River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-12
KING IS DECLARED
MEDIEVAL SPLENDoR CHARAC-
TERIZES PROCLAMATION OF
NEW RULER.
KING HAAKON OF NORWAY COMES
Vast Crowds Ancient Ceremonies Per-
formed in ProcIaiming Ac-
cession of King
George.

London, Eng. - George V. was
proclaimed king throughout the en-
pire with all the traditional ceremony
of past centuries. In Dublin the us
ter king-at-arms read the proclamation
in the presence of Lord Aberdeen, lord
lieutenant of Ireland and Lady Aber-
deem.
Premier AsGuith and Reginald Nc
Kenna, first lord of the admiralty have
arrived in London. Other members of
the cabinet and officials holding i'm
portant positions under the govern
ment are Fastening to the capitol.
King Haakon and Queen Maud of Nor
way were met at the station by King
George and Queen Mary, and young
Prince Olaf threw his arms around his
uncle's neck. The party drove i'm
mediately to Buckingham palace,
where they viewed the body of the
late king.
A brief religious service was held in
the chapel
Would Reopen Theaters.
King George, in a letter to the the
atrical managers, expressed the wish
that the theaterS reopen until the
day of the funeral, on account Of the
number of people that would be
thrown out of work by the closing of
the houses and this will be carried
out
Many of King Edwards personal
friends, including Earl Roberts, e. j.
Balfour, Lord Curzon of Kedelston
to view the body and after a brief :
solemn service which was attended
by the widow and all the members of
the royal family including King George
and Queen Mary, the body was trans
ferred to the casket shell which was
kept open until after the arrival of
Queen Maud of Norway.
Sharply at the stroke of 8. four her.
aids, arayed in medieval uniforms of
scarlet, heavily braided with gold,
mounted the balcony of Friary court
at st. James palace, where Queen Vic
toria presented herself to the people
upon the opening of her memorable
reign, and blew a fanfare through
their long silver trumpets.
The precincts of the palace by this
time were a great mass of people,
many of whom could secure but the
hriefest glimpse of the proceedings.
The balconies and roofs of the ancient
palace, which had been draped with
red cloth, were reserved for the not
ables, all of whom were in the deepest
mourning. Gen. Sir John d. p.
French, with the headquarters staff in
full dress uniform, stood surrounded
by troop of horse guards in their red
tunics and breast plates of polished
steel. From the windows of MARI
borough house imediately opposite
the dumke of Cornwall, the young heir
to the throne, and the younger prince
and Princess Mary watched the cere-
mony.
Similar scenes but marked with less
ornate pageantry were witnessed IN
other principal cities of the kingdom
where the proclamation was read
Securities Harden.
THE singing of the national anthem
marked the reopening of the stock eX-
change, the members of which forth
with got down to work with a deter
mination to discountenance any bear
attacks. Influential supper was at
hand to Offset any adverse sentimental
effect following King Edwards death
and the tone was steady from the
start with hardening of prices. This
was notable with consols which start
ed 3-8 cent higher and improved to
81% cents Home rails gained form
IL to l point. Other British securities
and Kaffirs hardening in sympathy.
Leading American securities put UP
more than point over parity helping
the general advance.