax aggregating $25,-
300. During the same year 1908 rats
were killed at a public expense of. $425.
Foreigners gave 295 public entertain
ments, for which they paid a tax Of
1920.
An acetylene gas generator at the
factory Of o. p. Norberg, SolvSsborg,
exploded while two men were engaged
In charging it. The shock was so vio-
lent that some Of the walls Of the
building were wrecked, and the men
were badly burned.
Count Hans Wachtneister died at
Engelholen, aged 20 years.
In the commune Of Ears, Skans, there
are several farms which are partly or
wholly going to waste because nobody
wants to use them. For some reason