Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-09-28
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
IN The FA1HERLlSD.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries. About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
FINLAND.

a-s-E fs-E A
The struggle Of the Finlanders
against national annihilatian is truly
pathetic, If they can do nothing else,
they are bound to show their mourn
ing in q way which must be unpleas-
ant to their oppressors. On the 18th
Of August the Finlanders lost their
right to u Finnish stamps on items
mailed to foreign countries. Immedi-
ately they began to express their si-
lent protest by placing besides the
Russian stamps on the letters a black
stamp. In the center Of this black
stamp the arms of Finland were print
ed in red. This was prohibited by a
telegram from the minister of the in
terror. But sorrow, like love, is in
genious. On q letter from Finland to
Alingas, Sweden, the Finnish stamp
of mourning was placed by the side of
the Official Russian stamp, but on the
inside of the envelope, which was
transparent. 70 that the stamp could
be plainly seen through it. What are
the Russians going to do about this
demonstration" Will they violate
the sanctity of the mails by opening
the letters? Or. will they prohibit the
use of transparent envelopes in Fin
land?
The publication of the Hango news
paper has been suspended for q period
Of two months
A so-called Finnish" committee has
already formulated a proposition for
the classification of the Finnish cadet
corps. One of the main points of the
proposition provides that Russian
shall be used in teaching all branches
except instruction in Finnish. The
opinion of the committee expresses the
hope that the result of the Russifca-
ton of the corps will be the introduc-
ton of Russian into the homes of Fin
land as the everyday language, sin
order that it may be easier for the
boys to enter the institution"
DENMARK.
The United Steamship company may
have to drop Mr.. Brandt, it's present
manager, On account of his unpopu.
larity. This is an expensive affair.
Six years remain of the period for
which he was hired, at a salary Of al
most $1,000 a year, and if he is dis.
charged he is entitled to about $40, OOO
in one lump. In past years he has also
made a handsome commission in adj
dition to his fixed salary, and he may
possibly demand something to make
up for this loss during the next six
years. Lieutenant Setback is men
toned as his successor. Mr.. Setback
has a wide experience as a business
man and has the goodwill of thoee
with whom he has had business con
nections.
A case of smallpox has been detected
at Orslev Krohus. near Vordingborg.
The pest was carried there by a Rus.
sian dairyman.
The Copenhagen Press association
recently took a geological" dinner al
the geological gardens. The Dime,
was opened with a shooting match,
the prizes being birds and animals,
One course consisted of turtle and tur.
tie soup. The animal which went into
this weighed 200 pounds and was pub.
licly exhibited before it was butchered
and cooked. The next course was
goldfish. with made Of cream
and ~horseradish, and among other It'd
bits may be mentioned smoked bears
ham with vegetables, young zebu and
Norwegian whortleberries. The wines
served were all of the rarest brands.
Coffee was finally served at a great
camp fire in the geological gardens.
Mr.. Jurgens, the mayor of Rungsted,
is blamed by the newspapers of his
town for being too humane towards
people who r arrested, In one case
he gave a krone to each of two tramps
who had been arrested but again re.
leased because they were not guilty OF
the crime for which they had been ap.
pretended.
A number Of Polanders who were
working on q farm at Knabstrup ate
t%oadstools by mistake, and several Of
them died.
SWEDEN.
A brother Of Andree, the Arctic al,
navigator. has come to the conclusion
thai all the buoys found up to date
originally contained messages, and
that these were lost before the buoys
were picked up. The one found nea,
the northwest COST of Norway is sup
posed to have been carried south by
the Greenland current, then east,
around Iceland. and finally in a north.
easterly direction by the Gulf stream
to the coast of Norway.
The official almanac for 1901 is ready