The herald., 1894-11-03
RUSSIA'S NEW RULER
Nicholas III Ascends the
Throne.
The Event Celebrated With
Due P0mp.
Joy Temporarily Given Precedence
of Mourning.
A Proclamation Issued by tho New
Czar-He Promises to Fellow
In tho Footsteps of
His Father.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2 AT 8 O'Clock
this morning imperial heraIas, il bright
uniform. attended by troop OF trum.
peters, announced the death OF Alexan-
der Ill. and the accession to the throne
OF Nicholas IL. Throughout st. Peters,
burg today the accession OF the new
czsr was celebrated as festival, for this
event takes precedence over mourning
ceremonies. All signs of public mourn.
ing will be withheld until tomorrow.
AT 10 O'Clock yesterday evening the
frat requiem mass for the repose Of the
soul of Alexander III. was celebrated in
St. Petersburg, and all ministers and
members OF the council OF the empire
were present. Those in attendance took
the oath of allegiance to Gar Nicholas
Ii. and the heir presuEptlve, Grand
Duke George. This morning the senate
met and ell the mem bers took the oath
of allegiance. At the same time all the
troops forming the garrison OF st. Pc
tersburg were paraded aud Hworn with
the customary formality. Later the
came ceremony was observed in the
civil departments Of the empire.
Following is the text of the manifesto
iseued by the czar. Nicholas H., and
Published this morning in the Official
Messenger:
We hereby announce to all our faith
full gu ubjscts that God in his inscrutable
providence has seen fit to assign a limit
to the precious life ofeour dearly loved
imperial father. His grievous sufferings
yielding neither to medical skill nor the
beueficent climate of the Crimea, he
died at Lividia on the Goth OF October
(Novsmbsr 1st). surrounded by his FAM
lily and in the arms of the czarina and
ourselves. Our grief is not to be exs
presaed by words, but this grief
avery Rnseian heart will under
stand, and I believe there is not
spot throughout the vast RUS
sian empire in which hot tears will not
hew for the emperor thus prematurely
called away, who has parted from the
country which he loved with all the
power Of the Russian soul, and in the
welfare OF which, Hparing neither health
nor life, centered all his thoughts. Bus
also far beyond the borders of Russia
the memory of the czar, who was the
defamation Of unswerving loyalty ant
peace, which. during his reign, was noI
once broken, will not ceass to be 70
spected.
The will of the Most High be
done. May our unshaken faith
in the wisdom of providence give
US strength; may tho knowl-
edge console you that our grief is the
grief OF our entire beloved nation, and
may the nation not forget that the
strength and tirmness of Russia lies in
it's unity and unbounded devotion to us.
In this sad and solemn hour ON which
we ascend our ancestral throne of the
Russian empire, and the czsrdom OF Po-
land, and the grand duchy OF Finland,
indisoiubly linked with it, we remember
the legacy left us by our lamented faith
er and imbued with it, we. in the prea-
ence Of the Most High, take a vow to
make cur sole aim the development of
the power and glory Of our beloved Rus
sia, and the happiness OF all our faithful
subjects.
May the Almighty, whose has chosen
us for this high calling, voucnsafe to rs
mis- aid. While we offer before the
heartfelt praise ar the unstained soul
OF the departed, we command our sub
jects to take the oath of allegiance to
ourselves and our successor, the Grand
Duke George Alexandrovitch, who will
bear the title of crown prince and czaros
witt until it shall please God 60 bless
our approaching union with the Princess
AlixS OF Hesse-D -Darmstadt, with the
birtH of son.
Done at Lividia, this Goth day Of Oc.
tober. 1894.
! tSgned) NICHOLAS.
When the news of the czar's death
was received, thousands OF people left
their work and proceeded to churches
in the neighborhood where divine sew
ICES were being held in memory of his
majesty. Dense masses of people
thronged the streets during the evening,
reading the death bulletin and nuraaur-
ing prayers for the czsr ae they creased
| themselves. 1t ia reported that the
funeral will take place on November
10Th, and it is said that his body will
| lie in state for one week at Moscow.
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