Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-05-16

About 600 freeholders In the west
ern part of Vesterbotten have PETE
toned the government for q law
against the acquisition Of land by cor
porations.
Baron Gustaf Tamm, who recently
resigned as stakeholder of Stockholm,
has accepted the position of cashier
OF the Stockholm branch Of Skane's
bank.
The executors of the late Mrs. Co
tllda F~urstenberg of Malmo have
found that the assets of her estate ex-
coed the liabilities by the amount Of
$1,199,295.s1.
The riksdag has voted $4,000 for
the geodetic survey of ~spitzbergen.
A new stock company is going to
build a whisky distillery in East Vemr
merlof, Skane.
NORWAY.
The city Of Narvik, at. the western
of the transpeninsuar rail-
way, which is to run from said city
to Lulea, on the gulf of Bothnia, is
only three years old, and it already
has q population of about $500.
Three years ago Dr.. Nils Astrup, one
of the city officials was in the habit
of shooting ptarmigans where the
main portion of the city is built.
Most of the ablebodied men are work.
ing on the railroads and on the large
quays which r in process of con-
Some of the business men
have been assessed on the basis Of
an income of $1,000 or There
was q time when the market price OF
fresh water was ~ cents q barrel.
The city government is ridiculously
weak, and for tAis reason the people
have not dared to permit the OPEN
ing of any saloons; but beer is sold
in limited quantities at two hotels. 1t
is expected chat fish and fish prod
ucts will be exported in large guam
tity via Norvill to Sunden, Finland,
Russia, Siberia and China, for that
matter. Millions of tons Of iron ore
will be. shipped from Gellivare and
Sweden, to Norvik, and
dumped directly into ocean steamers.
The quay built for the latter will exc
tend 1850 feet along the shore. In
order to check the ravages Of the real
estate sharks the state Of Norway &C.
CURED title to the site of the city,
and those who wish to build houses
must rent the ground from the gov
eminent. The area Of the city is vast,
and there are four railway stations
within the city limits. Things are IN
such a chaotic condition that no reg
ular party lines were drawn at the
city elections last fall, though the
saloon question n~ecessitated the for
nation Of a Temperance party" and
. liquor party" Everybody in this
part of the country seems to be in
terested in mineral lands, everybody
must buy mining stocks. In one
case a company resolved to issue 49,
shares. But at the first meeting
of the stockholders no less than &c.
600 shares were represented. The
is, that the managers had
issued 1000 shares on their own re-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Edmund Gosse, one of the very few
English publicists who are familiar
with Scandinavian affairs, recently
had a whole column in the London
Times about the relations between
Norway and Russia. Time and again
it has been asserted that the Norwe-
gians are on friendly terms, with
Russia and that they might desert
the Swedes in the hour of trouble.
Mr.. Gosse refutes this charge by
pointing out that the Norwegians are
earnestly endeavoring to do what
little they can to defend themselves
Russia.
The cabinet at it's last executive
session, resolved to spend $4,000 out
of the Thomas Angel fund for a re-
Construction and extension of the
Thomas Angel house in Trondhlem.
Halfdan Kleve, a young Norwegian
who resides in Berlin, has acquired a
certain degree of fame by one of his
musical compositions, and an able
critic predicts that Mr.. Kleve will be-
come zone of the very greatest of
Scandinavian composers"
The queen will spend the hottest
eason of the year at Skinnarbol, as
usual. She is expected to arrive
there about the first of July.
The ocean freight rates are going
down, and the shipowners do not
scoop In 50 much money this a
they did q year ago. But they are
still ordering new ships and buying
old ones at a lively rate.
Grand Hotel. stavanger, was sold
to a Bergen syndicate a few years ago
for $4,000. Now fs former proprie--
tor, Olaf Person, has bought it back.
The prioe is not known. Mr.. Person
has also bought an adjoining prop
erty and proposes to enlarge tbs e-
tablishment.
T. c. Bang, chief magistrate of
Buskerud, died OF heart fall
ure at the age OF IS years 1t is 80
years since he entered public service,
and he held many positions Of trust
and honor, including q portfolio in
the cabinet Of April 1884.