Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-18
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN The FATHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In. the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
OF So just Fast.
NORWAY.

or So just Past.
NORWAY.
The Scandinavian life insurance
committee has closed an executive ses-
sion at K~ristiania. The committee
agreed to propose identical insurance
laws for the Scandinavian countries.
A gentleman calling himself Johan
Halvorsen of Kristiania advertised
cheap liquors of various kinds just be-
fore Christmas in dry" towns. There
was a most encouraging rush of or
ders, but the liquors never turned up.
and the whereabouts of Johan Halvor-
sen is wholly unknown.
Nordmore experienced the finest au-
tumn weather within the memory of
the Oldest i%nhabitant. AS late as No
vember it was almost as warm as in
August, and a great deal of new
ground was broken and added to the
FARMS.
Bergen has II, 1865 Inhabitants.
The new year found the total public
debt of Norway to be $62, $40, 600.
The population of Kristiania is de-
creasing, being 1926, 729, against 1926, 423
on Jan. l, 1900. Emigration is partly
responsible for this, 1871 persons
having emigrated from Norway dur
ing 1900.
W.. w. Thomas, the United States
minister, with his wife, is staying at
Voxenkollen, a sanitarium near Kris
tiania.
The appointment of Liljedahl, a poll
tician for the sake of politics, to the
postmastership at Bergen has out
ragged public sentiment, and leading
men of both parties are vieing with
each other in denouncing the cabinet.
Jonas Lie has written another book.
It is called "Wulfie & Co.." but it
might have been called conscience in
Business Matters" Wulf Wulffe is
the first man of the city, a rich, enter
prising, generous business man. When
his son discovers that he has become
rich by means of specializing in for
eign distilleries furnishing laddevin-
| a strong, highly injurious liquor inn
ported to Norway in large quantities
the son is overwhelmed by shame
and indignation and leaves home to
try his luck in a more decent way. At
first the old man only laughs at his
son and looks upon him as unfit for
business. But gradually the old nan
finds that his wife and daughters side
with his son. For days and nights his
mind is brooding over the matter, his
business career fills him with horror.
and in the agony of remorse the gloom
of insanity settles upon the man who
once seemed strong enough to stand
any adversely.
The national government is not in
favor of establishing a government
printing office.
The late Konrad Larsen. a Bergen
merchant, bequeathed $50, 900 to chari-
table institutions and private parties.
The city council of Trondhjem has
resolved, by a vote of 9 to Z. to locate
a new national institute of technology
at Gloshaugen.
Kristiansand has Ia, $3.50 inhabitants,
against IL, s13 in 1890.
Capt. Torkild has a strong article in
the Norwegian papers, urging mem.
bers of all parties in the storthing to
pass a law compelling the king TO live
six months yearly in Norway.
Risor and Aalesund, which have had
no saloons for five years. have decided
to remain dry" another period of five
years.
The municipality of Kristiania is in
a position to hire every man who is
willing to work on the stone pile for
minimum wages.
The budget of expenses of Stavanger
is estimated at $3.50. 900 for the current
year. This is an increase of $50, 900 in
one year.
The Kristiania mission for poor and
helpless people has bought the Eike-
berg property at Drobak and proposes
to build a children's home there.
The car ferry running between
Malmo and Copenhagen became un.
manageable as it was about to leave
Malmo harbor in a storm, striking a
steamer and a wooden wharf and do.
ing considerable damage.
The government has estimated that
the total receipts of the national
treasury for the year 1902 will be $780,.
657, $50. This is about $3.50, 900 in ex-
cess of the estimate for the year 1901.
The late Samuel Enander. of Stock
holm, b~equeathed his estate, which is
worth about s4oo, 900, to ten different
charitable institutions in equal
amounts.
/; Count Lave Beck-Friis has served as
ambassador from Sweden and Norway
to Denmark for thirty years, and he
celebrated his thirty years jubilee
Dec. l6.
So many great temperance gather
ings will take place in Stockhalm in
1902 that many local organizations
have begun to save money to enable
their members to visit the capital at
that time.
Dec. Is was the fftieth anniversary
of the appointment of Premier Won OF.
ter as an officer in the navy. Many
prominent public men paid him their
respects during the day, and the king
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