The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-08-04
NJ. Won PLEHYE
IS Laid TO REST
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IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES
ARE HELD AT ST. PETERS,
BUEG.
EMPEROR NICHOLAS
GREATLY AFFECTED
Many Notable People of the Empire
Attend the Ceremonies in the Chap
ell of the Interior Department-Hs
Probable Successor.

st. Petersburg, Aug. IN. Won Pleh-
We, the minister of the interior, who
was ass%assinated Thursday morning
last, was buried Sunday and in every
city and hamlet of this vast empire
church bells were tolled and masses
and prayer said for the repese OF the
soul of the murdered minister. :.
The Gear Attends.
The services here. which were &C
cording to the rites of the orthodox
church, were of an impressive and i'm
posing character. At II o'clock in the
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 a great
mound of flowers, o. which rested the
casket. To the right on gold embroid-
cred cushions, before a mass Of
wreathes banked to the ceiling, were
ranged the decorations which had been
Won by the statesman during his nota-
BILE career. TO the left were the Metro
politap of st. Petersburg and the off,
ciating bishops and priests in their gold
emblazoncd vestments. A screen of
flowers concealed the famous imperial
boys choir.
Among those present were other
members of the imperial family, the
foreign representatives, including pen-
Ger Eddy, charge d'affaires of the
American embassy, ministers of the
empire, generals, admirals, mobiles, gov
rnors of distant provinces, like those
Of Australian and Irkutsk-in fact, all
high Qficialdom, not even emitting
Genghiz Khan, a lineal descendant OF
the Napoleon Of Asia, who is now a
major general in the Russian service
The entire assemblage was in full uni
form and on the arm of each one pres.
ent was a badge of mourning. All held
lighted tapers throughout the service
and the air was heavy with the per.
fume of flowers and incense from the
censers.
Widow Faints.
At the most solemn moment when al
knelt and many were affected by tears
the widow was overcome and tainted
The emperor came to her assistance
and she was carried out by gentle
hands. The emperor was visibly moved
and upon the conclusion of the mas.
he followed the casket. which wa!
taken up on the shoulders of the min.
listers and borne down the broad mar
BILE staircase to the street.
The Funeral Cortege.
There the funeral procession wa:
formed and the body was placed in 6
great white open hearse, drawn by si1
coal-black horses, which were blanket.
ed from their ears to their tails ir
sombre trappings. A black-garbec
groom stood at each bride and in ad'
vance went 16 similarly clad Lantern
bearers. Behind the hearse walked the
members of the minister's family, anG
then came a long and distinguished
body of mourners, 1t being the Russian
custom to follow the dead to the grave
on foot. The emperor himself walked
a short distance. but as the Novede,
vicky monastery, where the burial took
place, raj over five miles away ant
also because of the condition of the EN-.
press, his majesty soon entered hi.
carriage and returned to the Peterho,
palace.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 2. - AS Vor
Plehve's successor as minister of the in.
terror M. Kristi, the governor of Mos.
COW, Is now also prominently men
toned.