Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-03-07
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across tho
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAyD,
PRINCIPAL Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past.

The telegraph departments of Swe-
den, Norway and Denmark have
agreed on a proposition to have the
rates between those countries re-
duced from 10 ore Zone and 7-10
cents) to S ore per word. But the
minimum. rate of 20 cents per dis
patch will be retained.
DENMARK.
About 30 steamers were engaged in
whaling along the coasts of Iceland
last summer, and nearly all of them
belonged to N~orwegians. The whole
number of whales caught vas 1892,
and $1,000 barrels of train oil was
obtained from them. Five steamers
were engaged in the same traffic
among the Farce islands, and the re-
turns, were 2s5 whales ana 1O,047 bar
rels Of oil. The value of the whole
catch in the two localities was about
$3.50, 900.
Denmark has 43 breweries, which
produced 70s,0 900 barrels of taxable
beer and 1,1O4, 900 barrels Of untaxed
UtcT III 1oUA.
Greenland has ILLS native inhabi-
tants, of whom 5,198 are males and
$500 females. The increase for the
past year was 104. OF the 300 deaths,
A were due to accidents. Abdominal
and chest ailments caused many
deaths, and the grim reaper gathered
a rich, harvest among the children.
Hunting was fairly good last year,
and the production of blubber was
1880 barrels.
1t has been stated over and over
again that Prince Carl is to be nat
uralized in England by a special act
of parliament, and that he will be APP
pointed to a prominent position in the
British navy.
Ignotus (Henrik Cavling), the
brightest newspaper man in the king
dom of Denmark, advises the labor
organizations of Copenhagen to pay
a little Q attention to the waste
caused by their extensive use of
strong drinks. He does not preach
total abstinence, he only thinks they
might drink a little less than they do.
The suggestion came quite unexpect-
edly from that source.
George Brandes was 60 years old
Feb. 4.
AS far out in the winter season as
Feb. 8 the ice was not strong enough
for skating on the lakes in Copen-
hagen.
" Thoro o~o 0-1rY o11,,t OK nn~Soh ~Q3.
Gals in the Danish West Indies who
r entitled to pensions, and several
of these will not begin to draw pen
sions at once because they can be ap-
pointed to positions in Denmark.
There is great commotion in Had
erslev amt, a part of the territory
annexed by Germany in the sixties
The Germans fear that the Danes will
carry the next elections. In order to
avoid this several hundred Danes who
voted in favor Of Danish sovereignty
before 1870 but failed to retract their
declaration, have been notified that
they will not be looked upon as Ger.
man citizens and voters at the next
election. The Danes answer that they
have voted for 80 or more years; but
the Germans meet this by claiming
that the Danes were never entitled
to vote, and that the authorities are
only correcting a bad mistake of long
standing.
"A stock company has been organ
ised at Roskilde for the purpose o
building a factory for the preparation
of artificial coffee. The capital stock
is $4,000
The minister of justice has granted
Emma Soeberg, a typewriter, permis
sion to wear male clothing.
Influenza is raging among thu
horses of Copenhagen. More thar
one-fourth of the horses of the cit,
~scavengers' union have been crippled
for the time being.
The peoples cremation society O
Copenhagen, which was organized
last year, has 500 members. No les
than 81 bodies were cremated in tina:
city last year. The cremation o
Sophus Schandorph, the poet, popu
larized this way of ~disposing of tn,
dead.
Minister of Traffic Horup is sinking
and it is only a question of time whel
I he will be forced to resign. March,
4 Rubin, a noted statistician, is favor
ably mentioned as Horup's successor
Marcus Rubin is a Jew.
NORWAY.
A company of Danish playwright
who had been giving performances ii
Bergen, broke down in that city TO
!. lack of funds. They will have to un
dergo various hardships before the,
again reach their native land.
The Norwegian foreign department
received 1919 communications an
RENTED 13.4.e in 1901. The amour
of money transmitted through the de
T"".ment was $14l,21O.
Tie storthing sent the king gree,
ings on3his37arG i',.,Eday anniversary
.Esn. q.
\ large three-story fiat in Aalesun
4 n:.tt fire at ten o'clock in the ever
i nd though the fire departmcn
+ u.lr dssper. tely Tor three hour