Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1894 — A ROYAL WEDDING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A ROYAL WEDDING.

The Long Anticipated Event Takes Place. Czar Nicholas II Wedded to the Princes! Alix Amidst Great Pomp and Ceremony. The long anticipated marriage of the new Czar Nicholas II and the Princess Alix took plaee at St. Petersburg, Monday, Noy. 26. Before 7a. m, vast crowds surged on every available space along the route of the wedding procession on the

Nowsky prospect. At 11:15 a. m., in the distance t was suddenly .heard the grand swelling strains o( the national anthem, all along the route the multitude uncovered in anticipation of the approach of the bridarparty. The CzaF? equipage was preceded and also followed by the detachments of Chevalier des Gardes and Jlussars and Lancers of the Guard, all in brilliant', gala uniforms. Then came a superb landau, also drawn by four white horses, in which was the Princess Alix and the Czarina. After the carriage of the Princess and the Czarina followed a long train of car-

riages with the royal guests, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, the l Princess Irene, of Prussia, the Grand Duchess Sergius and other prominent members of the imperial family, as well as all the wedding guests. Military bands were stationed at various points along the route between tho two palaces, and they each struck up the national anthem as the procession approached. The national hymn was thus sounded in the ears of the imperial party along the entire route. The wedding procession entered the winter palace at 1:15 p. m., where so soon as possible afterward were assembled all those who had been Invited to be present at the wedding. At 1:30 p. m. the guns from the fortress announced that Czar Nicholas II was married to Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt. Current reports state that the new Czar goes about tho city unattended and does not appear to have the least fear of Nihilistic attempts on his life.