The new North-west., 1896-05-22
THE CAR AT MOSCOW
THE CEREMONIES ATTENDING THE
CORONATION.
Pnssuge of the Imperial Party
Through the Street ii Signal for
Great E.nthus1nam.

Moscow, May l8.--Nichol;ss H., czar Of
all the Kuss1as. is 2s years old today, ana
with the anniversary Of Lis birth ;.re in
augurated the ceremonies incident to his
final coronation as the mightiest temporal
ruler OF the universe. After a week of
travel by easy stages, the czar and his i'm
peral consort arrived this afternoon at the
letroVsky palace, on Ine outskirts OF the
CITY, and whore they will rest until Thurs
day, the date assigned for the triumphsll
entry into Moscow This birthday recap
hon and banquet at the palace, and which
LOOK place this afternoon and evening,
We're Oh a gorgeous scale. Five thousand
guests had been bdten, and these incud-
ed all the representatives of foreign pow
efS ana republics accredited to the cOED-
nation aud the notablGs and statesmen ut
the empire. It is said that the expenditure
incident to the functions of today and
which We're only the prelude to a. month
Or more OF festivities and ceremony, we-e
900 roubhs. or nearly quarter of IL
million dollars.
Meanwhile Moscow is full to overllowiny
and has been for days. Five hundred tri-
umplal arches have been erected and the
eXteriors Of public and private buildings
monuments and houses of worship are nl-
most entirely covered with flags, silks AMI
rich Araperies. The Individual gas jets for
the various illuminations number, it is
calculated, fully 20, 0C00 900, SO that at night
fall the city will be literally a lake of fire.
The coronation cer.n,nnies nroner ta1,,..
place 81 week from, ,o,oorrou, I'm. I-nit.A
States is Wcll represented, among those al
ready here being Mrs. John A. Logan,
Mrs. II, 0. Stone Of Chicago; Mrs. Phoebe
A. Hearst widow of the late senator from
California. Miss pirpinia Fair da1,ght.,
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