Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1894 — FUNERAL OF ALEXANDER III. [ARTICLE]

FUNERAL OF ALEXANDER III.

Impressive Ceremonies at the Capital of Russia. The funeral obsequies of the late Czar of Russia began at St. Petersburg, Tuesday. Nov. 13, at 10 a. m. The imperial train entered the railway station at that hour and the body was conveyed to the great cathedral,, through densely crowded streets. The cortege was closely guarded by troops, and was headed by the Czar’s Cossack bodyguard. Every department of the government and the established church was represented by a section. The tassels of the hearse were held by sixteen Generals in uniform. Immediately behind the hearse, which was drawn by eight horses, came the imperial household and the King of Greece and Prince of Wales. Then camo a long line of grand dukes and princes, followed by their various military suites. After the latter marched a detachment of grenadiers and following the grenadiers came the imperial carriages with the ladies Of the imperial and royal families. The Czar and other Russian imperial personages and foreign princes then carried the Coffin into the church with the same ceremony as had been observed in Moscow and deposited it in the catafalque. The body lay in state all of Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, and was viewed by thousands. Many of the people wept as they passed the coffin. Religious services were hold at intervals, the public being excluded while the imperial family and royal visitors were in attendance.