The record-union., 1894-11-03
THE FUNERAL TO TAKE PLACE ON
THE FIFTEENTH INSTANT.
Manifesto Issued by the New Car
Formally Communicating to the
Nation the News of His Fathers
Death, and Proclaiming Himself
Emperor of All the RusSias-His
Brother George Named as Czarowitz.
Special TO the RECoRD-UNION.


brajensky Regiment, were conveyed this
morning 10 the small private chapel of
the palace.
The bier is surrounded by lighted
candles and watched by relays of priests
and officers of the army.
AT the religious services afterward held
in the chapel all the members of the inn
perial family and imperial household
were present. The officiating priest,
after censering the remains, began chant
ing the impressive liturgy. The cere-
mony was most imposing.
DATE OF THE FUNERAL.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. when the
news of the Cars death was received the
thousands of people left their work and
proceeded to churches in the neighbor-
hood, where divine services were held in
memory of his majesty. Dense masses
thrOnged the streets during the evening,
reading the death bulletin and murmur-
ing prayers for the Gar as they crossed
the streets.
1t is reported that the funeral will take
place November 10Th, and il is said his
Dody will lie in state for one week at
Moscow.
MANIFESTO ISSUED BY THE NEW CZAR.
|. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1.-The follow
ing Is the text Of the manifesto issued by
the Car, Nicholas IL, and published this
morning in the OFFICIAL Messengers
Nv Q hereby announce to all our faith
ful subjects that God, iii His inscrutable
providence, has seen tit to assign u limit
TO the precious life OF our dearly beloved
imperial father. His grievous sufferings
yielding neither to medical skill nor the
benehcent climate Of the Crimea, he died
at LividIa on the 10Th of October No
vember lSU, surrounded by his family
and in the arms OF the Czarina and our
selves. our grief is not to be expressed
by words, but this grief every Russian
heart viii understand and | believe there
is not spot throughout the vast Russian
Empire In which hot tears will not flow
for the Emperor, thus prenaturely called
away, who has parted from the country
which he loved with all the power OF his
Russian soul, and in the welfare of which
Sparlng neither health nor life, centered
all his thoughts; but also far beyond the
borders of Russia the memory of the
Car, who was the incarnation of un-
swerving loyalty and peace, which during
his reign was not once broken, Will not
cease to be respected. The will OF the
Most High be done. May our unshaken
faith in the wisdom of Providence give
us strength; may the knowledge console
~ tlat >. grief is tbs grief Of our entire
beloved nation, and may the nation not
forget that the strength and firmness OF
holy Russia lies in its unity and un-
bounded devotion to us.
''In this sad, solemn hour, in which we
ascend our ancestral throne of the Rus
sian Empire and CZardom of Poland and
the Grand Duchy of Finland, indissoIu-
bly, linked with it, we however, remem-
ber the legacy left to us by our lamented
father, and imbued with it, we IN the
presence of the Most High, take a sacred
VOW to make our sole aim the peaceful
development Of the power and the glory
of our beloved Russia and the happiness
of all our faithful subjects.
MAY the Almighty who mas chosen us
for this high calling youchsate to us his
aid. While we offer before the throne to
the Almighty Ruler our heartfelt praise
for the unstained soul of the departed.
we command our subjects to take the
oath OF allegiance to ourselves and our
successor, the Grand Duke Alexandra
witch. who will bear the title of Crown
Prince and Czarowitz, until it shall please
God to bless our approaching union with
the Princess Alix of Hesse- Darmstadt
with the birth of a son.
Done at Lividia, this Goth day of Octo-
Der. 1874. NICHOLAS II.
UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-The expressions of
Sy IDdLuy anu I6SpSCI CallCu 1OfEn Dy the
death of Alexander Ill. are universal
Flags are half-masted everywhere in
London and other large cities of the
United Kingdom. Special religious serv-
ices are being arranged at Buckingham
Palace. at Marlborough and at all the
residences of the royal family. Queen
Victoria is profoundly affected and has
issued the necessary instructions for her
court to go into mourning for the usual
period.
a dispatch from Rome says: 1t is be-
lieved the new Gar, whose svmpathies
are known to be with Germany and
England, will by degrees detach himself
from France. The special dispatch also,
however, says that parsonage connected
with the Russian En- bassy asserts that
the accession of Nicholas IL. inaugurates
policy in regard to home legislation in
the direction of liberal reforms. In Rus
sia's foreign policy the official is quoted
as saying the traditions of the Cars
father will remain unchanged. The
Vatican IS said to hope that the Car will
continue the traditions of friendliness to-
ward Rome which marked the days of
Alexander III.
The Pope will be represented at the
funeral of the Gar either by Archbishop
Mohilo or by the Papal Nuncio at Vienna.
The StGtiSticidn believes that the death
of the Car will in no way affect the
II
that so long as Cardinal Rampolla. who
is an ardent friend of Russia, remains
PapGl Secretary of State, the adhesion of
the Vatican to the Franco Russian alli-
ance will remain an article of pontitical
faith.
MOURNING IN FRANCE.
PARIS, Nov. There is universal
mourning to-day throughout France at
the death of the Car. The tricolor OF
France, draped with black, is displayed
on all sides. The favorite form of the
mourning display is the draping of Rus
sian and French flags combined, these
em blems being bound together with
mourning bands.
The cali OF President Casimer- Perier
and the French Ministers at the Russian
Embassy last evening was marked bv
profound emotion upon the part of the
President. who solemniy expressed TO
the Russian ambassador his grief and the
grief OF the French nation at the death of
the Gar.
All theaters were closed tonight and
will also be closed en- the day of the
funeral.
The Municipal Council of Paris to-day
drew up an address of coincidence and ar
ranged TO send deputation to ST. Peters,
burg, who will take some magnificent
floral wreaths to be placed on the casket
OF the late Gar.
The Council-General of the Department
Of the Seine took similar action, and the
students are making the arrangements
necessary Tor sending delegations to St.