The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-27


correspondent of the Herald, describing
the funeral of the czarowitz. says: The
dowager empress, accompanied by the
grand dukes and grand duchesses and at
tended by Mile. Ozeroff, her maid of hon
or, Count Benkendorf and Admiral Lo-
man, arrived on the 18th inst. at Novo-
Rosieysk and embarked on the ironclad
St. George. The vessel left for Batoum,
followed by convoy of the Black sea
fleet.
On the arrival of the vessels at Batoum
the St George alone entered the harbor,
the other vessels remaining outside. The
entire Black sea fleet had assembled to
pay the last honors to the defunct hered
itary grand duke. The vessels were drawn
up in a double line that extended all the
the st. George. with her august passen-
gers and the body of the prince, passed
down the center. The shroud was of
cloth of gold. lined with bOrdered ermine.
The military service around the coffin at
the train and at sea was performed by
Generals Bibicoff and Nicolaiff-the latter
a colonel of the regiment OF the Chevalier
guards-and by officers and non-commis-
stoned officers of a delegation sent to
Abbas Touman by the regiments of which
the hereditary grand duke was chief and
by sailors belonging to the Grand Duke
Constantine Nicolaievitch's marine corps,
who accompanied him to st. Petersburg.
On the arrival of the imperial train at
St. Petersburg al o'clock on Monday
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person carried the coffin TO a catafalque
of cloth of gold, drawn by eight horses,
that awaited it. Four generals laid over
il a shroud of cloth of gold covered with
ermine. The entire court and administra-
ton took part in the procession, which
also included detachments of marine
guards and representatives of all institu-
tions of which the late grand duke was
member
An Imposing Display.
In front of the catafalque was carried
on a cushion of cloth of gold the numer-
Gus decorations of the deceased prince.
His flag officer from the imperial stables
led his favorite horse, clad with black
cloth trappings; A large body OF clergy
preceded by the choir of the imperial
chapel bearing lighted tapers, walked i'm
mediateiy in front of the catafalGue, the
cords of which were held by the highest
state functionaries.
Immediately behind the catafalque came
the emperor, followed by Baron Freder-
icksZ, the court marshal, and General
Hesse the head of the emperors military
household. The Grand Duke Michael
AleXandrovich came next. walking alone.
Then came the Grand Duke AleXls ser
gius. Paul Michael Nicol and his sons, the
Grand Dukes Alexander. George and Ser
gius, the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Peter
Nicolaivich, the Grand Dukes Constantlne
and Dimitri Constantinovitch, the Dukes
Eugene and George of Leuchtenberg,
Princes Alexander and Peter of Olden-
burg and the Prince of Altenburg. These
were followed by the suites of the EN-
peror. the grand dukes and the princes.
After the mourners on foot there came
in an open carriage, draped in black
cloth, attired in deep mourning and at
tended by two coSSacks OF the chamber IN
black cloth liveries, the empress mother
with her two daughters, the Grand Ouch
esses Xenia and Olga.
In a second carriage rode the Grand
Duchess Marie Pauiovena, the Grand
Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna, the Grand
Duchess Alexander Josefovna and the
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna,
stantinovitch. The third carriage con-
tanned the Grand Duchess Militia Mica
levna and the Grand Duchess NaIdemar-
mirovna. In the fourth carriage were the
Princess Anastasia Nicolana Romanof-
sky, the Duchess of Leuchtenberg, Prln-
cess Eugene of Oldenburg and Princess
Helena of AltenburS.
Ladies and Maids.
Then came a long line of carriages con,
tanning grand ladies of the court and
duchesses. Lastly, on foot, two by two,
were members of the guard, who accom-
panied the funeral procession to the
fortress.
Petersburg and Ladoga celebrated sol
emn funeral mass in the presence of the
imperial family and court. The emperor
and grand dukes carried the coffin into
the church and deposited it beneath an
Immense dais. which was covered with
cloth OF gold Four generals aides de
camp removed the lid of the coffin and
laid it on a table covered with cloth of
silver. specially prepared. They then
covered the lower part of the body of the
grand duke with cloth of gold lined with
ermine.
A guard of honor consisting of gener-
ais aide de camp, an aide de camp to the
emperor. two chamberlains and two gen.
tlernen of the bedchamber, four officers
and two non-commlssioned officers OF the
puard will watch the coffin day and night
while the body lies in state during three
days.
All the theatres and places of amuse-
ment will be closed and all music forbid
den.