Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-03
Recent Occurrences OF Interest
IN swedsn,. Norway and -.
Ospmark. "a ~ -.
One Of the Highest Oricisls or King
Oscars Caurt Declares lie saw .
the Remarkable Animal. 81.
SWEDEN.

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The following sea serpent story has
gained wide circulation among the up
per class OF people of Stockholm says
Hugo Nallcntin in one Of his recent
American letters: Although IL is
rather late In the season, the sea ser.
pent was seen a few days ago ut
S~aItSjobaden. a seaside resort near
Stockholm. Victor Anckarcrona. one
OF the highest officials at King Os'
ears court and the kings best per-
sonal friend, was walking out there
the other day with three other people.
when suddenly a remarkable animal
rose out OF the water about 200 yards
from the shore. The animal had a
decidedly snakelike appearance, moved
with great speed and struck the specta-
tors as being about twenty yards long.
Mr.. Anckarcrona communicated this
experience at once TO the press
and. OF course. q discussion Of great
dimensions has been the result. The
men OF science pooh-poohed the AFFAIR
and said either II was some great seals
swimming In a line or n whale that
Anckarcrona. who is q great sports
man and who has shot seals in his day
and knows their habits very well and
who may also have %harpooned whales
In his day. says decidedly that II was
nothing of the kind, hut IN animal OF
nm unknown kind and a very great
size. The great head, which sometimes
was visible above the surface, resem-
bled that OF a tortoise. That Mr.
Anckarcrona and his friends saw
something unusual is beyond doubt,
the only question Is what. Now that
Mr.. Anckarcrona, who holds such q
high social position. has dared give
publicity to his experience, others, who
have been afraid OF the ridicule that
always follows in the wake of the sea
serpent. begin to add their experiences
TO his. 1t seems that in the last three
years this remarkable animal has beer
seen by different people at different
places in remote parts OF the Stock
holm archipelago. Both fishermen and
others have seer II and at n time II
nearly upset n boat and so frightened
the inhabitants on a small island that
they dared not 20 out fishing for sew
eral days"
All Sweden has during the past
month or so been startled at the
~forgeries Of Count Fritz Won Rosen
captain of the royal bodyguard and d
prominent figure in court circles. He
ms been arrested at Copenhagen OF
a charge Of forgery and fraud and his
extradition to Stockholm has been al
provided for. The Rosen family ha.
played an important role in the history
Of Sweden during the last 200 year.
and Is indebted for It's title OF count
to the fact that Gustav Frederick vor
Rosen saved the life OF King Charles
XII in the defense Of Stralsund in
IT'S. A Chicago Tribune cor
respondent relates that the young
count, Fritz Won Rosen, Is a cousin ot
those counts OF Rosen who are so wei
known in America. especially in Phil
adclphia and New York, ms the grand
sons Of the late Mrs. Bloomfield Moor,
OF the Quaker city. Their father
Count Gustav Rosen. grand chamber
lain OF the court of Stockholm ant
married to Miss Ella Moore OF Phil
ndelphia. Is the brother of Count Fred
erick Thomas o Rosen, father of thu
young nobleman now in Jail at Stock
holm. Count Fritz Rosen's troubles
are mainly due to extravaganza and t
gambling debts. and by rights h,
should have forfeited his commissic
some time e for the nonpaymen
Dickson. master OF the horse to the
king of Sweden. The count took adj
vantage OF the baron's death to insist
that his pecuniary obligation to tn,
baron were the result Of a loan instead
OF losses Mt the card table. Having
exhausted every possible means Of
raising the wind the young count
seems to have ended by forging tn,
names OF relatives. friends and fellow
officers to bills. which he discounted
and when confronted with discovery
fed from the country. Instead of max
Ing his way to America or even Il
some remote portion Of Europe be wa.
foolish enough to content himself with
proceeding to Copenhagen, where h,
was well known and where he tool
MP his residence under his name
not at any OF the first class hotels. buI
ut a fifth rate hosiery. where. Of
course, his presence attracted atten
tion. Tracked by the Swedish polio,
to the Danish capital he was found
there In the company Of . chorus girl
who had been the companion Of hi,
flight, and was taken back to Sweden
where the sensational trial win sool
BE- held.
Bank Director l.. Fraenckel. wh'
has Just returned from an extensive
trip in the United States and Canada
stated to a Stockholm Newspaper rep
rcsentative not long ago that q move
ment was on foot to build m Eas
Aslastic railway which would connec
| Malmo, Sweden. with Port Said
Ervpt. II Il but needless TO add tina