Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-12-07
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past.

or So JUS Past.
Russian saw. flers" again. It is
newspapers discussed the SUSPECT rus
character of a number of Russian saw
flers who travelled quite extensively
in Sweden. All of a sudden saw flers
have again appeared in Sweden. For
several days two of them were closely
Swallowed by al 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 filing. But they invari-
ably Travelled through localities which
are of greatest strategic Importance,
and they would often spend hours at
points commanding a good view of'the
surrounding country. It is also worth
mentioning that OF 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
q certain direction and proceed in the
opposite direction. On one occasion
they clearly avoided a locality where
they knew they could have had any
amount of saw fling, and walked
through a 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 a way
as to arouse suspicion that they are
military spies.
New fuel has been added to the
Swedish-N 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 eve had a
king by chat 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 l. 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 v 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
I'LL, for instance, wrote his name
William as king of England and Will
lem as stakeholder of the Neither
lands.
On Nov. a,the anniversary of the for
NAL union of Sweden and Norway, the
students societies of the two countries
exchanged cordial greetings and ex-
pressed a sincere desire to cooperate
" AAO / Va VAAO VWO OIOVxOI Ad-
tions. On the same occasion the crown
prince regent gave a 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 q resolution in
favor of assimilating the civil laws of
the Scandinavian countries.
SWEDEN.
One way of rushing the sugar beet
harvest this fall was to dig beets in
moonlight.
The city engine err of Malmo has re
vised the map of the city or a basis OF
the estimated population of the year
1000, which is half a million. The
new map is taken in all seriousness,
the city fathers being anxious to let
future generations live as pleasantly
and comfortably as possible" This
policy of looking so far ahead was Dor
rowed from the city governments of
Germany.
The Stora Kopparberg Mining com
pany has taken up a loan of 81, $50, 900
and the Skultuna mining company one
Of $500, 600. The money was furnished
by Swedish bankers at S per cent.
The head of a 1~0-year-old boy in
Karselet, Vesterbotten, is larger than
the average size of the headof a grown
For years he could not keep his
head erect, and wen now its weight
taxes the strength of his neck to the
utmost. He is very intelligent.
Electrical engineers are engaged in
making plans for electric power sta
lions for railway traffic. They are
confident that trains can be run more
cheaply by electricity than by steam
within a reasonable distance of the
waterfalls. But they do not dare to
propose long distance transmission for