Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-30
MANY YEARS CHOSEN
FOR THEMSELVES BY
POPULAR ELECTION
Full and Interesting Account Of Attractive
Ceremonies in Norway's Capital, to
Which All Eyes Turned Today.
MANY AMERICANS GAVE
INTEREST TO OCCASION

of the icveign rulers aud govern
ments ana high diEnitarioa OF the
various branches Of the home gov.
eminent. Tonight there viii be- n
iorchlight procession and a gala per-
Torrance az the royal lhoalor The
rest Of the week viii be taken up
with various festivities. including
rafadoa OF children. civic organiEa-
lions. military Daradea and receptions
uf Populations fro mall parts OF tho
country bY the King on Monday
thore VIII Be a brilliant solrto % The
palace.
Americans Prominent.
Among the thousands vt visitors
who came 10 Trnndhsem 10 attend the
curnoatiou are many NOswogians who
came from tho United States for the
purpose OF Witnessing the celebration.
q Is expected that the king viii re-
celvo a delegation az the Norwegian
Americans. including Odlu Rennlng
the author uf the Coronation hymn.
the Rev, y. d. Boihno OF Hiiteralai
MINI, who has written poem OF
greeting 10 King Haakon. entitled
Norway kinG" and Alfred paulsen
~ CHICAGO who ret the p0om 90 mu-
sic. A beautifully asrossed copy OF
the poem on parchment will be pre-
scented 10 the hng
The poem ls enclosed IN an em-
bOasod leather art portfolio. showlng
the arms Of Norway un he front.
those oI the United States Oh the
back.
Exercises 10 the Minute.
King iRakon and Queen Maud
we're today crowned sing aud queen
of NOrwey The royal party left the
palace az 1905 a. M. and entered the
cathedral six minutes later. The corr
onaiiun ceremonies begbh Immediately
after their arrival The browning of
the king was completed Rt 1916 y. M.
I The coronation az the queen bcLnn al
! ~ 30 and was completed nt 1898.
! Al 1885 the maiosilgs left the cath
edrnl and arrived a. me palace Eve
minutes later
For the Common Mass.
The coronation ceremonies, whlch
were elaborate, were conducted hy the
bishop OF Trondtlcm, assisted by the
leading cabinet ministers and the
chief Justice. AZ the termination of
the proceedings The president of the
storlhinE called out. God save the
King and Queen" ana jhe whole dis
ingilahed company heartily took up
the cry. After their return 10 the
palace their maiestiea appeared at the
window, stu wearing their coronation
robes, and the VAST throng outside
broke into hearty cheers.
Mr.. and Mra Bryan Present
In the early morning aplattors %
rain fell and chill wind OF the ford
made q necessary 90 wear uvorcoats
aud winter clothing The cathedral
illled early. The crowd uncovered
when the bishops entered. The bish-
Ups we're followed by a number Ot
priests. ROBBED Ia white. who formed
a seml.clrcie about the aliar, and
with bowed heads offered prayers for
the king and queen.
Accompanying the special American
embassy were Mr.. and Mrs. william
J.. Bryan. The people watcher this
part with great interest
The visiting princes ana princosse1
were Chcercu AZ they drove along the
lane. troops lining the cathedral app
pquaches The king and queen rode
10 the caihc sal M closed state
coach noth wore crminu robes. The
king snluied in reply 90 the saiuia-
lions of tho people
Handkeruhipfa and naga were wayed
b the crowd but there was only oc.
css.unal cheering When the royal
party entered the cathedral an pres
ent rose All the conclusion OF che
crowning Of the King. saluies were
fred from the land batteries and an
ships in the hafhof and the bells IN
an the churches were runB
Cradle Of Morse Nation.
I Trundhicm. fho ancient capital ol
The kings 90 Norway, may he cai,ed
tho cradle Of the Morse nation u q
] first mentioned in history hoiurg
\ there was a united Norway IN con.
neciion with Harold. the Falr Haired
who conquered an the petty kings Of
the Morse countries, and united them
into q single state under his Owl
crown. lu the latter pare Of the nlnta
century aut i did not attain nrsl
importance in she kingdom until
Haakon tha Good was crowned thef,
M o3d. amid the joyful acclqmRtloni
OF TIE people, who had successfully
rohelled AGAINST the cruel tyranny Of
of Brick Blo0d'aKe and his 1uapOtls
wife Queen Gunhlld Since then ai
the kings of Norway, Of whatever ma
iioualiiy they might 90, have % travo
10 this far away city Tor the core.
muny of lnYoailiuro. Tho kini
naakon 0l today owes BIS name 90 thi
hfsf good king OF an united and in'
dependent NorWaN and The lltl'
Cf0Nn prince becomes che namesak'
l0l ne FIRST legitimate successor uf in,
} great Olaf IhyHEYeapn, who wal
crowned ln o9a. up to that TIME
TrOndhiem was Jess q national cap
liai than the mtfc stronghold Of ni
important province. bui la 300 Ola
TrYeGvoaaon lhlh the foundation q
the present cily waich he then called
lNidaroH. Il ~ che ncrhorumost tnal
. Of ans importanco in Europe bclni
. akualod in lhu same latitude aa th'
soutl. coast of lceland, but q has
. lairouely temperate climate Will