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Show THE FAR NORTH. bVVCDhN. The big Llndahl witch ficlory In Kftlmir was burned down the other night. l'.x sherllT Call John Cederburg, of Vermdo, died in Stockholm at tlie age of 81 years. Hundreds of laborers arc without work In Lulea, and consequently In great distress A big fire raged in Iloden the other day. Many houses were burned down and several lives lost. During the three first months of the present yeir Swedish butter was cxpor-led cxpor-led In much larger quantities than during dur-ing the three first months of last year. A part of the large country mansion, Sproltorp, In tho parish of Slocinge, was burned down the other day. Forty cattle were roasted to death. A statue of Oltaus Petri, the great reformer of Sweden, will bo erected at the great squire In SlockMm. Tho cost Is estimated at 3j,roo crowns. The money will be raised uy subscription. The Friends of Peace presented a l'! to the Kiksdsg declaring private property Inviolable during limes of active warfare, but it has been burled out of sight In both houses. The Good Templars of Stockholm after the manner of the Salvation Army, have decided to has on week of denial for the purpose of raising money for covering n dehcit in the treasury. A law prescribing the ringing of the church bells morning and evening every w 01 king day his been repealed by the Riksdag, llencefoith that matter will lo lelt to the decision of tho local churches. The committee on amendments lias reported a bill to the Kiksdag permitting permitt-ing any person over the age of eighteen to withdraw from tlie state church without with-out stating what church he or she intends in-tends to join in the future. A bill conferring the right to vote on all men of age whose annual Income exceeds ex-ceeds 500 crowns ji 35, was buried in the committee. The ommittee members mem-bers of the lower house were in favor of the bill, but they found themselves in the minority. Miss Karln Gyllencreutz, of Stockholm, Stock-holm, Is the oldest lady in the service ol the state railroads of Sweden. She Is 65 years old and has been connected with the railroads since 1866, and still tends to her duties with promptness and cfhcicncy. Several Swedish physicians Intend to emigrate to America, where they believe they w ill have better success and more money than is possible for them in Old Sweden Many calls for physicians who have graduated In Sweden are made from the Swedish settlements In America. -The executive .committee of the national Union, for the defense of the country, has proclaimed n week ef denial to be observed by the "friends of defense." The week was observed by the court by leaving out several courses and several kinds of wines from the usual bill or fare. NORWAY. Tho Trondhjcm Trrelast company has bought the legefnrs taw mills and a lirge tract of plno land III Jcmtland, Sweden, for fl,6oo. In making excavations for toners near thu market place of Ilergen, a greit number ol piles were struck. A two-edged sword with gold ornaments w ere also found. The liquor association of Chrlstlanln gave a surplus of fjo.ooo for the pist year. About fi.ao will be appropriated appropria-ted for the establishment of a temperance temper-ance coffee house. The Chrlitlanh electric railway lias ordered the entire electric outfit from a great Berlin firm, which will also put up the dynimos and wires, the consideration consider-ation being about fSo.ooo. The same fiim Ins constructed most of the elect tie railway plants on the continent of Lurope. Kunt llunsun gave n lecture on modern literature before the students of Lund, Sweden, and was greeted with uproarious cheers at the close of the lecture. He has left for Paris, where he Intends to remain n year. Ills next book wilt appear just bclorc Christmas. A monument to Ldmund Neupcrt, the great Norwegian composer and pianist, who died five yeirs ngn in New York, has been unveiled nt Our Savior's church Christlinla. The monument consists of a plain granite shaft, ou one side of which is n gilt bronze medal showing the features of Neupeit in relief. DENMARK. The foundation has been laid for a new Catholic church in Copenhagen. Prof. Duel was a member of the theological faculty of the university of Copenhagen until a couple of y cars ago, when he left Denmark and accepted n theological profe-ssorshlp at the university univer-sity cf Leipzig, Germany, It was sup posed at tlie time that lie did not feel at eisa in Denmark 011 account of his liberal religious views. Tills supposition supposi-tion Ins been strengthened by a "Ills-lory "Ills-lory of the Jewish People," which he hvtjust published nt Copenhagen. In this hook he asserts that we are not acquainted with nny ol the authors of the historical buoks of the old Testament. Testa-ment. "All attempts" ho writes "to remove the dust covering the authors of the historical books of the Old Testament, Testa-ment, or uf the sources quoted In them, by means of Idcntifylni, them with this or that person know n to us from the Old Testament history, are useless play without with-out any value whatever," We hardly need to add tint t uls does not tally w Ith the commonly accepted theory of the origin of the books of thu Old "testament. "testa-ment. It Is very probable that this book would have landed the learned professor In a peck of trouble if he had still been a theological professor In the university of Denmark. In the home of Luther he will undoubtedly be let alone or even praised for his work. |