The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-19
the spectacle have already found their

the spectacle have already found their
way into the courts.
The street shows along its length
many commodious pavilions set aside
Tor the use of the favored ones. AL
are Solidly built and have the Dubbed
= roofs and towers characteristic of the
Russian architecture These paviiions
are placed at the intersection of this
street with the broad highways thai
follow the course of the various ram
parts which have been built in con-
centric rings about the ancient city
The coforing of all these temporary
structures is most brilliant, in accord
ance with the Russian taste, and is
confined to the primitive colors in broad
STRIPES and splotches on roofs and side.
walks. Great iron columns have also
Deen erected along the streets for g
brilliant
ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION.
Huge obelisks, draped and vividly
cofored by day and carrying brilliant
lights from the top to bottom by night
are features of the decorations. Flee
trlcity is used for the first time at a
cars coronation. Elaborate prepare
lions have been made by the authori-
ties TO avail themselves of this agent
Nearly all the public buildings have
their complete outlines traced by light
wooden framework for the support OF
the electric lights and fairy lamps
which show the architectural outlines
oF the city traced in fire and light
The walls of the Kren1lin itself and
the towers of the buildings within il
are thus outlined against the night sky
by electric lights and by thousands OF
yards of gas pipe perforated at short
intervals for gas jets. Along boule-
wards 1-11yl n
street, the decorations and illumina-
tons are very elaborate.
Everywhere the Russian flag is fly
ing, especially conspicuous being the
yellow imperial banner inscribed IN
A O." Many of the pavilions and
grand stands show the woodwork elab-
orately carved. There are numerous
triumphal arches inscribed "God Save
the Gar" and nightly rehearsals OF
the ifluminat lions of the public build
fngs and of the Kremlin are taking
place
The movements of Ii Hung Chang and
Field Marshal Count Yamagata are fol-
lowed with the keenest popular interest,
while the erlir of Bohokara and his suite
in their magnificent robes of gold cloth
and other eastern potentates in gala
attire excite general admiration. Nearly
EVERY NATION ON EARTH.
has sent her special ambassador or rep
resentative, and every province in the
vast Russian empire has sent a deputa-
uon, making an assemblage which, in
itself, forms an interesting chronological
congress. The tribes of Siberia and the
Steppes. tie Eskimos, Poles. Finlanders,
Daplandes-, Cossacks, Tartars. Armen-
ians, Georgians, Circassians, Calmucks,
Kurds, Chinese, Mongolians and a dozen
others in strange outlandish costumes
and unknown tongues, have come to
Moscow from all the ends Of the en-
Dire, to renew their homage to the great
white car, the autocrat of all the Rus
sias. They are wandering the streets of
this ancient capital in motley throngs
today, under the wondering inspection of
other strange peoples, even from the
westernmost part of America, who have
come this long journey for the spectacle.
Prince Henry of Prussia, representing
Emperor William, General Won Werder,
formerly German ambassador to Russia,
and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, have
arrived here and were received with
military honors