| Show Mm MALE IR BORN TO m RUSSIAN T RO Event sO ton Long Wished for by br the Czar and Occurred This Afternoon CHILD WILL VILL BE NAMED HAWED ALEXIS girth of 01 the tiC N Attended With i th All The Ceremonial Ordained by tJ Tradition I SALUTE OF GUNS WAS VAS VI AS FIRED first from ro and from Erom forts rort St Petersburg In III n Fortnight St t Aug 13 It 2 IB 15 p m in mA inA A ton toll and hIr to tt tho ho throne torii Tile rhe mid nd tho he h 81 be n child ore Join doIng w ell H The c fi ur 4 pt t 12 1280 80 oclo k this nf ft noon The will be he christened d The With o 0 greatly wished for fori hut of or an heir hIr to the lie Russian crown oc oe occurred occurred not net ID tU the great pRince palace at Peter hor ut In the Alexandra villa one or of ora ofa a Greup of er tour four our small palaces In a ee se secluded eluded corner of or the tho magnificent Peter Idel of or park prk p rk In fl one ot of these buildings the had been boen living for tor weeks The ether Ither three o arc lue occupied by b mem bus bern of ot the Imperial family emily gathered thue I In fl expectation of dt t event Including the empress mother his hIi ty two s eter Jha the and und Olga Oga his hI brother Grind Grand Duke Michael and other rela lela um hC U UI VILLA IILA The Alexandra villa III Is I a much muth more private lot pel than the grand grail palace The warm arm brown tinted building In III Inthe th the center of et which rises a toll v witch tower are set act In a n thick forest of oaks elite birches and hiding them from view on Oil every side aide except towards tho the gulf eulf of ot Finland whose stera almost lap the tho ho foundatIon of or orthe th the nearest shoreward building From roni this section of at the tho pariC the I had been excluded for tor tiny days put past while a n short hort mile down the tho count coast children and shouted under tho the of e the bit big bl palace ard M rd crowds of ot visitors gathered each Afternoon lifter noon to watch the tho marvelous fountains fountain only on In all Europe to lo those thole of et Versailles MUCH ImE Th The Will bIlt of the tho the 11 si i attended with nil all the Ute by b Imperial Im tradition In ac accordance n with tho lie Russian law there thele er present besides tho the emperor liar Hal Haron Halon on en Fredericks tho the master mils tel of er the cere core motile and Prince tho grand marshal manhal of or the court and Dr llott lloU the emperors physician Dr HI Ill ruth ruch wa sa II a the surgeon In attendance Dr Rott nolt personally announced tho the Irth of at the heir hell to the awakening Im Imperial Ilal family A format formal announcement I III be published In the Messen tel An Imperial salute of ot guns gutis wan ivaH fired first from and It Il was waa then repeated from nil all the tortS forts around St t Petersburg The christening of ot the tho heir hell will take talle place c In a 1 fortnight It H wl will VIII bo be a 11 cere ceremony monT many of ot the most elaborate sort In n accordance with Russian Hu alan Imperial cus custom torn tom It will bo he performed In l the Imper Imperl l lal l chapel chopel 1 of et the tho palace cred lied with being th the most mORt chapel In I FOUR oun DAUGHTERS The emperor and empress of at Russia Husn formerly Allx of or Hesse who vero Cro married Nov II 11 1891 had pre lou leUB to 10 the tho birth of the child born to lO toJ J tay lIay y four Olga OIRa born Nov NovI L 1895 U Talana born May Mn 29 18 71 Warle I atle born June H 14 1899 and ond Annata ita 14 la burn born June 6 Ii t iDOl 1001 The emperor and lIml empress have ha for tor torome rome ome time past pant In anticipation of ot tho the vent dent of today been heen residing at Alex Alexandra andra arra Illo ul at Peterhof the Rummer HI H I I M H IH H i I I f fI I I 1 Jt H II I If I R I t EMPRESS ALIX ALlX HAPP MOTHER Of or tho ho I Awaited Heir to 10 tho the Great IRn Throne c of or their maj Tho Thu villa Is 8 situated In III one OIe of ot the tho limit beautiful parks forks of ot Hussla RussIa about I one ono and a n half hours ride lile from Ht Bt the tho run runN from St It Petersburg to lo lotho the tho shores of ot the tho Baltic extending an LIS far tal as us Riga In Jn tho the park are several hikes Bt It the end of ot which w Ilch Is the tho gol got golden golden den then staircase marble steps covered with real gold Tim The palace Is 10 not nol a u largo large building when whon compared with the winter palace nt nl Bt At tt Petersburg In Inthe Inthe the Iha ate air other palaces oc or occupied by Iw different grand dukes and their suItes suite nUll and In iii tho neighborhood me luc many ninny of at the tho nobility und gentility At AI lJ Tho The queen of at Greece a 11 Bister lster of ot the tho empress tho the members of ot the thc Im lm Imperial family at last month anti have been there over ever eluce DullY Daily large larce crowds of It f people have ha 0 gathered at a l Peterhof The people nota notably bly Wy bl the tho clergy have been heen praying for tor foran foran an heir hell to lo the tho throne nud the famous t UI I 11 prieM Father Fa lher John of ot Cron stadt has recently been heen visiting the tha theo AI l lJ to o Jon In ino J m or o the tha throne c d Father John J hn I who ho Is by hy h the people and who has great greM Influence over the em emperor In iii cold said to lo have stated to hIs Ills majesty maJest his first daughter wan born that thol the tho emperor would have hav ha evon daughters before he ho would haw a ft son and that lint the tho eighth of ot the tho empress be he 11 II son This prophecy In bi H believed by the Russian peo people Pie The fht announcement from Irom waR wan Immediately followed by a salute ot of guns gunn from the Imperial yacht acht lying nt at anchor off ort the palace but It was wan p m rn when hon tho thi lh guns of ot St Ht and auth St SI t Paul fortress opposite the Winter here hOre conveyed tho the glad tidings to lO the people of at the sIni capitol capital The effect was electrical With the boom of ot tIll the first gun the peo people PlC In iii the tho streets who hail had been mo ma momentarily expecting tho the event for tor 21 hours stopped to listen II leli and count the tho guns Only 31 are arc fired for tor or n a girl Irl When the tho boomed and the IWO peo people I plo pIe were vero aware that nt at last Insl an heir to the throne was w s horn born thero there were scenes of ot rejoicing and before the hail had 1 finished the whole city hind had blossomed out with Hags flags and nn 1 hunting and the shipping In lu the Iho harbor WAn WOH Thou Then fhe the bells belts of at the church churches es Cs began b gan to ring wildly ALL Tim E KNOWS In the meantime the tho announcement had hiatt bOon been telegraphed telo to the tho most re rc remote mote mole corners of ot the empire In all tho the hH HH T t i 5 1 ft w wI I I i i o i I I Ii tj i 4 NICHOLAS II OF ort HUSSIAn Who n ho From Irom l Time or If Ills His has lias Deem Praying for fur n ft Mon Hon tow nr nail and cities the glad lna tidings tiding were spread prend with the clanging of or hells holla and the thA of ot cannon Thanksgiving followed In all nil the churches At tho thu chapel of Alexandra villa the emperor and the Imperial family faintly at ut attended attended tended a Te Ta The formal announcement of ot the birth will he bo made by b be metropolitan of or Moscow Maccow and melt Kleff at nt a solemn solOmn masses tomorrow In tho the various arlous ministries this hits noon the Wele tete convoked to lo hear henr the tho announcement The Thc hearts of ot tho lh Russian people aN likely to bo be more merc deeply touched by the good fortune of ot the Imperial family than by b a dozen doen Victories or 01 defeat In the and tho the character will rod road In III It an of ot a u better time Rt t Seraphim who ho was uan last summer by the emperor nt nl hui hUA now bi bk b conic come a favorite patron saint aH an the birth of ot the heir Is IB attributed chlell to his Interposition The Tho emperor will silt signalize the event by sonic come gracious act like the remission of ot arrearage of ot lars and amnesty and anI for tor the lie next two weeks until the tho christening there will bo be a I holiday and public of at nil all 1 There Is already a n revival of ot the talk that lint with the succession to the tho throne assured a l the tho lie emperor will tallow follow the tho of or the lie house of ot go to the front Tho The heirs name annie will be he Alexis Nich NI h und If It he hf reigns relAns ho probably ly lv will assume ume the title of or Alexis II n The rue Alexis was 18 emperor of ot Ioco vy y In 1615 I |
