Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

/ The landsting of Norrland uas Toted
$3.50, 900 for new hospital at Sund-
svall, $4,000 for new hospital at
Ornskoldsvilz, and $4,000 for recon-
structing the old hospital at Solicited
King Oscar has granted the town of
Hessleholm permission to float bonds
for SIC, 900, to be paid in 40 annual in
stallments.
On the Valla estate, Taby parish, a
small house was burned, supposed to
nave been set on fire by two little
children, who persisted in the flames
The public school teachers of Malmo
have started rebellion against Bishop
Billing, of their diocese, namely, that
OF Lund. He issued an order to the
effect that the teachers and Their schol-
ars should meet him for public re-
hearsal Oct. l. But 80 of the most
prominent teachers signed a protest
against such rehearsal. The bishop is
backed up by a law of 1886, but the
teachers fatty declare this to be anti
quated. In their formal protest they
mention the facts that Sweden leads
Europe in point of general education,
ana that the public schools of Malmo
are managed and controlled with great
efficiency by the local authorities.
While they protest against general
rehearsal conducted by Bishop Billing,
they politely invite him to visit their
class rooms, where he will be kindly
received and given the desired infor-
| nation.
The following notice about three of
the winners of Nobel prizes was sent
from Switzerland: Gobat, who has at
tended the st. Louis peace conference,
is said to have given most, if not all, of
| his prize to his father-in-law to satisfy
his creditors. Ducommon is living in
| easy circumstances and has invested
his prize in securities which draw in
terest, so that he may devote himself
exclusively to the cause of peace Du-
nant has not spent his prize. He is
not sick, but he enjoys solitude to an
extreme degree.
The Gustaf Adolf society in Ger
many has held it's 57th annual conven-
ton at Heidelberg. Over 1000 dele
gates were in attendance.
NORWAY.
Emigration dropped down to almost
nothing during the last week of Sep
tenn Der.
The work of restoring the Trond-
hjem cathedral is progressing rapidly.
The Norwegian bark Sir John Law
renee, from London, struck on sunken
rocks outside the Fredrikstad harbor
and broke up. The crew of fourteen
was drowned. The bark was owned
by o. L. Roed of Tonsberg. Norway.
J. E. Mellebye, the new minister of
agriculture, is 80 years old and has
been operating the great Grefsheim
farm in Mes, Hedemarken. He has
studied farming in foreign countries,
and is an up-to-date man.
The Norwegian Life Saving society
held its annual meeting in Kristiania.
The country is divided into SO dis
tricts, Of which only SO contributed to
the general expenses in 1903 A de-
felt of 5000 was due to the fact that
the Norwegian fishermen had a poor
year. The society Las been instru-
mental in saving 500 boats, in which
were Ills men, and "a ships, carrying
222 men. Assistance has been extend
ed to many times this number.
In the speech from the throne at tho
opening of the storthing, there was an
announcement of the introduction of a
tariff bill, with the ''object of afford
ing national labor greater protection.
There is nothing radical in the revis.
ion of the tariff, and 1T is expected to
yield an additional revenue of onlv
about $685., 1000.
Adolf Beck, the Norwegian who was
recently released from an English
prison, where he had suffered seven
years penal servitude for crime COM
mitted by his "double," left Stock
holm after a few weeks stay. Mr..
Beck was, after his release and after
his innocence was proven, given free
pardon and offered $4,000 by the Eng
lish government. Mr.. Beck refused
the money, as being wholly inadequate
to cover the pecuniary losses he had
suffered through his Imprisonment.
These he considered amount to some
thing like 100000. To interest the
government of his own country in his
case against the English government,
he has visited Kristiania and Stock
holm. In Stockholm he saw the Swed-
ish- Norwegian minister for foreign af-
fairs, the Norwegian minister of state
in Stockholm, Mr.. Ibsen, the onlv son
of the great playwright, and the
Swedish Norwegian ambassador IN
London, who was home on leave. All
received him with great kindness and
promised to do all in their power for
him. Mr.. Beck was received bv KING
Oscar himself. The king, although he
has been ailing of late and therefore
obliged to cancel most of his engage
ments, received Mr.. Beck-to use Mr..
Beck's own expression-as father re-
ceives his son, and showed the deepest
Interest in his case. He also promised
to do what he could for him, and at
the end of the interview, at which the
ex-prisoner had to relate his EXPERT
ences in Jail, presented him with his
signed photograph. Mr.. Beck left for
Kristiania to collect material where
with to prove the losses he has suf-
fered during his imprisonment, and
this he is going to lay before the COM
mittee of judges appointed in London
to examine his case.
The local elections are absorbing
the attention of the people. And we'll
they may: For the local taxes already
swallow up about 10 per cent of the in.