The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-11-08

he Devoutly Promises To Make
Russia's Peaceful Develop
ment His Sole Aim.
Ills Younger firothcr Becomes Czarewitch
Cnt'l Ills approaching Union
BE Blessed With Son.

St Petersburg today the accession Of
the new Gar is being celebrated as a
festival, for this event takes precedence
OF the mourning ceremonies The Russian
newspapers therefore appeared without
black borders, and all signs of public
mourning will he withheld until tomor-
row.
AT . o'clock this morning the imperial
Heralds,i in brilliant uniforms, and attend
ed by troop oftrumpeters, announced the
death Of Alexander Ill, and the acces-
SION to the throne Of Russia Of Nicholas
IL. The two Hcralds, with their escorts,
trarcrscd all the principal streets of the
city, and after the trumpeters had de-
livered three ringing blasts upon the
trumpets they made public the proclama-
ton Of Emperor Nicholas H., which was
also published BY the Official Messenger
this morning. The text Of the manifesto
is as follows
We hereby announce to all our faithful
subjects that God, in His inscrutable
providence, has seen fit to assign a limit
to the precious lite of our dearl v loved
imperial father. His grievous suhcrings
yielding neither to medical skill nor the
benefccnt climate Of the Crimca, he died
at Livadia on the Doth October (Novcm-
Der y, surrounded by his family and in
the arms of the Czarina and ourselves.
Our grief is not to be expressed by words,
but that grict every Russian heart will
understand, and we believe there is not
spot throughout the vast Russian En-
pire in which tears will not flow for
the Emperor, thus prematurclv called
away, who has parted from the country
which he loved with all tie power of
his Russian soul, and in the welfare of
which, sparing neither health nor life, he
centercd all his thoughts But also far
beyond the borders of Russia, the mem
DRY Of the Gear, who was the ncarna
ton of answering loyalty and peace,
which during his reign was not once
broken, will not cease to he respected.
The will of the Most High he done. May
our unshaken faith in the wisdom Of Prov
idcnce give us strength; may the knowl-
edge console us that our grief is the grief
\ ln
nation not forget that the strength and
tirmncss of holy Russia lies in its unity
and unbounded devotion to US.
I'm this sad and solemn hour i'll which
we ascend cur ancestral throne of the
Russian Empire and Carbon of Poland
and the Grand Duchv of Finland indls-
solubly linked with it, We, however, re-
member the legacy left to us by our Ia
mentcd father and imbued with it, we.
in the presence of the Most High, take
sacred VOW to make our sole aim the
peaceful development OF the power ana
the glory Of our beloved Russia, and the
happiness OF all out l'''"i"' 49,
Nav the Almighty who has chosen us Tor
this high calling, vouchsatc to MS his
aid While we offer berorc the throne 10
the Almighty Ruler cur heartfelt praise
far tl,e unstaidcd soul of the departed,
we command our subjects TO take the
oath of allegiance to ourselves ana our
successor, the Grand Duke Alexandra
with. who will bear the title OF crown
Prince and Czarewitch until it shall please
God to bless our approaching union WIN
,ho Princess Alix of Hesse Darmstadt
with the birth of SON.
Done at Livadia, this the goth day OF
October, 1874. NlOii0'--A0
This morning the Senate met in plenary
session. and all its members took the
oath of allegiance. At the same ''"e
all the troops forming the garrison Oh
g Petersburg were paraded i'll full UNI
60 and were sworn with the custom
,rv formalitv. Later the same ceremony
was observed in-thc case of The civil ser
wants of:hc empire. -,
A. 10 o'clock Yesterday evening the
first requiem mass for the rspose OF the
con, of Alexander H., was celebrated IN
e. Petersburg, and all the Ministers
I'D members of the Council Of the En-
n;re were present. When the service ice
m n Al, over those in attendance took
,he oath of allegiance to the car
Nicholas H., and to the heir'presump.'ses'
~, crond Duke George, brother OF the
IT. II is said the funeral Of fIc Gear , will
40 n,oce on November 10, and the oous
u, lie in state one week at Moscow.
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