Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-09-21

wrestling match in zBydg0, Kristiania-
Norbeck,- the loquacious Norwegian
athlete, threw Mr.. Eversen, q Dane, at
the very beginning of the performance
and the latter struck the floor SO hard
that he did not want to make use of
his two remaining chances to win.
The fisheries department at the Ber-
gen exposition awarded Is gold medals
and 10 silver medals to the United
States; 10 and 10 respectively to Japan;
9 and Ii to Russia; Is and % to Franco;
6 and % to Denmark; and l to Ger.
many; gold medal to Spain and / to
Belgium.
Johan Nordhus, the pilot of Kaiser
Wilhelm along the coast of Norway,
states that Lieutenant Hahnke's death
two years ago was purely accidental,
and that the story about the quarrel
between the kaiser and Hahnke, and
the suicide of the latter. is a pure
fabrication.
A few papers are talking so freely
about the dissolution of the Union, and
even of Russian supremacy, that Yer
dens Gang feels called upon to take
that class of papers to task in the fol-
lowing language: This frivolous talk
about help from Russia and subjec-
ton to Russia must create i'll feeling,
not only in Sweden, but in Europe in
general. It adds fuel to Swedish d.
plomacy. It is just this kind of jour-
nalism that Swedish diplomacy needs
in order to convince Europe that the
Norwegians are restless and faith
less nation which sympathizes with
the Russian policy of expansion. a
danger not only to the safety of Swe-
den, but also to the peace and equilib-
rum of Europe. Whoever writes on
this subject ought to be conscious of
his responsibility. The situation
around us is serious enough. Every
nerve in Europe is strong with expect
ancy in view of the momentous events
which the policy of the great powers
may inaugurate. We should not wan
tonly and frivolously invite and cult
vate something which in fact no per-
son in this country DESIRES"
The anti-saloonists in Kristiania
have made such aggressive prepara-
tions for the next samlag campaign
that the friends of the saloon have
also been forced to commence to or
ganize themselves for the battle.
A snap shot at life along the quays
in kristiania: It is Z o'clock in the
evening. -Four or five men who are
evidently under the influence of liquor
have settled down IN little boat.
They soon get into trouble among
themselves, and one of them falls
head foremost into the sea. Two of
their friends who have been watching
them from the qaay jumps down into
the boat. This is too much for the
little craft, which careens and takes
water, throwing the whole conclave
headlong into the sea- An elderly
man is on the point of drowning when
he is pulled out, but all the rest are
saved without much ado. A few Sec
onds later two of the company resume
their war of words in another boat,
and hand-to-hand encounter again
brings them into the sea. Again the
bystanders succeed in saving them.
But now minion of the law appears
corted to the lookup.
Ihe storthlng appropriated So, 900 for
a shooting school for the officers of
the navy. and the exercises have lust
begun at Horton.
Kristiania has 50, $50 taxpayers, and
their estimated annual income aggre-
gates s22,o0o,ooo. The heaviest tax
payer is Kreditbanken, whose income
is $40, 400, and whose taxes exceed
$4,000.
A 60-foot whale has passed Drobak
sound, and is now entertaining the
people around the Kristiania ford.
He is very shy, or else he would have
come to grief in short time.
Biorn Bjornson's play, "Johanne,' -
will be represented at 25 German thea
tiers this season.
The government appears to be I'M
willing to publish a French work on
Norway for the Paris exposition, as
was proposed some time ago, and the
whole movement may dwindle down
to a Norwegian pamphlet published
by private parties.