Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-13

King Gustaf has been officially In
stalled as the head of the Swedish or
der of Freemasons. No less than 300
leading members of the order attended
the ceremonies. "
The destruction of the fertilizer fac
tory at Nyhamn, Malmo, was the
most disastrous fire which has visited
Malmo since 1888, when the great
WOODEN mills were burned down. Only
two buildings we're saved, and the loss
exceeds $3.50, 1000. About 40 persons
were thrown out of employment by
the fire.
Prof. Erik T. Nystrom has occupied
chair of chemistry, physics and
mathematics in the University OF Tai.
Yan-Foo, China, since 1901. Prof. Ny:
strom has also published text book
on chemistry in the Chinese language.
His mother, sister, and another re-
lative of his have just gone from Swe.
den to visit him, going by rail from
St. Petersburg to the place of destina-
ton.
The minister Of finance has prepared
document to show that the present
laws are too favorable to the sugar
industry of Sweden The tariff, he
says, is so high as to give the sugar
trust monopoly Of tho trade. At the
same time the internal sugar tax Is
so low that the trust can make more
money than it ought to, at the ex.
pense of the consumer. One of his
arguments strikes with tremendous
force. He states that when all the
sugar factories are brought into the
trust some of them were valued at
three times the money actually in
vested The government wants
sugar tax which is expected to bring
$750,000 into it's Golfers before the end
of the year. Naturally, the sugar
barons" are on the anxious seat.
NORWAY.
Drammen had 1858 Inhabitants at
the beginning Of the year. The in
crease for the year 1907 was 435.
Kristofer Petersen Selvig. Sande,
Jarlsberg, died at the age of 81 years.
He had been married twice, and at
his death he had FL children, eighty
two grand children and forty-four
great grandchildren, or LAT descend
ants in all.
A farmers wife at Grue, Solor, has
given birth to % children. There is
only one baby each year," says her
husband, "but this makes quite few,
anyway" The woman is still strong
and robust; but on account of her ad-
vanced age she expects only one or
two more.
When King Oscar made Official re-
marks in Norway he was sure to use
perfect, Norwegian, and also to pro-
nounce every word just exactly as the
Norwegians do. The language of King
Haakon is also Norwegian; but in
spite of his struggles he cannot get
rid Of his Copenhagen brogue.
The Norwegian storting has adopted
series of rules for limiting the de-
bates. So much talking was INDUCED
in at the last session that most of
the members became more or less
disguised before the close of the game.
1t is confidently expected that the new
rules will remedy the abuse.
A large number Of ragged men and
women paraded the streets of Kris
tiania the other day, carrying mot
toes and banners. They were the pro.
fessional beggars of the city, and the
| demonstration was started as a pro-
test against the ordinance which pro-
hibits individuals begging while the
Salvation Army and the missions are
permitted to carry on collective beg.
ging.
The damage to the crops of south.
eastern Norway is put at several mil
| lion dollars. In many cases the farm.
ers intended to use the frozen grain
| for the stock, and bought lot OF
young cattle at high price. But the
stuff is so poor that the stock took
sick from it. Thousands of shocks
are still standing in the fields, and
when the spring weather sets in they
will soon be turned into so many
heaps of poor dung.
A former member of the Swedish
| CdOlucI udS cApIcSScu u1Iu9cl SLTOuX
ly on the invasions which Norwegian
lumbermen are making into the for
ests of western Vermland. The for
ests, he says, are generally In the
hands of Norwegians, and so many
logs are being cut that the agricul
tural interests Of that part of thu
country are in danger. 1T is true,
he says, that we ought to do all w
can to close up old wounds and estab
lish good relations with our neighbor
but we must not neglect the interest.
of our own country. We should no
build the Kjolen mountains higher
but on the other hand, it will not d,
to permit, without objections, tn,
boundary line to be pushed eastward
Nils Kiar, an author of some note
has made fierce assault on tn,
Danes on account of the way the,
have exploited the works of Henricl
Ibsen. The occasion for his attacl
was the publication in Denmark, of al
epic on which Brand" was built, an,