Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-31
KING FREDERICK IN OFFICE
People of Denmark Hail Eighth Of that
Name as Ruler,
SAYS NE WILL FOLLOW FATHERS PLAN
Fifty Thousand People GIVE Warm
Greetins TO New Monarch.
who Hopes for Accord
with Subjects.

COPENHAGE EN-. Denmark, Jan. So.-Fred-
erick VIII was proclaimed. king of Dem
mark Mt noon today In Amalienborg square
! In front of the palace. The ceremony
lasted only few minutes The premier,
M. Christensen, appeared on the balcony
of the palace and announced to the $1,000
| persons assembled below the death of King
Christian TX and the ascension of his
! eldest son. The premier then called for,
cheers for King Frederick VIII The new
| ruler of Denmark Joined the premier on
the balcony and in short speech declared
that he would rule In accordance with the
example set him by his father and trusted
that the same accord between the king and
the nation would continue as heretofore.
His majesty concluded with calling for
cheers for the fatherland.
King Frederick received a warm-hearted
greeting from those assemblies.
Since o'clock in the morning all the
church bells have been toling. minute guns
| have been booming from the forts. flags
everywhere have been displayed at half
| mast and business practically has been at
a standstill, the sorrowing inhabitants of
Copenhagen gathering in the streets and
| discussing the virtues of their beloved
King Christian and the probabilities of the
| future.
Old Ministers Retained.
| Prior to the proclamation of his ascension
! King Frederick held council of state at
| which the ministers rendered their resigna-
| tions and were requested to retain their
posts. Afterwards the new ruler sur
rounded by the princess, received at
| Christian WIS palace, the cabinet
ministers, presidents of the Rigsdag, the
chief civil and military officials and the
court dignitaries, Then come the important
ceremony OF the day. Promptly at noon
! the premier stepped out on the balcany
of the palace and thrice shouted to the
assembled throng:
! King Christian TX is dead. Long live
his majesty, King Frederick VIII"
Sonorous hurrahs broke from the crowd
| in front Of the palace and re-echoed down
the streets opening on Amalienborg
| square, the flags on the public buildings
were run UP to the mastheads and a royal
| salute was Numbered from the city's forts.
The king shortly afterward drove across
the square to his own palace greeted by
! hearty cheers.
| Period of Mourning.
The court has been ordered to go into
mourning for thirty weeks, and the minister
of justice has notified all the theaters and
other places of entertainment that they
must remain closed this week well as
the day before and the day of the funeral.
King Frederick early in the afternoon
announced his ascension to the throne In
a proclamation follows:
! We Frederick VIII king of Denmark. by
the grace of God, etc, do hereby announce
| and make known that our dearly beloved
gathered to his fathers by a sudden but
/ calm and peaceful death. We have there.
upon, ip accordance with the law, assembled
the throne While thus assuming this high
and responsible position for which the Al
mighty has chosen US, 1t is our determine
ton to maintain the, constitution of our
privileges of our whole people. II the peo-
pie themselves will have the same conf
tae viii kn s .Tant We saye
blessing to all OF us
II is our, will that all public business
further notice the officials appointed by
our dearly beloved father will remain at
their posts in accordance with their oath
! Given at our castle of Amalienborg, jan
uary 80, 1906. FREDERICK r.
The American minister, Thomas j.
o'Brien, has already acted upon cabed
instructions from the State department as
| follows:
Convey through the appropriate channel
your country upon the death of his majesty,
/ King Christian. ROOT.
| King Frederick is great admirer OF
America. AS crown prince he never lost
an opportunity to welcome prominent Amer
lean visitors TO his palace and always
showed the keenest interest in events trans
piring in the United States He is close
reader of American standard books.
Funeral Arrangements.
Following the wishes Of King Christian
the funeral will be attended with little cere.
monial. The body, which will be placed II
a CONN tomorrow, will not lie in state, but
prior to the entombment, which is expected
to take place In about a fortnight, 1t will be
visited by the chiefs OF state. Today The
members OF the family watched in the dealt
chamber continuously. The burial will take
place in the Cathedral Of Rosakide beside
Queen Louise in the chapel OF Frederick
the Fifth.
King Haakon of Norway, Queen Alexan.
dra of England and King George Of Greece
are expected to arrive I'm a few days, a;
we'll as a number of other princes anc
princesses from the continental capitals. II
is thought that the emperor of Russia vii
attend the funeral but this Is uncertain, Il
is announced that Emperor William will b,
present in person. coming in a warshir
which he will occupy during his stay.
Program in London.
LONDON. Jan. 3O.-King Edward arrived
I'm town today and Queen Alexandra pro.
ceeded to saudringhan. where she will re-
main until she goes to Copenhagen TO at.
tend the funeral of her father. King Chris
tian.
King Edward has decided to open Parlia.
ment in person, but the queen will not be
present and the state pageantry probably
will be curtailed, The levees will be held
as arranged, February 20 and %, but the
drawing rooms have been indefinitely post.
poned.
The bell in the curfew tower of Windsor
castle on the day OF the funeral will bt
tolled lightweight times representing tn,
! age OF King Christian.
JAMES ]. HILL Is PESSlMlSTlC
| SAYS People Arc SnendInR Their Saw.