Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-21
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l1Eoscaw Adorning Herself In Regal spisn.
0sr in Honor OF tho Csar's CorouatiOn--
DaxxllnE Result OF . Winters Hard
Work. with Much Yet Remaining to be
Done Progress Retarded by HEAVY
Rains.
Moscow. May 16. Moscow has prac.
tically been hard at work all the win.
ter, but it cannot now be said to be
ready to welcome the car with fitting
ceremonies to his ancient capital. For
weeks the city has been in gale cos
tune, but much still remains to be
done owing to the fact that heavy
rains have retarded the completion OF
the work. The weather is cold, and
despite the fact that the sun is shin.
ing brightly, every body is wrapped la
winter clothing.
Yesterday the domes OF the Kreinlin
and the images in the Iberian cha pei
were regilded, and many other works
of decoration were completed. Every
thing is Respondent with light and
color, and the whole city presents an
extremely garish appearance.
Thousands of persons are hocking
to the cathedral, comprising all
classes of people. The object of these
crowds is to behold the magnifcence
of the decorations Of these places of
worship, especially the cathedral OF
the Assumption, which has been beau
tilted beyond the power of descrip-
ton.
In the Kremlin and over the route
which the imperial procession will
take next Thursday in making the
triumpha1 entry into Moscow a bewil-
dering magnifcence is being made for
the coronation of the car and car
ina.
Perhaps the most wonderful object
is the Kremlin and the buildings with
in. The battlemented walls within
their entire circumference are out
lined with heavy iron gas pipes, dot
ted with thousands of burners, which
will be used in the general illumina-
ton on the two nights succeeding the
coronation.
The lofty Ivan tower, at the foot OF
which rests the famous great bell, is
outlined with electric lights, carried
on delicate skeleton of wood.
The arsenal. the treasury and other
ner, and will on the nights of the illu
tacle.
The Kremlin wall, between the
Nicholas and Spasky gates, alongside
the red square, opposite the vast
modern bazaar. is ona continuous
grandstand, while inside the Spasky
gate, in the great ball square, ext end
ing from the gate to the Archangel
cathedral, is large stand capable oil
holding thousands of people. This
will be occupied by invited guests on
the day of the state entry, and again
on the coronation day itself.
All the government buildings and
hundreds of private houses have been
prepared for the illumination by be
ing covered with little fairy lamps in
various colors, hung on wooden frames,
forming various devices, often in the
shape of the Slavonic letters form ing
the initials of Nicholas and Alexan.
dra.
The route from the palace to the
Kremlin, through the Spasky gates,
will be via the Trumphalis on Thurs
day next. Along Tver street most of
eign powers are located, each vyine
with the others in brilliancy, the
French embassy easily taking the
palm. Not building along three
straight miles of route is without
decoration. Venetian mats, brave
with colors, have been placed at hort
distances along the pavement on both
sides of the street, and the whole
street seems a moving mass of colo,
and beauty.