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Show ieir to Russian Throne Christened Imposing1 Ceremonies at the Peter-hoff Peter-hoff Palaco in Presence of Great Throng. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 24. The christening of the heir to the Russian throne took place this morning at the church of the Peterhof palace with Imposing Im-posing ceremonies. A procession of glided coaches accompanied the infant prince from the Alexandra villa to the church. After the metropolitan of SL. Petersburg had administered the sacrament sacra-ment to the heir the Emperor Invested the latter with the Insignia of the order of St, Andrew. Immediately thereafter the ringing of church bells and the firing fir-ing of a salute of 101 guns announced tho completion of the ceremony. In Excellent Health. Tho Empress left her bed yesterday for the first time since the birth of her son. Both Bhe and the Infant are In excellent ex-cellent health. Their heir welgha about ten and one-half pounds. The Czar today Issued a lengthy manifesto man-ifesto on the occasion of the christening of the heir to the throne. It i3 introduced intro-duced by the following message to the people: "By tho will of God we, the Czar tind autocrat of all the Russian. Czar of Poland, Po-land, Grand Duke of Finland, etc.. announce an-nounce to our faithful subjects that on this, the day of the christening of our son and heir, the Grand Duke Alexis Nicholalevltch, following the promptings prompt-ings of our heart, v,-q turn to our great family of the Empire, and with the deepest and most heartfelt pleasure, even amidst these times of national struggle and difficulties, bestow upon them some gifts of our royal favor for their greater enjoyment ln their daily lives." Benefits Enumerated. The various benefits bestowed on many classes are then enumerated at length. One of the most complete provisions pro-visions relates to the entire abolition of corporal punishment among the rural classes and Its curtailment ln the army and tho navy. |