Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-12-06
SCANDINAV Wan NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS in THE FA1HERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past. 4,

:s.s
or So Just Past.
Russian saw flers" again. It is
several months since the Scandinavian
newspapers discussed the SUSPECT u
character of number of Russian saw
flers who travelled quite extensively
in Sweden. All of sudden saw filers
have again appeared5in Sweden. For
several days two of them were closely
Swallowed by an officer of the Swedish
army, and his observations seemed to
prove beyond reasonable doubt that
they were spies. 1t is true that they
did some saw fling. But they invari-
ably travelled through localities which
are of greatest strategic Importance,
and they would often spend hours at
points commanding good view of the
surrounding country. It is also worth
mentioning that on such occasions
they would diligently study the map
prepared by the general staff of Swe-
den. They were in the habit of ask
ing for information about the roads in
a certain direction and proceed in the
opposite direction. On one occasion
they clearly avoided locality where
they knew they could have had any
amount of saw fling, and walked
through settlement where they could
find no work. The operations of the
two persons that were Swallowed were
carried on chiefly in the vicinity of
Stockholm. The newspapers have be-
gun to clamor for a new law which
may authorize the expulsion of foreign
characters who behave in such way
as to arouse suspicion that they are
military spies.
New fuel has been added to the
Swedish-Norwegian union controver-
sy. The chief name of the crown
prince is Gustaf. AS Sweden has had
four kings by that name, the full title
of the crown prince will be Gustaf v.
But as the Norwegians never had a
king by that name they want to call
him Gustav l., or simply Gustav, as
king of Norway. The Swedes think
it is inconsistent to burden one and
the same man with two different
names. But the Norwegians rake up
several striking cases from modern
history to show that their demands
are sustained by firmly established
usage. One instance is that of King
James, who was James VI. of Scotland
and James I. of England; and Charles
v. of Germany was Charles I. of Spain.
If we are to believe the Norwegian
papers, the Norwegians are practically
unanimously in favor of Gustav l., or
simply Gustav, as the name of their
future king. The Swedish way of
spelling the princes name is Gustaf,
while the Norwegians spell it Gustav.
The pronunciation is in both cases.
The prince regent has written his
name Gustaf in signing Norwegian
document. This spelling has offended
the Norwegians, and they nimbly pile
up authorities on their side. William
ILL.,, for instance, wrote his name
William as king of England and Will
lem as stakeholder of the Neither.
lands. ~ .
On Nov. 4,the anniversary of the for
NAL union of Sweden and Norway, the
students societies of the two countries
exchanged cordial greetings and ex-
pressed sincere desire to cooperate
for the welfare of the two brother ma
tons. On the same occasion the crown
prince regent gave sumptuous ban
quet in Kristianla to about a hundred
prominent Norwegians and several
members of the Swedish cabinet. The
crown prince regent proposed toasts
to the king and the union.
Four Norwegians and two Swedes,
who risked their own lives in saving
the life of the captain of an American
schooner off the coast of Bermuda,
have received gold medals from Presi
dent Mckinley.
A largely attended convention of
Danish lawyers passed resolution in
favor of assimilating the civil laws of
the Scandinavian countries. u.sE&
SWEDEN. =
One way of rushing the sugar beet
harvest this fall was to dig beets in
moonlight. i
The city engine err of Malmo has re-
vised the map Of the city on a basis Of
the estimated population Of the year
1000, which is half million. The