The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-22

of their devotions, the czar remounted his
horse, and the czarina re-entered her car
riage, and they passed through the gate OF
the Saviour -Spasskiavorota into the Krem-
lin, where they were received with all the
ecclesiastical pomp possible.
After having venerated the holy relics and
the holy images and prayed before the tombs
of their ancestors, their imperial majesties
went toward the Cathedral Of the Annuncia-
tion, preceded and followed in the same man
ner. Upon leaving the Cathedral of the Arch
angel Michael their majesties found assembled
at the door all the ladies of the court, who
had accompanied the and czarina from
the Cathedral of the Assumption. They fol-
lowed their majesties to the door Of the Cathe-
dral of the Annuncation without entering it,
although they subsequently followed the i'm
perial party to the palace of the Kremlin.
At the gate of the Cathedral of the An
nunciation their majesties approached the holy
images and relics in the same manner as be-
FORE and eventually left the sacred edifice
for the palace, traversing the principal halls
in state and being received everywhere with
the highest ecclesiastical military and civil
honors.
At the moment their majesties entered the
palace Of he Kremlin an artillery salute of
1G1 guns was fred, and throughout the jour-
ney of their majesties the bells in all the
belfries in Moscow were tolled. The czar and
ezarina will remain at the palace in partial
secusion until May %, when there will be
grand review Of the troops, and the ceremony
of the coronation of the imperial standard,
which always occurs three days before the
coronation. On May % and % the czar and
czarina will receive the congratulations of
the foreign ambassadors and other high digni-
taries in the thrsne room of the Kremlin
palace.
No money has b,,I, spared to nt,'e thu
coronation festivities memorable in Russian
history, and up to the present, all efforts
have been crowned with success. The Rus
sian government is said to have spent S20,0O0,-
900 on the fetes up to the present time, and
the city of Moscow is understood to have ex-
pended nearly as much money, and more
expenses have to be met. The illuminatons
will last for three evenings in succession,
and will cost several millions of dollars to the
government alone without counting what the
city will contribute towards this portion Of
the expense. Besides these amounts, the
penses which grand dukes and grand duch-
esses foreign princes and ambassadors, etc,
have been put to is really enormous one
authority going far as to estimate that
there was about $780, 900 worth of jewelry
alone in the procession of today.
curious fact is that the three ancient
thrones to be used in the coronation have
been 1uFnlSneO up UnJ1l Jney look as IreSH
as pinks in spite of their centuries of
age. The ivory throne of Ivan III. had
careful washing and polishing. The first
Romanoff's throne and the throne of Alexis
Michaeloyitch have both been rubbed up
good as new.
1t was understood that 1t was the en-
peror's intention to cancel all ministerial
warnings against Russian newspapers and
give them a new lease of life. 1t must be
explained that the. third warning given a
Russian newspaper by the press censors car
ries with 1t entire suppression. There is not
a single newspaper of Importance In st. Pc
tersburg or Moscow that has not had two
warnings hanging over its head for some
years past. Consequently, editors who are
afraid of being ruined by a third warning
are careful to exclude from their papers
everything except of the most innocent ma
ture. 1t was understood that the young cZar
would relieve the press of this sword of Da-
moces hanging constantly over its head, but
his ministers caused him to change his mind.
Criminals and political prisoners will, how
ever, not be forgotten.
The crowds of Americans expected to at
tend the ceremonies have not appeared.
American Minister Breckenridge has beau
tiful and comfortable house. Admiral Self
ship, the Minneapolis, is lying in the roads
at Cronstadt, has arrived, accompanied by
the members of his staff