Warren sheaf., 1908-09-10
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It is said that Premier stolyptn. of
Russia, will soon visit; scandinavia.
The receipts Of the state railways
or Sweden were considerably larger
per day and miles in June this year
than last year
The men employed at the city gar
bage establishment in Malmo went on
STRIKE, and they were notified to
Leave the residences provided by the
city for them and their families be-
foro Sept 1.
Senator E. Possehl, of Lubbock, Ger
many, who holds most Of the stock of
tne company which operates factories
at Carlsdal, Karlskoga, has donated
$4,000 to Count Zeppelin's fund for
aerial navigation. This donation is
looked upon as Swedish money
Premier Lindman and a number Of
other very prominent men have visit
ed the vicinity Of Alfdal to, study the
problem Of locating the Great Inland
railway thru that part OF the country
The Inhabitants along the proposed
routes met the men In large numbers
and argued their claims, for this or
tnat route. <.,r4'tats::.@'-
The managers |of the prisons Of
Sweden have decided that the dishes
from which the prisoners eat shall be
numbered so that a. certain prisoner
can be made to use the same dishes
during his stay At certain estab-
lishment The aim Of the innovation
is to prevent convicts from communi-
eating with each. other by means of
marking the dishes. u,-
A Norwegian newspaper repeated q
rumor that Prince Erik. of Sweden
had been travelling In western Norway
as a tourist last summer. To this
statement Swedish paper answered
that since 1905 no royal person in
Sweden has put his feet on Norwegian
ground, and II they do come" the
paper adds, 1T will not be as tour
lists"
the expense of the government, In
copying the famous inscriptions on
stone slabs in Bohuslan, At Tors
DO he has found an inscription which
Is ten feet high and seven feet wide.
Part Of the field is covered by the
picture Of a ship on which there is
a crew Of 121 men. Baltzer has spent
twenty-five summers at this work.
The national government has re-
fused to grant naturalization papers
to two Jews in Malmo.
NORWAY.
1t is reported from Gjovik that the
Kvisgaard estate in Snertingdal has
been sold for 367, 500.
The storting has passed a law which
deprives the domestic distillers OF
their former privileges. 1t is asserted
in certain quarters that the change
will close the Norwegian distilleries,
in which case the proprietors are ex-
pected to demand an indemnity from
the government.
Rev. DR.. Alfred Eriksen has the
courage Of his convictions. AS mem
Der of the storting he proposed to
change the constitution to the effect
that when the male line of the royal
family is extinct Norway shall become
a republic. His motion was defeated
by a unanimous vote.
A periodical contains an interest
ing biography of Ex-Premier Chr
Nicholson. From this it is learnt
that his father descended from farm
ers in the neighborhood of Egersund,
and his mother was a descendant OF
the old Anker and Collett families IN
Kristiania. In other words, his blood
| has received no admixture from for
eigners for centuries back.
The department of finance expects
an increase of 100000 of the total
receipts of the government for the
wear 1909. The status Of the treasury
is such that the department is In favor
of a reduction Of the tariff on sugar
Premier Knudsen is opposed to sucf
q reduction. The department OF i'm
ance does not expect gradual in
crease of the receipts for any lengtf
of time, the expected increase for thu
coming year being only looked upo1
as a kind of sport.
Henrik Ibsen's best dramas wer'
presented in succession at krlstl
ania theater three weeks ago, and tn
performances made a. powerful I'm
| preston. A great number of foreign
ers came to Norway expressly for tn
purpose of attending the Ibsen pei
formepe ees. Most Of them failed to u1 II
derstaa11 - ,!.4z4.ssQake; RQt {aeX use
the}r translations as best they c6u1t
and they followed every movemen
and utterance of the actors and az
tresses with the most intense after
ton. ~sassssssss ssatss; sss's:: ~
The constitution of Norway provie
ed that the kings oath upon ascenc
ing the throne should close with tn
words, $50 help me God and thi