The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-11

serted TO one AFTER the other IN their
order of court precedence. When the
curiosity of all those present was sat
isfled the babe was handed back to the
mistress of obes and by the latter was
given TO the royal nurse, who inmedi-
ately returned to the side of the queen.
Cheers of the PopuIaee.
As the nurse appeared in the royal
apartment roar of cheering could be
heard from the outside of the palace
In the meantime the scenes IN the
streets outside were almost beyond de-
scription; business had been suspend
ed for hours previous to the announce
ment of the birth. An immense multi
tude gathered in the vicinity of the
palace, and when the royal standard of
red and gold fiuttered up to the peak
of the flagstaff on the Punta de Dis
mento, making known that a prince of
the AstUTias was born, great shout
of joy went uD from the assembled
masses. Immediately afterward a sa-
lutte of twenty-ODe guns carried the
news to the most remote confines of the
city and the Inhabitants of the sur
rounding country. As the sixteenth re-
port resOunded (fifteen guns only would
have been fired to announce the birth
of a GRID, the men, women and chill
dren waiting in the streess ana upon
the balconies and roofs gave voice to
their satisfaction, and soon he whole
city was ringing with cries of Long
live the prince" Long live the uueenD
and Long live the King
Simultaneously the public buildings
blossomed out as If Nv magic with the
Spanish colors, and singing, dancing
and otherwise enjoying, almost she en-
tire population of the city began
streaming in the direction Of the PAL
ace.
Looks Like Its Mother.
The child is described as robust
blonde and as having his mothers COM
plexion.
Almost Immediately after the birth
had been announced Cap to Deum
was ehanted in the chapel Df the PAL
ace, where the holy sacrament has re-
manned exposed Throughout the ac-
cOuchement of the queen.
In accordance with tradition. shortly
after the birth OF the heir to the throne
the king will confer various declra-
tions upon the grandees aud the COM
mander of the palace who was on duty
at the time Of the birth The iafber-
der who was on guard a; the door of
the queens bed chamber when the child
was born will also be decorated and in
addition will receive the pieces Of gold.
presented to all the other halberdiers on
duty at the palace
Title of the Babe.
The son born today to King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria will, according to
a decree of the Spanish government.
bear the title of Prince of the Asturias.
The principality of the Asturias was.
formerly the mountain refuge of the
aboriginal inhabitants of Spain, who
Remained there until conquered alike by
Roman and Moor. In many respects
the Asturias is regarded as the cradle
of the Spanish monarchy, hence the
pride taken in the title of the prince of
the Asturias.
Queen Victoria, the mother of the
royal infant, was married to King Al
fonso on May 81 1906, amid scenes of
the greatest spleDdor, followed by the
horror of a bomb explosion which killed
scores of people and narrowly missed
the royal coach in which their males
ties were returning from church. Con-
sidere Bile etiquette and publicity at
tends the birth of royal child at Ma
drid. King Alfonso April 3 signed
decree ordering the necessary prepara-
lions for the presentation of the child
to the high officials of Spain and the
representatives accredited at
Madrid Immediately after the birth