Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-12-13

Six million dollars is mentioned as the
price which the state may pay in case It
Is to purchase the iron mines in Norrland.
Archbishop Ekman recently preached In
the Luther church In Berlin to about 500
S~candinavians. He also visited the Scan
dinavian branch Of the Berlin Y. M. c. A..
The Lokalanzeiger contained his picture
n biography.
The name of the new Russian battleship
built by the Cramps-Retvizan-looks
rather un-Russian, not to say Swedish.
The mann has an interesting history.
Many years ago Russia captured a Swed-
ish warship called Rattvisan (Justice).
A new ship was named after 1t. and when
the latter was wrecked the one just COM
pleted by the Cramps was ordered in its
place. 1t will be noticed that the name
has been slightly changed during these
vicissitudes.
The AVE department has requested a
number of Swedish shipbuilders to make
bids for the construction of several new
torpedo boats.
The launching of the gunboat Taper
heten (valor) at Kockum's shipyard. NAL
mo, was attended by the crown prince,
and the lumber Of spectators was at
least 10 600. There was no smashing of
champagne bottles. Mrs. Palander of
Vega pressed a button, starting the YES
sci from the ways. and she said in so
many words that the name Of it would. be
T~appenheten.
l.. O. Smith, a we'll balanced business
man who has seen a great part of the
civilized world, says that In his opinion
Sweden has a press the equal of which
Is not found in any other country"
Erik Svard, of Slagsamon, Undersaker,
Jemtland, though "a years old, served SO
vigorously in putting out the Jemtland
timber fires last summer that the gov
eminent. in addition to regular ages
has granted him a small bounty. Mr..
Svard ever performed work from which
younger men shrank in dtsmay.
The Nobel prize for the best effort made
to cure human disease will not go to any
single man, but 1t may be equally d.
vided between DIR. Behring. the inventor
of anti-toxin, and DIR. Finsen, the In
ventor of the red-light chamber for the
treatment Of skin diseases.
Three feet of snow fell at Storlien, Nov.
L. Storlien is located on the, ,Kjoler
mountains where they are crossed by the
railway running from Sundsvall to
~Trondhjem.
Col. Kindberg, who has been studying
the South African campaign. recommends
that the army Of Sweden be better sup.
piled than at present with able railway
engineers.
1t Is proposed to raise a monument to
King Magnus Birgerson at Jonkoping
This king. who died in 1890. was nick.
named Ladulas (Barnlock). because he
successfully protected the farmers Of his
dominion.
The friends Of ex-Premier Rostron
have commenced to raise money for g
souvenior medal in his honor. The badges
are to be made Of aluminium and silver
and the prices will range from $3.50 tt
$500. Possibly a few may be made o.
gold.
The stenbock equestrian statue in Hels
ingborg will be officially unveiled Dec. 8
and since 1t was put in Its place 1t ha!
been carefully concealed from public view
by anvas But during a storm the can
vas was partly torn away, and q prema
ture glimpse of it was given to the pub
lie.
Olof Montague, OF Stockholm, has in
vented a life-saving pontoon which ma!
easily be detached from a sinking vesse
n used by the people on board.
Prince Carl Is taking the Kne,pp COLI
water cure at N~orrkoping.
Laborers are a drug on the market II
north Jemtland. A year ago the wages
We're from IS cents to 81 a day, but nov
there are crowds of men who cannot ge
work at As to IS cents a day.
In the evening of November ID a snow
storm brought all the street cars o
Stockholm to a standstil for severa
hours. On the southwest coast a railwa!
train was stuck In a snowdrift for threy
hours. In the southeast the downfall
came in the form of rain. The damag
done by the storm at sea was heavy.
Archbishop Ekman has promised t
send a Swedish pastor to the Scandinavia
an congregation in Berlin, which has leo
members.
On certain conditions. the city council
Of Sundsvall has resolved to subscrib
$1O0, 900 towards the building Of the sEas
Coast Railway.
The traffic at the state railway depot Il
Stockholm is constantly expanding, an
the buildings of the administration nov
cover practically a whole block.
Millions upon millions of logs have beef
hung up along Dalelfven (river) on &C
count Of low water.
In the neighborhood Of Finspong
stray ram which had become PRACTICAL!
wild in the course Of the summer, los
one OF his eyes In a painful way. TIL
rams horns were greatly curved. and tn
point OF one of them grew straight int
the eye-socket, gradually crushing an,
pressing out the eye-ball. The point o
the other horn had grown an inch int,
the head just below the eye.
~
In Vexio.
The Shah of Persia has awarded a gol,
medal to J. L. Akerblom, the head of tn
custom-house service at Gothenborg.