Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-29
GROWN NEW SOVERE|GNS.
ZINC HAAKoN AND QUEEN . MAUD
ARE PROCLAIMED RULERS AT
TRoNDHJEM, NORWAY.
NEW EPOCH IN HER HISTORY.
Declaration of Independence Made Year
Ago and Prince Charles Was
rc1 Elected Ruler.

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sons COLI was completed at 1915 this aft
gymnasium The crowning of Queen Maud
ter's Scienceeded, this service being finished
ly to other
al party left the palace at
Mr. and a., and entered the cathedral
I:npeapoIis later. The coronation cere-
acs Immediately after their ar
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20 endow it 'eir majesties left the cathe-
Mrs. Turtelloived at the palace five min
Tbomnsop. Che weather was beautiful.
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The clam is )ny of crowning was strik-
il will have to.ber in its simplicity. King
result of the med in singing the hymns
af e19 followed the printed libretto
'ns u @iV'chestra choir, which gave a
slsslppl Interpretation of Halvorsen's
those paEristic Norwegian music.
he rape King marched with soldierly bear
) and without a smile through the
hg choir to the throne before the altar
4 the apSe. He was thoroughly COM
posed throughout. The crown, although
reduced in size since it was used by
King Oscar, proved too large for King
Haakon and failed to confer dignity on
the monarch, but he maintained his COM
posure despite the fact that the crown
threatened to fall over his ears.
Queen Maud, naturally timid, looked
attractive in her royal robes and dia-
mond collar. She bowed graciously on
either side when she advanced to the
throne to receive the crown. Th 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 con-
Quoted by the bishop of Trondhjem, as
sisted 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
Michlsen conformity placed the crown on
his head, after which Foreign Minister
Loevland and the bishop conformity hand
ed him the scepter. After a prayer Of
fered by the bishop the latter and Int
rior Minister Arctander conformity hand
ed the King the orb and later the war
minister, OLSON. and the bishop handed
the sword of state to his majesty. These
ceremonies were followed by the bene-
diction.
The King having taken his seat on the
throne the Queen was crowned by the
same high personageS and III similar
manner. The ceremony throughout was
impressive.
When the newly crowned sovereigns
copal benediction all the royal guests
and special ambassadors saluted them
with due reverence.
New Rulers Are Cheered.
At the termination of the proceedings
the president of the Storthng called out
God Save the King and Queen" and
the whole distinguished company heart
lily took up the cry.
Grouped around the kings throne dur
ing the ceremony were the crown prince
and crown princess, Christian of Dem
mark, Prince Harold of Denmark, and
Prince Henry of Prussia, while about
the queens throne were the Prince and
Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria OF
England, and Grand Duke Michael OF
Russia.
w. ]. Bryan Was There.
Among the first to arrive at the ca
thedral was the special American envoy,
Charles II. Graves, minister to Sweden
and Mrs. Graves, Lieut. Commander
John II. Gibbons, the naval attache OF
the United States at London, and Mrs.
Gibbons; and Major William w. Glib
son, American military attache at st.
Petersburg, who was accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Bryan. The
crowd watched the party with great in
terest.
The royal coach, drawn by four hand
some bays, led by footmen, reached the
cathedral at II 10 q. M, where the King
and Queen were received by the clergy.
When the royal party entered all pres
ent in the cathedral arose and the cere-
mony began Immediately.
The completion of the browning of
King Haakon was communicated by
two army signallers, wigwagging across
the city, from the cathedral to the hill
batteries. The first gun, announcing the
tidingS, doomed forth instantly and
then there was roar of guns from the
ships and land batteries and the bells
of all the city churches began ringing.
The King and Queen.
With the accession of King Haakon
VII. to the throne, Norway begins a
new epoch of her history, a return, aft
er hundreds of years, to the condition of
separate kingdom. On June of last
year Norway declared it's independence
and in October the Parliaments of Swe-
den and Norway ratified a treaty provid-
ing for the peaceful separation of the
Kingdoms. Prince Charles of Denmark
was asked to become a candidate for
the throne of Norway. On November
1918 an election was held and Charles
was chosen King. Upon assuming the
throne on November % he took the
name of Haakon VII.
King Haakon is the second son of
King Frederick of Denmark. He was
born August Is, 1872, at Charlotten-
lund. the summer residence of his faith
er. He was trained for the navy and
made several cruises aboard Danish
warships
Opposition to Marriage.
Queen Maud is the daughter of Ed
ward VII. of England. Her childhood
was spent at Sandringham, the favorite
home of the English royal family. 1t
was during the visit of the princess and
her sister. Princess Victoria, to their
grandparents at Copenhagen that the
friendship between Charles and Maud
was begun. There was considerable op-
position to the marriage, as Maud was
the daughter of the future King of
England and Charles was only a Danish
prince No one then dreamed of the
great events that were destined soon to
come into the young princes life.
The wedding took place in July, 1895
in Buckingham palace chapel. Prince
Charles was we'll received in England
His father-in-law became much attached