Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-10-25
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN The FA1HERLAND.
Principal Events Tina Have Occurred
I'm the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.
DENMARK.

DENMARK.
Prince George, of Greece, has advanced
from the rank Of captain to that Of vice.
admiral in the Danish navy.
A brief cablegram stated that the gun
boat Moen was sunk by the premature
explosion OF a Brisant shell. The Moen
had a ten-inch gun and this was to be
used for experimenting with the new
shell. The charge consisted Of 40 pounds
of powder n a Brisant she'll Weighing
1863 pounds when loaded. The explosion
used for the shell was is to 20 pounds of
picric acid. Those who had charge Of
the experiments ordered everybody to
leave the Moen and embark on the
Skiold. another %gunboat, which lay about
one hundred yards from the former when
the cannon was fired by means Of an
electric current. Nothing unusual was
noticed at the firing. only a deafening
report and a huge column Of smoke rising
from the Moen. But when the smoke
cleared away no trace was left Of the
Moen. The theory is that the shell ex-
ploded before leaving the muzzle of the
cannon. There were twenty Brisant
shells on board the boat. The Moen was
built in 1875. and it's construction vas
rather old-fashioned.
A number Of Copenhagen a~utomobilists
nave organized the Danish Automobile
Club.
The death Of Rev. Wilhelm Beck re-
moved the most powerful personality in
the church of Denmark since the days of
Bishop Grundtvig. Rev. Beck was the
head Of the Inner Mission, and a war
rior to the core. Even his enemies now
admit that he was a whole-souled man,
a strong character In an age of conven
tionalism. 1t is freely predicted that the
Inner Mission organization will be torn
up by internal struggles now that its
chieftain Is gone.
statement made by German papers, that
h operation upon President Mckinley,
is a German, while the gentleman in
question is a Dane.
An electric engineer named Jensen Is
constructing a flying machine. The body
Of the machine is 81 feet long, II feet
high and 31k feet wide, and the distance
between the points of its wings is IS feet.
1t has four wheels and is to start on the
SrOuNO ike q car. Wnen IL alLalnS q
speed Of rs feet a second 1t is to leave
the ground, at this point Of time the huge
wings will begin to flop at the rate Of one
beat a second. The estimated speed will
be about 100 feet a second. or almost e
miles an hour! The wings are to be kept
in motion by means Of two benzine mo-
tors of S horse powers each. The weight
Of the machine and the engineer will be
about 100 pounds. and when completed ii
will cost at least 1000. Mr.. Jensen ex.
poets to be ready for a trial trip De.
cember next, and he proposes to start
close to the seashore and steer for the sea
sin order that the wings way catch the
air more easily" If Mr.. Jensen ever
gets ready to fly, the civil authorities
will. no doubt. take a scrutinizing view
of his flying machine before he is per-
mitted to make practical use Of it.
The deficit of the Royal Theater dur
ing the year 19Oo-19O1 was about $45, 900,
and the state of Denmark pays out about
s6O ,OOO a year to keep this institution run
ming.