Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08

A, comic and expensive beer war. "A
few years ago Stora Bryggeriet, q
Stockholm brewing company, donated
stocks of a face value of $4,000 to
folkets Hus, workingman's associa-
ton. This move was strongly resent
ed by the other brewers in the city
because they feared that the labor or
carnations would favor the beer of
stora Bryggeriet Great Brewery
Their fears soon proved to be we'll
founded, and the brightest heads OF
the other brewing companies fell to
work to devise some effective counter
move. The result was made known
few days ago. A combine represent
ing eight different breweries had "do-
nated'' $4,000 to Folkets Illus (the
feople's House) and when the man.
ayers of the latter announced the re-
c.eption of the gift they also added the
significant remark that by means of
this gift Folkets Hus would be in
position to return the stocks ($27, oo0>
received from Stora Bryggeriet and
thenceforth be relieved from all obi
cations to "agitate" in favor of the
products of the latter. In order to
make the matter so plain that every
body could understand the full mean
ing of the transaction the managers
used the following languages: "The
managers will henceforth refrain
from agitating in favor of any par
ticular brewery, leaving it to the pub
lie to decide what brewery product
they deem it most convenient to con-
sume." Now the question is: Will
Stora Bryggeriet go the combine one
better?
The title of an English bishop is
1.-The Bishop of Sodor and Man." AS
a matter of fact he is only bishop of
the island of Man, which belongs to
the archbishoprick of York. Indeed
there is no such place as "Sodor" in
the British empire. The title dates
from the time of the. Norwegian oc-
cupancy of the island of Man ard
Sudroerne-"the South Islands," So
dor, then, is corruption of the Nor
wegian Suderoerne. During the Nor
wegian occupancy the bishops of
those places were under the control
of the archbishop of Nidaros (the
present Tronrhjem.)
1t is claimed on the best of author
tiles that $3.50 persons moved out of
the city of Kristiania in 1901.
The records of the city employment
Office of KEistiania tell sad tale
from the year 1901. The number Of
men asking for employment was
$3.50, and only 3,719 of them obtained
work through the Office. When those
1852 men handed in their applications
they had been idle $4,000 days. No
one can tell how long they were idle
afterwards.
Five Norwegian ships were wrecked
in storm in South Africa. In one
case the whole crew persisted.
A new reservoir has been complet-
ed at Furulund, near Kristiania, for
utilizing the water of Sognsvand for
the benefit of the city. About $4,000
has been spent on the improvement.
A fresh rush of emigrants to Amer
lea started at the close of the warm
season-or rather at the close of the
season which usually is warm. About
600 persons sailed with Oscar II. on
its last westward trip.
Love for Our Neighbour" is the title
of three-act comedy just completed
by Gunnar Heiberg.
The Methodists of Norway held
rickshald, Bishop N. C. McCabe pre-
siding. The membership was 5,4O5,
and 4s9 persons were on probation.
The total number of children was
6,293. There are AZ church buildings,
which are worth about $227,S75; and
the fine parsonages are worth about
$22,7s0.
A Kristiania taxpayer announces
through newspaper that he is pay
ing $270 in taxes on an assessed in
come of $2,160. He wants to know
how long it will take the people to
find out that this sort of taxation is
robbery.
Mr.. Baldwin failed to scoop in the
North Pole for Mr.. ziegler, the New
York millionaire who wants that
boon so badly. But Mr.. Ziegler, who
is not only North Pole enthusiast.
but also has any amount of money
to spend on his unseen pet, has an
nounced that another expedition, on
board the Fridtjof, is on it's way to
the pole. Norwegian papers, how
however, claim that the crew of the
Fridtjof were hired only for an Or
binary trip to the Arctic regions.
If the latter statement is correct, we
may hear of trouble between the
commander and the crew before many
moons. At any rate! the whole mat
ter looks bit mysterious.
The Teachers National convention,
which was held at Stavanger, re-
solved that children ought to be ex-
cused from taking part in the re-
ligious work done at the public
schools only after it has been dem
onstrated that they are receiving re-
ligious training elsewhere. Bergens
Tidende criticizes the resolution. and
claims that it represents medieval
notions. The resolution was passed
only after mature consideration. The
teachers had seen something of the