Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-02-05
apAlN'S UNLUChA AANU'
llama Future for the Juvenile
Monarch.
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? ~. eves Of all the world have been
- mon Spain lately, both on &C.
n.t of the firing ON the Alliance by q
~s .;.h ounboat and Of the resignation
.ss Sseasta ministry under the most
~..rl.ble circumstances. Spain is .
ia ~ moods and lenses, and ct pres
- its people are engaging in both.
~. military, led by Field Marshal
T.rtinez Campos, have been goaded to
-. mint OF open revolt by the taunts,
s.served or otherwise. Of the press of
Tsdrid. The press, with the customary
..,,dor and courage of newspaper,
s.ve decided to tight, II necessary, and
nave taken drastic precautions in bar
leading do ors and In purchasing arms.
4 bow Of nine is king Of Spain under
,he regency Of his mother, Queen Maria
chr;stina, an amisble and estlmable
~oman-but foreigner. The country
!. oyerburdcned by takes, 10 harassed
Nv rebellions, small though they may
~ in Cuba and Manila, and Is threat
susd 1t home by military revolt How
ine the yal house can Withstand all
thsse shocks remains to be seen.
King Alfonso XIII. who win be un-
lucky il superstition counts for any
thing, is the grandson Of Isabella H., .
woman with . number of pasts. I'm
Ike the Isabella In the burlesque Of
"l4O9," she Is not . queen Of great
propriety, ! but Is inclined toward ultra
bohemianism. She came Of good stock.
Blood does not always tell; or, perhaps
in this case, it told too much. She was
born ON October 10, 1880, her father
bang Ferdinand VII. of Spain, and
her mother Christina; daughter Of the
king Of the Two Sicilies, and grand
daughter Of Charles w., another king
Of Spain. When three years old Ferdi-
nsnd II. died, and isabella was nc
claimed queen under the regency Of
her mother. The latter had love A.
isir with young dragon, who, be-
cause at 1t, was created Duke de Rian-
ssres. After eleven years Of "mar-
rage" tho pope bestowed . nuptial
benediction upon them. Shortly after
ward Isabella reached her majority, the
age u thirteen, aad At once validated
her moth r's left-handed marriage.
Then Isabella concluded to follow in
her mothers footsteps, and did 20
with such enthusiasm and energy that
soon all Europe was aghast at the
young girls amours- This life lasted
three years, when . family council was
called, and it was decided to marry Isa-
bella to her cousin on her fathers side,
Don Francisco d'Assixi Despite vigor-
ous objections by Queen Victoria, who
objected TO French predominAnce in
Spain, the marriage took place on 1sa-
bella's sixteenth birthday.
Don Francisco was . physical wreck,
and had he been anyone but . duke he
would have been considered an idiot.
Naturally Isabella did not take kindly to
her husband, and bestowed her affec-
tons ON MarshAl Serrano. In 1851 Isa-
bella became the mother Of = son whose
paternity was laid at the door Of Ser
rsno. This son afterward became Al
fonso XII, the father Of the present
king. For thirty-hve years Isabella
rsigned and revelled Then came the
revolution Of 1858, and one night the
wanton queen crossed the Pyrenecs to
dnd shelter At the court OF Napoleon
III. Isahellaas husband lived with the
ex-queeA while Alfonso, her son, went
70 school in Woolwich, England In
1874 Alfonso was called 70 the Spanish
throne, and Isabella abdicated In hin
favor. The new king, who was only
seventeen years old when recalled,
proved . veritable Don Juan after his
return to Madrid. Like his mother be.
fore him, his punishment came in the
shape of an uncongenial marriage with
his cousin The young queen died siz
months after her marriage, and AL
tonso ma FRIED again in the following
year, his wife being Maria Christina, 9
daughter of Archdukc Carl Ferdinand
Of Austria, and niece of tho present
emperor. Alfonso's excuses led Il
disease, and he died on November 25
1887. On May II of the following yea
the queen Dave birth to n pOSthumOpI