Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-05-17

Anniversary Loyalty Gel.
ebrated By All His
Subjects

SuUJGStO
Madrid, May 17.-Today was the
birthday Of King Alfonso
and the anniversary was celebrated IN
the customary manner In Madrid and
the kingdom. A few weeks
hence the youthful monarch II to wed
Princess Ena Of Battenberg, on which
occasion the festivities will be on =
scale OF great magnificence. In View
OF the near approach Of this event to-
days celebration was Of milder char
acter than It otherwise would have
been. At present all Madrid h busily
engaged In preparing for the popular
Festivities that win attend the royal
wedding.
Unless some untoward event occurs.
King Alfonso's wedding day will 80
down in history a. one Of the most
brilliant, gorgeous. splendid ana his-
pitable In the annals Of pageant loving
Spain. Already every effort ON the
part Of those responsible for the cere-
monial management Of the court are
hard at work preparing for the great
week. In view Of the nations history
during the past decade there - . spec
cial incentive to make the event ~
grand and spectacular A. possible IN
order to show by example that the an
Client splendor Of Spain II not yet to
be numbered among the things Of the
past.
The Festivities viii be on grand
scale. There will be receptions and
balls, pageants and bulI-flghts, and
Madrid win TEEN with immense crowds
OF visitors, not only from all parts
Of the kingdom, but from all parts Of
the world as well.
The lord chamberlain has issued his
invitations to be present at the we'd
ding Of 'their sovereign lord.' and he
also has sent out to all the courts Of
Europe requests that they may be rep-
resented. These invitations are
couched In the quaint formula which
still obtains at the ancient royal
courts. After stating that on the 1st
Of June, 1905, the City Of Madrid will
be the scene of the wedding Of his
majesty the king. the invitation goes
on to say who the king really II. and
the recipient learns that the following
are the titles under which the youth
full monarch will stagger to the altar
Youthful King Has Many Titles.
! alfonso XIII, Leon Ferdinand
Marie jacques Isadore Pascal Antoine
King Of Spain. CASTLE. Leon. Aragon
the two Sicilies. Jerusalem. Navarro
Granada. Toledo, Valencia. Galicia
Majorca. Minorca. Seville, Gerdena
Cordova. Corceja. Murcia. Jaen. Gee.
anic continent. Archduke Of Austria
Duke Of BURGUNDY. Brabant, and NIL.
an. Count Of Hapsburs. Flanders, Ty.
rol. and Barcelona. Lord Of Biscay and
!! Molina. etc. etc. etc"
4 Word has been received that prac.
tically all the courts OF Europe will b
! represented. The many representa-.
tives Of European royalty win be &C.
companied to Madrid by large suites
I whose brilliant uniforms win add t
the splendor of the occasion. Mos
Of the delegations will be lodged II
the magnificent royal palace. This
4 structure Is huge pile OF granite and
marble situated on slight eminencs
to the north OF the capital. overlook.
ing on one hand the city and on tn,
other the valley Of Manxanares. Il
was built In the seventeenth century
and contains hundreds OF rooms, sa.
looms. picture galleries and sufficient
art treasures to stock museum.
Madrid II preparing to give itsel
over to joyous festivity for fun week
The city will be transformed into {
Tieantic garden Of flowers. Roses and
pinks will be brought by hundreds o
wagonloads from Seville, Valencia
Maiaga and Murcia. Banquet viii fol
low BANQUET and ceremony follow cere
mony. Grand professions In characte
will be organised by the students an,
women cisarmakers. and the charming
national dances will be performed y
peasants from the provinces. Stream
Of white and red wine win now from
the fountains Of Madrid in lieu O
water on the wedding day. One n
the most popular celebrations win b
monster bull fight. conducted wit
all the magnificence anr panoply o
the ancients.
How Guests Will BE- Entertained.
Apart from the pageants and spec
tacles Immediately connected with tn
wedding the youn- kings guests viii
find many entertainments and excur
sions prepared for them. There will
he excursions under royal auspices I,
I, the i vartoos o1tly1db palaces witt
(which thsAsicuse oe lourbon ha. eve
been so plentifuliy endowed. One o
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