The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-23

way nnd bic accession 20 hl father
thr1no De dld uoi dare To immediately
attack fae ancient ASA fiith which he'd
$50 many f4raucn nlfcrenis among his
closest friends 30 De iemporlzcd fof
SOME sixteen Years oI more ulan he
had won such uhboundcd popularity az
seeined TO warrant his taking sttps 10.
ward tn' realization of the wish nearest
his heart the Characterization OF his
people We began well but he did not
rossess tire cruelty Of zeal that WAS nec-
essary Tor the accomplishment of such
a. task iu that aEe so hc only succeeded
iu opening she way for his more vig-
orous successor. OLAF TryEgvesson who
introduced the fire and sword into the
SIGHT with a great measure az SUCCESS
But evoR he failed 10 completely eradi-
cate paganism from the national feart
ana Il was only after his successor. by
his VIE. and more particularly by his
death had appealed to the ready imagi-
nation OF che Norsemen that Christian
ity really became the established reiig-
ion Of the country This great mission
ary was King Olaf HaOldson who was
afterward canonized as st Olaf and
over whose sacred remains the great
cathedral ia Trondhem arose. This ca-
thedrd Is the proudest historical mon
ument in Norway and the finest church
n an Scandinavia ST Olaf was killed
at the religious battle OF sticAiest1d iu
1880. and hls son and successor. Magnus
the Good hrougft mis- boiy % Trondh.
isu ara placed q iu magnificent -ar-
caphalas ON the hi<d altar of St. Gle
wcnts church whore it Became au oh
sect o. devout pilgrimoses from au over
tfs coIntry Eventually The cathedrhl
rd Some fifteen OF twenty other
rhlraes were bult upon the strength |
f the f3ith ne hat created and even In
p-9testnt Norway to-day hs ulne is
revered above al others ia 1854 Truudh- /
Iem was erected into I'M archbishonr.c I
qd a aew impulse was given 10 e,cies- /
iastieai building enterprise At this
tine this great Archbishop gystein the
third of TTondhlem. auarreied with the !
king iut ded 20 Englard where he re-
mUned FOR three years HE returned
Gun ot religious zeal and ambitious plans
for ts own national capital and dlriag |
the next few years be built the present |
trausept of the cathedral graceful |
cvltrai toWer thd chapter house. all
IN the style Of the late Romauesque per
tnd- Ills successor aHished the magnia- !
cent choir and the octagonal a9se that
covered the relics OF St, Olaf. and from
lnat time the building grew through an
sorts Of exuberant imasinings which left
upon 81 traces Of the spiend0r OF the
early Gothic period mingled with> the
classical Romaneaque Ia such manner
da 60 create monument OF absolute
beauty Il has been repeatedly dam
aged hy nre and the elements but Is
SOW is the hands of dsvoutly careful
restoregs The great central tower with
its four corner turrets was not compiet
ca unt 1901, and i IS matter OF
great regret 70 the Norwsgians that the
othes reservations have not been CON-
2ie'ed d time for yesterdays ceremonies
iadeed e viii b. decades before the res
toUtion l. completed but the work goes
steadily on. a fund OF 100000 Kroner
per anuum being provided by the state
There is no royal palace in Tronchjem
and during the coronation festivities
the royal family win use the residence
of tho StHtsamtmand, the governor OF
the province This stands in the center
Of the city near the great market place
whore the people gather daily in a pic
turesque throng to buy and sell the pro-
duce Of the country ana the ford. Tho
town Ia ordinary times is really little
more than fishing village although 1t
does contain $4,000 inhabitants IRE
chief industry OF The place IL saimoa
fishing and salmon Is theprincipal art
icle Of food IA the province Although
the salmon is probably the finest IN the
wcrld the least particular traveller is
liobie to lose his appetite for II since
he gets it for breakfast lunch dinner
and supper and between meals K De
should happen TO get hungry Tie town
where IL hugs The shore of the ford s
most 2ictufcplue IL SIS built almost
entirely OF wood and the prevailing coll
are red and green. The streets. how
ever are unhemtinmly Wide. but this
diminishes The danger of fire wfich PER-
wood dwellings Tho wide streets open
to view wonderful vistas of the rock
hguad ford ana the beautiful hills that
lie behind the cry When The great fioru
is iul Of saily decked ships and pleas
ure vac ts. when the city IN shaded by
iying llags and brilliant decorations and
when the people are 'u abroad In thel-
moving happily about among uniformed
princes soldiers and officials ANA dis
tnguishcd visitors the scene viii lndee
be worth the long VOYAGE that must be
mace up through ne north sen TO
Trondhivm-