The Czar's Funeral.
AN IMPOSING CEREMONY. (PER PUKS9 ASSOCIATION). London. Novfmber 12. The Queen personally directed Lord Carriugtou to represent her at the Czar's funeral. Moscow, November 12. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets iv Moscow on the occasion of the Czar'y funeral. The gas lamps were draped, and the public clocks stopped. Tho mourning is inteuse, aud uuiversally obsorved. The bells from 600 churches tolled, aud miuuto gun§ were fireel from tho Kremlin. A golden funeral car bore the body of the late monarch, aud every sectiou of society wore represented iv the funeral cortege. Tho scene was unparalleled in the history of the ancient capital. A special train will be required to convey tho funeral wreaths to St. Petersburg. Several are of solid silver and cost £1500 a piece.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 117, 13 November 1894, Page 2
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