Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-04-11

In spite of tie threats Of the Nlhl
lists, preparations for tie coronation o
the Car Alexander LII. are progress
ing at Moscow, aad news comes daily
of some new and more expensive elabo-
ration of the machinery for the impe.
rial pageantry. Tue Kremlin, wherein
the principal ceremonies will be per-
formed, Is one of the most remarkable
structures in the world. Its usual
designation 10 the West, ''the palace OF
the Kremlin," Is entirely misleading.
There is within its walls a palace, it Is
true, and a most magnificent one in
point OF both extent and decoration,
but that is only small portion of the
whole, which is a combination OF for
tress, arsenal, ecclesiastical capital.
official headquarters and imperial resi-
dence all in one. The Kremiin Is really
the citadel of Moscow. and undoubtedly
occupies the entire area of the ancient
city. 1t Is surrounded by an earthen
Rampant varying from 30 to 30 feet Ill
height, at whose base on one side flow
the waters of the river Moskwa. With
in the walls, overlooked by the tower
of Ivan the Great, whose gilded cross
is 325 feet from the ground, are cathe-
drals, churches, palaces, monasteries
and monuments grouped together with
out any attempt at symmetry OF ar
rangement and representative of almost
every known variety of architectural
design and period. There are the
Cathedral of the Assumption, in which
every Gar since Ivan the Terrible has
been crowned, and in which it is in
tended Alexander's coronation shall
take place next May; the Cathedral of
the Archangel, where the bones OF all
the Romanoff's up to the time OF Peter
the Great lie buried; the Cathedral of
the AnnuDciation, formerly the place Of
baptism and marriage OF the imperial
family; the Church of the Releemer,
one of the oldest buildings in Moscow,
if not in Europe; the Miracle Monas-
terry, the Ascension Convent and the
Sacristy of the Holy Synod. where the
robes and sacred vessels of the patri-
archs are preserved. These are the
religious edifices. Next comes the pal
ace, built ON the site OF the one de-
stroyed by Eostopehin's torches when
Napoleon's army was driven out to
freezs IN the dread winter OF 1929
This structure, a large portion OF 4.
erected by the Emperor Nicholas he
whose heart broke when his armies
met defeat in the contains
many magnificent halls dedicated to
the various orders of Russian knight
hood. In this, too, Is the treasury,
where, as IN vast museum, are con
tanned arms, armor, reilcs, regalla ana
other treasures illustrative OF the his
tory of the ancestors OF the Gar. The
Arsenal, an imposing structure OF I'M
posing strength, occupies the angle OF
the kremlin, and there, when the de-
spot of the Russias walks, he surveys
with pride "A collection of captured tro-
phies of war, among them 635 cannon
taken from the enemies of the Gar.
The great bazaar of Moscow Is an enor-
nous structure, covering three squares,
three stories high and intersected by
numerous narrow streets and passage
ways. In its storehouses 1t is calcula-
ted there are stocks of all sorts of goods,
in average value to between
$50, 900. 900 and 500, 900, 900. ami this
only a comparatively small
portion of the value oi the general
merchandise within the city, there
being other bazaars and market places
of almost equal extent crammed with
valuable stocks of goods. The destruc-
ton of such city would re an incal-
culable disaster to Russlan wealth and
con- merce. Wnether the Nihilists pos
sess power sufficient to carry out their
threats remains to be seen. 1t Is now
almost certain that the Emperor mas
If he ever entertained, the
Idea OF making any concessions to their