Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-01-24
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Punctually at 10 o'clock this |
morning, as had been announced,
the Emperor arrived at the station |
of the Warsaw railway, which was
profusely decorated with flags and |
flowers for the occasion. Several
members of the Imperial family,
together with the Court dignitaries,
the ministers, imperial aldes-de-
camp, ladies' Of the court and MEM
beers of the Council of the Empire,
had already assembled on the plat
form.
AS soon as His Majesty stepped
out of the carriage he was received
with a hearty cheer, and found the
way strewn with costly flowers. In
the apartments reserved for the
Imperial family,a deputatiOn from
the st. Petersburg merchants was
waiting with the custom mary bread
and salt. All along the route from
the station to the paiace--a dis
lance of nearly three miles-the
houses were decorated with flags,
red cloth and Persian carpets.
There was only single line of
troops, but there was no difficulty
in keeping the way clear, for the
streets are very wide, and the con.
course of spectators was not very
great. As soon as the national
anthem was heard the crowd spon-
taneously moved back and left O
free passage.
The Emperor drove in an open
sledge drawn by two horses,
and accompanied by officers of the
suite on horseback. By his side sat
his son, the young Grand Duke
Sergins. For some of the common
people in the crowd this was dis
appointment, for they expected
that seat to be occupied by the
captive Osman Pasha. Arrived at
the Kazan Cathedral, on the New
ski Prospect, the imperial party en-
tered the building for few min
utes and then drove rapidly to the
Winter Palace. The whole cere-
mony, if ceremony it could be call
ed, was over before IL o'clock. For
several hours afterward consider
able crowd remained before the
palace in the hope that the Gear
might appear on the balcony, but
their hopes were disappointed.
commenced. The principal streets
were Illuminated with gaslig bit
stars, electric light and other inge-
NOUS devices. In many Of the
houses candles were placed in the
windows; the facades of the thea
tres were lit up by long lines of gas
jets representing the principal lines
of the architecture, and the front
of the bazaars, or Gostiny Dvor, as
they are called, were illuminated
by innumerable festoons of many
colored lamps. Now the Nevski
Prospect was lit up by the pale
glare of the electric light in the adj
miralty tower, and now the great,
high, massive houses which line
q that magnificent thoroughfare
glowed in the rich crimson of Ben
gal lights. The broad wooden
pavement was crowded with inter-
minable lines of carriages and
sledges, and on the trottoirs moved
along an endless stream of merry
sight-seers. AS there was little
snow on the ground the vehicles
moved noiselessly past, but often
the silence was broken by hurrahs
and musical attempts more noisy
than harmonious.
In front OF the Hotel de Willie
was great crimson canopy with 8
brilliantly illuminated bust of the
Emperor, and the crowd, as it
swayed past, set up an increasing
hurrah. Like all illuminations Of
the kind it had something of the
atrical effect, but it was at least
theatrical effect on gigantic scale,
and in the long, wild cheers there
must have been at least consider
able amount of feeling of some
kiHd.-H. Petersrurg Corr, Lon
don Times, Dec. 10Th.