The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-17
Crown Prince Gustaf Of Sweden
and Norway in His Fathers
Place.
KING OSCAR is i'll
Will Probably 30 tho Permanent Sue
cessor to kink Oscar, Who Has
Abdicated in His Eavor-Was
Once Very Unpopular.

health Of his father, the aged King |
Oscar, has temporarily assumed the |
reins Of government of the United |
Kingdoms Of the scandinavian PENN
sula, Is no longer young man. nor
is he wholly wanting in the eXper-
fences OF governing. The king, who Of
late years has been falling In health |
and who has always been an inveterate |
traveller, has often entrusted the crown |
prince with the responsibilities of
handling the reins.
Crown Prince Gustaf was born on
the sixteenth Of June, in 1858. and Is
thus in his forty sixth year. He Is |
the fourth lineal descendant of Jean |
Raptiste Bernadotte, the founder of the |
dynasty. but the fifth in succession to |
the throne. as his father succeeded his |
brother. Kari XIV, who died without
male issue. His mother. a kind-hearted
pious woman. who devotes her life al
most exclusively to charity and re-
ligion was a German princess of the
house of Nassau.
Married German Princess.
The prince has three brothers, Princes
Karl, Oscar and Eugen. Prince Karl,
who is married TO Princess Ingeborg
of Denmark, has always been the Idol
of the women of Sweden; Prince Oscar,
who relinquished all claims to the
throne and his other privileges as a
member of the royal family in order
to marry the choice of his heart Froken
Ebba Monck. a lady IN waiting at the
court; he was at that time the most
popular of all King Oscars sons but
later he scandalized the Swedish sense
of propriety a little too much by run
ming Methodist prayer meetings a little
too vigorously. Prince Eugen, the
youngest. Is exclusively devoted to
painting. and has thrown in his lot
with the artists. Although thirty-nine
years old. he Is unmarried. probably
because he does not want to cause an
other disturbance in the harmony of
the royal household. as it is believed
that his choice would also fall outside
the royal circles of Europe.
In 1881, at the age OF %, the crown
prince followed the example of his IA
Their and married a German princess,
Victoria of Baden. Her immediate
contribution to Swedish civilization was
the introduction Of the bang and the
name of Victoria, both of which be-
came very popular for time. She has
also blessed the country with three
heirs to the throne, the Princes Gus
tat Adolph, Wilhelm and Erik, aged
%, IS and 13, respectively. For the rest
she has not made much of an impress
sion one way or another. as, owing to
continued i'll health, she has spent the
greater part Of her time, and great
deal of the country's money. at for
eign health resorts. At first she was
more or less criticised, but the Swedes
have now become used to an absentee
crown princess, and take it as matter
of course.
In his appearance the crown prince
betrays his French origin, although he
is far from "Frenchy." Like the Ber-
nadottes in general he is very tall and
slender, rather slow In his movements
and extremely digni1ed in his bearing.
10 no iat h1 ,11r l., t. 4 ~
on the side, and beard Of the same
color. parted in the middle. with a
long drawn out moustache la Suede
a style which he has never changed
throughout all the metamorphoses of
fashion which this ornament of the
stronger sex has undergone during the
last decades. His eyes are large and
brown, often wearing a naughty ex-
preston and always a pair of gold
trimmed glasses, for he Is very near
sighted. He enjoys. besides, the dis
tinction of being the possessor Of the
largest pair Of ears in all Sweden.
Had Shy Disposition.
In his earlier years he was of shy
and retiring disposition, almost mac
cessible. He mingled but little in 30.
ciety and made very few friends This
was for a long time interpreted as ar.
istocratic aloofness. He was, therefore
rather unpopular. not because of any
thing he had done. but rather because
he hadn't done anything. This feeling
never found any public expression. ex
cept in malicious gossip and stories
which were circulated especially amonf
the lower classes.
All these stories, however have nov
largely died out. AS time has passed
and he has had more opportunity Il
show forth his real qualities, he hal
more and more revealed himself as
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not 80 versatile and diploma tic az hi
father, but as man with stronce
will and much less .sceptible to fiat
. terry. In the interims he has ruled dur
Ing his fathers absence. he has show
himself energetic, forceful and deter
mined.
The most important question in con
neetion with the change of hands 1,
the government Of Sweden and Sorya
Is the attitude OF the new incumben
toward the Norwegian question, whicl
has now reached another OF its numer
Gus crises. This question. chiefly on
: OF consular Independence. has fur
! nished fruitful theme for bichsrlu
and fauitfinding and animosities be
! tween the two countries almost sine
the foundation Of the union some nine
8 ty years ago. On this question min
listers have fallen and risen in Nor
way with amazing rapidity and resu
t iar1ty. While always uppermost in tn
, political consciousness, 1t periodical
! assumes more acute form, an
|, threatens to disrupt the union, onl
/ finally to end in the fall Of the incuyn
bent ministry and the rising into DOW
I er Of another. Then there follows
r period OF renewed negotiations and ex
pectations
j Once Hated by Swedes.
Through these repeated polite;
contests and defeats. with their attend
ant interruptions methods and dl,
II torted reports and malicious ACCUSE
n TORS. the masses OF the two countris
II have become iuflamed against eac
other, until finally there have grow
n up certain cliques. whose only cree
2. is hatred OF their neighbor, and wi
s are therefore popularity known .
e, 'Swede haters" and Norwegian ha
ers." with the former In the ma1ortt
t, 1t ID only through an infinite anou,
Of patience, coupled with a rare d
l.. gree of personal tactfuiness and o,
litical diplomacy. that King Oscar h,
ef been able to keep the reina OF his di
lri dcult government In sucn exceile
/ control as he has.
Ls5 VIII the crown prince be equally D
tient and equally tactfui? II ia vel