Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-06-21

The electric railway system Of Trond-
hjem will be ready for public traffic by
October LIST. The start will be made with
10-cars.
A fishing smack from Tromso operated
seven weeks in the open sea, and its sue
cess was so great that the crew made
almost 500 apiece in that time.
A new peoples high school will be. es-
tablished at Hadsel, Nordland. A young
man named Arctander will be at the head
of 1t.
H. G.. Mathiesen. Linderud, has started
an aid fund Of $1,000 for the benefit Of
poor boys of East Aker, Kristiania.
Kaiser Wilhelm is authority for the
statement that Ter "a salt water fish liv-
ing at a depth of 400 feet), is the most
toothsome fish in the world.
The Ole Bull statue unveiled May 18th
at Bergen cost $4,000. The contributions
exceed SIG, 600. and a number Of paintings
still remain unsold.
The storthing has passed stringent laws
against foreign criminals and tramps, and
all travellers and foreigners viii have to
register their names when they stop at q
new place.
Petitions to the storthing for woman's
suffrage nave been signed by 1858 wo-
men.
h city council of Kristiania has raised.
the salaries of the public school teachers
In the city.
There is a spruce forest at GO o. north,
the northernmost point in the world at
which this tree is growing wild.
Mrs. Ole Bull has taken Ole Bulls vio-
lin with her to Bergen to donate it to
the museum of that city. 1t will be
placed in a glass Ease and will be used for
playing no more. Mrs. Bull is a daughter
of Senator Thorpe. Of Eau Claire, Wis.
Royalty finally honors the Seventeenth
of May. The T~ordenskjold monument at
Kristiania was unveiled with great eclat
the Seventeenth of May. At one o'clock
all reserved seats were occupied by men,
bers Of the cabinet, the storthing and the
city council. foreign consuls and a great
many officers of the army. Cadets were
on guard around the monument. At one
o'clock sharp the crown prince arrived
from the palace amidst the vociferous
cheers of the crowd. A cantata composed
for the occasion by Johan Selmer was
struck up, and Admiral Borresen made
an address on Tordenskjold. The crown
prince, using the following language, or
dered the curtain to be dropped: "Now
let the covering fall from the statue of
one of the noblest sons of our country,
Tordenskjold, the naval hero" Amidst
salutes from the citadel and the harbor,
the curtain dropped. and the people filled
the air with rejoicing. The crown prince
handed the decoration of he Order of
Saint Olaf to Ender, the painter and
sculptor who mad the statue. In the
evening the city of Kristiania gave a
banquet In honor of the day and of the
visit Of the crown prince. Mayor Christie
proposed a toast to the king. and Mr..
Harbitz, president Of the city council,
spoke in behalf Of the city, thanking the
crown prince for being present and en-
HANGING the delight Of the people. The
speaker emphasized the fact that during
the entire history Of the independence of
the Seventeenth of May which a member
of the royal house had attended. The
crown prince responded thus:- "Gentle-
men. I express to all Of you my cordial
and deeply-felt thanks for the friendly
words addressed to me. We face each
other in mutual understanding, and in
soul and life I feel at one with you.
(Cheers.) 1t affords me great joy today
to be in your midst and to celebrate, in
company with you, your great national
holiday, in honor of which I raise my
goblet. Here is to the Seventeenth of
May! Long nay it liver The address
was received with cheers. Among those
present was Bjornson, with whom the
crown prince conversed for some length
of time.