The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 7, 1905, Page 17

Pages 17 to 26 _— THE NCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1905 CZAR TO APPEAL TO THE REMAINS OF RUSSIAN SAINT i Monarch Under Spell of a Religious Mania. PLANS PILGRIMAGE Reposes His Faith in the Powers of St Serafin. TO OFFER PRAYER scribes the Birth of an Hewl to This Source. g ST. PETERSBURG, May 6.—It was en nced the Czar has r of St. Serafin ifsbaya with the object of imploring the saint's Pones to save the Russian army in Manchur defeat. No date has his devout journey. the ower in fect that ¥o centuries own to a priest, who of the course aroff became the Alexander 1 aroff sked pire was canonized and came possess T d as one of the most im- X saints of the « in Russia. His € s power last two cen ands of pilgr 1 nci monastery of Sarafs- [ visited more particularly by whom children have been is a general belief dead sair to become mothers. BRINGS CZAR AN HEIR. the >een disappoint three daughter xhom he uggeste possess t f gaining s At first by proxy to Sarafsbaya, where int, took Augus to the long-de: I Serafin was imme- d claimed as the benefactor of L ynasty a f mpire the & t Serafin’s in- Japan might r some time ag: Serafin x of the many hones mine the triumph- e Japanese ar % was become gious 4 when the Russian army an unusually dan he spent two hours ing in the chapel of his se int ntion to pro- tect Russia further humiliation at the hands of Jag The Czar also telegraphed to Father John of Kron- stadt asking the priest to compose spe- cial prayers for the victory of the Rus. sian army. At the same time the Czar telegraphed to the Archbishop of Mos-| W to compose special prayers for the Ezme purpose, ana it is repdrted on re- able authority that Nicholas II wears arge crucifix on his breast as a pro- tection aga assassination OFFICIAL PILGRIMAGE. Czar's homage to St. Serafin in a very striking way. | ney from Tsarkoe Selo to fsbaya in a special train accom- | nied by several Grand Dukes and d Duches: of the imperial fam- officers of the army | . several Ministers of state | and high administrative officials, as| well as by a group of eminent dxg-ni-l ies of the orthodox church. The programme of the visit has been drawn up by the members of the holy | synod for the purpose of impressing | as much as possible on the commo l people the fact that the Emperor of | Russia has to prostrate himself and | to do honor to a saint of the church. | On arrival at Sarafsbaya a salute oll The w be 101 guns will be fired from a fortress situated a few miles away and the O i | EMPEROR ALEXANDER 1 oo - QST SERAFIN al o JSArOFA . Freom THE o PRI NG drrcovrve wilkh o4 < ? TP P S P Czar w e received by a deputation | likewise move along the cathedral fioor | of officials. The | in a kneeling posture. This part of the | stre; A railway sta- | ceremony is intended to demonstrate | tion to the al will be lined | the self-abasement of the mighty Czar | with troops spectators will be | and of the members of the imperial excluded from the he route take. look- | will and | shutters in possibil- | ity of a »mpt on the Czar's life | from one of the windows overlooking the route. | Spectators will be allowed to in the neighborhood where there is a large =, and in the vicinity of the ral, where there is also an op: in which the people can watch the procession without going danger- ously near. The procession will be headed by a group of priests carrying sacred pictures beneath a baldachin. The Czar will walk behind the priests | reheaded and carrying a crucifix in s hand. Behind the Czar will fol- | low the Grand Dukes and Grand| Duchesses, all bareheaded and car- rying sacred pictures in their hands. | The Ministers of state, high officers of the army and navy and other import- ant dignitaries will follow in a com- pact group. The procession Wwill be preceded by a military band, which will play sacred music, and will be | followed by a squadron of cavalry. The procession will enter the cathdral by the main entrance and proceed up the nave toward the altar, close to which lies the tomb of St. Serafin. UNIQUE CEREMONY PLANNED. On entering the chancel of the cathe- dral in which the tomb is situated the | Czar will be met by the officiating | priests, who will hand him a sacred picture supposed to be a portrait of St. | Serafin. The Czar will cross himself, | and after kissing the picture will take | it in his hands and carry it to-the altar. On reaching the altar he will deposit the picture of St. Serafin in front of the burning candles and will kneel down to pray to it. The Grand Dukes and Grand Duch- esses and the suite of gorgeously uni- formed officers and dignitaries of state will follow the Czar's example and kneel down to offer up supplications to the picture of St. Serafin. From the altar the Czar will shuffie along the | cold stone floor of the cathedral on his knees to the tomb of St. Serafin, a die- | tance of about fifty feet.. The Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses, the high officers and dignitaries of state will family and of the most important men of the Russian empire before a saint of the orthodox Greek church. The fortunate persons who will be admitted by special permission to the cathedral 'to witness this strange cere- mony will probably enjoy | lutely unique sight of the Emperor of all the Russias creeping along a cold | stone floor on his kneés to pray to the bones of a churchman who died centuries ago. The prayers hich the Czar will offer up at the altar of the fin will be specially composed for him by their tone will be unusually supplica- tive, After “the Czar prayers divine has concluded his service will be of the distinguished company from the imperial court. = Afterward the Czar will make rich presents of money to all the priests connected with the cathe- dral and will-deposit a rich offering at | the tomb of St. Serafin. The whole ceremony will_last ahout three hours, after which the Czar will return to Tsarskoe Selo. ————— COUNT WARD AND HIS FORMER WIFE MAKE UP They Are Seen Dining Together in a Hotel and Rumor Says That They Will Remarry. LONDON, May 6.—At the Cariton Hotel a day. or two ago Count Reggie Ward and his first wife, Edyth New- combe Ward Ingraham, daughter of Victor Newcombe, were seen breaking bread, apparently in the very best spirit of camaraderie. ‘Mrs. Ingraham never looked better and the Count seems to be renewing his youth. Curi- ously enough, Mrs. Ingraham’s hus- band «is in London at the same time, although it is not known whether they are on speaking terms. Nathaniel In- graham {8 now busying himself with theatrical affairs. % It will be remembered that Edyth Newcombe married Count Ward ten or twelve .years ago and divorced him about three years ago, almost imme- diately afterward marrying Ingraham, | for whom, however, she is sald to have had only a passing infatuation. At any rate they only 'lived together a few weeks when they separated with- out resort to the courts.. -It is believed the abso- | two | cathedral and at the tomb of St. Sera- | members of the holy synod, and | cele- | bratéd in the cathedral in the presence | \ TURN THE FORTUNES OF HIS MANCHURIAN LEGIONS %ot BT R T 1 * — . | U (248 BNLES 75 78 2R SCENES DEPIC’ OLAS WILI MANCHURIA. - SHEEES S ARG R S A RS L Mrs. Ingraham has never lost her ad- miration for the Count in spite of their rather lively experiences, and it is quite within the pessibilities that there will be further divorce proceedings pending a general return to first loves. This is denied, however, by friends, who state that both Mrs. Ingraham and the Count prefer to maintain their independence. Lady Rose, who was Miss Patricia Ellison of Louisville, has. abandoned her London season entirely in conse- quence of the severe accident. to her husband, Sir Charles, .at the Automo- bile Club. . Lady Ross had taken a splendidly furnished mansion in Bel- gravia, close to.the Japanése Embassy, which, with servants included, was list- ed at $10,000 - for : three . months. = She has forfeited all this and there is noth- ing to show.that she is even endeav- oring to sublet the place. _ 1f she were to consuit her own wishes ‘“Arst.aid” in case of accidents. friend in need is a friend indeed,” sur- —p NG THE VISIT OF ALEXANDER I TO THE TOMB OF ST. SERAFIN. AND CATHEDRAL WHICH NICH- VISIT TO APPEAL FOR VICTORY FOR THE RUSEIAN LEGIONS BATTLING AGAINST JAPANESE IN Lady Ross would not trouble much about the London season, and it Is re- markable that on the first occasion when she proposed to do something brilliant she should meet with so sad a disappointment. . —_———————— KING CARRIES FIRST AID rOUTFIT HIS AUTO CAR 'Edward Prepared to Dress Wounds of Any One He May Injure. LONDON, May 6.—So. far as known, :King Edward has never yet run over any one with his motor car, but if he should at.any time heéreafter there will be no delay about the treatment of any injuries which ‘may result. The King has just started a new fashion of ear- rying in one’s car a little case contain- ing everything necessary for rendering e mounted by a crown, is the inscription upen the front of the silver case which holds this royal “first aid"” outfit. The box contains eight numbered compart- ments. It is carried in a case of royal blue morocco and has on the lid de- tailed directions cortesponding with the numbers of the compartments. The contents include an india rubber tourniquet to stop bleeding, several pairs of forceps and scissors, antisep- tic swabs, gauze and bandages, a va- riety of pastes and powders for dress- ing, and a bottle for brandys The whole outfit, however, weighs only five and a quarter pounds. —_———— Lebaudy Holds to Titie. PARIS, May 6.—M. Jacques Lebaudy, gettlnk tired of posing as an Emperor in partibus, proposes to return to the turf and has applied to the Belgian Jockey Club to register his colors. He insists, however, on registering under the imperial title as Jacques I, Em- peror of the Sahara. By a rule of the club, owners on paying 200 francs (340} extra can register under a pseudonym. Lebaudy, however, indignantly refuses to allow the imperial title to be treat- ed as a mere pseudonym. If his regis- tration is acceptea Lebaudy will put several hundred thousand francs into horses. e —— Big Demand for Violets. LONDON, May 6.—The gardeners at Covert Garden Market are at present driving a roaring trade in violets, not for the sake of the flowers themselves, but for the leaves, owing, as one said to the inquiry on behalf of the Lancet, “to the fad started by the medical journals about violet leaves being & cure for cancer.” — e Bernhardt Won't Wear Crinoline. PARIS, May 8.—Crinoiine is again ap~ pearing on the horizon, this time so seriously that interviewers have gone to learn the views of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and Mlle. Agnes Sorel. of the Theater Francais. The divine Sarah declared that no power on earth could induce her to adopt crinoline. —————— De Lesseps Cup for Louvre. PARIS, May 6.—Madame de Lesseps has presented to the Louvre a h ric souvenir cup given by Empress Eue genie to the late M. Ferdinand de Les- seps on November 17, 1389, on the occaw sion of the opening of the Sues canal.