The Portland daily press., 1896-04-18
GROWING A GEAR.
The Great Ceremony Soon to Occur
In Moscow.
MANY DAYS OF PAGEANTRY AND
FESTIYITY.

CathedrsI-The Czar's Many Titles ana
What They Mean-The Part Taken by
the Czarina.
Nicholas II. Alexandrowich, Czar and
autocrat of all the r ussias, is to be
drowned May 90 in the Church of the An
nunoiation of Moscow. The programme
Of the festivities which are to preeede and
follow the ceremony has been published
officially.
The imperial regalia and the gilt state
carriages are to be taken from the win
ter palaoe to the Nicholas railway Sta
ton. whence they will be conveyed by
special train, about May 10, to Moscow.
The Gear and Czarina will arrive at
the Petrovsky palace. near Moscow, May
49, the Cars birthday, which Will Dc
celebrated at the palace, where their
majesties are to stay for three days.
Their majesties will make trluniphal
entry into Moscow May p, attend lie
Deum at the Uspensky Cathedral, Vislt
the Archangel and Blagoyestchansk Ca
thedrals, venerate there the relics anu
icons, and pray at the tomb OF their I'M
perial ancestors. Then the Gear aud
Czarina will go to the Alexandrinsky
palace, where they will stay until May 30
Foreign Ambassadors will make their
CONGRATULATIONS IN the throne room OF the
Alexandrinsky palace May 90 and %.
Heralds will proclaim to the people the
date of the coronation, May 20, "a and
25.
Their maiesties will attend mass and
prayers May 3d. "a. % and 26.
There will be review OF the Ismall-
ovsky regiments and of the battalion OF
sappers, and conservation of the i'm
perial flag at the Novaya Oruzheinaya
palace within the Kremlia May %.
The imperial regalia will be transferred
with great solemnity to the throneroom
May %. Then their majesties will go to
the grand Kremlin palace. A special
mass will be celebrated in all the church
es..
FOLLOWING THE CORONATION.
After the coronation. May 26 there will
be grand festival in the Granovitaia
palace.
Their maiesties will receive congratu-
lations at the Kremlin palace May ~, 20
and 20.
A state dinner to ecclesia stlcs of high
rank and chief officials win be given at
tie Kremlin palace May 26.
The city will be illuminated May q
and %. and the Gar and Czarina will
drive through the streets.
: reception viii be held in the Kremlin
palace May rs.
rhe imperial regalia will be transferred
fronl the throneroom to the Oruzheinaya
palace May 80.
A gala performance will occur ct the
Grand Theatre.
There will be popular festival on the
Eodynsky square, and ball will be
given by the French Ambassador, Comte
lie Montebelo, May 80.
The foreign ENJOYS will be entertained
Mt dinner at the imperial palace May 81
Then the Austro-H ungarian Am nassa-
aSs, Prince Liohtenstein, will give ball.
AT the Tchudovo Convent, June l, tn ere
will bs q solemn service. Then Grand
Duke SerRiCs, the Governor General,
will givs a ball.
The nobility CT Moscow will give a ball
June 9.
Their 1naiesties will make a pilgrimage
10 tho Troitza Convent, June 8.
Their majesties will give ball in the
Alexander room Of the Kremlin palace
Juna &.
Prince Radolin, the German AMBUSH
dor. will give q concert june 5.
The Gar and Czarina will go in stata
to the Uspensky Cathedral, and later
give dinnsr in honor OF the diplomatic
body june g. This is the Czarina's
birthday.
There will be grand review Of the
troops in garrison at Moscow, and din
ner at the palace to the principal author
tiles of the city June 7. Their majesties
leave Moscow in the evening.
Filled with gold, silver and precious
stones in fairylike ornaments-one erner-
ALI in an image of the Virgin is valued
at $50. 000--with costly st$ines and awe
inspiring relics Of Christians, made sa-
cred by religious tradition, and as the
sta OF the most Important phases OF
Russia's history, the Cathedral Of the
Assumption is inevitably tho church Of
the coronation; but it is too small for
Rdmittance of even the most eminent
guests of Moscow. The admission tick
cts have been counted with extreme care,
then they have beer distributed with
parsimony, ana stin all persons entitle
to the privilege Of attending the csFe-
mony may not be certain Of obtaining adj
mission.
The most elevated noblemen Of Russia
are in the cathedral loGg before tie in
periM procession has left the palace.
This interior CT tho cathedral is scintil-
latin2. In the center, baween tIle. four
great columne, is scarlet canopy. with
double headed eagles, emblazonings, and
yellow, black and white plumes Under
this ca nopy is the throne, end, before
it table for the regalia. Every point OF
s1&ce. save thar oceunied nv the irnnarial