Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-13
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Statistics of business failures. The
number of business failures In Swe+
den during the first six months OF
1907 was 800, as against 2,177 for
the correspon ding period Of the pres
ent year. This difference speaks vol
umes about the effects Of the hard
times.
Fire broke out in the Copenhagen
Peoples theater, but 1t was put out
before it made any great Roadway.
The office Of Helsveg Larsen, an at
torney, was badly scorched, and some
old documents Of great value were de-
stroyed. The fire was started by an
alcohol stove on which a young lady
was cooking her coffee.
Forsvarsbrodrene, a national orga.
nization consisting OF 100000 men
who have served in the army, have
Just held reunion In Copenhagen.
About 80 banners were carried in Z
street. parade, and a halt was made
at St: Anna square. The procession
lienborg palace, where the king and
queen appeared in a window and re,
ceived greetings from the soldiers A
deputation was sent to the. king to
pay homage to his majesty and to
make a plea for certain reforms in the
army. About 600 leading members
Of the organization sat down to a
banquet at the Concert palace, and
most of the members spent the even.
ing at the Tivoli pleasure grounds.
The next reunion will take place In
Aarhus.
SWEDEN.
The next universal peace congress
will be held in Stockholm
An inmate Of the poorhouse Of
Umea was burned to death.
A new bishop will be elected for
the diocese of Hernosand Nov. 25.
P. P. Waldenstrom, the head of the
Mission Covenant, was 70 years old
July 20.
1t is estimated that forest fires
sweep about 10000 acres Of ground
every year in Sweden.
A statue of Rev. P. Sunden, a noted
temperance agitator, was unveiled at
Sara cemetery, Gothenburg
About 100 ducks were killed by
King GUSTAV and a few friends who
were out hunting the other day.
The rally of the Socialist young
peoples union of Malmo, which was
held at Nackorp Valley, near Ma]mo,
was attended by 1000 persons The
police contiscated a banner carrying
the motto, War is brother-murder.
Let us fight, to get rid Of mnitarism"'
: The wheat crop Of Sweden looks
very promising. and the other cereals
are also doing we'll. The potatoes
have been kept back by rain and cold
weather, and in Blekinge the seed rot!
ted in the ground. The sugar beets
were unfavorably affected by late
seeding. In most localities the hay
crop is very large.
E. w. Gunther, former ambassador
to e. Norway. vas appointed BY the king
to negotiate between the contending
parties. in the great labor conflict, and
1t is admitted that the settlement was
largely due to his efforts. A; public
ovation was given to him when he re-
tired to Furusund to take a rest after
the settlement wss made
The framework of the Swedish
building at the st. Petersburg art ex-
position has already been sent from
Stockholm to the exposition grounds,
and the work of putting up the BURG
ing is in progress. The leading art
lists OF Sweden are going to be repre-
scented at the exposition, but so far
no exhibits have been forwarded.
The government has reduced the
pay of persons who are hired to do
extra work in connection with the
mail service. The men will hence
forth receive $27 a month and the
women $1875 month. The an
nouncement Of the reduction was
surprise, and a painfully disagreeable
one at that, to those who are affected
by the change. +
Simla, July 29.-A caravan that has
arrived at L'Hassa from Leh, in the
valley Of the Indus, brings a report
that Sven Hedin. the Swedish explor-
er, Is in good health and that his car
AVIAN is in good condition. A pro-
tracted silence from Sven. Hedin gave
rise to anxiety with regard to his safe
ty,, which VIII bs set at rest by the
L'Hassa report. >
b AS soon as the proposed line OF
ferry oars between Sweden and, Ger
many IS ready Tor traffic the BerHn
milk dealers Win buy much more milk
IN Sweden than at present. Special
tank Ioarscvill hsIused for this trade.
The Norwegian company, that pulled
~ cruiser 6venskSund on the rect
onowhich It was3 groun ded near Nor
viz, Norway, has asked $3.50 for the
work. <J1A- 23JQT TWAIN 3W {;
Some ofgthe leading journalists OF
France went to Sweden on the ocoa-
sion u the visit Of President FaIfi.