Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-27
GREAT THRONES OF PEOPLE
csruEn IN nrssrA's e,rIAru. TO
WITNESS TirE CEREMONY.
Tho Wedding OF the Car ana
Princess Aiix--'isousinE cheers
Greet the Car and Grand Duke.
Warmly Greeted.


In order TO secure places along the
route OF the royal wedding proccs.
sion. From Anitchxon palace 10 the
winter palace the whole avenue was
/ lined with troops. Before long tho
whole front OF the route was black
with people. At li.i5 were auddenlv
mead strains OF the national anthem.
ana along the route the mululudcs
uncovered in anticipation OF the an.
! proaeh OF the bridal party. soon AZ.
Ter there appeared the open state car
I ringe drawn By four white horses
In this We're the ear and his bf,5th.
er, Grand Duke Michael Both wore
the uniform OF Hussars OF the guard.
and were greeted with vnclfcrous
9nrst Of cheers, renewed again aud
again. 1Ne czar's edulppagc was pre-.
ceded and also followed by dstnch-
ment OF the chevallers DIES Gerdes and
Then came II superb landau ALSO
Then came n superb laudou also
drawn by four white horses In which
] We're Princess AllN and the cyatlna,
They received. II possible even a
moro hearty popular greeting than the
caar himself After the carriagc or
the princess and czArlna followed a
long train Of carriages with the royal
quests, The wedding procession en-.
tered the winter palace at 1850 o'clock,
where Were assembled all those IN
Vited ~ be present az the wedding.
The bridal procession then trglycrsed
the fore han splcndldly decorated In
empire style, the ftcld mafshars salon
where n Nnrinty u war paintings
adorned the walls and then passed
through the famous Potrnislxy hall. in
which stands the throne Of Peter the
Great and which 10 graced with ancient
furniture OF oNidized silver. From uia
maenihcent apartment The Wedding
procession slowly passed through tho
hall OF the court OF arms, named after
four enormous allegorlca figures "
Russia. holding In their hands tho
csctiuhcons Of the empire. The bridal
Ifoeession then found ITSELF Ia tho
ilkcnay room which alJolns the church.
In this room remained the majority ar
inc officials and the members of the
lesser nobility only the Imperial family
and their royal guests and the indls-
pensahlu functipnariea passing 10 Tho
small chapel, which ~ a most gorgeous
little temple. on the right hand or tho
chapel, ~ glass cases WAS all the ancred
reies brought to RUSSIA by the Knlghts
q Malta, including the hand OF st. John
me Baptist. the martyr saint Irene.
ana the miraculous image OF the Vlr |
gin Mary. These are ornamcntcd with !
enormous fapphlrcs IA the form OF
Ne0rs, The costumes In the chapel were |
1a11llng' Most OF the ladies wore the |
russian costume, very low before nnd |
behind. with arms bare almost 10 Inc |
shoulders. 'Ne
The brides dress was white, Richly
emDroilered with gold and on |
her head was tho usuni
koltoshnik belonging to the
costume and ornamentcd with ala
monds At the top OF kokoshuik was
u small crown OF diamonds The
brides mantel was OF purple velvet
lined with erminc. The head dressss OF
the other court ladies' were Of ancient
sold brncside adorned with snpphlres.
emeralds and rubies When All the we'd
dlng guests We're assembled the mar
rage ceremony WAS carried out nc
rerulns 20 the rites OF the Greek
church, The wedding procession waa
then reformed and the guests re-an-
fered their carriages. The dowuRer
czarlna was the first to drive back 10
the palace. The ear with tho ezarlna
returned 10 the anitchkom palace In the
same Landau amid the uubounded on
thusiasn OF the Immense crowds OF
people gathered 10 greet them. The
car saluted the crowds ana the czar-
ina bowed repeatedly IN answer to
tho cheering OF the people and evinced
comfortable emotion. on reaching tho
cathedral OF Kasan, whlgh is a most
Imposing edifce. recalling 81, Pctcrs
AT Rome. there was a remarkable spec
tacle. There was literally a sea OF
heads extending up the Newsliy
prophet and the multitude wore so
densely packed that the troops had tho
greatest difficulty IN preserving a pas
sage for the wedding procession. The
bells In all the churches were penllng
the wedding chimes and above an
could be heard the distant booming OF
cannon from the fortress and other |
places.
The crowds had waited for hours
with incredible patience, which was
into enthusiasm MS the FIRST
detachment OF cavalry eacorting the
dowager ozarina dashed by and nm
nounced the return OF the imeprinl par-
". The dowager ozarinh pushed on
ahead 90 the Anitchsoff palace In order
10 be able TO be the frat 10 greet the .
newly married couple on their arrival !
there.
When the second cavalry escort trot- I
led up, followed In an open carriage J
~ the car and czarlnn, there was an !
inoxampled scene Of enthusiasm. The
people seemed dellriOua with Joy. cheer I
nR and wildly waving their hats and I
The Imperial carriage 4
topped before the cathedral Of kasan !
n order the allow the newly married ,
iaif 90 invoke the Die=sinss IF the Nj q
mighty. when the car rcappenred a
N tr cathedral steps after the reli- I
rinus ceremonies Within and Kissed She g
Image Of Dir Lady OF Ka- "
an the enthusiasm OF the people was ],
'eyond all description. 4
The car aud czarina rc-cDtere1 their II
arriages and returned to tho Anitch- u
,Off palace In honor OF the uznr's u
sedding. 10000 poor people Of this olty d
!ncd today at the expense OF the ear | y
When tho newly welded pair arrived q
I the Anitchkon palace they were well ~
omed by the lowager cznrina. who cl
al preceded them. ~
His mhjeaty. In honor Of HIS mar Al
iage RENTS various debts 10 tho III
rown, including the repayment II the II
rants made 10 the peasants on ac- q
cunt Of families. He also wholly re- ci
tits arrears n taxes and fines and y
Of shortcns sentenced Of Inn di
rlsonment. police supervision and de- bs
ortatlon al hard labor The proaecii- Nh
on OF searches for offenders who have All
amained undiscovered for fifteen years %
III be abandoned Amnesty IN grant 10
! 20 the participants o. the Polish re- b.
elton an
since fts great vieiorJ, Of ihe Worlds