The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-22

bells and chorus of vast multitude
of loyal Russians and equally enthusi-
astic visitors from all parts of the
world. Probably
NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF
NATIONS
has there beer such an assemblage.
peated in its grand entirety.
At L O'Clock, in anticipation of the
coming of the car, the entire route
| from Petrovski palace, about three
miles on the road to st. Petersburg, to
Kremlin, was packed with people. The
route to be followed by the procession
had been guarded by troops and police
on foot and horseback, until the road
may be said to have been lined by
thickness after thickness of blood and
iron. The weather was delightfully."-
fine, a great relief after the bitterly
cold and damp experience of the past
few days. The sunshine put everybody
in good humor.
The signal for the commencement of
the days festivities 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
the various mastering points. Then
countless high dignitaries of the en-
pire and foreign countries began to
gather at Petrovski palace to take
places in the gala equipages or escort
on horseback the carriages of their
imperial majeStieS. The grand CukeS
and grand duchesses, princes and prin-
cesseS, Asiatic potentateS, innumerable
representatives of every country I'M
der the sun, assembled here to do hon
or to the car of Russia, the ruler of
a mighty empire, which half circles the
globe.
Generals with staffs, aide-de-camps
riding at breakneck speed, orderlies
galloping furiously, were seen every
where.
At 2:3O D. m. there was a further
laundering OF cannon, this time from
the direction of the Petrovsli palace.
1t was a signal that the car had start
ed on his journey to Kremlin.
Then there was a
JOYOUS PEALING OF BELLS
from the many belfries of the city,
the dull boom of the monster bell pleas
ingly muffled the clear silverlike ring
of the smaller bells, all giving forth
welcome to the car and czarina, to
their guests and to Russia and the
world in general as represented in and
cessfon was headed by a squad of
mounted gen d'armes, led by master
of police. After the police came a por-
tion of the cars body guard and
squadron of CosSackS. of the guard.
The rest of the procession was as fol-
lows:
On horseback, two by two, came the
delegates from the races subject to
Russia, their strange attractive cos
tunes alone furnishing material for
columns of descriptive matter
Deputations from the Cossack popu-
Iation, almost as attractive in costume
as the delegates who preceded them.
on horseback
by sixty Wallets on foot, four runners
and four negroes of the imperial court
in gala livery on foot.
Fourteen musicians of the imperial
court orchestra on foot, followed by
their leader, the latter on horseback.
The imperial huntsman on horseback
Twenty-six huntsmen on foot in gala
livery.
MES, bearing the insignia of their
charges, in a six-horse gala phaeton.
The grand master of the ceremonies
of the coronation in a pfaeton, drawn
by six horses, bearing the insignia Of
his charge.
Twenty-four gentlemen of the cham
Der on horseback, two by two, pre-
coded by the master of the ceremonies
on horseback.
Twelve chamberlains on horseback,