Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-02-19 | Page 5 | Masses Celebrated

TiIASSES CELEBRATED. Priests ln Moscow Chant Prnyere for. Ropose of Soul of Sergius. MOSCOW, Feb. 18. The bells of Moscow's five hundred churches are tolling today, requiem masses are being be-ing celebrated and before many shrines priests arc ceaselessly chanting prayers pray-ers for the repose of the soul of murdered mur-dered Grand Duke Serglus. His remains re-mains still rest In the Choudoff monastery, mon-astery, whither they were removed yesterday. The widowed Grand Duchess Elizabeth Eliza-beth Is prostrated. She keeps to her apartments ln the little palace and was not able oven to attend the requiem mass. Troops are patrolling Inside tho Kremlin, all the entrances of which continue to be closed to the public. The crime, while actually not unanticipated unan-ticipated ln view of tho repeated threats, has nevertheless created a profound impression in the ancient capital. cap-ital. All the shops are closed and tho newspapers appeared with mourning borders. Some students have been roughly handlod ln the streets.