The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-14
BEARING THE BIER
RETAINS or TIE LATE CZaR
BROUGHT TO So. Pc ER BURG.
Followed IL Process ion BE- Princes
and Honered with Pom and MAJ
nineeace all That i Mortal cfAiex
ander HI He;uras To- the Capital
The Procession sad Ceremonies.

ST. PETERSBUaG Eev IS The faasrsl
trNia VITA tn, o0dy ~ tA~ lat. ear on
board arrived at the Nicholas station t.sr
llsnt aSd was situate. suPoa SIDE track
until THIS morning. IN o-oer 90 enable he
I mp-rial family aad tie r Teis,ives 20 ia
la Their nights Ye>s. A. see! - sIl the
PREPARATIONS TO- the tguers! W Te CON
)-eted. shortly sfier 70 a. Y 3. he imperial
ram Re entered The rai.roaa station. the
oily was tran sfcrred 10 tie near~s IN
"''ltinS and was conveyed 90 Che Cathe-
!rat through tie ,.en>eiy cruwdx.. s,r,,.tS.
guarded Us thousands OF t-ooa,.
Every foot Of ground aloug the route
"ss occupied wi-h spectators. The svest
FL IN ssSsS % people We're IN troat OF ,he
hsssn. 81 isasc's and her churrhes in
front Of which the clergy stso IN iSsir
state robes. 1hrec s4IyoS Of atTiI -rv an
nounced he arrival Of tie proesSssoa az
~ tct.y IL O'clock
The roate followed by thu cort@se led al
together over distance Of six miles The
cztr'S c1sSaek body guard beaded The pro-
cssslon ard WIS followed 10y uthrr detach-
meats 81 cavalry. Then came ttly-Ons
stan isTd- each escorted by otiicrr> rha
hT>t two ntgs and tAe last 4 a; bore ths
imperial sFms.
NeXl came the horse OF tie dead esst
aud mtn-tt nruls "a sisJ armor holdiu.,
the sword % STATE ana rnoGat-st Span a
charger lei oy two grSoms la the state ~
cry.
Following this horseman came a second
uSh-aI-aihis ~ black srmor. Carving a
naked sword. lie preceded Z, aumh,r Of
eish ONE .ats, VINO o'rr a mourning stan
ARA OF black s.lN. Beh:pd the standard
was - retiaue of ofticiai~ wno bor,, "a.
L IgtATl- al tie VHr..uz
iHces.
Tie remainder oil the procession until
the end OF the twsIfiG section was c,,tu-
posed OF hi-h Imperial and fuuctisaarir,
with tarlr staff oi Oihcr sud numbers oi
otter officers bearing different b-aaeFN
Ihe rear Of the twelfth section WIS
d ought mp by another detachment II Of
Heals who bore GA velvet cushions the late
czar = medals, orders aud the imperial in-
s!gHia.
Tue thirteenth section. The one for
which every body was waiting with eager
expectancy. was headed By tbs cheiss ii
tue cathedral OF ST. I,ssc aud OF tue cau
went OF ~. Alexander ewski. Fol!ow
lhg the chOlrz were the clergy brafinu
Asuled candles AMI behind thssn came Ia,
ear eonfessor. Father ltuichilf, holtiu.
the image ot ~. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS! u,
potron saint o! the dead monarch.
Behind the image OF Ihe s.,iat came the
heafse drawn Ut eight horses The tss.
sris Of Tue hesTse were aet1 hy sixteen yea.
erals la iul mourning uniform SKI,
pages Carrying lighted totcIrs walked "a
either side II the n-atse
lle Lesrse COnSistsd Of a piarfcru, ON
wheels. The platform was covered wltt
black cloth, WITH silver btIds The smoke,
OF the wheels were also -ilycrrd Gaf
unus stood Al tue corDe's aBd from them
VS. Suspended magnificent baidaabln
~ IL II fl Al. IA
form there stood a & neal Over the
cusil th-Fe was great silver pail bofIefrd
vita gold
B'h,uI the hearse came The car and tbs
M peFlal ou-vbo.d. Insy wetr followed
- be AlnS n Greece aud by tbe pr,gcs g.
t.es- Ihen came long ll1s 90 ,.rsua
dukes and pfiGc-ss After tue Laft.t
nirrcacd a iettchmeat ~ erenadiers. prr-
Crdi1g the Imperial csrri<ges with the
Isdtrs II The fmp~tlai aud Toxaf families
Ia tbs iir-t coach were The czarina. Priu.
Cess AK 81 He's d'Afu.atadt agd t.s
ssSud gu hsssss Aegia aud OlEs, dAugh
L r. OF the lave ear The second co.ch
CONTAINED the queen # Grrree. tue Prin-
cess Of Nalss. the Duchess Of Saxe-t O.
burg tiuthA AID The Duchess a MseAiep
huTs-Schwsin. Tie other mourning
cOach,, contained all o. ihs other rosrI
lud titiCd ladies who tavs jJurnsyr,i from
Lavadia witn the body OF Alexander III
After the earTiages came THOUSANDS q
tfoOI--, WHO BROUGHT up the rear Tho
muItitHdvs along he route bowed Fever
eHtis, crossing tiem~c, v-s. The drapes'
- lamps along The foutr shefl sicki,
night which, COmJineI Nita the uli.t tu
wDich the city Was eIveloped euhsnc-d
the depressing character II the Apectscls
Pflor 10 the arrival OF The BODY al the
Cathedral, a short service was held there.
The hearss arrived ~ the cathedral few
minutes past o'cloek. The ,zar and otter
Russian imperial psreonags~ aud foreign
princes carried the coffin into he cbufet.
uepositiug - On the csttfsiqur The
me ropoitsu Of ~ Petersburg thea con-
Quoted an impressive s.fvice.