Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-10-19

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in Kristiania, has been connected with
the public schools of that city for so
years, and his semi-centennial jubilee
was fttingly celebrated by his friends.
The board of aldermen of Kristiania
has proposed an appropriation of S2s,-
600 for a crematory at Lille Jojen.
The late ]. H. Gaaso, a ship owner
at Tonsberg, ~bequeathed $40, 900 to
destitute seamen and their relatives.
Thorvald S%letten. a young man, was
found guilty of deliberately shooting
and killing his stepmother. But the
evidence was wholly circumstantial,
and 100 of Sletten's, friends declared
most emphatically that they had al
ways found him to be a kind-hearted
boy. Bjornson followed the trial
closely and came to the conclusion
that the young man is innocent. AL
though quite sick, he dictated a long
letter to Verdens Gang, imploring the
authorities for a new trial. On the
back of the letter he wrote in pencil:
my Dear Thommessen, this l have
dictated piecemeal during ceaseless
fights with Karoline and the physi-
Clans The gentle boy and his gentle
comrades gave me rest neither night
nor day. May some M help me-"
This gives a true picture of Bjornson.
No wonder such a man is loved like
no other Norwegian, living or dead.
And his power over the minds of
his countrymen Is so great that 1T
would be strange indeed if Thorvald
Slettin were not given a second trial.
A powerful faction within the Left
list party demands the sweeping away
of the Steen cabinet, and as suitable
timber for a new premier are men
toned Konow, Arctander and c.. Ber-
ner.
Consul Persons iron mines at Mo
nave been leased for nine months to
the Edison Ore Mining company of
London. Numerous borings and tests
have been made, and if the ore con-
tains an average of 65 per cen iron
the company will make preparations
for mining about 5000 con- of ore a
day. The Renfosscn furnishes abund-
ant waterpower. The eventual price
asked for the property is not known.
Arne Garborg, a gifted champion of
language reform, has stirred up a
quantity of bad blood by claiming that
those who used the Norwegian dialect
are the true, pure, genuine. dyed-in-
the wool Norwegians, while those
using Danish-Norwegian are wholly
or partly imported goods.
The steamship companies charge 80
per cent more for carrying eggs from
the west coast of Norway to Kristiania
than the charges paid from Denmark
and Germany to Kristiania.
In the village of G~ossensass, Tyrol, a
public square has been called "Ibsen
Place"
A new public bath at Sagene, Kristi-
ania, is highly appreciated by the
common people, the number of Gus
toners for the month of August being
over 5000. The charges are very rea-
sonable, "a cents per bath.
A syndicate at Brcvig has purchased
five steamers and proposes to carry on
trawl fishing on a large scale. The
capital invested is $50, 900.
About 1900 families are living in un-
derground rooms in Krlstiania.
The house rent is higher in Kristi-
ania than in any other large European
cities.
Ex-Premier Hagerup was elected
member of the storthing from Kristi-
ania.
About 900 stonccutters at Idefjord
returned to work on the terms of the
employers after a nine weeks strike.
A numbe of students in Rome have
wired Il message of thanks to the
kristiania students for honoring the
Duke of Abruzzi by a torchlight pro-
cession.
Emil Opfer of Nyborg is a boy who
knows how to keep his name before
i. the public A few weeks ago he
jumped into the sea from a new ferry
in the Big Belt to test the capacity Of
the life saving apparatus, as we'll as
the skill of the men who handled
them. He vas picked up and cheer
fully paid a fine Of SIT. Now he has
sold his newspaper for $12, 600. For
part of this money he proposes to buy
a Chinese junk, man it exclusively
with Chinamen, make a pleasure trip
CH1ouSh tDo SOuCleEH OC0dn, dlOng
South America and Africa, and finally
return to Nyborg. He expects to cover
his expenses by writing correspond
ence for some of the great dailies.
The National theater of Kristiania,
Norway, devoted a whole evening to
the honor of Holger Drachmann, who
himself was present. He had written
a poem dwelling largely upon the
mutual good feeling existing between
Denmark and Norway. Wilhelm Krag
had written a poem in which he
thanked "the king of singers" for the
joy which he had bestowed upon his
Norwegian readers. Verdens Gang
calls Drachmann "the great lyric of
our times, who stands alone in the
world. But above all, and in a direct
sense, he is alone in his own country,
which he continually chastises with
) the poets thunderbolt and the
prophets denunciation, but to which
he also sends his most intense love.
} songs. And we are happy in knowing
, that he repeatedly and at short inter.
walls visits Norway, that he does not
feel as though he were an exile among