Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-09-03

Talk, AOt 10 ment1On q numDer Oh
orders Of lower rank.
NORWAY. &c.
J. N. sundby. farmer at Hon,
Jarlsberg, and his wife, Marthe, nee
Lindseth, celebrated their golden we'd
ding Aug. 9.
Stavanger has exported over 10000
seven-pound baskets of berries, chiefly
blueberries and kind of currants
The goods are sent mainly to England.
Rev. I. st. Munich died at the age of
81 years. He was q strong man, and
he could not we'll avoid friction with
the state church of Norway. His COL
lections Of sermons is used very OK.
tensively.
Arngunna Lodue is the Oldest per-
son in Voss. In about three months
she will be 100 years old. She is in
good condition. mentally as we'll as
physically. and she is stu doing some
Homework. '%<4r,t>ssss92sa sss.sazsa:;
Lord Phillips beautiful summer res-
idence at Elverpoi. Sundalen, was de.
stroyed by fire. Two English families
were living in the building. All they
could do was to save the expensive
furniture.
The guns from the fort that were
d1smantled in southwestern Norway
according to the treaty of Karstad are
being mounted at small fortresses on
the mountain passes near the Swedish
boundary line northeast Of Trondhjem,
the places mentioned being Verbal,
Indal and Hegre.
At the ninth International geograph.
tcal congress at Geneva Capt Psarch.
grevink. the noted Norwegian ant
arctic explorer, announced that he is
making preparations for a new South
Pole expedition. and that parties in
Australia had subscribed 5000, 900
towards defraying the expenses.
Bergen, Aug. 23.-The Norwegian
steamer Folgefonden from Bergen to
Haugesund. on the west coast of Nor
way, was wrecked last night near
Skaanevik and sank in three minutes.
The steamer carried seventy passen-
gers, and it is believed that forty of
them were drowned. Fifteen bodies
have been recovered. The captain of
the steamer was among those saved
The Verduy Gang makes the fol-
lowing comment on the question of
financing the proposed Norwegian
American steamship line: "The Nor
wegians of our day are crowded in all
directions by nations who have fewer
seamen but more money. The Nor
wegians in America are the strongest
money men Of our people. If they
would give us their powerful support
by putting money into this enterprise
it would be the best way of aiding
their mother country"
To the assertion that Bjornson is
sorry because he supported the mon
archy in 1905, the poet answered.: Not
for single moment. OF course, as an
old republican desired to see Nor
way become a republic. But the man.
ner in which the union was dissolved
made this too dangerous. Further
more, those who are acquainted with
the events Of 1905 know that we were
morally bound; the official statements
to the contrary were mainly petit
FORGERY" .- -"
The Tromso contains q rather ugly
article about the grounding of the
Swedish gunboat Svensksund, on the
Norwegian coast. on its way to Spitz-
bergen. The paper says: The officer
in charge of the helm of the Svensk-
sund was intoxicated, and by the time
the accident occurred he had been on
the point of running the vessel ashore
several times. He would not mind the
directions of the pilot. Several mem
bers of the crew having been forgot
ten on land, the gunboat ventured to
Narvik after it had started. Again
the gunboat started northward, but it
had to return second time because
some men were still left in the city.
The maneuvering back and forth in
these trips was simply dangerous to
the men as we'll as to the vessel. When
the gunboat was anchored in the har-
Dor the second time the pilot went
ashore because he did not want to re-
main on board. Another pilot was OBJ
tanned. s5s m .# @at I
Former Premier Nicholson has
stated for publication that he does not
advise people to put money into the
proposed Norwegian-American steam.
ship line because it il built on q doubt
full financial basis. III
When the Scandinavian temperance
congress was held In Kristia1ia the
dean Of the diocess Instructed oil the
ministers in the capital to speak on
temperance In their regular Sunday
sermons.
Kristiania, Aug. ~. All the schools
In this city have been closed. owing tc
Z serious outbreak q small pox. sS