The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
THE MOSCOW FErEs.
Car and Cxarfna to Enter the Ancient
City I'm State To-day.


City I'm State To-Day.
MOSCOW, May 20-The rain which had
been persistently falling ever since the Car
and Czarina arrived here on Monday ceased
this evening and there is promise of fine
weather for to-morrow's state entry into
Moscow. This is the occasion of the trium-
phal progress along Tverskaia street, from
the Petrovsky palace to the Kremlin, for
which preparations have been made on a
larger scale than for any other event of
the coronation festivities. The decorations
of the city will be at their best tomorrow.
The occasion will witness the elimination
of the competition which has ragged for
months to secure reserved positions along the
line of progress. The street is lined with
the official pavilions and with roomy grand
stands and 1t is proposed to allow a little
more latitude than usual to the people on
the streets.
The Car and Czarina will attend TIE
Deum at the Uspensky Cathedral and will
then visit the Archangel and Blagovest-
chensk Cathedrals. where they willsvenerate
the sacred relics and icons and offer up
prayer at the tombs OF their imperial an
cestors. The interesting ceremony of the
visit of the Car and CZarina TO the shrine
of the Iberian Madonna, the most sacred of
the icons in Moscow and which is placed
between the double archway of the gate OF
the Kremlin, will take place on the entry
into the Kremlin. After the days cere-
monies. the Car and Czarina will go to
Alexandrinia palace, there to remain until
next Monday, when there is to be grand
review of troops and the conservation of the
imperial standard.
The most notable arrival to-day, though
1t was entirely without ostentation, was
that of the Dowager Czarna. She was re-
ceived privately at the station by the Car
and Czarina. The French mission also ar
rived to-day. Great preparation has been
made to have the French representation at
the coronation on a scale suitable 10 Rus
sia's nearest ally among the nations. Two
of the largest noblemen's palaces in Mos
COW have been rented and RENTED in the
ton. Here the French ambassador will give
a ball during the festivities which Is to be
sum set aside for the supper alone is $4,000.
Orders were long. ago placed in Morocco.
Aigiers and along the Riviera for the choicest
fruits, vegetables and flowers that the. sea-
here, especially for the ambassadors ball.
The French ambassador will ride in the
chariot of Louis XIV. which comes from the
Musee de Cluny, in Paris with trappingS
for horses and liveries for positions and
footmen on a corresponding scale of magnifi-
cerce. a
The Crown Prince Constantine Of Greece.
Duke OF Sparta, and Prince and Princess
Ferdinand of Bulgaria arrived during the
day and were received at the station, as was
the French ambassador. by members of the
imperial family and by guards OF honor.
There were vast gatherings of people to wit
ness these receptions and to add their
demonstrations of welcome. The city is filled
with as many people as 1t will hold and
everywhere are dense crowds so that the
streets are almost impossible.
A grand serenade was given tonight In
the court yard of the Potrovsky palace by
the combined choirs and orchestras in the
city, numbering 1850 members and COM
prising the choruses OF the Imperial Theater
The Car and Czarina listened to the music
from the balcony of the palace and warmly
appauded the performance. The musicians
TO the scene.