The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-24
HERE AND THERE
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Moscow. May "a, The weather this morn
log for the entry into Moscow Of the ozar,
vas splendid. The whole route, from the
Petronsky palace 10 the Kremlln, four and
a half miles, was crowded with people at
every point. The imperial standards we're
displayed, the balconies hung with gaily
coored materials aud Russian colors. The
only foreign flags allowed to be displayed
arc those over the various embassies
Along the road which the procession ira
versed are hundreds Of Venitian masts,
from which banners are flying. All domes
and spires of buildings In this city are
decked with flags. Thousands Of persons
passed the night out of doors, so they
procession, and multitudes of others
thronged the churches, praying for the
safety of the empei or.
The car left thu Petroffsky palace at
noon and reached the Kremlim at 1:2O.
There was slight fall of rain during the
march OF the procession, but otherwise the
affair was complete success. The en-
thusiasm all along the route unbounded.
The signal for starting the procession was
the firing of artillery, and the ringing OF
bells of the Cathedral of the Assumption.
On the emperor mounting other salutes
were fired. The order of the procession was
as follows Chief officer, police and twelve
gendarmes, private escort of the emperor,
first squadrons of cossacks of the guard, one
squadron of dragons, mounted Asiatic
Populations, representatives OF the nobility,
court servants, couriers and huntsmen,
master of ceremonies in carriage, drawn
by six horses and followed by large num-
Der of court officials and suites OF foreign
princes, members of the council of the en-
pire, the grand marshal of courts, squad
ron of the Chevalier Guards, the emperor
on horseback, followed bv Count Alexander
Adelberg, the minister of war and aide-de-
camps, General Czarovitch and the Grand
Dukes George, Michael, Alexis, Paul, Con-
stantine and others.
After all male members of the imperial
family, who were on horseback, came the en-
press, accompanied by the Grand Duchess
Xenia Alexandrova in state carriage, drawn
by eight horses, a groom leading each horse
with equerries on either side of the car
riage, mounted pages and grooms follow
ing; then came the state carriages contain
ing the grand duchess. A squadron OF
lancers of the guard and the mayor and
deputations of tradesmen Joined the pro-
cession at the old triumphal arch. The
marshals of the nobility, Warsaw and
several other districts did homage to the
emperor at the Tuerskaia place. The civil
government of Moscow, judges and other
city officials received the emperor at the
gate of the Resurrection, where his imperial
majesty and the grand dukes and empress
alighted and knelt in prayer before the
picture of the Virgin. The archbishops OF
Warsaw received their majesties at the
steps of the cathedral of the Assumption
with the cross and holy water. At this
point the cheering of the people was per-
fectIy deafening. The procession then en-
tered the Kremlin. The emperor wore the
uniform of general and was mounted on
q splendid charger He rode a little little
who A were directly attending
him. He maintained a calm demeanor,
although he often smiled graciously in re-
Spouse to the wild enthusiasm which
greeted him at every point. Cheer upon
cheer followed each other necessarily from
the densely packed multitude on the
streets and from thousands of people on
balconies and in windows; The empress
and loyalty. Her daughter, the Grand
Duchess Xenia, threw kisses to the people.
The mounted grand dukes formed exceed
ingly brilliant groups. The Asiatic deputa-
tions were also magnificeAtly attired. The
state carriages were splendidly decorated
and the whole effect was gorgeous. The
entire route was lined with troops.
The empress and grand duchess, wore
Russian dresses. After entering the krem-
lin the court officials presented their ma
lestles with bread and salt on plates of silver
and gold. When their majesty's retired a
salute of 101 guns was fired. The streets
through which the procession passed were
badly paved. The Duke of Edinburgh rode
in the rear and on the left of the car.
The duchess of Edinburgh sat in the
second coach from that in which was the
empress. In the red square were 5000 school
children in while robes, who sang Life for
the Gar" At this point the enthusiasm
of the multitude, and the playing of the
bands produced great effect. The general |
verdict was that the pageant was
a great success. General Strum- |
mad, the master of ceremonies, was thrown |
rom his horse and his skull fractured.