Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-11

DdIOu hIIuChOWSCTOm mas DeeQ SICK
for a time past, and he is still sinking.
Splenic fever has broken out among
the cattle near Hernosand.
NORWAY.
The constitutional committee has re-
ported adversely to the storthing on
the bill proposing to authorize the
king to dissolve the storthing and call
new elections.
The crown prince regent was to at
tend the jubilee of the military acad-
envy in Kristiania.
N. L. Kolbenstvedt, one of the most
noted public men of Ryfylke, died at
the age of 70 years. He was a member
of the famous court of impeachment in
1854.
Kristiania imported 5,451,5 $40 pounds
of sugar during the month of Novem-
Der. This is go, 900 pounds in excess of
the import of any previous month.
But the import of coffee was far be-
low the average.
A new stock company is planning
the establishment of silk mills at Kon-
erud. near Drammen. The cost of the
plant will be about $50, 900. A gentle.
man from Switzerland is to suporin-
tend the mills.
B%jornson has recovered. sufficiently
from his recent illness to be able to
work. but SO far he is not tearing
along at 4 very rapid rate" He is
spending the winter in Paris.
1.-THE Expensive Bread" is the title
of the fourth collection of lyric poems
written by Nils Collett Vogt.
B. Spear, an Englishman, ordered q
crew Of men to build q side-track in
connection with the plant of the Eng
lish mining company at Norvik. Tho
Norwegian authorities ordered him to
stop the work. but instead of doing so
he fred \ revolver. barely missing the
head of Engineer Wiull. Spear was
Immediately arrested.
K~ristiansund has 1919 inhabitants.
The export of timber and lumber
from southeastern Norway to England
has been heavy for the past few weeks.
At the Eg insane asylum. near Kris
tiansand. n insane girl killed an
other by strangulation.
The receipts from the consular
charges for the fiscal yea ls99-19o0
were sos, 900. which was go, 600 in ex-
sess of the Official estimate.
Herman Hagerup, the father-in-lAw
Of Edward Grieg. died in Bergen at the
age of IS years.
The l50th anniversary Of tho es-
tablishment Of the military academy
of Norway was celebrated Dec. Is
with great pomp. At 10 o'clock the
cadets of the academy marched through
the streets. The festivities proper
took place in the gymnastic hall of
the academy. The crown prince was
received by Col. Sommerfelt, the prin-
cipal Of the academy. The crown
prince made an address of some length,
closing with cheers for the native land.
Mr.. Stang. chief of the department Of
d%efenses. thanked the crown prince
for his presence and proposed cheers
for him.
Miss Gina Krog has given = number
of lectures in the largest cities of Fin
land. Her efforts were highly appre-
ciated. and the most prominent Fin
nder wed with each other IN snow
ering honors upon her.
A disease somewhat similar to inhu-
enza is prevalent among the children
of Bodo.
The commercial club Of Bergen has
commenced to raise money for the es-
tablishment of a business college.
A number of interesting antiquarian
objects have been found at AL ceme-
terry. Hallingdal.
The following cable from London,
though apparently somewhat ishy. is
given for what it may be worth: "A
dispatch to the Standard from Berlin
says that Captain Safeguard, a Nor
wegian, has discovered and named
after himself a hitherto unknown
island in the Pacific ocean, between
the Philippine and Caroline groups.
1t is stated hat an American gunboat
has annexed the island, which seems
to be richly wooded and very fertile"
The bakers of Kristiania raised the
prices Of bread to such a height that
housewives may find it profitable to
return to the old sustom Of making
their own bread.