Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-10-12

A number Of Swedish and Danish
capitalists are ready to invest large
sums OF money in q new and highly
elegant summer resort on the north
shore of the famous island of Tween.
The projectors a to shut out all
Sunday visitors. and all kinds of music
will be banished as a source of dis
turbance to people who desire perfect
rest. Even the cooking and prepara-
ton Of the food is to be done in a sep
arate building. But the projectors
of the plan think they must have q
bar at the resort, and If the govern
ment of Malmohus Ian does not grant
a license to sell liquor the whole pro-
ject may be abandoned.
The government ordered only 2e4. 600
tons of coal last winter for the state
railways, because the prices were con-
sidered abnormally high. This guam
tity was way below the CONSUMPTION,
however, and now the government
will have to buy over 70. 600 tons at q
still higher price.
The death of S. A. Hedlund deprived
G%othenburg, and Sweden for that mat
ter, of a good and very useful citizen.
Mr.. Hedlund was born in 1921, and
since 1S4S he vas prominently before
the public as journalist, reformer,
member of the riksdag and alderman
of ~Gothenburg. For nearly half a
century he was editor-in-chief of Cote
borg Handles och Sjofartstidning.
The sea pilots of Sweden may point
to a proud record for the year 1899.
The number of craft piloted by them
was 1862. In 4S cases the vessel was
grounded while the pilot was on
board. But in 81 out of the 4s cases
the captain of vessel declared that the
pilot was not responsible for the acci-
dent. Legal Investigations have
proved that in II other cases no blame
attached to the pilot. Eight cases are
still pending. Thus it will be seen
that courts-martial have found the
pilot guilty in only two cases. In
other words, the pilots, in serving on
%, S26 vessels, We're criminally respon-
sible for only one grounding. This
record indicates a high degree of eff
fciency and consciousness.
A selection of mushrooms was ex-
hibited in connection with a horticul-
tural fair in Malmo.. The culture of
mushrooms is receiving more attention
than ever before in Southern Sweden.
The military band Of the Skane HUI
Ear regiment, which is giving concerts
in Leipsig, Germany, recently made a
visit to the Lutzen battlefield. The
center Of attraction vas of course der
Schwedenstein (the Swedish stone),
which is supposed to mark the spot
where King Gustaf Adolf fell Nov. 8,
1882, in the midst of the Thirty-Ye ear
war Several numbers were played at
the stone, and the band joined the di-
rector in shouting nine hurrahs in
honor of the memory of the famous
Swedish ruler.
Rev. N. Soderbom, pastor of the
Swedish congregation in Paris, has
been granted permission by the theo-
logical faculty of Sarbonne to write
and publish a thesis with a view to
having the faculty confer the degree
of doctor of divinity upon him. II
this program is carried through, Rev.
Soderbom will be the first foreigner
receiving that degree without having
studied at a French university.
The crown had good luck while
hunting in the forests at Borringe,
Hackeberga and Skabersjo.
Twenty-Five girls attended the sum
mer course at the Fridhem Peoples
high school.
The clergy of Norrland are strongly
in favor of the establishment of a new
diocese in that section of the country.
The new sa~nitarium for consump.
tives at Osterasen will be formally
dedicated May Is, 1901, on which occa.
sion the king and queen expect to be
present.
Maria Svensdotter, a widow resid.
ing at Nashult, died at the age Of 9e
years, 9 months and % days. Sick
ness had been almost unknown to hel
during her long life, and her quiet and
silent death was preceded by an ill
ness of only nine hours.
FINLAND.