Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-27

King Oscar extended his thank to the
fire department Of Stockholm for the
skill with which the recent fire in the
Separator factory was fought.
The performances given by Swedish
gymnasts at the Paris Worlds Fair made
such a profound impression upon the
military authorities Of France that the
minister Of war has appointed a commit
tee to make Investigations and report as
to the a~dvisability Of Introducing he
Swedish gymnastic system in the French
army.
NORWAY.
A religious convention Of the clergy and
many laymen Of the diocese Of Kristiania
plainly revealed the fact that the belief
In the literal inspiration Of the Bible Is
losing ground at a rapid rate among the
leading minds of the state church Of Nor
way. Rev. Gronland went so far as to
propose that the, renunciation Of 1.-THE
devil m all his deeds be wholly cut
out Of the pledge given by young people
when they are confirmed. Indeed, the old
school fought thesliberal tendencies .advo-
Gated at the convention. But these ten
denotes were backed by two theological
professors n many leading ministers.
Rev Christofer Bruun proposed to d.
vorce the church from the state.
The snow was over three feet deep
around Trondhjem, November Is, and the
road was b~lockaded between the city and
F,jeldsater sanitarium.
TIL newspapers are urging the people
to support 1.-THE Red Cross Society on
the ground that the work Of this organ
~~ization, will. be highly needed in case Of
war.
"A oohla lokoS r. D.s-As.-a- ~
states that J. Pierpont Morgan, of New
York, is buying iron mines in Salten,
Nordland. IN American syndicate is
making extensive preparations for oper-
ating iron mines in the Cumberland val
ley, part Of the plant being a railroad to
the sea. Thomas Edison is largely inter-
ested in this syndicate. The cable does
not state whether Morgan has bought
stock in this syndicate or has bought
mines somewhere else.
The royal family will return to Sweden
from Kristiania in the first part of Janu-
airy.
Ov~er-suspicious newspaper men have
limited that the Russian saw flers' are
Swedish spies.
Very many laborers are idle this winter
In Trondhjem. The city engineer has
been instructed to begin work on public
improvements of different Kinds. It is
also proposed to build a new church at a
cost Of $685. 900.
The department Of war las placed an
order for 5000 iron beds with Hammer &
Co., Of Malmo.
Prof. Otto N~ordenskjold has been ap-
pointed corresponding secretary Of the
Royal Geographical Society of Belgium.
The bureau of Notifications has pre-
pared plans for a fortress and battery on
the east side of Visby, Gotland. The cost
Of the proposed fortress is put at $50, 600.
Mr.. Hegel. a Kristiania publisher, re-
Quested Bjornson for an autobiography,
The poet sent the following answer: IT
was born in 1882, have been killed In
Kristiania several times, the last time
in November. 1901. but not sufficiently"
A special committee appointed to re-
port on the proposed revision Of the tariff
laws has handed In Its report and a bill
for the work done, amounting to almost
$4,000.
The tables seem to be turned upon
Bjornson. The children Of the late Pre-
mier Johan Sverdrup lave published
documents in which 1t Is claimed that
Bjornson, and not the Vaccinations and
treachery Of ~Sverdrup, was the cause Of
the suicide of Richter. a member of
Sverdrup's cabinet.
Farsund will be minus saloons (samlag)
another fve-year period. There were $50
votes in the town, and a majority Of all
of these would ave to vote In favor of
the saloon in order to r~e-establish 1t.
But as only 22 votes were cast in all,
the liquor company will have to wait five
years for the next nance.
NJ r7.IA---s -.
Trondhjem, AVE been heating the fur
mace with peat instead of coke. and the
experiment has been very satisfactory.
The peat burned well. and it costs less
than coke.
The singing societies Of Drammen have
appointed a committee of twelve to re-
port on a proposition to hold a singing
festival for southern Norway next sum
mer.
Over 5000 public school teachers have
memorialized the storthing to pass the
bill prepared by the government for
pensions to s~uperannuated teachers.
Rev. Olaf Holm, in q public lecture at
Kristiania, expressed as his opinion that
Bjornson may yet return to the church
and embrace the Christian faith, in
which case he will ''give the church
hymns of faith, of rejoicing and victory"
The members Of the storthing were
about equally divided on q bill providing
hat the two compositions required at
the final examinations at the state nor
NAL schools may be written either in
Norwegian-Danish or in pure Norwegian.
The bill was passed by a vote of As to 40.
The majority were in favor Of compelling
the graduates to write at least one COM
position in Danish-Norwegian. The re-
suit was a victory for the language puri-
fers (maalstravere).
Theodor Caspari has written a poem in
n which the ski sport is glorifed as in no
! other poem. Indeed, a noted critic calls
!, it 1.-THE ski ballad" The only thing that
IL still lacking u Q suitable tune foe ~