Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-06-28
NORWAY CROWNS
NEW SOvERE|GAS
KING HAAkoN AND QUEEN MAUD
PROCLAIMED AT TRoNoHJEM.
NEW EPOCH FOR NATION
Declaration of independence Made a
Year Ago and Prince Charles
Elected RuIer-crown a Trifie
Large, But Monarch Maintains
Dignity-oueen Simply Gowned.

Trondhjem, Norway, June 2S.-The
browning of Haakon as king of Nor
way was completed yesterday. The
royal party left the palace at 11:O5 a
M. and entered the cathedral six min.
utes later. The coronation ceremony
began Immediately after their arriv.
al.
AT 1855 their majesties left the
cathedral and arrived at the palace
five minutes later. The weather was
beautiful.
The ceremony of GROWING was
striking and somber in its simplicity
King Haal1on Joined in singing this
hymns and closely followed the print
ed libretto of the orchestra choir
which gave splendid Interpretation
of Halvorsen's characteristic Nor
wegian music.
The king marched with soIdierly
bearing and without smile through
the long choir to the throne before
the altar in the apse. He was thor
oughly composed throughout. The
crown, although reduced in size since
it was used by King Oscar, proved toe
large for King Haakon and failed to
confer dignity on the monarch, but
he maintained his composure despite
the fact that the crown threatened
to fall over his ears.
Queen Maud, naturally tim,d
looked attractive in her royal robes
and diamond collar. She bowed
graciously on either side when she
advanced to the throne to receive the
crown. The queen and her ladies
in waiting were simply gowned
There were no court trains and they
had no feathers in their hair. There
were few elaborate toilettes among
the audience.
Many Details in Ceremony.
The coronation ceremonies were
conducted by the bishop Of Trond
hjem, assisted by the leading cabinet
ministers and chief justice of the
supreme court. After the amounting
of the king by the bishop the latter
and Prime Minister Nicholson con
Jointly placed the crown on his head
after which Foreign Minister Loev
land and the bishop conformity handet
hi Inn hn ~
fered by the bishop the latter and In
terror Minister Arctander conformity
handed the king the orb and later the
war minister, OLSON. and the bishop
handed the sword of state to his
majesty. These ceremonies were fol-
lowed by the benediction.
The king having taken his seat on
the throne the queen was crowned
by the same high personages and In
similar manner. The ceremony
throughout was impressive.
When the newly crowned sover-
eigns returned to their thrones after
the Episcopal benediction all the roy,
al guests and special ambassadors sa-
luted them with due reverence.
Large State Dinner.
At the state dinner at the palace
last night there were $50 guests, In.
Guiding all the visiting princes and
princesses and members of specia
embassaies and legations. The king
and queen and the majority of the
party dined in a specially constructed
hall in the rear of the palace, but the
hall was inadequate for the guests
and all four rooms on the lower floor
of the palace were utilized.
Speci% Ambassador Charles Fl.
Graves and wife, Lieutenant Com.
mander ]. H. Gibbons and Mrs. Glib.
bons and Major William w, Gibso.
were the Americans present. Premier
Nicholson toasted King Haakon, who
responded and toasted Norway.
Crowds outside the palace cheered
the arrival and departure of the
princes and principal special embas-
sizes.
At the coronation yesterday beside
the special embassy from the United
States and Mr.. and Mrs. William j..
Bryan, Americans present included
Mines Marshall Field and Eddy and
Miss Eddy of Chicago, William
wheatley and wife, Mrs. e. Hope
Slater and Miss Gwynn, Washington,
and the Norwegian-American deleast
ton. King Haakon presented Spe-
cial Ambassador Graves and Mrs.
Graves with silver medals struck in
honor Of the coronation.