Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
racks, four miles distant from the

Early In the day appointed for the
ceremony sixty heralds, mounted on
cream colored horses and commanded
by a master of ceremonies, appear be.
fore the gates Of the barracks and blow
q salvo, upon which the colonel of the
regiment appears and ask 8 what they
want of him. "The czar commands
thee follow me-" is the answer, and
the gates are thrown open and the
regiment, which has been expecting
the summons, gallops out and follows
the heralds. The heralds then pro-
coed to the barracks of the Lancers,
where the same thing takes place,
then to the university, then to the
cathedral of st. Nichols, where the
clergy join the procession, then to the
law courts where the judges fall In,
then to the headquarters of the mar
ahals of the nobility, and staff officers,
the several professions, the governors,
the projects, the Populations from
every part Of the Empire, the trade
guilds, etc., etc., each body joining at
a separate place and all being sum-.
moned by the heralds as In the FIRST
case. The procession goes on swelling
until 1t reaches enormous proportions,
80 much 80 that when the head of 1t
arrives at the Kremlin the tail Is still
at the other end of the town. Arriv-
ing at st. Demetrius gate they find 1t
closed. The heralds then blow their
trumpets and the commander of the
citadel appears and demands what they
want, to which the crowd replies, "The
Gar" Sand what fort" asks the
commander. "To crown him the
most powerful of the powerful" Is
the reply, and the gates fly open. The
Metropolitans of Moscow, Kazan,
Novgorod and Kieff here head the
procession, and with the Populations
from every part of the empire they
advance to the palace and form in
front of it. These Populations con.
sist of Russians, Roumanians, Kir.
Chinese, Mingrelians, Bash.
kris, Poles, Georgians, C~ircassians,
Calmucks, Armenians, .Turkomans,
Tartars, Esquimaux, Afghans, Bulga.
Laplanders, Mongolisns, Firms,
Persians and Bokharians, all in their
national costumes. The
Metropolitans then advance and call
upon the car to come forward, upon
which he appears at the portico,
dressed In the uniform of q colonel of
imperial guards, with the empress,
dressed as q Russian peasant, en- his
arm. The instant the Populations are
aware eff the imperial presence they
and being asked by the car
what they want of him, the metropoli-
tan of Moscow replies that they have
been sent from far and wide to see
car anointed, 30 that they can
to their homer and assure those
who sent them that the cz.r Is verify
the Lords anointed, and that they
may obey none but him.. Thence all
proceed to the cathedral of the Holy
Assumption, the car and Czarina
walking between the bishops and the
d%eputations.
II SERVICE N H CATHEDRAL.
Arriving at the church, the car and
his wife are shown to ordinary thrones
near those of the bishops, and the
service Immediately begins.
After the first lesson Is read the Met.
ropolltans conduct the emperor and
empress to q canopy of scarlet velvet
embroidered in gold, The prin.
cipal figure being the double. headed
Russian eagle. Under this canopy Is
an elevated platform upon which are
the historical throne OF the Gear
Vladimir Monomague and an ordi.
nary arm chair for the empress, also q
table upon which are the scepter and
crowa Of Constantinus Monomaohus,
q sword and q mantle of ermine.
The Mobiles now advance from
the south of the cathedral and sur
the platform draw their
swords and place them at the feet of
the car. The bishop of Kazan then
the emperor In a loud voice If he
Is q true believer, to which he replies
by reading the Lords prayer and the
apostles creed of the Greek church.
The bishop next says: eff there be
any Of you here present knowing sny
impeachment for which Alexander, son
of Alexander Tor other name) should
not be crowned by the grace of God,
emperor and autocrat of all the Rus.
of Moscow, of Kieff, of Via.
of Novgorod; czar of Kszap, of
Astrakhan, of Poland, of Siberia, of
Khe.son- Tawride, of Grousi; Gosou.
.ar of Pskov; grand duke of Smo-
of Lithuania, of Volhynia, of
Podolia and of Finland; prince of
Estouia, of Livonia, Of Cour.
land; Of Semigalia, of the Samoiedes,
of Bielostok, of Corelia, of Foer, OF
lngor, of Perm, of Flatka, of Bulgaria,
and Of ether countries; Master and
Grand Duke of the Lower Countries
Novgorod, Of Tchernigoff, of Ria
san, of Polotsk, of Rostoff, of Jaro-
staff, of Blelosersk, OF Oudork, of
Oldorsk, of Kindisk, of Vitelsk, OF
and of all the countries of
the North; Master Absolute of Iversk,
K%astolniak, of Kalardinsk, and of
the territory of Armenia; Sovereign of
Princes of Tcherkask; Mar.
ter of Turkestan; Heir Presumptive of
Norway, and Duke of Schleswig.
Holstein, of Stormarne, of Dithmarre,
and of Luxembourg, let him come for.
ward now, In the name of the Holy
Trinity, and show what the impedi.
meut Is, or let him remain dumb for
This Is repeated three times,
and upon NO objection being raised, he
his hands upon the head of the
car, who immediately kneels. At
this point the Metropolitan of Mos.
COW takes the mantle Of ermine from
the table and throws 1t over the kneel.
Ing GEAR, saying: "Cover and protect
thy people a. this robe covers and pro.
tects thee;" the emperor replying:
IT will, / will, I will. God helninoN