The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-03
SEA SERPENTNEAR STOCKHOLM
One of the Highest Officials of King
Oscars Court Declares He Saw
the Remarkable Animal.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm,


Hugo Vallentin in one Of his recent
American letters: although it is
rather late in the season, the sea SER
pent was seen few days ago at
Saltsjobaden, a seaside resort near
Stockholm. Victor Anckarcrona, one
Of the highest officials at King o.
cars court and the kings best per-
Eonal FRIEND was walking out there
the other day with three other people.
when suddenly 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, discussion Of great
dimensions has been the result. The
men of science pooh-poohed the affair
and said either it was some great seals
swimming in line or a whale that
had strayed into the Baltic. But Mr..
Anckarcrona. who is a great sports
man and who has shot seals in his day
and knows their habits very we'll and
who may also have harpooned whales
In his day, says decidedly that it was
nothing of the kind, but an animal Of
an unknown kind and very great
size. The great head, which sometimes
was visible above the surface, resem-
bled that of a tortoise. That Mr..
something unusual is beyond doubt,
the only question is what. Now that
Mr.. Anckarcrona, who holds such
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 been
seen by different people at different
places in remote parts Of the Stock
holm archipelago. Both fishermen and
others have seen it and at one time it
nearly upset boat and SO frightened
the inhabitants on small island that
they dared not go 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 a
prominent figure in court circles He
has been arrested at Copenhagen OH
charge Of forgery and fraud and his
eXtradition to Stockholm has been all
provided for. The Rosen family has
played an important role in the history
OF Sweden during the last 200 years
and is indebted for its title of count
to the fact that Gustav Frederick Won
Rosen saved the life Of King Charles
MI in the defense of Stralsund in
1715. A Chicago Tribune cor
respondent relates that the young
count, Fritz Won Rosen, is cousin of
those counts Of Rosen who are so we'll
known in America. especially in Phil
adelphia and New York, as the grand
sons Of the late Mrs. Bloomfield Moore
of the Quaker city. Their father,
Count Gustav Rosen. grand chamber
lain Of the court Of Stockholm and
married to Miss Ella Moore of Phil
adelphia, is the brother of Count Fred
erick Thomas Won Rosen, father Of the
young nobleman now in Jail at Stock
holm. Count Fritz Rosen's troubles
are mainly due to eXtravag ance and to
gambling debts, and by rights he
should have forfeited his commission
some time ago for the nonpayment Of
his gambling debts to the late Baron
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 the
baron were the result Of loan instead
of losses at the card table. Having
exhausted every possible means of
raising the wind the young count
seems to have ended by forging the
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 to
some remote portion Of Europe he was
foolish enough to content himself with
proceeding to Copenhagen, where he
was well known and where he took
up his residence under his own name,
not at any Of the first class hotels, but
at fifth rate hostelry, where, Of
course, his presence attracted atten-
ton. Tracked by the Swedish police
to the Danish capital he was found
there in the company of chorus girl
who had been the companion Of his
flight, and was taken back to Sweden,
where the sensational trial will soon
lie held
Bank Director L. Fraenckel. who
has just returned from an extensive
trip in the United States and Canada.
stated to a Stockholm newspaper rep
resentative not long ago that a move
ment was on foot to build an East
Asiastic railway which would connect
Malmo, Sweden, with Port Said.
Egypt. It is but needless to add that