The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-13
LAST OF THE CZAR
The Russian Autocrat orne
Through His CapiS
Amid Signs of Woe.
THAW SPoILS THE PAGEANT
A Hearse of Silver and Cold
Led Horses and Bedizened
Princes.
By Cable TO the United Pres.


preparations for the reception Of the
body of Alexander III. in this city are
hardly equal to those in Moscow, and
in consequence of a thaw, followed by
fog and a heavy snowfall, it is likely
that the procession will have to march
through deep slush. The heralds yester-
day announced that the body would ar
rive at ten o'clock this morning. Tha
hotels are crowded to their full capacity
with visitors, and windows along tina
route of the procession have been rent-
ed readily at 100 roubles. The peopls
are very quiet, in every way giving evi-
denee of their appreciation of the soleHl-
nifty of the occasion.
Preceding the ceremony of removing
the body from the Nicolas station to
the fortress, three guns will be fired.
After the third gun the church bells
will toll, and throughout the day minute
guns will be fired.
The Navy will supply the guard Of
honor at the railway station.
THE CORTEGE.
The procession was divided into thir-
teen sections, each headed by a master
of ceremonies, wearing a black and
white scarf The sections represented
various degrees of mourning.
The first section comprised the 1ata
Cars companies in all the principal reg
iments, followed by footmen and pages.
The second section included the Cars
family standard, the red military stand-
ard and the Cars charger, the former
carried and the latter attended by supe-
rior officers.
FrL-, =; fIo Sfa a
of Siberia, Vetebak, etc, also carried by
superior officers.
The fourth section carried similar
standards, and, like the second and third
sections, was closed up by subalterns
and the horses of leading officials.
The fifth section also carried various
standards, together with the Imperial
pennant, borne by a Vice Adnlinal, and
the standards of the EmpSEe in black
silk and white silk.
The sixth section included the Great
Standard of the Empire, CARRIED by two
Major Generals, two Colonies and two
superior officers.
The seventh section was composed OF
peasants, burghers, merchants and dele
cations from various places ana tne
Mayor and municipal authorities OIL 81.
Petersburg.
inclusive were composed Of delegations
from local bodies, public Officers ana
the Imperial household. the members and
officials of the Senate. the ofhclaas OF
the various ehancelleries, the secretaries
of Finland and the Empire, the sILnper1aL
Ministers and the members OF the I'M
perial Council.
In the twelfth section were four
Colonels, holding the four glaives OF
the Empire, points downward, and the
dead Cars medals and orders carried
by officers of the army and navy
In the thirteenth section were the
choir Of the Convent of Alexander
Newslly and the Cars coafessar, ta-
ther Yanicheff. These We're fellpWe9 py
erals holding the tassels- On both sides
of the hearse were sixty pases-thtTty on
each side-with lighted torches. lrnme-
6iately after the hearSe came the Gar
Nicholas II. wearing a Generals uni-
form, with the Imperial household, the
Prince of Wales. the king OF Greece
the Russian Grand Dukes and their
aides. and company OF grenadlers-
Following these came the czarina,
Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt. the
Grand Duchess Xenia, the Grand Ouch.
ess Olga and ,,ei large snd parpeg ns1eents OK
ARRIVAL OF THE BODY.
The weather was dun and damp and
the streets very muddy. Ihe lnnehdt
train. arrived at the Nicholas station at
The station was crowded with repre-
sentatives of the nobility of Russia ana
every other European country and the
cloth.
The hearse. with silver and gold
body, a golden canopy surnounted by q
crown and topped and edged with groups
of three white feathers, stood ready 70
receive the remains OF the dead EN-
peror. Amid the solemn music OF ths
bard and the chanting of the priests aud
sineers the long funeral train, drawn
by two engines with wide, faring smoke
stacks, and wood piled high upon their
tenders, slowly stole into the station
20
steps leading TO the hearse when II came
to q full stop. With candies ana incense
the priests in group lining tne steps;
the Metropolitan of ST. Petersburg ana
the higher clergy at the top near py,
bowed a salute, the roll OF the drums
of the grenadiers mingled with the
chanting showing harmony of the trl-
butes of the church ana the army to
their former head. A boy choir began a
chorus in which the men Joined and the
volume of vocal music swelled high up
on the FROSTY air. The roofs of the heus-
es were crowded with people as the pro-
cession moved at 1880 o'clock. The COT
fin, which was golden, was covered with
golden pail lined with heavy ermine
with heavy tassels at the corners. This
was folded half way back
WALES AND NICHOLAS.
The Prince of Wales walked with the
Czar Nicholas, each wearing a uniform
similar to the one he wore in Moscow,
only more elaborate. This characterize
ton is true of the whole procession. 1t
that in Moscow only more elaborate:
There were more led horses caparisoned
with flowing black and emblazened with
the arms of the various provinces, more
regiments, etc, but except that the
procession and ceremonies We're on a
larger scale and everything was tie
same as last Sunday.
The floor of the Cathedral of ST. IsRReS
was covered with black cloth, the edihce
built of massive stone and full of Qiss-
nity, was in sharp contrast to the gem
like Cathedral of st. Michael the Arch
angel in Moscow.
Nicholas to the Fins.
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