Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-29

expense of the pnblic. Mr.. Ussing, of
course, had the Albert scandal in
mind when he wrote his article.
SWEDEN.
An almanac for the year 1909 has
been published at Upsala.
The medical society of Sweden will
soon celebrate it's Tooth anniversary.
Over 100000 votes we're cast at the
recent elections, as compared with
100000 at the elections of 1905. In
Stockholm the vote rose from 10000
to 10000.
A pest has broken out among the
crawtish in Major and Hjalmar lakes.
The malady is so serious that the
crawfish are threatened with COM
plete extinction in those lakes.
The department of war has asked
for bids for the manufacture of $4,000
pairs of marching boots, $4,000 pairs
of shoes, and 5000 pairs of boots for
the cavalry. The amount of the Or
der will be about $25O,O0O.
Over 1900 pounds Of reserve
bread" kept by the Skane huzzar reg
iment was so badly damaged by bugs
that it could not be used as human
food, and the commissary department
gave instructions to sell the bread.
A man who went into the woods to
select some trees for fuel at lark
| whsle, Liden, was assaulted by an
angry moose buck, and he barely es-
capped the fury of the animal by climb,
| ing up into tree, where he remained
a long while.
The receipts of the post Office de.
partment for the year 1907 were S.
$685. 200, and when all expenses were
paid there was a surplus of $685., 1913
The number of items carried was 38S,
9O4,317, which was an increase of 4
per cent in one year.
The Vende artillery regiment asked
for an appropriation for exterminating
the rats in the barracks. But the de
partment of war must have thought
that the men might take turn al
the rodent and no money will be
spent for that purpose.
Miss Ellen Key, noted author ant
public lecturer, has provided In heI
will that the cottage which is beins
built at her expense at Bastad, shall
be turned into home for poor fac
| tory women after her own death
There will be room for Is women.
The Hola peoples high school il
Norrland will no longer receive {
subsidy from the national govern
ment, because some of it's teaching!
have been too radical to suit the all
thorities. The school has made
general appeal for aid from the PEG
pie of northern Sweden. 5->
Work has commenced on the new
residence which the duke and duchess
of Sodermanland are going to built
at the Stockholm geological gardens
The residence will be ready for occu
pancy next year or in the early par
of the year 1910. All the old build
ings in the "Oakhill" district must b.
torn down before the new buildings
are put up. -
The executive committee of thu
Swedish tourist union has proposed t
open a new tourist route, through
the widest mountain regions of Swed
ish Lappland. The route is to rul
from Abisco to Kvikkjokk, by way o
Kebnekaise and Stora Sjofallet. Cot
tages will have to be built at severa
places, and boats and RATS must b.
kept at certain points as means
crossing lakes and rivers.
The new second chamber of tn
riksday consists of SO farmers, j
owners of estates or factories, 81 mel
chants, II lawyers, 13 workingmel
and foremen, IL teachers and organ
lists, 10 professors, / physician, l
journalists, 7 salaried officers of ls
Dor organizations, paymasters, 6 en-
gineers, 4 preachers, 3 insuranc
agents, labor inspectors, men fron
the army and the penal institutions
2 auditors, 2 royal sheriffs and
druggist.
The Swedish anti-tuberculosis socit
ty received four gold medals and on
silver medal from the tuberculosi
congress held in Washington. Til
means that the Swedes carried OF th
highest honors.
The rikskag committee on defence
has reported that the proposed me-
naval station will cost about $4,000
600: but so far the location for th
new station has not been selected.
No less than 400 out Of the 1,2c
j i soldiers garrisoned It Ljungbyhs
we're on the sick list q the sam
ilno.