Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1893 — A YOUTHFUL KING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A YOUTHFUL KING.

Mplionso XIII of Spain Attains the Ags of Seven. King Alphonso, of Spain, attained his seventh birthday, Wednesday, and the svent was celebrated with festivities all >ver the country. In Madrid business was practically suspended, flags were flying everywhere, and the people gave themselves up to a general jollification,

A large crowd assembled in front of the palace at an early hour, and cheered lustily in honor of the young monarch. The •vent is an epoch in his life, from the fact .hat henceforth he will have a household d h|s own, including a grand chamberafn, five sub-chamberlains, a grand •qnerry and four sub-equerries, ahd T jrivate secretary. In short, he will have t royal establishment, which he may con;rol as he thinks proper, subject only to the suggestions of his major domo, the Marquis of Casa Irujo. This is the first nstance in the courts of Europe in which Itn establishment has been allotted to to fonng a sovereign.