: M:K 



DI&AKTKBS IX lt7. 



in 



^is to overt oon at botli for ih 



was reached 



ICa.li.-ai 

 .nit inn of Kf muff hmi 





i 



rani 



that Ihr latlrr brought IB oocr a year, when it VM 



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,, >,r. The Icelandic nctMruM 

 bean alamed of lat* >c* 

 BniW. rtmm trawlers. 



esbegaO to fall r 

 3 btetfM N -. 





,. 



*.M !,. 



grev yearly leas 



-H*tHtil 



aoatly, ami BO legal re* 



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inance; ice*. \iiiiurai iiavn, wniie reJBBining 



\ . Haf'! 



a IlirlliU Ijlllil*- 



AgrariaiiM a it, ami 



b obtained UM prolongation of tin 

 ndgvt for throe months, promising the n 



W-'W. in hi.-h 



J00.000less. The 

 nny and IUITT mtiniatCT were of the usual kiiul 



vtnu BOW crvdita were proposed for 1 1 1 1 1 



triil <>f the position of agrieultun*. im Itniini 900,- 



ppropriations for combating i 



\OUO,000 kroin-r fur n -w I. ram -h 



'" the oodfishery an.l .lu.iinihl sheen 

 ipoita have caused depression of trade in 1 



;ip- vnlu. 



MM Nt.aii.lt hat of iro|rts 5,WO,OUO kroner. 



or many ymp. fn>m 50.000 to 70,000 sheep w*re 



Iported annually to Great Britain, which lias also 



i lies, chiefly for use in 



MOOaJ mines. Salt fl-h an .m and 



enoa, and ns an* 



i and -Milt.ti IMUU..H. Cotton gonl> and 

 ildware are iiiij. dand an 



- ^!t and coal, ati 

 lark grain and N .-ar. coffee, rin-. 



mil beer are other 



raft 



built f 







drain, thr I<-rlan< 



watrr> 



of Mi Bid BM taka* by 



' . ; . 

 show IB. ' UM 



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rawl i.rUnl totiaigato 

 It also ettBBtad thai BO 

 . 



i..- BIB, B)OB, bad; 



.ilk. win. h f..rm the main part of thoirdiet, 

 and thr rl..ih that in thi-ir wool, 



haml loom*.' <>f the |Mpula( 

 in \*\>\. :t .t 85 per cent, live bv 

 injf sheep and catth* and I*' }- r , . nt. |.\ : 



was a frood deal of niuu'ratioii. chiefly to 



has been 



i.n state from the 

 md Jmrtrr Mat.- to the *vstem of buyinf 

 h baa been brought stout 





it me trad: 



in all par *land. The 



has been to lower prices Terr mu. h 



to relieve UM people of constant 





losses and accumulating indebtedness, because when 



::,>,. ...... . , x . 



s much higher than the market values, 



ii..- f.-.i .. Maiiamai 



off thr ,..,-! during UM season of 1*1* arrested 



tig the law*. ( ! plaints having been 



made that vessels were overhauled and fined when 



<d waters, a whole squad- 



at* were sent up later to Ice* 



land to K 



in tli.- ri-l.t to fth in TaxeBey.but 

 will waive tin- n-lii in return for permission to fish 

 withm th. ' it l..ng the southern coast. 



In the session of 1807 the Althing or Inland,, par- 

 liament, voted to give a subsidy of .15,000 kroner a 

 year f- r twmty years to the cable company of 

 Copenhagen, which lias und. -rtakm t, . lay a cable 



land by way of 



life Isle*, The Danish Government abo has 

 promi-4-d financial I 



M|S\N|||;X IN lH7. The year has not been 

 r gn-at or ^<rw helm ing rt least in. 



taoajfe ,.,....._.. 



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from the <lail> N. York papers, modified and cor- 

 rected where possible by eonparison wtih other 

 sources of information. The statlsties of railroad 

 aoddents are from the M Uailwav (taaette," and are 

 more complete ami t 

 tooUMrae3denta,ai 



cialty of collecting and verifying such stall 

 recant to fires ar. from -Th- 

 Journal of l-ommerc* and Commercial BuUe- 

 ;roUI>h - thesabjert in 



i. I -..i >-.,!.. 



January ! Trams in collision at SeaaBtcUdy. 



3. - ,-Tval riolence in Arkansas. IxmiaW 



ana. Teias. Missouri, and Oklohama. men and ani- 

 mals perish and much pro|<ert v is destroyed. Train 



Haven. Uoc. ' 

 4 i ^isaippi rises to the.: 



x Italy. Mbi 

 ings wrecked in thr t>n of Manna. 



ra Alia. W4 Va, 2 



kill.- ^earner Belgique sinks off tne 



coast of Brittany, many lives lost. 



15. A severe ston^ofsoow and rain ridtssoeUH 

 era California, "here now is very unusual. 



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