Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1906 — HAAKON IS CROWNED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAAKON IS CROWNED.

DANE NOW REIGNS AS KING OF NORWAY. i. 7 Coronation In According to Ancient None C’eremonlea—Ascension of Queen Aland to Throne Follows— Norway Becomes Independent. King Haakon and Queen Maud were Friday crowned respectively King and Queen of Norway in the cathedral at Trondhjein. Only in one important particular were the customs of olden days departed from in the day’s ceremonies. King Haakon and Queen Maud did not TiaTe thoiT breasts while et-rdescasttes crossed them with sacred oils, as did King Oscar of Sweden when he received the crown forty years ago. The King and Queen were anointed on the forehead and wrists only. The ceremony was chiefly religious, the bishop of Trondhjein and other high church dignitaries taking the leading part in carrying it out. After the royal mantle had been thrown over the King’s

shoulders by Premier Michelsen, the crown had been placed on his head by the bishop and the scenter and orb placed in.his hands. War Minister Olsson handed the King a naked sword. A salute of seventy-one guns was fired and after the singing of a hymn by the cathedral choir the bishop offered grayer. MolnentouM Year for Norway. The crowning of King Haakon VII. and Queen Maud was made possible by the momentous events of last summcv in Norway." For ~ enees had existed between that country and Sweden as to the interpretation to be put upon the convention of .1814, and the rikstag of 1815. Norway. claimed to be an independent nation and not to belong constitutionally to Sweden. The right to appoint consuls to foreign countries was one of the chief matters in dispute for several years. In May the Norwegian storthing passed a bill for a separate consular system. It was vetoed by King Oscar, Avhereupon the Norwegian council of state resigned. The resignation was not accepted and then the storthing passed a resolution declaring the union between jNorway and Sweden under one King dissolved. This was on June 7. For some time war between the two countries was threatened, but finally commissioners were appointed and the treaty of Carlstad was adopted by which the dissolution of the old ties was confirmed and arrangements made for future relations on the basis of complete independence. Some of the people of Norway were in favor of establishing a republic, but the majority were opposed to taking such a radical step and the government.

which was now composed of the members of the council of state headed by Premier Christian Mlchelsen began looking about for a suitable man to occupy the throne. King Osbnr peremptorily refused to allow any one of his sons to consider an offer and the choice eventually fell upon Prince Charles of Denmark. Ills name was submitted to the people and be was elected King Nov. 12 and 13. A few weeks later he took the oath of office and was duly Installed as King of Norway. The crowning, as is customary, was postponed until later. He took the title Of Haakon VII., and with Queen Maud occupied the royal castle in Christiania. Both at once became popular with the people on account of their democratic and unassuming ways. Thomas B. Collier, a member of the lower house of the Tennessee Legislature, and a prominent Stare politician, was retabbed by T. R. Tucker, a real estate man, on one of the downtown streets of Memphis. «

KING HAAKON VII.

QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY.