Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
SPANISH B0UR
BON WEDDING
MAY LEAD TO OVERTHROW OF
THE MONARCHY,
THE CEREMONY WAS FINE
ROYALTY TURNS OUT TO SEE THE
EVENT. PAPAL BENEDIC-
TIoN FOR THE UNION,

Madrid Fob 14.-In the chapel of the
royal palace. in the presence of the royal
family and all the arstocracy and
officialdom of Spain. Dona Maria de
Las Mercedes de Bourbon v Hapsburg.
princess of the Asturias, was today
welded to Prince Charles Bourbon.
AT half past 10 O'Clock this morning
there assembled in the private apart
ments of Queen Regent Maria Christina
those forming the brides party, consist
ing of her mother, the queen regent, her
brother. the boy king Alfonso XIII; her
sister, the Infanta Maria Teresa; her
aunts. the 1nfantas Isabella and Eulalie;
her uncle, Arch Duke Eugene of Austria;
her grandmother, Arch-Duchess Eliza
beth 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
1nfanta Dona Isabella. the persons com.
posing the party of the bridegroom.
These were the parents Of Prince
Charles. the duke and duchess of
Calabria, his sister, Dona Maria Inn
maculata, Dona Maria Pia and Dcna
Maria Josephine and their train of ladies
and gentlemen.
The bridegrOom's parity emerged first
and proceeded along the winding, mas
siNe granite corridors to the chapel be-
ing Immediately followed by the brides
cortege from the queen regents APART
ments. 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 Toledo pil,late
OF Spain. The mass celebrated was low
mass. there being no singing, though the
organ performed solemn sacred selec-
tions. including one written for the occu-
-sion by Zubicurre.
AS the bride and bridegroom hnelt
upon cushions touching the steps of the
altar. white satin-bordered VEIL three
yards long and half a yard wide, vas
spread over the head and shoulders of
the bride. reaching over the shoulders
of the groom, but leaving his head un-
covered, while according to the Spanish,
custom, white satin ribbon, called
yoke. was tied about the neck OF The
couple. the knot being made between
them, signifying their union.
After the mass, the simple Catholic
ritual of marriage was read. the cere-
mony not differing in any detai! from
that uniting the most humble members
of that faith. except that the ritual vas
read from specially printed book in
Spanish. Wedding rings We're eXcnaA2 ed
by both parties, these, of course, being
OF great value and unique Workmanship.
Another custom observed was that Of
giving coins to the bride by the bride
groom. These may be pennies or silver
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 oon,,
of the coinage bearing the bust of Felipe,
the first Spanish Bourbon monarch They
were the same used at the wedding of
Isabella II. the grandmother of the bride
After the conclusion of the simple we'd
ding service. the cardinal primate pro-
nounced short discourse. eXhorting the
wife to love and obey her husband ana
the husband to love and cherish his wife.
adding:
Il give thee a companion. not a slave"
The cardinal made reference to the
virtues of the ancestors of the bride ana
groom and pointed out the obligations
the prince and princess were undertake
ing in order to give an example to those
in an inferior station OF life and then be-
slowed the papal and his own benedic-
ton.
Arm in arm. the newly welded couple
arose and left the chapel. followed by a
single cOrtege. the two family parties
merging into one. instead of leavig sep
arately, as they had entered. They ira
versed the long corridors to the apart
ments of the queen regent. where rec
ord of the marriage was entered in a
civil 70 mil
and the same witnesses signing who
signed the wedding contract on Tues
day.
This ceremony ended, all repaired to
the state dining room. in which the be-
trothal ball was held Monday evening,
and partOok of a wedding breakfast.
The chapel in which the ceremony was
held is located in the north wing of the
palace. 1t is rotunda shaped with the
nave opening on the main gallery of the
palace and running about the inner
court. Ordinarily it would seat about $50
persons but today every available inch of
SPACE was occupied in order to accommo-
date the invited guests. Though the
skylights would have afforded ample
Eight. they were covered with heavy yell
low hangings. through which the sun
light was unable to penetrate, except in
yellow SleamS Whlch aQOed TO the SOM
| bre appearance that the massive style
of architecture already gave to the
chapel. Sixteen tall columns of gray
, marble support the domed roof Color
/ was lent to the scene by red Brussels
carpet which covered the entire floor to
| the foot of the altar where. to the right
entering from the gallery of danes, the
| wall was decorated with frescOes of the
| holy trinity and the tuteiarye saints of
| Spain by Geacinto. while above the altar
! hung the "Annunciation." painted by
| Raphael during his latter days.