Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-01-16
NORWAY.

Larvik went wet" by a majority
of a.
Dr. Gtebelhansen has retired from
public life after having been a mem
Der of the Fredrikstad city council for
IS years.
Mr. Gunther, Swedish ambassador
to Norway. has spent a short vaca-
ticn in Sweden, and just before he
returned to the Norwegian capital he
had lengthy conversation with King
Gustaf.
1t is seriously proposed to construct
an underground electric railway from
Majorstuen, at Holmenkollen, to Karl
Johans street, Kristiania- A private
company has applied for permission to
make this improvement
Many Norwegian papers speak in
glowing terms of the character of
King Oscar, and more than one re-
calls the fact that the most unpleas-
ant feature of the dissolution Of the
union was that it happened during the
reign Of such a noble ruler as King
Oscar II, who did not deserve so much
slrpnw and humiliation at the close
Of ID HE.
Flekkefjord is the most electric city
In Norway. Electric kitchens are the
most recent departure in the line Of
Identification A plate is put on top
of the stove, but only fat-bottomed ket-
ties and pans can be used The rate
is about $500 a year. A two horse
power motor will keep a room warm,
and the rate for the winter season IL
1880. Electric lights are looked upon
as an ancient institution.
Seven shipwrecked sailors, believed
to be the only survivors Of the crew
of sixteen of the Norwegian bark Ger.
manic, were brought to New York bF
the oil tank steamer Hothan Newton
! They were picked up In midocean on
Dec II In a terrible condition from
exposure eight days after their vessel
had been abandoned. Another boat
which contained eight men has not
been found. The captain Of the bark,
who remained on board until all the
men found places in the small boats,
went down with his ship. The seven
men who were rescued tell a story
of fearful suffering before they were
picked up by the Newton. Obliged to
leave their sinking ship in the midst
of a storm which had twisted and
opened the seams of the big bark, their
little boat was tossed helplessly about
by the waves The 5scant store Of
provisions which they had succeeded
In getting together was In constant
danger of being ruined by the salt
water which poured into the boat, and
their cask of drinking water became
tainted. For many days they had moth
ing to drink but rain water, which
they caught In tarpaulins. The supply
of food allowed each man was held
down to the. lowest possible, even
from the first, but even then It be-
came exhausted after seven sdsys. and
the men had been entirely without
food for more than twenty-four hours
when they were picked up by the
steamer
Kvik, a tugboat from Bergen, was
struck by a Swedish steamer Oh Kop.
pervik, near Stavanger. The tugboat
sank at once, and the captain and an
other man were drowned The Swe-
dish steamer was not damaged at all
Bjornson had an. attack of bronchitis
after his arrival in Rome. BY means
Of careful treatment he improved
some, and he IS able to work; but he
is not allowed to 90 out Of doors
About $500 men are involved IN Z
labor conflict at the copper mines -
Folda1, Nfnfngdal and Merakef, IN thG
vicinity Of Trondhjem.