New-York tribune., 1908-05-04
SWEDISH PRINCE WEDS
NEW BOND WITH RUSSIA
Ceremony at Tsarskoe-Selo- State
Dinner-Popular Enthusiasm.

lsr sailor prince, who visited America in 1907
married this afternoon Grand Duchess Marie
Paolovna, the cousin of the Emperor of Russia
and daughter Of Grand Duke Paul Alexandra
witch. The ceremony took place at Tsarkoe-Selo
and was accompanied by all the pomp and
brilliant display Of color characteristic of one of
the most stately courts Of Europe
The day marred by frequent heavy falls
Of ow, which. however, failed to chill the en-
thusiasm Of the great crowds that gathered
around the palace TO catch a glimpse of the EN-
peror and other royal persons and the arriving
guests. The crowds stood for hours in the bleak
and muddy palace square until the conclusion
Of the ceremony.
There was great state dinner in the even
.ng at which toasts were drunk to the good
understanding between Sweden and Russia re-
Gently reached in the Baltic agreement, which
to-day's wedding. the first in modern times be-
tween the ruling houses of two countries puts
the seal
The beginning of the wedding ceremonies was
announced by the firing OF five guns at O'Clock
in -':e morning by the battery at Tsarskoe- -Selo
and from the fortress of St. Peter and St Paul
IN 81. Petersburg. This was the beginning of a
noisy exclamation, for the thunder OF salutes
heard almost uninterruptedly throughout the
afternoon and evening.
The wedding guests who took part in the cere-
rncny assembled at 2:3o O'Clock in the afternoon
Premier Stolypn the members of the Cabinet,
the President of the Douma and the President
Of the Council Of State, the principal amba ssa-
dors TO Russia and their wives and a few OF the
highest dignitaries of the empire found place in
the small blue and gold chapel of the palace.
where the Orthodox ceremony performed.
The other guests Were stationed according to
their rank in the various halls through which
the bridal procession passed.
THE COSTUME OF THE BRIDE.
The robing Of the bride was performed in
cordance with court custom in the private apart
rnents of the Empress She was dressed by the
Empress and the Empress Dowager assisted by
their maids honor and their lades-in- waiting.
The bride jewelled diadem. and from her
shoulders hung long trained mantle of straw
berry velvet lined with ermne. In the process
sion the train of this garment borne by
five court chamberlains. AS soon as the bride
had been arrayed Prince Wilhelm informed
by the master Of ceremonies and conducted to
the inner apartments, where the Grand Duchess
Marie waiting
A salute Of twenty-one guns and a blare of
trImp-ts announced the start Of the procession.
Al its head came the Empress Dowager on the
arm OF King Gustav. the Emperor Of Russia,
escorting Queen Olga of Greece: the Empress.
escorted by the Grand Duke Of Hesse: Crown
Prince Ferdinand and Crown Princess Marie Of
Run2ania- attended by the court ushers and
-narshels. and other officials
= en- arm in came the bridal pair. Be
hind the young couple marched Prince Nicholas
and Prince Andrew Of Greece and their wives
Prince Christopher Of Greece and Prince Carl Of
Sweden and his wife. The guests from foreign
courts were followed by more than q score of
Russian grand dukes and grand duchesses in
Guiding the three eldest daughters Of Emperor
Nicholas, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess
Tatiana and Grand Duchess Marie, the eldest
being thirteen years old. This the first
tine the E1nperors daughters have appeared in
q state ceremony The little Crown Prince who
is too young to be present, and the Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch. president Of the Com
mission Of National Defence, who has been sum
r,oned to the Caucasus because of the war cloud
Oh the Turkish frontier. We're the only members
of the imperial family absent. The grand
cuchecses, well a. all the invited ladies' wore
the picturesque Russian court costume of high
pearl encircled caps and low cut dresses with
6rcfert Russian lace ernbroderes
TWO SERVICES PERFORMED
The imperial guests were received at the
chapel doors by the Metropolitan of the Court
end a number Of priests. After the Emperor
had been blessed and spr1nkled with holy water
he conducted the bridal pair to the dais before
The great golden gates OF the high altar. The
wedding rings were brought from the altar on
golden salvers and placed the fingers Of the
bride and the bridegroom by the EUperOTS n
tessor- The Metropolitan then completed the
rites Of the Russian marriage service two of the
brides nearest relatives holding crowns over
the heads Of the pair during the ceremony.
While the ''Te Deun1'' was being chanted an i'm
perial salute Of 101 guns fired. The process
sion then returned to of the anterooms,
where the Lutheran marriage ceremony was
performed by the Swedish Bishop of Lund
This brought the afternoon programme TO an
end.
The dinner served al 80 o'clock in the
evening Chamberafns and gentlemen of the
court stood behind the chairs of the imperial
and royal guests. and presented the various
dishes and wines TO them. Toasts were drunk
70 the Emperor and Empress Of Russia. 10 the
bridal pair and to their parents. to the imperial
family and to their loyal Russian subjects
After the dinner the members Of the imperial
family and their royal guests took part in
stately march around the great reception hall.
After this the guests were driven to the Alex
ander Palace. the private reridence of the EN-
peror. The Emperor, the Empress and the En-
press Dowager were surrounded by torchbear-
ers and escorted by a company Of the En-
peror's Cossack Guard, in brilliant blue and
scarlet uniforms
Al late hour in the evening the royal couple
took special train for st. Petersburg, where the
honeymoon will be passed at the palace of the
late Archduke Serge
There we're services in all the churches of the
empire, and in St Petersburg church bells
pealed during the afternoon.
FloRIDA's DEAD SENATORS PRAISED.