Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-28

under the sun assembled there to do honor
to the czar of all the Russias, the ruler
Of the mighty empire which half encircles
the globe. Generals with their staffs,
aids-de-camp riding at breakneck speed,
orderlies galloping furiously were to be
seen everywhere. The clash Of arms re-
sounded on all sides, and most impressive
was the gathering of the hosts of the
mighty emperor.
At 2:30 o'clock there was further
laundering of the cannon, this time from
the direction of the Petrovski palace, and
that living mass of men and women gave
a great sigh of relief, for it was the signal
that the czar had started on his journey to
the Kremlin.
Reception of the Gear.
After leaving the palace the czar was
received by the commander-in-chief of all
the troops at Moscow and in its neigh
borhood, the Grand Duke Sergius, and
then the latter, with a most brilliant
staff, joined in the procession. At the
Resurrection gate the cZar dismounted
from his horse and the empresses de-
scended from their carriages in order to
worship at the shrine Of the Iberian Ma
donna, the most sacred of the many holy
symbols in Moscow At the shrine their
majesties were received by the grand
vicar ii Moscow, who presented them
with the cross and sprinkled them with
holy water. Their majesties entered the
chapel and knelt in prayer before the
image At the conclusion of their devo-
tions the czar remounted his horse and
the czarina re-entered her carriage and
they passed through the gate into the
Kremlin, where they were received with
all the ecclesiastical pomp possible.
At the moment their majesties entered
the palace .f the Kremlin an artillery
salute of 101 guns was fired and through
out the journey Of their majesties the bells
from all the belfries from Moscow were
tolled. The czar and czarina will re-
main at the palace in partial seclusion un-
til the ceremony of the coronation of the
imperial standard, which always occurs
three days before the coronation.
Cost of the Fetes.
The Russian Government is said to
have spent over $2O,OO0,000 on the fetes
up to the present, and the city OF Mos
COW is understood to have expended near
ly as much money and more expenses
have to be met. The illuminations cost
several millions of dollars to the Govern
ment alone. without counting what the
city contributed toward this portion OF
the expense. Besides the expense of the
Russian Government and the city of Mos
COW, the expenses which grand dukes and
grand duchesses, foreign princes and am
bassadors, etc, have been put to is really
enormous. one authority going so far as
to estimate that there was about $780,
100000 worth of jewelry alone in the
procession.
The French Government especially has
been put to a very great expense for the
coronation fetes. The cost of the supper
which their imperial majestics attended
under the auspices OF the French delega-
tion cost over 100000, and the carriages
used by the French ENJOYS were the prop
crty of the Emperor Napoleon, built es-
pecially for the christening OF the late
prince imperial Ex-Empress Eugene al
lowed them to he sent to Moscow for the
use Of Comte De Montebello and General
De Boisdeffre, the representatives of
France.