The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-08-06
EMPEROR WEEPS AT
VON PLEHVE'S BIER
All Russia Honors Her Murdered
Minister.
WAS BURIED ON SUNDAY
Funeral Services We're OF an Inn
pressiNe and Imposing Char
ncter--Midow of the Murdered
Mnn EnInts at the Alter.


Man TnInts at the Alter.
st Petersburg, Aug. IN. Won
plehYe. The minister or the interior,
who was assassinated Thursday
morning last, was buried Sunday, and
in every city and hamlet of this vast
empire, church bells we're tolled and
masses and prayers said for the repose
Of the soul of the murdered minister.
The services here. which were ac-
eording to the rites of the orthodox
church, were of an impressive and I'M
posing character At II o'clock Sun
day morning high mass was said in the
stately chapel adjoining the ministry
of the interior. Emperor Nicholas and
| the dowager empress stood with the
| broken-hearted widow and the children
of the minister at the foot of great
mound of flowers on which rested the
casket. To the right. on gold en-
broidered cushions, before a mass OF
wreaths banked to the ceiling, were
ranged the decorations which had been
won by the statesman during his nota-
hle career. To the left were the metro
poitnn of st. Petersburg and the Of
ficlatng bishops and priests In their
gold emblazoned yestments.
Among those present were other
members of the imperial family. the
foreign representatives, including
Spencer Eddy. charge d'affalres of tho
American embassy. ministers of the
empire, generals. admirals. mobiles.
governors of distant provinces, like
those of Astrakan and Irhutsk, in fact
all high offlcialdom. not even emitting
Genghis Khan, lineal descendant or
Napoleon. of Asia, who ia now major
general in the Russian service.
The entire assemblage was in full
uniform. and on the arm of each one
present was badge of mourning. All
held lighted tapers throughout the
service, and the air was heavy with
the perfume of flowers and incense
from the oensure.
At the most solemn moment when
all knelt, and many were affected by
tears, the widow was overcome and
tainted. The emperor came to her as
sistanee, and she was carried out by
gentle hands.
The emperor was ylsibly moved. and
upon the conclusion of the mass. he
followed the casket, which was taken
up on the shoulders of the ministers
and borne down the broad marble
staircase to the street. There the fu-
neral procession was formed, and the
body was placed In great white open
hearse, drawn by six coal black horses,
which were blanketed from their ears
20 their tails In sombre trappinSs A
black garbed groom stood at each 5ri-
de. and in advance went 16 similarly
clad lantern bearers. Behind the
hearse walked the members of the
min ster8 family. and then caro- a
long and distinguished body OF mourn
ers, it being the Russian custom to
follow the dead to the grave on foot.
The emperor himself walked o short
distance, but as the Novodevicky
monastery, where the burial took
place. was over five miles away, and
also because of the condition of the
empress. his majesty soon entered his
carriage and returned to the Peterhoi
palace
At the end of the procession cams
, four white chariots filled with th'
floral offerings. The cortege proceed
ed slowly through the avenues an
D streets. proceeded by a squad @
mounted police, and passed With
] sight of the place where the TRACED
r occurred
$ The monastery stands on pain b.
: yond the Narva gates, and at thes
n gates fully $4,000 persons were gatl
e cred
q After a burial service in the churcl
the body was inferred in the adjoinin
cemetery. where repose the remains {
}. many of Russia's greatest men, and q
a point withing a stones throw of tn
+" grave of NJ. Sipiaguine, who was N
Won Plehves predecessor, and VIII
also fell by the hand Of an assassin
less than two years ago
C. The murderer OF NJ. Won Plehve ha
an been removed from the hospital to tn
e. Wyborgsky prison. The police know
n the alias under which he Travelled, bu
a say that they are not yet satisfied re
ze gardng his identity. and decline to re
n veal the alias. on the ground that /
r. might defeat the ends of justice.
at There is no longer any doubt tina
II the police for some time have ha'
'e knowledge of the existence of a plo
by band of international anarchist
ID in Paris and Vienna. The leading con
's spirator, il is said. was a man whom
e the Russian government tried to ex
Is tradite from Paris last fall. Some o.
IS these eonspirators arrived here weel
'r ago. and the police thought that all oi
them had been taken into custody.
Lou Dillon Out of Danger.
J. Cleveland. o.. Aug. THE condition
a OF Lou Dillon, the trotting mare. who
IS was taken suddenly Ill Saturday, Il
IS greatly improved, and the horse is nos
n believed to be out of danger Hei
IT temperature has been reduced from
104 TO 102, and is decreasing gradually
Minister Resigus Pastornte.
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