The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-22
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO MOSCOW
BY THE IMPERIAL AUTOCRAT
OF RUSSIA.
PoMP BEYOND PARALLEL.
PRINCES, PoTENTATES AND PRE-
LATES CONTRIBUTED TO THE
GLITFERING PAGEANT
AT THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS.
Memory of the Dead Cars and Rus
sia1s Sacred Relics Venerated
by the Living.

MOSCOW May 21.-The cZar and cZar1na
made their triumphal entry into this city this
afternoon, amid the thunder Of batteries OF
artillery, the changing of countless bells and
the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Rus
slams and equally enthusiastic visitors from
all parts of the world. Probably never in the
history of nations has there been such an as
semblage Of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous
scene may never be repeated in its grand en-
tilety.
At l o'clock, in anticipation of the coming
of the cZar the entire route from PetrovsAl
palace to the Kremlin was so densely packed
with people that movement, except on the out
skirts of the immense crowds, was out of the
question. From Z o'clock in the morning
the route to be followed by the procession
had been guarded by troops, infantry and
cavalry, police on foot and horseback, in
uniform and in plain clothes, until the ROAD
may be said to have been lined by row after
row, thickness after thickness OF plood
and iron The weather was delight
fully fine a great relief after the bitterly
cold and damp experiences of the past few
days. The sunshine, however, had not had
time to dry the muddy roads and streets, but
the warmth was a great Improvement and put
everybody in a good humor
The signal for the commencement OF the
days movement was salute Of nine guns
from a battery outside the city. This was
followed by the dull booming of the big bell
of the Cathedral of the Assumption, and the
assembling of the troops at their various
mastering points. Then the countless high
dignitaries of the empire and Of the foreign
countries began to gather at the Petrovsh
palace, to take their places in gala equipages,
or to escort on horseback the carriages of
their imperial majesties. There were grand
dukes and grand duchesses princes and prin-
cesses, Asiatic potentates, innumerable repre-
sentatives Of every country under the sun, as
sembled to do honor to the cZar of all the rus
sas, the ruler of the mighty empire which
half circles the globe. Generals with their
staffs aides-de-camp riding at break-neck
speed, orderlies galloping furiously, were to
be seen everywhere. The clash of arms re-
sounded on all sides, and most impressive was
the gathering of the hosts of the mighty en-
peror.
At 2:30 there was laundering of cannon,
this time from the direction of the PetrovsN
palace, and the living mass of men and wom-
en- gave great sigh of relief, for it was the
signal that the cZar had started on his jour-
ney to the Kremlin. Then there was joy
Gus pealng of bells, the dull boom of the
monster bell pleasingly muffling the clear,
slver-like ring Of the smaller bells, and CIV
ing forth welcome to the cZar and czarina,
to their guests, to Russia and to the world in
general, as represented in and about this old
city.
The imperial procession was headed by
a squad of mounted gendarmes, led by mas
ter of police After the police came a
portion of the cars bodyguard of Cossacks.
Then came the grand marshal Of the court in
a state phaeton, drawn by six horses, bearing
the insignia of his charge, and a squadron Of
the regiment of chevaliers of the guard of the
Empress Marie Feodorovna.
His majesty, the czar of Russia, on horse
back, followed, and after him came the min
lister of his household, the minister of war,
the aide de camp general commanding the
military household of his majesty, an aide de
camp general, one of his majesty's aides de
camp and other generals. Next in order came
the Grand Dukes Michael, Alexandrovitch,
Cyril, Vandimirovitch Boris, Alexis, Demetir,
Nicholas, Peter Nicholaieyitch, Michael Mich
oaievitch Nicholas Michaelovitch, Alexan-
der Michaelovitch, Sergius Michaelovitch, the
Princess Eugene and George Maximilliano-
witch, Romanovsky the Duke Of Luchten-
berg the Princess Alexander Petrovitch Pc
ter AleXandrovitch and Constantinevitch of
Oldenburg; Duke George Mecklenburg- -Strel-
itz and all the important foreign princes pres
ent, all on horseback. The aides de camp
general of the czar, number of generals,
the aides de camp of the czar, the generals
attached to their imperial majesties as well
as their aides de camp and the military
suites of the foreign princes, all on horse
back.
Her imperial majesty, the Czarina Marie
Foedorovna, and her daughter, the Grand
Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, came next in the
imperial carriages, surmounted by the i'm
perial crown, the vehicle drawn by eight
horses and each horse led by an equerry Of
the imperial stables and having at each door
of the carrige a grand equerry on horse
back. The imperial carriage was preceded
by an officer of the imperial stables on horse
back. Two pages walked on each side of the
box, and four Cossacks of the chamber in
state uniform marched on the side of the
vehicle. 1t was followed by six pages of the
chamber and two equerries of the court sta
bles, all on horseback.
Her majesty, the eX-Empress Alexandra
Feodorovna, was in state carriage, drawn
by eight horses, each horse led by an equerry
and with equerries riding and walking on
both sides of it, preceded by an officer of the
right and left of the box and guarded by four
Cossacks in state uniform The vehicle was
followed by six pages of the chamber and
two equerries Of the court, all on horseback.
Her majesty, the queen of Greece, her i'm
perial highness, the Grand Duchess Anasta-
sia Mikhoaliovna, the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin her imperial high
ness, the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandra
vna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and
her imperial highness, the Grand Duchess
Marie Pavlovna, were in state carriage,
drawn by six horses, each horse led by an
equerry and having equerries on horseback
right and left of 1t, Wallets on foot on both
sides and followed by two pages of the cham
Der and two equerries on horseback.
RECEPTION OF THE CZAR.
After leaving the palace, the czar was re-
ceived by the commander-in-c chief of all the
troops, the Grand Duke Sergus, and then the
latter, with most brilliant staff Joined in
the procession. When the cortege entered
the city salute of seventy-one guns was
fired from the top of the triumphal arch.
amid the ringing of bells. Upon entering
Moscow, his majesty was received by the
governor general on horseback, escorted by
his staff and aides-de-camp, and they joined
the procession.
At the Resurrection Gate the czar dis
mounted from his horse, and the expresses
descended from their, carriages in order to
worship at the shrine of the Iberian Ma
donna, the most sacred of the many holy
symbols in Moscow. At the shrine their maj
estes were received by the grand vicar of
Moscow, who presented them with the cross
and spr;nlsled them with holy water. Their.
majesties entered the chapel and knelt in
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