Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-19 | Page 2 | An Heir Born to the Russian Throne

an he r born to the russian throne A son and heir to the russian throne ft as born on the the birth so greatly wished for that of an heir to the russian throne occurred not in the great palace at Peter bof but in the alexandria villa one of a group of four small palaces in a secluded cor ner of the magnificent Peter hot park the birth of the heir to the throne was attended with all the ceremonial ordained by imperial tradition in ac corrance cor dance with the russian law there were present besides the emperor baron fredericks the master of the ceremonies and prince the grand marshal of the court and dr kott the emperor s physician dr haruch was the surgeon in attendance an imperial salute of guns was subsequently fired first from peterhof Pe and it was then repeated from all the boits around st petersburg