Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-13

pond was formed by the water from
the melting snow, and a detachment
was ordered to dip this up and carry
it, to a spot where it flowed away
from the grounds. The men CO nd not
keep their feet dry, and thou.::h they
were well cared for in other respects,
most Of them suffered from colds
The length of the term is is days, and
much of this time was frittereu away
because the snow prevented the mem (
from beginning their regular work
at once. The military authorities are
severely criticized because they fixed
the time for the opening of the sea-
son at such an early date.
A large proportion OF the apple
trees around Kristiania were destroy
ed last winter, partly by the snow,
partly by field mice, the snow split
ting the trees, the mice gnawing off
their bark. The trunks of the trees
were protected by splints of woodA,
But the snow was so deep that the
mice reached the trees above the
splints. In some orchards only two
thirds of the trees will survive.
The storthing may have to pass:
special laws for the control of the
liquor traffic in the city of Narvik.
Attempts are being made to raise
100000 for a new South Pole expedi-
ton under the leadership of Capt. v.
Jensen. A whaling steamer named
Magdalena will be bought for the
use of the expedition. n
The storthing has unanimou%
adopted a motion urging the goveA.
ment to take up the question of pes
manent neutrality of Norway anos
Sweden, and to find a solution
guaranteeing the liberty and indie
pendence of both countries. The fact.
that this resolution was unanimous,
is apt to have great weight with the
king and the Swedish rlksdag..
Work will soon begin on the new
building for the Bank of Norway in
Kristiania. The foundation will be-
expensive because the solid rock can
be reached only at a depth of IS feet
The estimated cost of the building is
100000.
Kristiania imported 5000 live cod
fish from Denmark in April.
sWEDEN.
August Palm is figuring. IN follow
ing in the footsteps of King Harold
Fair-haired of Norway by leaving
hair and beard uncut until universal
suffrage is established in Sweden.
The Stockholm typesetters' union
resolved to do no work OF labor day.
May first.
A Cast Iron Constitution. A mes
senger boy named Rodolf Olin, who
was employed by the Limhamn ce-
ment company, was accidentally in
jured in three differnt ways: Ohe
of his shoulders was wrenched out of
joint, one of his legs was crushed,
and his skull was fractured. The
boy not only survived the shock, but
he is on a fair way to a complete re-
covery.
Both chambers of the riksdag have
voted adversely on the proposition to
buy the plant of the Stockholm tele-
phone company.
A. A. Aberg, a master blacksmith
at Ausas, Skane, has bought an old.
war chariot which the Swedes afe
said to have captured from Wallen-
stein in the thirty years war. The
vehicle has only one seat, and this is
supported by leather straps running
longitudinally.
A fresh recruit in southern Sweden
was so anxious to enter the naval
service that the officers became curl
GUS and asked him for an explanation,
which he made without the least hest
tation. my fiancee is 20 fond of the
uniform of the Marines" he said. But
his superiors were cruel enough to
assign him to the coast artillery.
The railway department has placed
large orders for rolling stock with
home manufacturers. No less than "a
locomotive engines of different types
and As passenger cars are included.
In order to put an end to the periodic
freight car famines of former years,
$40 new one are to be added this
year. Ten of these will be butter cars
with cooling and heating appliances.
Captain Axel Appelberg of Stock
Aol1u LIDS CelcDIdleu Ills 20 years JuUl-
lee as director of the steamship in
surance company of Sweden, and the
most noteworthy gift received by
him on the occasion was a miniature
vessel of silver loaded with 30,0G0T'
kroner ($s,100) in gold SONS from the
shipowenrs of Sweden.
The resolutions which led to the
great political strike were passed by
overwhelming majorities. In Eskil-/
stuna, for instance, at a mass meeting
attended by 1900 people, only two
votes were cast against the strike,
and in Helsingborg the resolutions
were carried unanimously. This prac-
tical unanimity on a momentous.,
question is something very rare
among Scandinavians, and it must
have been this unanimity, and this
alone, that crippled the opposition to
general suffrage in the upper cham
Der of the riksdag. AS to the pro-
ceedings in the riksdag, we know
Ill