Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-12-07

Lieutenant Colonel c. H.. II. jung
stedt has been appointed president of
the military academy.
The cold water u company of
Nybro has failed.
Prof. Nathofst has offered a reward
Of $1S5 for each of the remaining ten
buoys taken by the Andree expedition.
He is also taking steps to fit out an ex-
petition to search the ice and coast
for wreckage of the balloon, also to
search the southwest coast of Green
land for the same purpose, rs he con-
siders this the only ann by which
the fate of Prof. Andree can be cleared
up.
Russian authorities have made spe-
cial efforts to induce Swedes to estab-
lish telephone systems in the largest
cities of Russia, the concessions Of
fered being absolute m%onopolies. for a
period of 1s years. The precedence
given to Sweden is due to the fact that
said country has a highly developed
telephone system. Two Swedish COM
panles have been organized for the
purpose of accepting the offer.
Two newspapers will be started in
Stockholm about the first of the year.
One. of them is to be controlled by
Count Hallwyl and other noted per-
sons. The other paper is to be a really
progressive metropolitan newspaper,
fully equal to the leading papers of
the country, but more friendly to the
popular movements of our day. tits
claimed this paper will be a consistent
champion of total abstinence.
About two dozen Swedish firms that
ordered raisins from Denia, Spain,
either received inferior goo DIS or moth
ing at all, and inquiries in Spain
brought out the fact that most of the
Denia firms with which the Swedes
had been dealing were unreliable, or
even disreputable concerns.
A beautiful wreath made chiefly of
lilies of the valley and blue and yell
low ribbons was sent by King Oscar
to the funeral of Max Muller, the
great linguist.
G. Richson, a naval engineer, will
make a trip to the United States to
study the Holland submarine boat.
NORWAY.
A monument to Tordenskjold, the
great naval hero, will be unveiled in
Kristiania May II next.
The Society for the Advancement of
Popular Education will be formally
dissolved Jan. 1, 1901. F~olkeyennen,
the magazine published by the society,
will be discontinued at the same time.
The municipal taxes of Kristiania
are paid in two installments. Now it
is proposed to divide up the taxes into
-four installments.
Numerous tests have shown that the
milk of cows while they are grazing
in the mountain pastures contains an
average of 3.8 per CEN fat. There is a
striking difference between morning
and evening milk, the former contain
ing a., the latter 3.4 per cent of fat.
There is a general clamor in favor
of making the order of St. Olaf SUI
perior to all Swedish decorations as
far as Norway and Norwegians are
concerned.
:. The Krag-Jorgensen rifle manufac-
turing company has decided to manu-
facture so many rifles that 80, 900 can
be kept on hand all the time. The
company had a prosperous year.
The price of coal being abnormally
high, air-dried peat has been used as
fuel in Aalgaard's wooden mills IN ia
deren. The saving effected by the
change amounts to SO per GENT. The
proprietors have bought peat boys
which will c11rr1r tho will, nth f,,o1
for generations to come.
Kristiania imported 100000 ions of
coal and 1000 tons of coke during the
week ending Nov. 8.
The General Insurance company of
K~ristiania has sustained so many
losses of late that $675, 900 invested in
real estate must be collected. A six
months warning has been issued to
the debtors, but ven then many of
them will find it difficult to raise the
money in time. The announcement
of this information has had a depress-
ing influence upon the market.
The government will propose an ar
preparation of $50, 900 for a site for a
new military academy in Kristiania.
Bjornson's drama, "Over Evne," is
having a great run in several German
theaters.
In spite Of the fact that thousands
of men are idle in Kristiania, the
bricklayers are on a strike. The EN-
,ployers offered 1917 cents an hour, but
the employees want IA cents. From
800 to 700 men will be affected by the
strike.
The liberal journalists held a ma.
tional convention in K%ristiania. The
attendance was about 80. They
adopted a resolution, expressing a de.
sire to reform the photography Of the
Norwegian language SO as to make it
agree with the pronunciation which
is in vogue at the present time.
The municipality of Stavanger has
voted $40, 900 for a new packing house
in Kjerringholmen. The products Of
the establishment will be prepared TO,
the export trade,
The copper ore recently mined in
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