Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-10-05
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the,
Ocean.
IN THE FATHERLAND.

Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Withina Week
or So Just Past.
NORWAY.
The potato vines were destroyed by
frost in the vicinity of Arendal as early
as Sept. g.. @
Verdens Gang proposed Wollert Ko-
now for the position Of premier three
years ago, but SteenNwas the choice of
the majority Of the Leftists. Now the
paper again trots out its favorite cam
didate.
Molmotidningen, a liberal Swedish
daily, makes the following comment
on the Norwegian elections: 1.-The re-
suit of the elections in Kristiania has
been received with great rejoicing in
Sweden, by the conservative and the
liberal press alike. The Rightists
have recovered the capital city, that
capital city which up to 1894 was the
stronghold of the Rightists, but which
at that time was captured by the Left
lists. The result in K%ristiania is the
more remarkable because this was the
first election held under the general
suffrage law, and the great mass of la
borers might have been expected to
support the Leftists. OF a total of 49,
600 voters, only about 25,O 0 took part
IN the elections, and this explains the
result to some extent. The real ex.
PLANTATION, however, may be found in
the fact that the Leftists had put MP
all the members of the cabinet as can
didates for members of the storthing,
but that Kristiania did not want to
support the cabiket by electing its
members to Offices. For aside from
all political questions, Kristiauia is
very hostile to the Steen cabinet,
which has transferred the headquar-
tiers Of the fisheries department. to
Bergen and located the high school of
technology at T%rondhjem, which acts
have profoundly wounded the pride of
Kristiania as the country's capital city
and main center of culture. To this
must be added that Verdens Gang, the
Leftist organ and the most powerful
PNHSA oAS Souuo4yS wi q yCdA pdSU
has been attacking the present Left
lists and Leftist cabinet. The elections
in Kristiania, however, do not present
any great cause for rejoicing. The
four votes which the Rightists thus
gain in the storthing will exert no in
huence whatever upon the result as a
whole, the Rightists having suffered a
crushing defeat throughout the rest
of the country. Still, the Steen min
istry may take the elections in Kris.
tiania as a vote of censure-which it
certainly is-and resign, But even in
that case the Leftists would have the
privilege of installing a new cabinet,
and Mr.. Hagerup, the able and ener-
getic leader of the Rightists, would
have to wait some time before moving
into the government building" The
above is quoted on recount of it's cor
rectness.
King Oscar has authorized the min
lister of foreign affairs ia call a meet
ing of the international biological and
Photographed committee at Kristi-
ania. Oct. Is. The governments of
England, Denmark, Holland, Russia
and Germany will be represented.
The reports of the public schools Of
Kristiania for the year 1899 are out.
At the close of that year there were II
public schools in the city, and the
whole number of classes was 742. One
school, that of Grunnerlokken, had IS
classes. The enrolment vas "a, 1854 in
April, 1899, or about SO per class on the
average. There were about 81, 600
children of school age, or IA per cent
of the population. The other schools
had an aggregate attendance of 6, 465,
and IA children attended no school.
About 79 per ent of the children at
tended the public schools, and the
others attended the different private
schools. In II cases parents or guar
dians were fined from so cents to So. Is
for not sending their children to school
Two hundred and nineteen public
school pupils were reported to the po-
lice, which is the smallest number for
any year since 1895. Nineteen chill
dren were punished. FIVE of them being
whipped and fourteen put in Jail.
Seventy-two boys were sent to the re-
form school at Barum.
sCIOCAS 0dASs ~ ) SCIt0AA VAot OC-
fore we have another election lin 1909
a liberal and national party will be or
gained. This party will have adein-
lite and clear-cut platform, and it will
not be backed by the poorest names of
the Leftist party. This party will APP
peal to the Norwegian democracy and
will not split up the people INTO an
~tagonistic classes.
Sogn has exported five tons of to-
bacco leaves to Bergen, where the
whole consignment was sold for 81, l6O.
Wild berries. are very abundant in
southern Sweden this season.
A company has been organized at
Lulea for the purpose of operating
copper mines at Koskull Hills. The
ore is to be smelted at the Lima river.
a short distance from the mines The
capital stock shall be somewhere be-
tween 1885. 900 and $500, DOC!
The crown princess, riding on horse
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