Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-10
Bjornson attended the st. Olaf festi-
val in Trondhlem July 90.

Bjornson attended the st. Olaf festi-
val in Trondh1em July 90.
A Norwegian squadron Of three war
ships met Kaiser Wllhelm's pleasure
yacht at Bergen, and each Of them
tired q salute Of 81 guns. Admiral Won
Krogh visited the kaiser on board the
Hohenzollern, and the latter returned
the compliment on board the Harald
Haarfagre.
The destruction of a part of sande-
ford by fire attracted idle working
men in large numbers. Only q part Of
them found employment on new build
ings, and many of the rest are trying
to behave as though they were at
Dawson or at Nome.
The Norwegian Students Christian
association is raising money for q stu--ee
dents home somewhere near the uni-
versity building. It will require tens
Of thousands of dollars to buy a site
and erect a building like the one con-
templated.
The farmers of Hedemarken have
forwarded q communication to the city
government of Kristiania, Suggesting
the establishment Of large public
warehouses for keeping and retailing
farm products, thus avoiding an army
of middle-men.
A fish dealer in st. Petersburg is ne
gotiating for the purchase of large
tracts of land at Haugesund. /.
Reports have been received from
Captain Borchgrevink, who headed an
expedition to the Antarctic regions,
his vessel being the Southern Cross
Ice was first encountered on Dec. 80,
1898, and two weeks later land was
first sighted. It proved to be Balleney
island, but near approach was impossi-
BILE owing to the ice. For two weeks
the vessel was hemmed in the pack.
and preparations for . sledge journey
to Victoria were being perfected when
the pressure slackened a little. The:
Southern Cross had been hemmed in
for 4S days, and on the night of Feb.
IL, dropped anchor in Robertson's bay
Stores were landed at South Victoria
Land. On the 23d of Janury a severe,
southwest gale occurred. 1t. lasted 4e.
hours, and two anchors were lost. But.
for the heroic work of the men the:
vessel would have been lost. On March
1 the union jack was hoisted on Vic
toria Land, and on March 9 the South
ern Cross, commanded by Captain Jen-
sen, sailed for New Zealand, leaving
Borchgrevink and a party of ten at
the settlement of Cape Adare, 2,5O0,
miles south of Australia. The party
remained in the vicinity of Adare for
some months, experiencing great hard
ships and suffering intensely from the
extreme cold. On June. 26 an attempt
was made to reach the coastland to the
west OF Robertson's bay, where the
camp was pitched, with the thermom-
eter registering 40 degrees below zero
An island was discovered and named
Duke of York island. On this Journey
the owest temperature registered was.
experienced-52 degrees below zero.
Subsequently expeditions from Rob-
ertson's bay were dispatched during
August and September, with the re-
suit that valuable collections were
made. The land toward the south.
west of York island, in the Admiralty
range, was visited and named Geikie
island, owing to it's geological inter
est. Duke of York island itself was.
found to be cut through from east to.
west by broad, deep quartz reefs. ssIt.
may here suffice to say" Remarked Mr.,
Borchgrevink, that minerals of great
value occur in this vicinity, and that
undoubtedly, in time to come, science1
will receive that support from com-
merce which the progress of civiliza-
ton justifies, and that the future Ant
arctic exploration will never be in
want of financial support Officially.
I took possession of Duke of York
island for Sir George Newna GeiR1es
island is also rich in minerals" ]
No tobacco shall be sold to miaorsin
Fredrikstad after Jan. 1, 1903.