Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-10-18

Jams $AS,VV 1Or the survey Oh new Edl4-
way lines.
About $4,000 barrels Of big. fat herring
was caught up to Sept. Is. The value of
the whole catch up to a was almost
500, 900.
The loss caused by the great fire at Ber-
gen is abou one million dollars. one
fourth the amount representing build
ings. the balance goods stored up in the
warehouses.
The final summing up OF the census re.
turns of December, 1900. show that the to-
tai number Of resident Inhabitants was
s,239.880. Of whom 1857, 47s were men. and
~l.152.401 women, the latter being 64,9z2 in
excess of the former. The country dis
tricts claimed 1872, 230. the cities 627, ESQ in
habitants. The increase for ten years
was 238, 961.
The Kristiania Gilt Molding Manufac-
turing Company has been crowded to the
wall after a ten years checkered exist
ence. The loss for the year 1900 was $751;
300. The total paid-up capital was $183. 600.
and this is a total loss. Attempts to re-
organize the concern failed.
According to the contract. the new cleo
trio street railway in %Trondhjam was to
be completed by Oct. /. The contractors,
however. are way behind with their work.
The contract calls for a fine Of $50 a day
from Oct. l until the plant is in running
order.
A number of ''fre-proof'' safes made in
Kristiania proved to be failures in the
great Bergen fire. The papers which they
contained were burnt. and the coins bad
ly furnished. The outer walls generally
bulged out. and the inner walls bulged in
the opposite direction. The f~re-proof
vaults stood the test admirably.
On account of defective calculations, the
new spfre of the cathedral Of T%rondhjem
ways from ~ to IA inches in rough wealth
er. Thie Is considered dangerous, and
the structure will have to be somewhat
modified.
The gold reserve in the Bank of Norway
amounts to $12, 5s2, 900.
Bergen. Sept. 22.-Fire broke out a little
before midnight in Alvar's warehouses.
A fire alarm had called the fire depart
ment to another section Of the city. The
fire was fed by train-oil. kerosene, n
other infiammable materials, and some
barges in the harbor were kindled. The
vessels in the outer harbor were towed
beyond the danger line. Two firemen fell
Into the flames. One of them died at
once, and the other was seriously in
jured. A number Of other persons also
sustained injuries. 1t took six hours to
check the fire. and several hours more to
put it out entirely. The loss is unknown
at this writing. but it runs up into hum
dreds of thousands of dollars,
SWEDEN.
1t Is customary that the foremen of the
Inherent departments in the great sugar
factories of southern Sweden distribute
the pay among their men every Saturday,
the weekly wages of each man having
previously been put up in a package at
the office. A certain foreman at one Of
the greatest factories suddenly took sick.
The men were now ordered to call at the
office In person and receive their pay.
But nine packages remained unclaimed,
and the following week q clerk took them
to the place where the men were at work
and called out the names written on the
packages. To the establishment Of every
body 1t was found that one Of the nine
men had been dead IL years, two Of them
had been discharged several years ago,
three were wholly unknown to the men,
etc. Further Investigations revealed the
fact that the foreman in question had
been carrying a number of bogus names
on his payroll for years. The wages
averaged about 81 a week. and the extra
Income thus pocketed by the thrifty fore
man runs up into thousands of dollars.
h foreman was. of course. discharged,
but the managers made no more fuss
about it, because 1t reflected very un-
favorably upon their business methods.
The Swedish farmers have COMMANDED
to use a new kim Of scare crow which
is said to be most effective. Six or seven
foot stakes are run into the ground about
one hundred feet apart each way.
Threads are next stretched between the
tops OF the stakes each way. That's all.
The crows do not ARE to approach the
threads. They seem to suspect that they
are snares. BITS of rag tied to- the
threads WI improve their effectiveness.
The Copenhagen Politiken gives a Sc
ries Of facts connected with Andree's ex-
petition and finally draws the conclusion
that his balloon. the Eagle. was loaded
down with ice and snow and fell" into the
sea between Franz Josef's Land and
Spitzbergen. on or shortly after July is.
1897. this theory is the most probable
that has come to our knowledge.
Carl Hakansson has invented an auto.
mobile to be used on snow or Ice. It rests
on runners like a sled. and it is driver
forward by means Of an endless chair
having cogs. or teeth, which strike the
Ice or snow on which the vehicl is run
ming.
The royal n on the island Of Hveer
was responsible for the death Of 2S6 rab
bits, of which King Oscar himself shot s