Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-01
GAR DEEPLY MOVED.
Won Plehve, Russia's Murder
 ed Minister, Buried.
BELLS TOLLED THROUGHOUT EXPIRE
Imposing Ceremony Attended by Emperor and Imperial Family,
 Foreign Representatives and a
 Many Great Men of Russia.


 Emperor and Imperial Family,
 Foreign Representatives and
 Many Great Men of Russia.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. I'M. von Plehve, the minister of the interior who was assassipated Thursday morn ing last was buried yesterday, and in every city and hamlet of this vast em- pire church bells were tolled and masses and prayers said for the re- pose of the soul of the murdered min- ister.
 The services here, which were ac- 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 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 embrOid- cred cushions before mass of wreaths banked to the ceiling were ranged the decorations which had been won by the statesman during his notable ca reer. To the left were the metropoii- tan of St. Petersburg and the officiat- ing bishops and priests in their gold emblazoned 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 min isters of the empire, generals, admirals, nobles, governors of the distant prov inces like those of Astrakhan and Irkutsk, in fact all high offlcialdom, not even emitting Genghiz Khan, a Hneal descendant of the Napoleon of Asia, who is now major general in the Russian service.
 The entire assemb mblage was in full uniform, and on the arm of each one present was 8 badge of mourning. All held lighted tapers throughout the service, and the air was heavy with the perfume of flowers and incense from the censers.
 At the most solemn momeMt, when all knelt and many were affected to tears, the widow was overcome and tainted The emperor came to her as- sistance, and she was carried out by gentle hands.
 The emperor was visibly moved, and upon the conclusion of the mass he fol lowed the casket, which was taken up on the shoulders of the ministers and borne down the broad marble staircase to the street There the funeral pro cession was formed, and the body was placed in great white open hearse drawn by six coal black horses which were blanketed from their ears to their tails in somber trappings of woe.
 At the end of the procession came four white chariots filled with the ed slowly through the avenues and streets, preceded by squad of mount ed police, and passed within sight of the place where the tragedy occurred.
 As the body passed every head was uncovered, and thousands crossed themselves.
 The monastery stands on 2 plain be- yond the Narva gates, and at these gates fully 50,000 persons were gath cred.
 After a burial service in the church the body was inferred in the adjoin- ing cemetery, where repose the remains of many of Russia's greatest men and at point within stone's throw of the grave of M. Sipiaguine, who was M. von Plehye's predecessor and who also fell by the hand of an assassin less than two years ago.