Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
DAZZLING BEYOND WORDS
To Describe Was the TriumphaI March of the
Gar TO the Throne of His Fathers
in the Ancient kremlin.

Moscow, May 21.-The great triumphal
entry of the emperor and empress into
Moscow occurred today. Until today
the emperor has not officially been In the
city. In order to see the imposing spec
tacle thousands of restless and anxious
sightseers thronged the streets all last
night and early secured places of van
tage. The few windows and balconies
along the route of the procession which
had not already been secured brought
enormous prices in the last few days.
and the very few remaining seats in the
wooden stands erected at various places
along the route have been eagerly
snapped up. Those who witnessed the
coronation festivities of the late Alexan-
der III in 1888 tell that even more eager
ness Is exhibited on this occasion at the
browning of young Nicholas, and If pos
sible the crowds are greater and the
splendor more abundant.
The utmost liberty consistent with
proper discipline and order was allowed,
and the faithful Muscovites and Rus
slams from all over the empire had the
fullest privilege of witnessing the Off
cial entry of their Gear into his ancient
capital.
On arriving at the Siberian chapel at
the entrance of the Chinese town the en-
peror alighted from his horse and with
the empress, assembled the steps to the
priest of the chapel with the cross and
holy water. AS the emperor passed
through the Red square the choirs sta
toned in the tribunes along the Kremlin
wall sang hymns of praise.
The appearance of the czar was the
signal for the firing of cannon, the ring
ing of bells and frantic cheering of the
people.
As the cortege entered the capitol a
salute of seventy-one- great guns was
fired in obedience to signal from the top
of Arc de Triomphe and was Immediately
repeated upon signal from the top Of
the belfry of the tower and the steeple Of
the tower Of Ivan Velikf.
Inside the Kremlin the Imperial party,
with the foreign princes. dismounted at
Xxi and the cathedral OF Che Archangel
Michael, and entered the. Ca tbedral of the
Assumption by the southern gate pre-
coded by the grandmother of the corona
ton ceremonies and the grand marshal
of the court.
In the hall of st. Vladimir the emperor
and empress received the benediction Of
tie arch priest of the Cathedral o. the
Annunciation, and afterwards the i'm
perial party traversed the halls of ST.
George and st. Alexander and Throne
hall. where most of tho party rsn,aiped
J but those intimately connected with the
imperial household were permitted to
enter. -----s as-s.-s :.
At the moment of the entry of the i'm
perial party into the Kremlin salvo of
1O1 guns was fired at a signal given by
the commandant Of Moscow. The bells
of all the churfies In the capital were
kept ringing throughout the day.
1t Is impossible to describe the gor-
geousness of the scenes in the streets I'M
der the brilliant sunshine. The groups
of immense domes recently cleaned and
regilded for the occasion shone brightly
in the sunlight. and the decorations,
bright uniforms. plumed helmets, flags,
court dresses, jewels, etc. presented a
spectacle dazzling beyond theA power of
words to adequately describe. The win
dows of the houses along the route of the
procession and the street pavements were
literally packed with people. and even
the trees lining the road near Petrovski
palace were filed with sight-seers.