The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-23
The GEAR In MOSCOW.


Moscow, May 22.-The Car left
Petrofsky palace at noon and ar
rived at Kremlin at 12:O5 o'clock.
There was = slight fall of rain during
the march of the procession, but
! otherwise the affair was q complete
! success. The enthusiasm of the PEG.
pie along the route was unbounded.
The Emperor wore the uniform OF
General, and a. mounted on a fine
charger. He rode a little. in advance
of the generals who were directly at.
tending him, He maintained q calm
demeanor all the way through. He
often smiled graciously in response
to the wild enthusiasm which greet
ed him at every point. Cheer after
cheer followed necessarily from the
densely packed multitude in the
streets and from thousands In the
windows and balconies. The EN-
press was greeted with every mark OF
enthusiasm and loyalty. Their
daughter. the Grand Duchess Xenia,
threw kisse3 to the people. The
mounted guard of dukes formed a
very brilliant group. The Asiatic
Populations also were magnificent
The state carriages were handsomely
decorated, and the whole effect was
most gorgeous. The entire route was
lined with troops. AT the moment
the cortege entered the city a salute
of Il guns was fired from Tsarikaia
palace. The Governors General re-
celved the Emperor at the city boun-
Diary, and joined the cortege with his
suite.
The signal for starting the process
sion was the firing of artillery and
the ringing of the bells Of the Ca
thedral Of the Assumption. On the
Emperor mounting other salutes
were fired. The order of the process
sion was as follows:
Chief officer of the police and Il
gen d'armes. Private escort of the
Emperor. First squadron of Cossack
guards and one squadron of mounted
dragons. The Asiatic Populations.
Representatives of the nobility.
Court servants, couriers and hunts
men;master of ceremonies in carriage,
drawn by six horses and followed by
large numbers of court officials and
the suites of foreign princes, men,
hers of the council of the Empire,
Grand Marshal of the Court, squad
ron of Chevalier Guards, the EN-
peror on horseback followed by the
court, Alexander of Adleberg, Minis
ter of War, and Aide-de-Camp, Gen.
eral Charevilich, and the Grand
Dukes George, Michael, Alexis, Paul,
and Constantine, son of Constantine.
After all the members of the Impe-
rial family, who were on horseback.
came the Empress accompanied ty
the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexan-
drovnia in the state carriage, drawn
by eight horses, a groom leading each
horse and equeries on either
side of the carriage, and mount
I'd pager and Qrooms following.
Then came the state carriages, the
first containing the Grand Duchess
Marie Paulovana and Alexandra
JosephOvOno; the second, the Grand
Duchess Olga Feodorovna, and Ma
RE Alexandrovna, and the Duchess
of Edingburg; third, Grand Duchess
Vera, third Grand Duchess Canstan-
tina, Duchess of Wurtemberg and
Grand Duchess Constantine Michael
covna and the fourth, Princess Marie
of Baden: Princess Eugene of Olden-
berg and the Grand Duchess of
Iselen of Gleckenburg Strelitz. A
squadron or Cufrasseurs, a regi-
ment aof guards; ladies Of honor
in carriages; q squadron of lancers.
The Mayor and Populations of trades
men Joined the old triumphal arch.
Marshals Of the nobility of Warsaw
and several other districts did hon.
age to the Emperor at Iverskaia pal
ace. The civil governor of Moscow,
judges and other city officials re-
ceived the Emperor at the Gate of
the Resurrection, where his Imperial
Majesty, the Grand Dukes and the
Empress alighted and knelt in prayer
before the picture of the Virgin. The
Archbishop of Warsaw received
their Majesties at the steps of the
Cathedral of the Assumption with
the and holy water. At this
point the cheering Of the people was
perfectly deafening. The procession
then entered the Kremlin.
The Emperor wore a broad blue
ribbon of the order of st. Andrews
over his uniform. The Empress and
Grand Duchesses wore national Rus
sian dresses. After entering Krem-
lin court the officials presented their
majesties with bread and salt ON
plates Of gold and silver when their
majesties retired. The bells pealed
and a salute of guns were fired.
The streets through which the
procession passed were badly paved.
The Duke Of Edinburg rode in the
real and on the left of the Gar. The
Duchess of Edinburg sat in the sec
ond coach from that in which sat
the Emperor and Empress. In the
red square 5000 school children in
white robes sang Life for the Gar"
At this point the enthusiasm of the
multitude and the playing of bands
produced great effect. The general
verdict is that the pageant was a
great success.
General Sturmhead, master Of cere-
monies, was thrown from his horse
and had his skull fractured.