The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-22
Is KING HAAKON VII. NOW
New Ruler of Norway Is Given Hi.
Crown at tho Ancient

1Tondjhein, June 2l.-kfng Haakor
VII, his queen and his son slept las
, night in the ancient capital of Haakor
n Good, where Norway was first Gre
ated a nation. They arrived last even
ing in the gunboat Heimdal. amid
scenes of picturesqueness betting the
occasion. The elaborate preparations
for their reception had hardly been
completed before crowds began to con-
gregate along the route of the process
! from the pier to the palace, on
the breakwater and bluffs, making the
entrance on the hills trimming the har-
Dor.
Expectation had made the ordinarily
grave Norwegians Parisians in their
gayety. On the pier was built a great
pavilion in the old Morse form, deco
tributes. Round the pavilion We're
gathered members of the diplomatic
corps from Christtania, officers of the
army and navy and municipal officers.
All save the latter We're brilliantly uni
formed. A conspicuous figure was
Baron Won Wedel. -Jarlsherg, who
played a prominent part in the selec-
ton of Haakon as king, and who is
called ~ the Norwegians Warwick,
the king maker"
Five minutes after 5 o'clock the
guns of the Danish warship Hekla,
booming the royal salute. gave the
crowds the announcement that the
Kings yacht was approaching. The
1ull salute was fired and the granite
walls of the Fjord had not ceased
echolng 1t before the Heirldal round
ed the promonotory. The crowds watt
silently until the yacht entered her
slip, when they broke into the short,
sharp hurrahs, The expression of Nor
wegian enthusiasm.
Although Norway is regarded as
G falNp - ~ & tI~ -
and a country free from violent
animosities, he Norwegian
police are taking precautions to protect
King Haakon and the visiting princes
and other notable personages. De-
lectlves watch all trains and
company the king throughout the cere-
monies. King Haakon, who is exceed
lngly Democratic, insists on going
among the people n scouts the idea
mat anyone can be DESTROYS of %iniuring
him.
Though Trondjhem lies on the very
frontier of civilization it is a modern
wv lmbued with a spirit of progress
surprising to visitors who expect the
1ardships usual to travel on unfre-
luented ways. Just now it is beau
freshened with white paint glar-
ng under a summer sun that shines |
Wenty hours ~consecutively and in a
White daylight that never completely
arkenS.
The sound of busy hammers had not
eased when King Haakon and Queen
daud lande under the flutter of thous-
.nds of new flags unfurled from every
point. Trondjhem does not
'ossess a royal palace, but the COVER
.or's residence, a great wooden man
ion erected by a wealthy merchant in
he eighteenth century, has been re-
and redecorated for the new
lonarch- The banquet hall has been
astily constructed in the rear of the
1t is frame and unpainted,
ut the interior suggests Roman SPLEEN
or in it's colors.
Snowy linens of the finest quality
onceal the Imprinted pine of three
ing tables. The royal table stands at
ne end of the hall. under a graceful
anoDy of purple borne up by the ma
onal arms.
Thu vic streets at all hours of the
and throughout the short white
are thronged with people, and
though Norwegians form the most of
re crowd. there is a conspicuous alb
of the picturesque national cos
mes.