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Show name of the builder of the '"Monitor," '"Moni-tor," even if we do not consider his other inventions, among which is the modern steamship screw-propeller. According to Copenhagen papers, a treaty has been made between Russia, Servia, Montenegro, Greece, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, looking toward maintaining peace in Europe. Importations from America to Denmark of all kinds of grain arc-assuming arc-assuming enormous dimensions. Herman Jiang is lying Eeriously ill in Copenhagen. Smokeless powder, manufactured in Fredrieksverk, Denmark, has been tried by the authorities and gives great satisfaction. The chair-makers union in Copenhagen will, in February next, celebrate its 150-year anniversary. Col. John B. Weber, Superintendent Superin-tendent of immigration in Xew York, who was appointed to visit difl'erent countries in Europe, looking look-ing into the emigration question, lias just returned and sayB: ''Of all the countries we visited, Russia is the on where exists the most want and poverty. In other countries the emigration is normal. The only countries we did not visit were Denmark, Sweden and Norway, emigrants from these countries are always welcome." All real estate in Sweden in 1S90 amounted to 3,013,700,000 Kr.; 409,000,000 Kr. in Stockholm. The ' income-tax in the same year amounted to 410,000,000 Kr., whereof 95,000,000 arein Stockholm. Work on Dr. Nanscn's exploration explor-ation ships has now been commenced commenc-ed in Laurvig, Norway. The office of Danish vice-consul for Utah is vacant. Applications for same should be addressed to Emil Dreier, Royal Danish Consul, Chicago, before Dec. 1, 1801. Zkp. SCANDINAVIAN COLUMN. Sprt-ial Corrcpimdcncc fur Tn k IjfULKIt. J Knrroit HroT.Kii: In ri'Sjutiiwe to your wish for news of special interest inter-est to your Kctindhmviitn readern, I send you the following: In your last isuc you mentioned (lie sudd-:n decease of I. O. Tlio-musHen, Tlio-musHen, e.iitor of tho lUkufirn. Allow Al-low nic to add to that a few facts that may he of general intererH. l 0. ThomaFsvn wiifi horn in IVatn-inen, IVatn-inen, Norway, .Vug. 2;'. LS'5l. He Iteeame ;i Morinnn in June, ISM, nnd omigrated to Utah in lSti;j. lie uao the lirHt man to nilli.h a paper in a foreign tongue in this1 Territory, viz: I'tah IWtrn, the ' first number whieh appearotl in Salt J 1. skc City, lee. l!0, IST.i, ind to printtl in the Danish language. I Iromineut Seandinavianr in Chicago are working to neeure funds for the purpose of erecting ,n monument monu-ment for the famous II, C. Andersen Ander-sen of that city. A c-mti spondonl in The Xorth suggestn that one of the new mrn-.. mrn-.. . of-war that is now heing built hv I'nele Sain should he nr.uied ".lolni Krie?(m," in memory ol';hr (rviiv r, n lercd to the United States by i'.c V""' :if Svi disli-Anuriean in- |