The Colfax chronicle., 1888-12-01
POINTS ON PoTENTATES

THE rcigning Prince Of Montenegro Is
Nicholas L, who is forty-seven years old,
and has reigned for twenty-eight years.
THE King Of Sweden and Norway, Oscar
H., is in his sixtieth year, and has reigned
for sixteen years. He has favored some re-
forms.
THE King Of Portugal Louis l., Is fifty
years old, and is O man Of enterprise and
progress. He has been twenty-seyen years
King.
TIE Emperor Of Russia, Alexander III, Is
forty-three years old, and mounted the
throne after the murder Of his father, seven
years ago.
THE power and authority Of the King Of
Spain, Alfonso Kill, who is not yet two
years old, is limited by the regency Of his
mother. He never saw his royal sire.
THE King OF Roumania, Carol l.. is forty
nine years of age, and was proclaimed King
only seven years ago. but before that time
he had been for fourteen years the Domnul
of his subjects.
THE King of Italy, Humberto l., is forty.
four years old, and has worn the crown
since the death of his father, ten years ago.
He is but the second of the Kings Of United
Italy. and his throne is in the eternal city
Of Rome
THE King of the Belgians, Leopold H., is
fifty-three years old, and if he should reign
till he reaches the age at which his father
died he win be King up to the year 1910. He
has been on the throne nearly twenty-three
years
In Germany there are three Kings and 9
Grand Duke, besides the Emperor Of Ger
many and the King of Prussia, who are one.
There are the King OF Bavaria, the King Of
Wurtemburg, the King Of Saxony and the
reigning Grand Duke of Baden.
TIE Sovereign or Sultan of Turkey, Abb
dui Hamid H., is forty-six years old, and
succeeded to the throne twelve years ago,
when the Majesty who preceded him was
deposed. He was the twentyeighth Sultan
since the conquest of Constantinople by the
Turks.
THE King of Greece, or King Of the Hell
lenes, Georgios l., is forty-three years OF
age, and has been King for a quarter of a
century, or since he was eighteen, at which
age he was elected to the Hellenic throne.
He finds it q hard job to rule the modern
Greeks or keep their favor.
THE King of the Netherlands, William
| III, IS the Oldest monarch in Europe, being
now Of the age of seventy-one, and entered
upon the fortieth year of his reign on st.
Patricks day, though he is SCION of the
royal house of Orange. Even in Holland
the old monarch is merry at times.
THE King of Servia, Milan l., is thirty
four, and was crowned only SIX years ago,
! out before that he had held the throne for
| fourteen years by election as Prince Milan
| Obrenovic w. He is the fourth Of his
| dynasty since Servia threw of the Turkish
yoke in 1899. His predecessor was assss-
| sinated.
THE King Of Denmark, Christian TX, is
seventy years of age, or year older than
Queen Victoria, and is the second Oldest
monarch in Europe. He has welded the
scepter for quarter of q century, or just
half as long as the British Queen. One Of
| his daughters is the wife Of the Russian
Gar; another of them is the wife Of the
heir apparent to the British crown and his
second son is King of Greece.
THE Emperor Of Austria, Francis Joseph
Is fifty-eight years old, and he has worn the
imperial crown for forty years. HIS prede
cessor was his uncle, who abdicated the
throne in his favor when but fifty five years
| Of age, because he was tired Of the turmoil
and trouble. Francis Joseph is polished
scholar, hnguist, an equestrian and ar
| admircr of military pomp