The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-20
THE CZA.s.. l., MOSCOW.
Fully 100000 People Await His
Majesty's Arrival.
PREPARATIONS FOR CORONATION.

Magnificent I;aIdaehins or Canopies Law
ishIy OverIaid with GoId-Three Ancient
Thrones To Be Used i'm the Coronation
Ceremonies--Upon Taking the Oath the
Czar Is Expected to Grant Pardons to
Many Political Prisoners.
Moscow, May 20.-Fully 100000 persons
awaited the ears arrival for two hours
i'm the elegantly decorated Perron. The
station was brilliant spectacle, with the
glittering uniforms of nearly every regi-
ment. The czarina looked charming in a
white dress and bonnet The car was
plainly clad in the uniform Of a captain OF
infantry, and with no decorations, in
marked contrast with the brilliant suite.
There were 800 special correspondents on
the platform. Two new and resplendent
baldachins, or canopies, have been pre-
pared for the coronation, one for the czar
and czarina, and the other for the dowager
czarina The first is the larger of the two
and is lavishly overlaid with gold on each
Of it's four facets, the interior ceiling be-
ing adorned with the imperial arms, in
cluded In the chain of the Order Of ST. An
drew. Around the imperial shield are
grouped the nine different escutcheons OF
the Kingdoms and principalities of Rus
sia. In each corner Is the imperial mono
gram, worked in the chain of st. Andrew,
in glittering gald. On the exterior cor
nice are embroidered 10 large and four
small eagles, with the imperial mono
gram.
Gold Crowns and Eagles.
Alternately placed at each corner there
is gold crown in relief and number OF
gold eagles with smaller crowns, upon
which are sixteen plumes of black and yell
low ostrich feather, bound with ribbons OF
the same national colors. The tufts and
fringes adorning the supports are made OF
gold, surmounted by silver globes and
cnameled eagles. This imperial baldachin
will be borne by sixteen generals. The
second baldachin is half the size
of the first and similarly, but less
elaborately, adorned. The three
ancient thrones of Ivan Ill,
Michael Teodorovitch, and Alexis
Michaelovitch, will be used for the corona
ton. Each has been furnished with new
transon and covered with crimson velvet.
The monogram of the car is embroidered
| upon that of Michael Teodorovitch's
| throne, that of the czarina upon the throne
of Ivan ILL., and that of the dowager car
| ina upon the throne of Alexis Michaelo-
witch. The new imperial standards are
mounted upon black and yellow shaft,
surmounted by gold enameled eagle.
| 1t is said the ears manifesto will give
amnesties, partial or complete, to Russian
| prisoners in Siberia.
| Sentences To BE Reduced.
The sentences of those in Jail in Euro
| pean Russia for serious offenses will be
reduced by one-third. A large number OF
minor offenders will be pardoned. Mum
bers of those who left the country for po
litical reasons will be pardoned on condi
ton of their taking the oath of allegiance
The peasantry in certain poor districts
will be excused from arrears of crown
dues. Even the Jews, IL is said, will moi
be forgotten, and the ill-starrcd Hebrew
agricultural colonies at Ekaterinaslav will
also be excused from arrears.
II is also said the czar will pardon all
Roman Catholic priests who have been
imprisoned or sent to Siberia for breach OF
the public worship laws, and that he also
promises to grant gradually "a large meas
ure of religious liberty to all the subjects
including the Catholics Cardinal Ag
liardi, the Vatican's representative at the
| coronation at Moscow, Will hand TO the
car an autographs letter from the pope
urging an extention of religious liberty
Publishers Are Dispieased. z
In the first draft of the coronation mani
festo paragraph provided for the cancel
lntion Of warnings of the censor standing
against Russian newspapers, which
amount to 100000 rubles and the sup
! preston of the paper. Most OF the Rus
sian papers have had n couple of warn
ings hanging over their head for years
This paragraph in the I'M n festo wa
elidcd at the instigation of ce:
tain court ministers. The Rus
sian pressmen are naturally spleased
but il remains to be seen if the paragraph
will he recovered. Criminals and debtor
will doubtless be favored, and politica
prisoners will be forgotten. The impe
cunious mobiles whose estates are so heaN
ily incumbercd will probably be relieves
by reductions in the interest on thei
loans There is also talk of the sons O
merchants and manufacturers receiving
the same rights regarding the movement
as those accorded to the nobility.