Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-15
A ROYAL PRINCESS NEDS.
THE PDPULACE ENRAG[D..
ENACTED AT THE SPANISH CAP
ITOL YESTERDAY.
BUTCHER WEYLER IN COMMAND
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED AND
SEVERE PENALTIES THREATEN
ALL OFFENDERS.


chapel of the royal palace, in the pres
ence of the royal family and all the
aristocracy and officialdom of Spain.
Dona Maria de Las Mercedes de Bour-
bon Hapsburg, Princess of the AS
turias, was to-day welded to Prince
Charles of Bourbon.
At half-past 10 o'clock this morning
there assembled in the private apart
ments of Queen Regent Maria Chris
tina those forming the brides party,
consisting of her mother, the Queen
Regent; her brother, the boy king,
Alfonso XIII; her sister, the Infanta
Maria Teresa; her aunts, the Infanta
Isabella and Eulalia; her uncle, Arch
duke Eugen, of Austria; her grand
mother, Archduchess Elizabeth, with
all the high retainers of the court,
ladies in waiting, grandees of Spain
and gentlemen in waiting.
AT the same hour, in like manner
there gathered in the apartments of
the Infanta Dona Isabella, the persons
composing the party of the bridegroom
These were the parents of Prince Char
les, the Count and Countess of Cas-
certa, the Duke and Duchess of Gala
bra, his sisters, Dona Maria Immacu-
lata, Dona Maria Pia and Dona Maria
i hoiY- in Of
and gentlemen.
The bridegroom's party emerged
first and proceeded along the winding,
massive granite corridors to the chapel,
being Immediately followed by the
brides cortege from the Queen Re-
gents apartments. Their places were
respectively to the right and left, but
in front of the altar the bride and
bridegroom stopped at the
Steps Leading to the Altar.
and there kneeled, thus remaining
throughout the mass, which was said
by Cardinal Sancha archbishop of To-
ledo, primate of Spain. Assisting him
were Cardinal Casajares, archbishop of
Valladolid; Cardinal Herrera, arch
bishop of Santiago de Compostela, and
Cardinal Casana bishop of Barcelona.
Also attending were the bishop of
Madrid, the bishop chaplain of the
Place de Sion, and several other pre-
late, church dignitaries and cardinals,
whose places were within what might
be termed the presbytery. The mass
celebrated was low mass, there being
no singing, though the organ perform
ed solemn sacred selections, including
one written for the occasion by Zubi-
cure.
AS the bride and bridegroom knelt
upon cushions touching the steps of
the altar, a white, satin bordered veil,
! three yards long and half yard wide,
was spread over the head and should
ers of the bride, reaching over the
shoulders of the groom, but leaving
his head uncovered, while, according
to the Spanish custom, white satin
ribbon, called yoke, was tied about
the necks of the couple, the knot being
made between them, signifying their
union.
After the Mass,
the simple Catholic ritual of marriage
was read, the ceremony not differing
in any detail from that uniting the
most humble members of that faith,
except that the ritual was read from a
specially printed book in Spanish.
Wedding rings were exchanged. these,
of course, being of great value and
unique workmanship.
Another custom observed was that
of giving coins to bride by the bride
groom. These may be pennies or sill
yer. or gold coins, according to the
position and wealth of the contracting
parties, but they must always number
thirteen. Those employed today were
thirteen gold coins, each weighing an
ounce and being of the coinage bear
ing the bust of Felipe, the first Span
ish Bourbon monarch. They were the
same used at the wedding of Queen
Isabel II, the grandmother of the bride.
After the conclusion of the simple
wedding service, the cardinal primate
pronounced a short discourse, exhort-
ing the wife to love and obey her hus-
band, and the husband to love and