Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-03-07
IS PRINCE EUGEN TO MARRYl
Dame Rumor Says He Is, and That
His Choice Is Not Prin-
cess, Either.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

4 he is soon to yet married and That NOT
! to a princess. It is said IN have in
tcrfered very seriously with the
| queens winter program aud there is
much worry in royal circles at the
Swedish capital The Danish paper
| speaks OF the red prince" tas he is
popularity known as one Of Sweden's
/ greatest landscape painters and as "A
/ democratic prince who looks 50 for.
! eign and so uncertain In an officers
uniform" and who feels best at home
when among his artist friends ana
| comrades He is born artist, CON
| tinues the correspondent, and is staid
| bachelor, who never did have amy in
terest whatsoever in military fnesse
and far :s2s in any princess. although
be has time ana again been sent
abroad 10 take a look Mt some royal
beauty ut the various foreign courts
1t is now claimed that Prince Eucen
is virtually in love and that with q
girl-presumably an artist from the
common ranks. Both the prince aud
his lady friend are in Paris at pres
Ont II is reported that she is dis
tant relative Of Stookholm'~ leading
prlma donnas So much for the
Swedish Copenhagen correspondents
At any rate time viii tell
Smuggling is conducted on u large
scale in lIietauicmi and Tomca. Swe-
den, from over the Finnish border.
says a Scandinavian correspondent
The smugglers have become so bold
that they conduct their work as open
lv as legitimate tradesmeu and defy.
the custom house officials. They form
large caravans and drive over the Dor
der right before the eyes OF the Of
ficials and il these make any attempt
to interfere. n dozen guns are raised
in n twinkliug. ut which the officials
find ii very prudent to retire Tho
drivers and guards are masked TO pre-
vent their detection in TIE future one
caravan consisted of eleven sledGeS
and twenty mounted mem The work
has become so proiira ole that many
hitherto respectable persons have en-
gagged in the traffic ono lot of goods
taken over the from Ter included 1000
Kilograms Of tobacco and cigarettes.
on which the duty $ particularly high
There is a NOV ment on foot by the
Swedish government To establish Il
permanent wate,power commission for
the development of the numerous
waterfalls IN the crown lands y
preliminary survey shows that the
state controls no less than thirty-two
falls Of considerable size which at
low water are estimated 70 yield ut
least 100000 horsepover. With such
vast resources for motive power going
to waste every day. tho authorities
have awakened to the realization that
if T. high time that the governments
took the lead In the oucoura GencnE Of
industrial activity That the re
sources Of Sweden are only developed
to a limited extent has been known III
n general way for a long time hut no
estimate has been made until recent
iy. IF the work is begun and pushed
with yicor an era Of increased pros
peritv viii dawn fer sweden
SjGurd r Slgurdh the author. died
ia stockholm January -, after only
= couple Of days Illness. He suffered
from an acute attack Of influence
which finally turned into inhammatoa
Of the lungs thus causing his death
SiguUlh was born In SHANE in 1874
and was graduated from Tund uni
ycySty He soon heroine prominent
as a journalist and afterwards wrote
% novel entitled "Th" yellow House"
which brought him prominently he
fore the public He wa, only 50
wears old and was one Of the couuiry'S
most promising writer's. Prior 10 his
sudden demise Ho was bard at work
on % novel entitled -Sueh is life"
Then death suddenly intcrfercd.
Finance Minister Biescrt has been
severely criticised for his clumsy way
oG Introducing the question of ncTcaS-
ing the royal apanagc before the rlks-
dag aad If IS ruWorcd now that he
viii he asked TO resign unless he
takes on a different attitude Every
thug Is being dome in royal circles to
have this delicate Int highly iIn-
portan matter adjusted as speedily as
possible should Ejc~olt retain his
stubborn stand it is lIEclv that auoth.
or clhinet crisis will follow
Il is announced shat the duchess Of
CrAnaught now travelling IN South
Africa viii arrive in sweden next
month on a visit 20 hcr daughter.
Princess Margaret Il rs likely that
tho ,fu4lal- win s.,.tttI t.ssf..f, 80 fta,.