Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
Items of General interest from
the Old World and
the New.
MINISTER THOMAS TO RETIRE
President Has Appointed Charles y
Graves, "a Minnesota Man, 10
succeed Him.

Maine, who has Tor n long term
years represented the United States a
Stockholm with credit and distinction
has not been reappolnted. A f.
days ago President Roosevelt al
pointed as his successor Mr.. Char,
h. Graves of Minnesota. lie is d lv
dent of Duluth, and president OF tn
Graves Manley insurance agency anl
also of the Duluth Telephone company.
He is new man in the diplcmaiir
service, but one in whom the president
reposes implicit confidence. Mr.. Thorn
as, the retiring minister, has held the
post at Stockholm since 1880, with the
exception of the three years from 1891
to 1897, making twenty-one years OF
diplomatic service in the same coun-
try, record seldom attained. He
enjoys great popularity among the
Swedish people on both sides Of the
Atlantic. is an ardent admirer OF the
Northland, close student Of the
Swedish people and their literature
The chief literary results OF his So
iourn there are a translation of Ryd-
berg's great novel, The Last Athen-
IAN" and voluminous original work
entitled Sweden and the Swedes."
Mr.. Thomas wife is native Stock
holman, and he himself is now al
most a fully acclimated Swede. Only
a few weeks ago, ii is remembered,
t. od1 40
from Swedish-Americans by purchas.
Ing the Swedish building at the St
Louis exposition and donating Il TO the
Bethany college, an institution main.
tanned by them at I.indsberg, Kan.
A press dispatch of few days he
fore, predicting the event, mentioned
Fridtjof Nansen as the most likely
man in Norway to be entrusted with
the delicate task of forming a cabinet
capable of withstanding the present
strain. hansen is a pronounced Ieftist
He has taken up the cudgels for Nor
wegian independence in number Of
articles recently published in Verdens
Gang and other prominent journals.
The immediate reason for the retire
ment of the Hagerup ministry is
sought in q personal message sent by
the crown prince regent to the storth.
ing committee without submitting II to
the cabinet. The message read as fol-
lows: "ln these critical times | feel
II my duty to exhort your committee
carefully to safeguard the national in
terests Of Norway whatever action
you may take. That is, in my opinion,
the safest basis OF the union between
Sweden, and | therefore earnestly pray
you not to advise any policy tending
to bring on rupture between the
brother nations" The Norwegian gov
eminent seems to have strongly re.
sented this proRunciamento. whether
or not II precipitated the crisis. IT is
pointed out as breach of political
traditions, there being only one known
instance where the ruler of the United
Kingdoms, has transmitted an official
document concerning Norway without
first obtaining the sanction Of the Nor
wegian ministry. The committee in
question consists OF nineteen members
Of the storthing, Is entrusted with the
task of formulating a new consular
policy. The latest dispatch states thar
II has decided, by vote of Is Ia 3 70
recommend separate consular sys
TEN for Norway to go into effect IN
April 1906.
Prince Gustat Adolph, eldest son OF
the crown prince and regent, whose
betrothal to Princess Victoria Patricia
Of Connaught has just been announced.
is the first of the Swedish princes to
choose for his spouse a daughter of
England and thereby effecting bond
OF union between the relgning families
of Sweden, Norway and Great Brit.
ain, the princess being a niece OF King
Edward VII. 1t might be of interest
to know that the young Swedish prince
he Is now % years OF age-had no
less formidable rival then Alphonso
XIII, "the boy king" of Spain. who
has now attained manhood. That
royal sutton seems to have taken his
defeat philosophically. for we are told
that he is already trying his fortune
with the Archduchess Gabrielle. of
Austria
The attention of the humane society
Of Gothenburg has been directed to
revolving form Of cruelty to animals
practiced quite generally on the ives.
coast. 1t appears that many natives,
in carrying live sheep by boat from
pasture to market. are in the habit OF
breaking the legs Of the animals In or
der to prevent them from jumping out
of boats or otherwise making trouble
for the shippers. This brutal prac,
tice, which is said to attain along the
Norwegian coast as well, will have the
close attention of the Humane society
during the coming season. and every
such crime discovered will receive &c
served punishment.
The cabinet crisis expected as a re
suit OF the failure Of the consular ne
gotiations month ago, matured lapt
week, when first the Leftist ministers
Nicholson and Schionning resigned, on
Tuesday, and the remainder Of the cab