Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1902 — SCANDAL STIRS SPAIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCANDAL STIRS SPAIN.

Bx-Queen Secretly Marries Escosnro, Her Master of Horse. A dispatch from Madrid tells of a grave scandal in the royal family. It is asserted that King Alfonso’s mother, recently regent of Spain, has morganatIcally married Count Escosura her master of horse. During Marla Christina’s recent visit to Austria King Alfonso learned of the affair and took the queen to task concerning it on her return. A violent scene ensued, which ended in a peremptory order to the queen mother to leave Spain. Thus far Maria Christina has refused to obey her son's order and sensational developments are expected. Maria Christina, ex-queen regent of Spain, was born July 21, 1858, and was

the second daughter of the late Archduke Charles of Austria. She marripd Nov. 29, 1879, Alfonso XII., King of Spain, aa his second wife. Upon his death, Nov. 25, 1885, she was appointed regent, acting as such until the accession of her son, Alfonso, to the throne recently. The young king was bora May 17, 1880. The war with the United States was a severe blow to the qneed, who was prostrated by the reverses to her arms and the loss of her foreign possessions.

EX-QUEEN OF SPAIN.