The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-29
WE LE ROIr
Details of the Coronation of Alex.
ander TIT.
A Gorgeous Pageant and an impress
sive Ceremony.


Moscow May 2S-The ear has beel
crowned and there were no untoward Incl
dents. The. one feature wanting was tn
7 | popular demonstrations which occurred a
the coronation of Alexander Ell. These woul,
have been, under the better feeling which
/ the masses have shown. during the las
g year, of great interest had it not beeI
] for the cars understood wishes ands tn,
; excessive detail of police arrangements which
would III any event have prevented any
, general display. All business buildings were
closed There was wonderful display OF
! flowers also, considering the time of the year
| and dense throngs filled every street from
which glimpse of the imperial procession
could be gained as it passed to the sacred pre-
cincts of thu Kremlin cathedral The EN-
peror himself was responsible for the pres
ence of the populace, as the police had origin
ally intended to keep the streets clear This
ceremonies, probably for the purpose of saving
delays and avoiding risks were begun ear
her than the populace had been given to I'M
derstand they would, although the actual
coronation of course took place at O'Clock,
the hour fixed for the proclamation. The
procession had not been expected until z
i O'Clock, but the troops had assembled, break
tasted, and lined effectively the line of march
at q O'Clock. The car ana empress We're
fully prepared. at that hour to proceed to
the kremln whenever the police thought best
Stands had been erected all the way from the
Twefskaia to the Red square, opposite the
principal entrance to the krenlin Every
seat in these had been sold, but every admis.
SION was subject to police surveillance
! Owners or occupants of the buildings along
| the line were required to adhere strictly to
the rules already sent out some weeks ago,
and windows could not be let and no one was
allowed to occupy the house tops The house
| windows and balconies were occupied by 20
coo diplomats and officers of the various arms
| of the Service.
Entrance TO the Kremlin with the excep-
| ton of those who took part in the pageant
was only by tickets of invitation from the
grand master of ceremonies, countersigned
by the chief of police and accompanied bv
his permit after investigation. The process
sion moved from the imperial palace before
z O'Clock, amid the firing of artillery and the
ringing of the cathedral bells. The gendaI-
merle and troops led the procession, and the
imperial coaches which followed were sur
rounded by masses of mounted general Off
GERS and personal guards. All the princely
guests present of foreign powers followed
The car looked in excellent health and APP
peared in the CulrasSier uniform of pure
white and without ornament or decoration
The cZar1na wor heavily embroidered cos
tune, and the imperial pair moved from the
throne-room to the Uspensky cathedral I'M
der magnificent canopy upheld by thirty
two generals of the army. Drums, tIumpets
and popua acclamatSns anne ulced tie
starting OF the procession. The divine
services in the cathedral were be-
gun at O'Clock, the invited guests only 25O
in number, crowding the chapei-like building
Services We're performed while the procession
was passing from the palace to the church,
and at the conclusion of the TIE Deum the
czarowitch, with members of the imperial
family and the foreign princess, entered and
took his place at the right of the throne.
Every thing was in readiness and the audience |
only waited the arrival of their maiesties !
They came with a flare of trumpets which |
ceased at the cathedral entrance |
where they met by the superior |
clergy. The regalia accompanying the |
procession consisted of the two imperial |
crowns, the two colors of the order of st. An
drew, and globe and scepter, whose money
value exceeds 81 600 900, but whose artistic |
value is very small. The imperial crown was
that of Catherine with its fifty large stones
and 5000 tn'iiliants, which had been used at
i've preceding coronationS. The Orloff iia-
nond mounted the scepter,. and the sphere
holds the finest sapphire in the world.
Their maJestleS entered the cathedral with
all pomp, and took their place on the throne
The throne of Alexander was one of carved
worry, and that of the czaIina was of silver
sncrusted with diamonds, but lower in form
man that OF the emperor. The imperial in
lgnia Were placed on tables in front of the
hrone. The metropolitan of Novgorod ad-
Janced with the clergy to the foot of the
hrone, and the repeated the Lords
prayer. This was followed by the repetition
by him of the creed of the apostles, as adopted
~ the Greek church. He then received the |
Imine mantle for the first time, and, it hav-
ng been placed upon his shoulders the crown | !
vas raised upon its cushion and the emperor ,
himself took it in his hands and placed it on !
lis head
The empress was crowned in the traditional !
manner, the car touching his own crown to {
Ter forehead, laying 1T aside, and placing her | {
wn crown upon her brow The announce
nent of the conclusion of the ceremony was
made by salvo of artillery, followed by
heers throughout the KrefIiiin, and re- Y
choed by cheers and trumpet blasts through =
ut the city These ceremonies were followed :
t once by almost innumerable banQuets the !
uests of the czar having been much too nu-
nerous to admit of their being entertained at :
ny one meeting. Several thousands of serv-
ces OF silver plate were taken from st.
to Moscow to serve the guests
EIhe breakfast of the emperor and empress
Tas laid in the Granovitaya Palata, or Dia- y
lond haIl, and that of the less august guests q
a large pavilion erected in the court of the z
>remlin. The collation. in the Diamond hall | Z
Ias attended only by the highest dignitaTies
I the church and military civil service. The
angings and tapestries which adorned the
1mbined to give a wealth of color to the
Iagni4icent event. which was half d fete and ;.
alf a ceremonial Their majesties did not ~
at tables, but were served sitting on a
lrone, and IN their coronation robes Their i
Ia JeSt1es passed IN procession to the cathedral i
BlaJowestschensk and the ArchangeI IL
ichael, where special services were held in j 5.
leir honor. Dinner was served in the | 80
palace, and afterward the emperor q
nd empress retired to their private apart IL
ents. Y
NOTES. w
The Uspensky cathedral to which but one tn
that of the government official be-
lper, was admitted, SO densely crowded / in
at the people tainted from the heat The al
arlna herself came near fainting. During w
Q passage OF the procession many thousands nc
the popalace knelt in prayer, and many of WI
EN- wept, the tears being partly caused by hi
y at the peaceful result of the coronation | tn
ID partly by the hysteTical fear that some wi
ing unpropitious might occur pr
There were forty toasts at the dinner tie ! I'M
30 one, that TO the car, and the second one pa
the czarsna meeting with no personal reply. M
course, being answered by sallsfes CT sixty -,
Q and f1fty-one guns respectively from the 10 10
tte1fs OF the fortress The cost of the coro- "a
tlon ceremonies viii, it is said reach SIo- ~
1000 UP
he manifesto of the Car RENTS all arrears NJ
taxes up to January, 1888 and all penal / ~
S under Judgment not yet enforced against a.. a..
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