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Show ROYAL BRIDE AND GROOM. King Alfonso of Spain and Princess Victoria Wedded at Madrid. Madrid. This city was a blazo ot color and tho sun shone from a cloudless cloud-less sky on tho wedding dny or King Allonso nnd Princess Victoria. All Spain rejoiced, nnd the capital has not witnessed such scones o! enthusiasm during tho present generation. Tho munlclpnllty had given rrco rein to tho populnr rojolclngs, nnd the schools nnd public Institutions woro closed, tho wholo population giving it-seir it-seir up to celobrntlng tho king's mar rlagc. Tho wedding cortcgo started from tho royal palaco at 9:30 a. m. and wns tho most mngnlflccnt In tho memory of tho residents of Mndrld. Tho church or San Jeronlmo ol Real, whero tho nuptial mass was celebrated and tho mnrrlago benediction pronounced, pro-nounced, Is n quaint old structuro which hns passed through somo strango vicissitudes. This is not tho first royal marriage celebrated there', lor tho wedding or Isnbolla II took placo In grcnt pomp within Its wnlls. Hut moro recently tho church wns abandoned to a carpenter's Bhop nnd pinning mill, and tho whirr or saws took the placo or tho solemn measures or tho mass, Intcr It hns been restored. re-stored. As tho roynl couplo entered tho church, the assemblage aroso and 200 choristers Intoned n procosslonnl hymn. Tho king looked cnlm, happy and slightly pale, as usual. Across tho breast or his field marshal's uniform uni-form was tho bluo and wlilto sash of tho Order of Charles III, nnd on Ills breast sparkled tho orders ol tho Garter Gar-ter and tho Golden Fleece. Tho brldo entered with her mother, brother nnd Queen Chrlstlnn, tho silvered sil-vered embroidery or her wedding drcs"s being reflected by tho myrlnds of lights until tho briao itemed to bo robed In Jowels. Her veil, slightly drawn nsldo. rcvenlcd her clear, flno features with checks full of youthful color. Tho king advanced to moot thobrido nnd they stood together as tho mar- rlago scrVIco began. Tho ceremony wns jioitormed with all tho Imprcsslvo-ncss Imprcsslvo-ncss of tho Romnn ritual. Cardinal Sanchn, nrchblsk'op of Toledo, robed In crimson silk, officiating, nsslstcd by n speclnl nuncla of tho popo and tho highest dlgnltnrlcs of tho church, with Bcorea of ncolytes nnd Inccnso burners. Tho ceremony, which Instcd nonrly nn hour, tcrmlnntcd with tho nuncio pronouncing tho popo's benediction bene-diction on tho nowly married couplo nnd tho chanting or tho To Dcum. As tho king nnd Princess Victoria wero pronounced man nnd wlfo tho nows wns signaled to tho waiting crowds, nnd nil Mndrld brako Into frantic demonstrations of Joy, whllo cannon boomed nnd church bells chimed. |