Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-05
ROYALTY AT STATION
TO WELCOME GUEST
CROWDS IN STREET CHEER
ROOSEVELT AS HE PASSES
THROUGH STREETS DEcoRAT-
ED WITH AMERICAN FLAG.

this afternoon and a big crowd vel
coined the party. Roosevelt will re-
main here until Friday evening, when
he will proceed to Stockholm.
Roosevelt was formally received at
the railway station by King Haakon
and Queen Maud. With the royal
party were Premier Konow, Foreign
Minister Irgens and President of the
Storthing c. C. Berner, and members
of the Nobel prize committee.
The meeting of their majesties and
the former president was cordial
During the exchange of greetings a
band played American airs. Great
crowds In the streets cheered Roose-
welt as he drove to the palace The
buildings along the way were elabor-
ately decorated, American flags being
entwined with the Norwegian colors.
Copenhagen Visit Ended.
Copenhagen, May 4.--aIr. Roosevelt
left here at $3.50 last night for Chris
tiana. At Christiana the features Of
his visit will be the Nobel prize
speech. This will be delivered on
Thursday afternoon in the National
theater. An enormous crowd gather
e. at the station to bid farewell to the
Roosevelt party.
Minister Egan had been invited to
go to Christiana, but remained here,
having just received news of the death
in the United States Of his wife's
mother.
Colonel Roosevelt was the recipient
yesterday of two loving cups, one
bearing the Danish coat of arms and
the other the American arms and also
four plaques from the royal porcelain
works, upon which were pictured sew
eral wild beasts. In making the pres
entation the manager of the works
told Mr.. Roosevelt they were wild
beasts of Africa
Mr.. Roosevelt accepted the plaques
graciously and while examining the
figure of an elephant looked up sud-
denly and said smilingly: ''This is
not an African elephant"
THAT is quite true,'' replied the
manager. "These plates were made
specially sWe have no study Of At
rican elephants and so used Asiatic.'
Causes Much Amusement
The incident caused a great deal of
amusement and the colonel remarked:
Il am very glad to have all kinds
Of elephants"
The municipality gave dinner at
the city hall In honor Of the ex-presi-
dent which was attended by $50 of the
leading men of the city. The lord
mayor presided and all the members
Of the cabinet were present. The
mayor proposed the health Of the
guest Of honor in admirable English
and the company cheered as he con-
cluded: "Long live Roosevelt"
Mr.. Roosevelt in responding touched
upon the similarity of the problems
confronting all free countries. He
was cheered when he left the dinner
by the big crowds that had gathered
outside the city hall.
A motor trip to Helsingoer (Elsin-
pre), where the Roosevelts entertain
ed at luncheon on board the Scandi-
navian-American liner Queen Maud
yesterday afternoon, was the occasion
Of an unusual compliment to Mr..
Roosevelt The Danish and Swedish
governments had ordered their squad
rons Of warships to take positions at
Intervals along the Danish coast be-
tween Helsingoer and Copenhagen and
when the Queen Maud steamed past
Mr.. Roosevelt was accorded the hon
ors usually paid only to royalty
Flags on Warships Dipped.
The flags on the warships were dip
ped the officers and men saluted, and
the bands played American airs.
The DaLish-American society of Chi
cago put Mr. Roosevelt down as a
member, with his consent, of the de-
veloping company which is reclalming
lands in the district Of Jutland for
public purposes, and presented him
with ten shares Of non-dividend pay
ing stock.
Elsinore is the assumed scene of
c5hakespeare's Hamlet" and it is said
that Shakespeare and his company of
actors usually performed the tragedy
at the castle. Colonel Roosevelt walk
ed the ramparts where, according to
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