The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-23
PR0CLAIMING TIE CZAR
Interesting Ceremony in
the Great Square of
the Kremlin.
GREAT POPULAR ENTHUSIAST
Struggling for Souyenirs-Heralds
and Esquires Ride
Through Moscow.
By Cable 10 the United Press.

MOSCOW, May 20, 1S9S-At nine o'clock
this morning che of the most interesting
sights connected with the Festivities took
place in the Senate Square, in front of
the Arsenal, inside the Krenln 1t was
the proclamation of the corona tfon by
the picturesque Russian Heralas. With
the exception of the emblems Of mourn
Ing and the wording Of the proclamation,
the ceremony was in all respects the
same as the one witnessed in st. Peters,
burg at the funeral of the late Czar
Many people had gathered to listen to
the proclamation and to see the sight,
though, as it was to be repeated in other
parts of the city, the crowds in the
ancient citadel of the Kremlin were not
excessively large.
Drawn up on two sides of the square,
thanked by the Arsenal and the ancient
Senate House, were four squadrons of
Cuirassiers, two of the Life Guards and
two of the Chevalier Guards. These
were commanded by a general, support
ed by his officers. On either flank of the
lines of Cuirassiers, whose coats of mail
gHstened in the morning light, were reg
dmental bands. At the side near the
General We're two secretaries of the
ters of ceremonies in rich costumes and
mounted on magnificent horses. In the
very centre of the square, facing the ar
tillery barracks, were six mounted her
aids, escorted by an equal number of
esquires. These Were arrayed in cos
TUNES strikingly like those in which
Charles l is represented, with large
cavalier hats of crimson, surmounted nv
nj I'll
1nantles, trimmed with a profusion of
gold, ,slashed hose and doe skin riding
boots
AS nine o'clock rung out from the Ivan
Tower, the Heralas sounded a flourish
upon their golden trumpets and the
crowd reverently uncovered, to hear the
proclamation, while the Cuirassiers and
Guards sat like rigid statues in serried
lines, One of the secretaries of the SEN
ate rode few PAGES forward and read
in loud tone the following proclama-
tom
Our most august, most high and most
mighty Sovereign, Emperor Nicholas Alex
androvitch having ascended the heredi-
tary throne of the Empire of All the
Russias and of the Kingdom of Poland
and of the Grand Duchy of Finland.
which are inseparable from it, has been
pleased to ordain in imitation of his pre-
decessors and glorious ancestors, that the
sacred Solemnlty Of the coronation and
conservation. of His Imperial Majesty,
Whach has Majesty wills that His August
Consort, the Empress Alexandra Feodo-
rovna, shall share, do, with the aid Of
me Almighty, take place on the 14tn (26th)
OF May BY the present proclamation,
therefore, this solemn act is announced
to all the faithful subjects of his Majesty
to the end that on this auspicious day
they may send up to the King OF Kings
their most fervent prayers and implore
the Almighty One to extend the favor
OF His blessing to the reign of His Mai
esty, to the maintenance of peace and
tranquility, to the very great glory OF
His Holy Name and to the unehanging
veal Of the Empire
Having read the proclamation, which
was received with cheers by the people
place and the Esqudres threw into to- the the
midst of the crowd beautifully illumin-
ated copies Of the. proclamation, on
sigma of Nicholas II. A desperate est strug-
gle then took place in the crowd in order
ito secure copies of the precious document
land as the, struggle ensued the bands
struck up the strains of a Russian mil
ltary march, the officers ranked UP, the
CuiraSsiers fell in line behind the heralds
ana Sthe whole party rode away past the
Ivan Tower, through the Great Rel
Square and out through the Spasky Gate
to repeat in different quarters of the
town the ceremony just Witnessed. The
same solefnnity will be enacted in a. SIM
ilar manner tomorrow and the dav affer.
thus on the three days preceding the
coronation is the great event announced
pu1Dl1cally the people who showed great
curiosity and eagerness to hear the proc
: laInation.
In addition to this forrnality two mas
terS OF ceremonies in gala chariots for
plenipotentiaries and special enyoys the
Gay hxed Tor the coronation.