Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — CROWNED AMID POMP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
CROWNED AMID POMP.
CZAR NICHOLAS 11. INVESTED WITH RUSSIA’S RULE. Impressive Ceremonial, with Civic and Religious Forma-Dignitaries from Every Clime Present Their Felicitations. Ceremonies at Moscow.
HEEmperor Nicholas Alexa n(l rovitcb, autocrat of all the Rassias. and her majesty, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. w ere solemnly _eroAvned__/lluesdjiy in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Moscovy, with the utmost ceremony
and in accordance with all tl;e reljgiotoj forms and ancient rites. . At 7 o’clock in the morning the ceremonies commenced 'with a salute of twen-ty-one cannon allots? marking the opening of the day. and at the same hour the bells in the Cathedral of the Assumption began ringing. Half an hour later the court dignitaries and distinguished persons who were to take;part in the imperial cortege began to iti tlu' iialls of tile palace and in the cathedral. The ladies were jn court dress, and the dignitaries were in full jinifOrm. At the moment the imperial cortege appeared on leaving the palace the bells iff all the churches of Moscow were rung and the troops, in parade order, presented arms and rendered all military honors to the imperial party. Entering the cathedral, their’majesties bowed the knee three times before a holy door and veu-
erated the saintly images. They took their seats on the thrones of the Czars Michael Feodorovitch and John 111. The archbishops, archimandrites and the officiating clergy placed themselves in two ranks between the estrade of the throne
and the holy door, and the choirs chanted the psalm “Misericordiam et Judicium Cantabo Tibi, Domine.” The Coronation, ' The ceremony of the coronation and anointment was .then accomplished. The metropolitan of St. Petersburg mounted the steps of the throne, placed himself in front of the Emperbr and invited his majesty to make, before his faithful subjects, and in a loud voice, his profession of orthodox faith and presented him with
the openbook froin which the Emperor -recited the -symbol ~of- tire' faitiE"-' "After this the metropolitan of St. Petersburg pronounced: “Gratia Spiritus, sancti sit semper tecum. Amen.” The Emperor arose, a nd. taking off the collar of the Order of St. Andrew, ordered
that the imperial mantle, with the collar, in diamonds, of that order, be presented to him. They were presented on cushions by the metropolitans of St. Petersburg and Kieff, who also assisted "his majesty to put on the mantle. The Jnetropolitan of St.Petersbnrg then pronounced the words: “In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti. Amen.” - . • The monarch-then called upon her majesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to approach, and she knelt before hup oh a velvet cushion richly embroidered with gold; His majesty thereupon lifted the crown from his own head and touched with it the forehead of the Empress. He then replaced the crown upon his own head. His majesty afterward took up
the crown of the Empress and placed it on the<head of her majesty. - Her majesty's imperial mantle and the collar of the Order of St. Andrew were next presented with the same ceremony. This done, her majesty took her seat on the throne, while the Emperor again took the scepter in his right hand and the globe in his left. The archdeacon next proclaimed the imperial title in extenso and intoned the verses: “Domine, salvum ftic imperatorem,” and “Domine, salvam fae imperatricem,” followed by the “Ad multos annos,“ which the choir repeated three times. After the chanting the bells of the cathedral and of all the other sacred edifices throughout Moscow were rung and a salute of 101 cannon shots was fired. The metropolitan and all present knelt and, in the name of the nation, offered up prayers to the Almighty. The Imperial Manifesto. The Czar’s manifesto, issued upon the occasion of his coronation, remits all arrears of taxation in European Russia and Poland, reduces the laud tax by one-half for ten years and remits or reduces all fines, quashes all petty convictions involving imprisonment or fines up to 300 rubles, with the exception of persons sentenced for robbery, embezzlement, usury, extortion, fraudulent bankruptcy or offenses against honor, The manifesto prescribes that all exiles in Siberia, after twelve years’ exile In the remoter parts, be, after ten years, allowed to choose their plijce of residence, except in capita? cities and governments, but their civil rights will not be restored. Exiled criminals have a third of their sentences. remitted, life sentences are commuted to twenty years and many ether punishments are lightened.
CROWNING OF THE CZAR. --London Graphic.
IMPERIAL. INSICNIA.
THE EMPEROR CROWNING HIS WIFE.