Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-01-03
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN The FATHERLAND.
principal Events That Have Occurred
In he Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
OF So Just Past.
SWEDEN.

sssolved. by a unanimous vote, to boycott
sthe Stenbock statue. They received 60
free tickets to the exercises connected
with the unwilling Of the statue, but the
tickets were returned, with thanks. The
-objection to the statue was. that Gen.
seral Stenbock was a warrior who had
r'done nothing for the workingmen."a
Swedish patriots are highly displeased
with the stand taken by the labor unions.
A lady at Landskrona left her gold
wedding ring on the window sill for D
few minutes, and when she returned the
ring was gone. She supposed a thief had
it and ave 1t up as lost. A tree
containing a mag-pie nest was felled In
the neighborhood, a curious person pulled
1t to pieces, and what did he find but the
lost ring.
A rural savings bank in East Goinge.
SHANE. received $4,000 in deposits from
b neighborhood in the course OF the
xpast year.
A Stockholm cablegram indicates that
b Nobel medical prize Of about 100000
was awarded to Prof. Dehring, a Ger
man. He announced hat he would en-
ploy the money in combating cattle tub
erculosis.
Large numbers Of German rabbits have
been imported to southern Sweden during
h past ten years. They have enjoyed
the protection of the laws until this win
ter, and in some localities they outnum-
der native stock. Shortly after the open
ting Of the season the market was flooded
with them. the prices ranging from 80 to
10 cents apiece. The German rabbits are
smaller and darker than the Swedish
rabbits. They were generally let loose
In the forests. but they left the forests
and settled down on the plains.
"A manufacturing company at Hissmo-
t4ors has bought a large tract Of and
and divided it up into 70 lots, which the
semployes Of the ompany may buy at
cost. There is space enough for a garden
Dn each lot. The houses on the lots
must be built according to"certatn plans
drawn up by the company. The sale of
;lntoxicants shall be prohibited In this
yterritory.
G%unnarsnas Parish. Dial. has distin-
sguished itself in a way Of Its own. No
school teacher has been pensioned in that
parish since the introduction Of the COM
mon schools. Every teacher has been
discharged 'for cause and that de-
tehe last one was discharged on account
y u d lIllSxllpcl dllCOs dIlu LAC AooS SAAS y
.srause he was a total abstainer and q
,member Of a BLU Ribbon. society. "Evi-
IDENTIFY" says our authority. this con-
igregation wants to keep the golden mid
way
Adelina Patti-C ederstrom gave a con-
.rcert at Albert Hall, London, to a packed
d house. The audience was very enthusi-
asuc. Everybody understood that her
voice Is by no means h 1t was thirty
years ago., but her performance was a
.,xvonder in view Of the fact that she Is SO
gears old.
"A gang of gypsies. numbering about
t1wenty persons, have been operating IN
xhe neighborhood Of Kop!ngebro. They
are a highly %inpudent lot, and the farm
4srs along their route and around their
Stamps must keep some one on guard TO
protect the movable property o the
houses.
The New ''Immortals..'-The following
Biographical sketches indicate why their
subjects were appointed members of the
swedish Academy: Count Carl Nils Dam
ael Bildt, who is to occupy the first seat,
which wa left vacant by the death of
Hans Forssell. Is fifty-one years old and
has been connected with the diplomatic
service Of his country for thirty years.
He has been ambassador to Rome since
48s9, and he represented Sweden and Nor
way at the Hague peace conference. Be
sides being. perhaps. the ablest Swed'
slsh diplomat of his time, he has estab-
qished q weli-earned reputation as an his.
ysprian.-Claes Annerstedt, who succeeds
13unnar Wennerberg and = to occupy the
second seat was born at Upsala, in 1889
and at the age aof thirty was appointed
lecturer on history In. the university Of
Upsala. Annerstedt is g member of {
large number of learned societies, ant
since 1883 has been librarian of the uni
versity Of Upsala. He has also pub
lfshed a number Of historical works.
PROT, Magnus Gustaf Retzius succeeds A
,E. Nordenskjold and will occupy thu
twelfth seat. He was connected will
Karolinska Institute during the prime o.
ihis life, and his reputation as an author
on anatomy and histology Is information
sn. Prof. Retzius has also writ IN some
.or1glnal poetry, and translated some o.
rthe poetry of Burns.
NJ. q. Gjorlof. the postmaster at Treble
sborg, has occupied his present position
tor twenty-five years.
King Oscar has decided hat the new
sKunboat which is to be built at the Koc
s1Mm %shipyards. at Malmo. is to be name,
MAnQlSnele maullueSSs anu CuaC IL SQal
belong to the Karlskrona station.
NORWAY.
The prospects are good for the erectio,
aof a new exchange building in Kristiani
on the site. of the old butchering estah
aishment. The exchange has its tempo
nary quarters in an old. picturesque fr
atation on the next lot. A sentiments
citizen whose feelings are hurt whe
venerable buildings are torn down. pre-
poses that the fire station be used as q
annex to the new strueture.
An historical exposition at Bygdo le
q deficit Of s4.5oO above and beyond tt
$4,000 guaranteed before the opening
the exposition.
Thomas Stang. the treasurer Of ii
Eredrlkshald branch Of the bank Of No
way, has beensconnected with that inst
tution for a period of forty years.
The Lost Father" a wierd religio,
essay by Arne Garborg. which was orr
anaily written in rugged Norwegian. h
been translated into Norwegian-Danis
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