The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-19
TO Crown THE CAR
Elaborate Preparations for the
Great Ceremony.
FESTIVITIES HAVE BEGUN
The Royal Family Has Arrived
in Moscow.
CZAR'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED
Enormous Sums Of Money viii be Ex-
pended Russia Having Appro-
priated Fifty Million
Roubies.
czAR's BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED

Roubies.
Moscow, May 1S.-The arrival of the
| Car and Czarina this afternoon NAV
be SAID to inaugurate the festival sea
! son IN celebration of the coronation
| and Tor which the city and the whole
empire has made months Of prepara-
| ton.
Their majesties arrived in their spe-
| cIai train at the Smolens< station a.
| o:30 O'Clock this afternoon. The sta
lloh Is about half way between tho
hremlln and the PetroysIli nalaca
winch IS TO be the abiding place Of 4be
| Izar until the triumphal entry into
| the clty ON Thursday. The rain was
pouring down in torrents as the train
arrived ln the station, but this seemed
70 nave no effect on the loyal arlor of
the people, and they were gathered 1T
| the station to the number of several
ing. o-l''''s 2 sieo'-
an imperial pavilion had been erec-
tea at the station, into which the inn
perlal party stepped from their train
and from which they stepped into the
equipages which carried them to the
Petroyski palace. The pavilion was
carpeted and was bright with floral
decorations. -
Their majesties descended the car
peted steps from the pavilion, entered
2 carriage and were driven to the
fetroVskI palace, and escorted bv
cavalry officers. The passage of the
parry through the streets was greeted
Win great enthusiasm, the route be-
ing lined with great crowds of cheering
spectators.
The Car and Czarina are accom-
panied by their infant daughter. the
Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna. and
numerous suite and the whole Of the
imperial household. They took their
departure from st. Petersburg at
O'Clock for Moscow. The august cere-
mony OF the coronation of the Car and
C'zarlna, and the fetes which preceda
and follow that event, will fiji nm Kbe
tune constantly from now until .Juna
tn, which is the date fixed upon for
the return Of the imperial party to
st. Petersburg.
The train which carried the imper-
ial pair to the ancient capital of Holv
Russia, was especially built through
out for this journey, and is said TO be
the finest that ever rode on rails. The
appointments and finish of it are on q
scale of magnifcence in harmony with
everything else connected with the
coronation, for which the most lavish
expenditure has not been spared, even
for the minutest details.
No speed record was attempted with
the Imperial train, the safety and COM
fort of the august inmates being the
sole considerations All traffic ceased
over the line before the departure of
the train from st. Petersburg, and no
other wheels than those Of this train
was allowed to run at the same time
on the tracks between St. Petersburg
and Moscow. The line between st. 4
Petersburg and Moscow runs almost
in a straight line for the four hum
dred miles. 1t is related that when
the engineers designated to build the
line appealed TO the Car for his or
ders regarding the route, he placed a
ruler upon the map, and drew a
straight line between the two cities
thus solving the engineering difficult
ties with an autocratie hand.
To-day the 400 miles of the line are
guarded by a double guard of sol
diers. Every detail of the journey and
Of the ceremonies in Moscow has been
arranged for months, an army of of
fcials having been engaged upon the
work in the capital city amid much stir
and excitement, and also intense anx-
iety To facilitate their work wood
en- methods were constructed of all the
various buildings at which the more
important ceremonies viii be enacted,
exact in every proportion and relation,
so that the programme of the corona
has been precisely arranged and gone
through with in miniature.
The arrival of the Gar and Carina at
the Petrovosli palace, outside of Mos
cox, was timed for to-day, which is the
anniversary of his majesty's birthday.
Their majesties will remain at Petroy-
ski palace until Thursday, May 2l the
date of the triumphal entry of the Gar
into Moscow, which is to be one OF the |
most imposing spectacles in all the
ceremonies attendant upon the coro-
nation.
The Car and Czarina viii remain IN |
Petrovslti palace until tomorrow, when |
they viii make their triumphal entry |
into the city of Moscow.
The historical procession, Of a gran |
denr which for many reasons it would |
be impossible to equal in any other |
country in the world, starts from the |
Petroysly palace, and passing the |
straight line along the main street Of I
Moscow, the Tyerskaia, which for the /
greater part is fine, broad road, with /
low-built houses on either side, it pass +
es under the famous triumphal arch,
at the summit of which are six large
horses, of the model of those on the 4
arch at the entry of the Unter- den
Linden in Berlin This arch, as every
one knows, was erected to commem-
crate the retreat of the French under
Napoleon in 1912. The procession final