Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-11-10
HIS FATHERS SEAT.
Nicholas II. Assumes the Throne
of Russia.
Proclamation by n Q New Czar = Scenes
Attending the Accession - Religious
Rites Over tho Dead Rulers
Remains nt Livadin.


the first proclamation of Emperor
Nicholas ii. of Russia, in which, after
formally communicating to the nation
the news of the death of his father,
Alexander Ill, he says:
May the knowledge console you that our
grief is the grief of our entire beloved nation,
and muy the nation not forget that the
strength and firmness OF holy Russia lies In Its
unity and unbounded devotion to us.
In this sad and solemn hour in which we
ascend our ancestral throne OF the Russian
empire and cZardom of Poland and the grand
duchy OF Finland indissolubly linked with 1t,
we, however, remember the legacy left us by
our lamented father and imbued with 1t we, In
the presence of the Most High. take q vow to
make our sole aim the development of the
power and glory OF our beloved Russia and the
happiness OF our faithful subjects"
The manifesto concludes with the
command that the oath of allegiance
be taken to him, Emperor Nicholas H.,
and to his heir apparent, Grand Duke
George Alexandrovitch, his brother,
who is to be entitled czarowitz until
God may bless with n son the union
which his majesty is about to enter
into with Princess Alix of Hesse- Darn
stadt.
Ats o'clock Friday morning the inn
perial heralds, in brilliant uniforms,
attended by troop of trumpeters, an
nounced the death of Alexander III.
and the accession to the throne of
Russia of Nicholas ii. The two heralds
with their escorts traversed all the
principal streets of the city, and after
the trumpeters had delivered three
ringing blasts upon their trrmpets
they made public the proclamation of
Emperor Nicholas ii.
Throughout ST. Petersburg the ao-
cession of the new czar is being
celebrated as festival, for this event
takes precedence of the mourning Ger.
emonies The Russian newspapers
therefore appeared without black bor-
ders and all signs of public mourning
were withheld.
LIvADIA, Nov. 3.-The remains of
Czar Alexander Ill, having been en-
balmed and attired in the uniform of
the Preobrajensky regiment of the
guard, were conveyed Friday morning
to the small private chapel of the pal
ace. The bier was surrounded with
| lighted candles and is watched by
relays of priests and officers of the
army.
At the religious services which were
afterward held in the chapel all the
members of the imperial family and
the imperial household were present
PARIS, Nov. 3.-There was universal
mourning Friday throughout France
at the death of the czar. Although
the manifestations of grief are quiet
there is no doubling the fact that the
grief of France is profound and that
the republic really believes that it has
! lost one of its best friends by the death
| of Alexander Ill.
LONDON, Nov. 3.-The expressions of
sympathy and respect which have been
called forth by the death of Alexander
III. are universal. The officials of the
Russian embassy have been over
whelmed with messages of coincidence.
Flags are half-masted everywhere in
London and in other large cities of the
United Kingdom, and special religious
services are being arranged at Buck
ingham palace, at Marlborough and at
all the other residences of the royal
family.
LONDON, Nov. "a court circular is
sued Friday evening says:
| her majesty nus TeCelNcu WIN Lne deepest
| concern the sorrowful intelligence OF the fatal
| termination of the illness OF the emperor OF
| Russia The queen, who is allied with
the Russian imperial family by so many
ties, feels the warmest sympathy with the af-
fiicted empress and his family, as well as with
the young emperor who is about to become by
marriage her maiesty's grandson and for
whom the queen entertains sincere affection
| and regard"
BERLIN. Nov. S.-The imperial stand.
ard floating over the new palace has
been half-masted as sign of Emperor
Williams sorrow at the death of the
czar. and in all parts of Berlin, over
public and private buildings, the Ger
man flag is displayed at half-mast.
BY the emperors command the the
aters have been closed and the court
will go into mourning for four weeks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-Secretary OF
State Gresham Friday received n dis
patch from the Russian foreign Office
announcing the succession of the new
emperor. President Cleveland later
received message direct from the
new emperor announcing the death OF
his father. Emperor Nicholas mes
sage to President Cleveland was as
follows:
"LIvApIA, Nov. 2, lsei.-To THE president
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: have
| the sorrow to impart to you the cruel loss that
Russia and have just sustained in the person
of my beloved father, Emperor Alexander, de-
ceased this day. NICHOLAS
The president replied as follows:
"WAsHINGToN U. s. A.. Nov. e. 1894 TIC
HIS MAJESTY, NICHOLAS H., EMPEROR Oh
RUSSIA, LIvADIA:S-I hasten to express my
heartfelt sympathy and the sympathy OF my
countrymen with the royal family and the
Russian people in their affiicton by reason OF
the death OF your honored father
"GROvER CLEVELAND"
BERLIN, Nov. 8-The marriage OF
Emperor Nicholas III. and Princess
Alix, of Hesse, is expected to take
place soon after the funeral, as the
laws of the orthodox Greek church
prohibit marriage between November
20 and January 1S.