The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-13
HEIR To THRONE
IS BORN
All Russia Rejoices Over the
Birth of Son to the
CZdrind

st. Petersburg, Aug. IA son and
heir to the Russian throne has been born.
The empress and the child are dcing
we'll The accouchment occurred at
1850 O'Clock this afternoon
The child will be christened Alexis.
The birth so greatly wished for, that of
an heir to the Russian crown. occurred
not in the great palace at Peterhcf but
in the Alexandra villa, one of the group
Of four small places in a secluded cor
ner of the magnificent Peterhof palace
In one of these buildings the empress had
been living for weeks
The other three are occupied by MEM
bers of the imperial family gathered
there in expectation of todays event. in
cluding the empress m ther. his mai
esty S two sisters, the Grand Duchess
xenia and Olga; his brother, Grand Duke
Michael, and other relatives. The Alex
andra villa is a much more private sn,.
than the grand palace. The warm br.~fn
tinted buildings, in the center of which
rises tall, square watcht wer. are set
in thick forest of oaks, birches and
lindens, hiding tnem from view on every
side except toward the gulf of Finland,
whose waters almost lap the foundation
of the nearest shoreward building. Frc m
this section of the park the public hau
been excluded for days past, Wine a
short mile down the coast children
romped and shouted under the deserted
windows of the big Peterhof palace, and
cr~ wds of visitors gathered eacn after
noon to watch the marvellous fountains.
second only in all Europe to those of
Versailles.
The christening of the heir will take
place in a fortnight. Ii will be cere-
an ny of the most elaborate sort In ac-
cordance with Russian imperial custom
it will be performed in the imperial chap
el of the Pe.erhof palace. creuaseu with
beng the most magnihce..t chapel in
Russia.
lie announcement from Peterhof was
immediately followed by salute or lvi
guns from the imperial yacht lying at
anch-r off the palace, but 1t was 2:45 p.
IN. when the guns of st. Peter and ST.
Paul fortresses, opposite the winner pal
ace here, conveyed The glad t.dings to
me people of the Russian capital. The
effect was electrical. With the boom of
the first gun the people in the sureets,
VINO had been momentarily expecting
the event for twenty-four hours. stopped
10 As.en and count The guns.
Only 81 are fired for girl. When the
"a ooomed and the people were aware
that at last an heir to the throne was
eveIywhele and before the salute was
finished the whole city had blossomed
out with flags and buntings and the
shipping in the harbor was dressed. Then
The bells of the churches began to ring
wildly.
There is already a revival of the talk
that with the succession to the throne
assured the emperor will low the ex-
ample of the house Of Romanoff and go
% the front.
The heirs name viii be Alexis Niaoiac-
witch and ii he re gns he probably will
assume the title of Alexis Ill. The last
Alexis was Emperor of Moscovy in l645.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia,
formerly Princess Alix of Hesse) who
We're married November IA. 1884. had
prev.ously to the birth of the child born
Today, four daugh .ers-olga, -rn NO
, vember g. 1895; Tatiana, born May %.
1851; Marie, born June IA, 1859, and Anas-
ia, born June s. 1901.