The Pensacola journal., 1907-05-11

military and civil authorities. and all
the court.
Officials Gathered.
Soon all the officials were gathered
| in full uniform and wearing the gilt
tering insignia of their decorations,
in the grand reception room gorgeous
ly draped with tapestry, adjoining the
royal private apartments among those
present being the American minis
ter, Mr.. Collier. There, in suppressed
| excitement and hushed expectancy,
they waited, and then aI4 eyes were
attracted by movement OF the
heavy curtains at the end of the
apartment, and the opening of the
door leading from the royal rooms.
The son born today to King Al
fonso and Queen Victoria, Will, ac-
cording to decree of the Spanish gov
ernment, 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 unconquered
alike by Rome and Moor. In many
respects, the Asturias is regarded as
! the cradle of the Spanish monarchy,
| hence the pride taken in che title OF
| Prince of the ASturias-
The Royal Marriage.
| Queen Victoria, the mother OF the
royal infant, was married to King AL
fonso at Madrid on May 81, 1906, amid
| scenes of the greatest splendOr, fol
! lowed by the horror of a bomb eX
plosion, which killed scores of people
and narrowly missed the royal coach
| in which their majesties were return
/ ing from church.
| Considerable etiquette and publicity
attend .4le birth of a royal child at
Madrid. King Alfonso, April 3,
| signed a decree ordering the neces-
sary preparations for the presenta-
| ton of the child to the high officials
of Spain and diplomatic representa-
tiyes accredited at Madrid immediate
| ly after the birth. The decree, after
| naming the various officials and 9th
ers to be present at the birth, said:
Decree for Preparations Issued.
| ''AS soon as the accOuchemenJ Is
announced as imminent all 4the per-
| sons designated by the king in the
decree shall be notified to come TO
the palace in full uniform. Immedi-
ately after the child is born, the mis-
tress of the robes shall inform the
prime minister, who shall then an
] nounce to the persons present the
sex of the child, at the same time IN
1 forming the captain general or
Madrid and the commander or the
royal Halberdiers, so that they may
as promptly as possible give the or
ders for the proper signals and sa'
lutes.
I'm order that the inhabitants of
our glorious city of Madrid may
know whether the newly born child
is a prince or princess, the Spanish
royal standard shall be hoisted over
the palace and a salute OF twenty-one
guns fired in case 1t should be a
prince of the Asturias, and in the
| event of the queen giving birth to a
princess a salute of fifteen guns fired
and a white flag hOiSted- Should the
event occur during the night either
a colored lantern or a white light
shall be hoisted, as the case may be-
! AS soon as this has been carried
out, the child shall be presented to
the diplomatic corps, and the old per
sonages present with the prime minis
| ter, accompanied by the mistress of
| the robes and the chief court cham
| berlains.
THE minister of justice, as kings
notary, will then draw up the certifl-
cate of birth and record of the pre-
| sentation, thus terminating the cere-
mony."
Reports were circulated alleging dis
| agreements among the queens medi-
cal attendants and the departure from
Madrid of DR.. Glendening, the English
physician, together with the English
nurse, but they wree found to5 be un-
| founded. Both DIR. Glendening and
| the nurse are acting in perfect har-
mony with Professor Gutierrez, the
| Spanish physician who had charge of
! the medical attendants at the ac-
| couchement.
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