Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1888 — A ROYAL WEDDING. [ARTICLE]

A ROYAL WEDDING.

Prince Henry of Prussia, second senofEmperor William, and Princess Irene of Hesse-Darmstadt, were married Thursday amidst great splendor. The Emperor participated in the festivities. The bride and bridegroom are first cousins, Princess Irene being the daughter of Princess Alice of Great Britain, whose untimely death a few years since caused such profound grief throughout England and Germany. The Prince of Wales. King of Saxony and other European potentateß were represented .at the brilliant ceremonies by princely envoys.