The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-23
OVER THE SEA.
Further Particulars Regarding the
Funeral of the Late Czar.
An armistice OF Forty Eight Hours
Concluded With the Boers.
a Light batch or Foreign News.

New York, March 22.-The follow
ing is the continuation of George Au-
gustus Sala's description of the reno val
of the czar's body from the winter pal
ace to the cathedral Of Saints Peter and
Paul, which was prevented from COM
ing yesterday, owing to disarrange-
ment of the cable:
In the procession, after the grand
dukes and princes, walked the generals
and aides de camp and the suites of
their imperial highnesses, and the for
eign princes, and then, preceded by
company Of grenadiers of the palace,
approached the stately mourning coach
with the empress and her children, ac-
companied by Princess Paulovna. wife
of Grand Duke Vladimir. The win
dows of the carriage were fianked by
two esquires at arms, and the rear was
guarded by a couple of cossacks. Al
most similarly escorted, drove in one
carriage, Grand Duchess Alexandria
Josephinena, daughter of the late Duke
SAKE, of Altenburg and wife of Grand
Duke Constantine, and Olga Fesdovov-
ma, Princess of Baden and wife of
Grand Duke Michael, with the Duchess
of Edinburg.
In another carriage were Princess
Marie Maximillianovna; Princess Ro-
manovna; the Dutchess of Leuchten-
hurg; Theresa Petrovna; Princess Eu-
genie Maximillianovna, of Oldenburg,
and Duchess Helene Georgiana, of
Mecklenberg- -Strelitz. Following these
came the ladies of honor attending on
the princesses, then the great court of
Michael's, with chamberlains and gen.
tlemen in waiting, his late majesty's
physicians, body servants, ETC., five
companies from as many regiments Of
guards, one battery of artillery, two
squadrons of cavalry, another battery
of horse artillery. and. finally, sqad-
ron from the school of cavalry.
Meanwhile, black flag, bearing the
cipher of the deceased czar, embroid
top of the tall gilded spire on the cathe-
dral within the fortress. The center
of the nave of the cathedral was filled
bv the hinge catata,oue with its cloth
of GOLD lined with ermine rising 70 the
very roof of the edifice. Beneath this
was a dais with three grades covered
with crimson velvet while the surround.
;no n;,Iara ~ tho cat,faloue were
.brordad alternatalv with draner;es of
cloth Of oold and cloth of silver hearing
tho r,onocro,, ~ tho ,amon,ad ezar
In occordanc, With R,ss,op cus,om
black draneries are very scantilv en-.
nloved in the interiors of churcbos
A. length the head of the cortege
anneared at the Ivanoskina gate The
fore;op ambassadors ambassadresses
minister. n,eninotentiarv and c,nsorts
with the members of the respective le-
cations, the ladies in waiting and maids
of honor Of the late empress, senators,
and such high Russian officials, whose
rank entitled them to a place In the
church, ranged themselves around the
steps of the catafalaue, anxiously
watching for the bringing in Of the
illustrious dead. The bishops, priests
and deacons, in sable velvet, stiff with
silver embroidery. and the choristers
ana acoiytes, IN cassocks OIL piacK
serge, $1,000 IN readiness expectaht ana
immoDiie, IN deaa silence.
lnen nieo ihto tne churcl d gieat
pouy oi oiucers Oh superior rank, pear-
ing oii cusniolis e'ie oecol''io''s' crosses'
pauges, clowhs anu uiaaelhs' all ih.er-
mingieu III such g'lcerihg CONFUSION