Show THE funeral of the late czar imperial remains reach st petersburg impressive sight As the castege crosses the neva the cathedral services st petersburg nov 13 the funeral train with the body of tho late czar on board arrived at the nicholas station last and was shunted upon a aide track until abia morning in order to enable the imperial family and their relatives to finish their nights acet aa soon as all preparations for the funeral were completed shortly after 10 am the imperial train reentered the railroad station the body was transferred to the in wailing and was conveyed to the cathedral through the densely crowded streets guarded ly thousands of troops every foot of ground along the route was occupied with spectators the greatest masses of were gathered in front of the kasan st ipacs and other churches in front oe which previous to the starting of the procession the clergy stood in their state three salvos of artillery announced the arrival of the procession at exactly 11 the route followed by the cortege was through theN ewski prospect past the isaac cathedral through senate square along the english quay across the neva by the nicholas bridge thence te university quay and through the bourdes Bou raes square re crossing tho river at the met zoological garden street along the alexander prospect over the bridge and then under the aa of st peter and st paul cathedral altogether a distance of six ailee BY THE COSSACKS the czars cossack bodyguard body guard headed the procession and we followed by other detachments of cavalry then came fifty one standards each escorted by officers the first two and the last flag bore the imperial arms next came the horse of the dead czar and man of arms in gilt armor holding the sword of detato and mounted upon a splendid caparisoned charger led by two grooms and the state livery following the horseman came a sec at abrina in black armor carrying a naked sword lie preceded a number of ghigli who bore a mourning standard of black bilk behind alio standard was a retinue of officials bearing the standards of the vinous russian provinces the remainder of the procession until the end of the twelfth section was composed of high imperial and provincial functionaries with their of office and numerous other officers bearing different banners the rear of the twelfth section was brought up by another detachment of officials who bore on velvet cushions imperial insignia the latter were carried by high officers of state who were surrounded by attendants THE bonab PAGEANT the thirteenth and most important section of the procession and the one for which everybody was waiting with eager expectancy was headed by the of the drAl of st isaac and of the convent of st alexader hewski following the choirs were the clergy bearing lighted candles and behind them came the czars confesor father li the image of st alexander hewski the patron saint of tho dead monarch behind the image of the eaino came the hearse drawn by eight horses the tass osof the bearbo wore held bv eix teen generals in full mourning uniform sixty pages carrying lighted torches walked on either side of the hearse the hearse or funeral car consisted of a platform on wheels alie platform was covered with black cloth with eil ver bands alie spokes of the wheels were also silvered columns tood at the corners and fron them was sus a magnificent baldachin at the ewt of each column on the platform there stood a general alie coffin rested on a bier covered with black velvet over the coffin was a great silver pall bordered with gold behind the hearse came the czar and the imperial household they were followed by the king of greece and by the prince of walea then came a long line of gowned dukes and princes followed by their various military suites after the latter marched a detachment of grenadiers and following the grenadiers came the carriages with the ladles of the imperial and royal faini lioa in the first coach were the princess alts of iieana darmstadt and the grand duchess jwia and oiga daughters of the late czar tho coach contained the queen of greece of wales the du chesi of saxe coberg gotha and the duchess of mecklenburg the other mourning contained all of the royal and titled ladies who have journeyed from lavadia with the body of alexander III after the carriages came thousands of trompa of alt armies who brought up alio rear of the procession the draped lamps along the route shed a bickly light which combined with the mist made it a verr dc spectacle at the cathedral a short service was held in the ure senco of the czar the diplomats and many of the russian billay tho hearse arrived at the cathedral a fow minutes past 2 the czar and other russian imperial personages and foreign princes then carried the coffin into the church with the same ceremony AS had been observed in moscow depositing it on the catafalque metropolitan palla liaa of st petersburg then conducted an impressive bervice fer vice f after the vices a groat mourning banner was lio isted over the fortress this appeared the troops retired to their barracks and the crowds gradually melted away i the members of the imperial family returned to their various palaces but returned to the cathedral at 8 this evening to in prayers for which will be repeated daily until the funeral it ia reported that after alio funeral the czarina will her father kinn christian of denmark to copenhagen where ahe will remain several weeks |