The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-15
THE CzAR's CORONATION.
Preparations Under Way at Moscow
The Omcial Programme.
London Standard.

The structures already erected. or in course
OF erection, about the city are CHIEFLY illu-
mination screens, to be draped hereafter in
lighted with tens OF thousands of little lamps
and candles to add glory to the festival at
being covered with a tracery of scantlings
following the details OF the architecture. and
likewise destined to help to ,a render clear OBJ
The battlemented walls of the Kremlin, in
their entire circumference, already out
lined with iron gaspipes CARRYING countless
lights generally used for Examinations in
Russia. The gardens around are heavy with
the smell Of fresh-cut timber, from a number
of deliberately designed screens and a multi
tude of posts carrying smaller patterns OF
geometric and fantastic cut, which look Curl
some strange crop from beneath two feet Of
pure, white snow.
Inside the Kremlin the scene is still more
striking. Two sides of the inclosed square,
where stand the Cathedral of the Assump
ton, the Archangeliskiy Cathedral and the
some some grandstands of solid appearance. The
cathedral in which the actual coronation
ceremony takes place has been freed from
its forest of scaffolding, and now stands out.
after an extensive renovation. white and
fresh as If just from the masons' hands. In
the lofty steeple Of Ivan Velikiy, and from
all the towers placed at Intervals along the
Kremln walls. workmen swing dizzily from
enormous heights in tiny cages, engaged In
fixing piecemeal wooden skeleton along the
Copper cables (unguardeD run on telegraph
posts from point to point, and, If not exactly
view. at least serve, by their number and
thickness, to aid the inexpert mind in form
ing some conception Of the extent Of the
electric installation.
The official programme of the festivities
which are to precede and follow the cere-
mony is published to-day. About the mid
gilt state carriages will be taken from the
winter palace to the Nicholas railway sta
ton. whence they will be conveyed b., by
Car and Czarina will arrive at the Petrov-
sky palace, near Moscow. where his Males
tvs birthday will be celebrated on that day,
and where their majesties will remain until
the 2lst, when they will make their
triumphal entry into Moscow After at
thedral the Emperor and Empress will
visit the Archangel and Blagovestchensk
cathedrals, where they will venerate the
the tombs of their imperial ancestors. On
the same day the Emperor and Empress
near m MOSCOW. where thew will hist STAY pA until
the 18th. On May - and % the Car and
Czarina will receive the congratulations of
the foreign ambassadors in the throne room
Of the grand Kremlin palace. On the sd,
oath and 18th the date of the coronation will
be formally proclaimed by heralds to the
From the 2sd to the 18th the Emperor and
Empress will perform their devotions. On
May "a there will be a review of the Is
mailovsky regiments and Of the battalion
of Sappers, to be followed by the conse-
Grafton of the imperial flag at the Novaia
Orujeinaia palace within the Kremin. On
May % the regalia will be solemnly trans
ferred to the throne room, and on the same
day their majesties will proceed from the
I Alexandrinsky palace to the grand Krem-
lin palace In the evening a special mass
will be celebrated in all the churches.
On the 26th the chief event. the coronation
by grand fete in the Granovitaia Palace
On May q, Is and 20, their Majesties will re-
ceive congratulations at Kremlin Palace.
the same palace to which the eccleslastics Of
high rank and the chief officials will be in
yited On the 9th and 18th the city will be
peror and Empress will drive through the
streets to witness the display A reception
2Sth On May % the regalia will be again
transferred from the throne room to the
Orujeinaia Palace. There will also be a gala
performance at the Grand Theater.
On the 30th there will be a popular fete
on the Hadynsky Square. and a ball win be
given by the Comte de Montebello. the
ENJOYS will be entertained to dinner at the
Imperial Palace, and in the evening Prince
Lichtenstein, the Austro-Hungarian embas-
A solemn service will be held on June in
the Tchudovo Convent. In the evening there
will be ball given by the Grand ran Duke
the nobility of Moscow will give a ball in
honor of the Emperor and Empress. Earlier
In the day their MdJeSt1eS Will make a pill
grimage to the Troitza Convent. On June 4
ball will be given by their Majesties in
the Alexander room of the Kremlin Palace.
1t will be followed the next day by a
concert at the residence of Prince Radon.
the German ambassador. On June 6. the
Czarina's birthday. the Emperor and EN-
pres will proceed in state to the Uspensky
Cathedral, and later in the day dinner will
be given in honor OF the diplomatic body.
On June 7. there will be a grand review Of
the troops in garrison at Moscow. and a din
ner at the palace. to which the principal adj
ministrative authorities Of the city will be
invited. Their Majesties will leave Moscow
| the same evening.