The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-13
'<I1Lu PILGRIMS IN ROME.

of the Pope at st.
jSDi' Peters.
tConcludodo
IN something thought
Ir'' ,. o,,,i but as compared with
"a eIV" Peters to-day, it was a
D; il SIR 81 I have since heard that
o'I ali ra sixty thousand people in
'r ,,.rcb, For nearly two hours
b cn9 In crowd, pushing, elbow
a coming ii sweating, almost suf-
cs aLliI never for fraction of a Sec
ssilDS;' M one was more expert at
sistIlil'b rongh and into places than
strDg lni so4e of whom nearly got
gums, tor torn from their heads.
Dir SFit 1Ipacked like satdines in a
f' -! and to-day we were really
sb' I IKE that, only we had hot,
5.se1 I: inn instead of oil. You could
b all -amr hands from your side.
dgI .fooJ, each eagerly, almost
We ,Is s'J retaining every inch of ad-
sragely no could gain, the stout pee
51a5F Sim nv off badly. If one thought
con lII iIike to get out OF the crowd
' so home, he gave up the wish IN
% g. g, s when he attempted to move.
eIa .aa was harder than staying
laII [ou were, except getting out.
5'Is 3 ;Ya was nearly half an hour
De PECE oming in he was preceded by
IT, hose Offices 1 do not know, but
gu 'Iiatplv in front of him came a
1a gu, "r more in robes of a deep rose
,,i5r.o v. silk. He was carried in
d : gLos velvet chair embroidered
i q roId and borne on the shoulders
~, luz men. He was almost envel-
.I Iio robe of white silk with gold
T5,DiJery, on his head his triple
-.,o brilliant with gems. Behind
.'I were carried two white feather
--1Ioris, shaped like palm leaf fans,
'- y. not nearly so pretty as the Ha-
. !. an kahilis. His entrance was
,.-ra ' by music of silver trum-
~ -.' He looked very old and very
5ia very refined and pale. He
. ..nsl paier and more feeble than
-;sn we saw him ten days before.
nh his delicate, white hand, on
rHpb was the apostolic diamond
.rg. he blessed the people slowly
nj and left, as he was borne with
;r stpp to the altar. He seemed
.rpctv calm, showing not the least
5n Of excitement, or the slightest
Tpe of eagerness. You might say
|%t he believed he had something
@Ily valuable to give the people,
nj gave it with the dignity and de-
1efation of one who believed him
II the "vice-gerent of God on
grtb.r He was cheered from one
9iO his way to the other, no one
though in a church. He
vas carried around the high altar, at
ghich alone q believe) the pope cele-
hates mass, bringing him thus fac
hg the people, the altar being be-
Tween him and them. The pilgrims
y.le in the north and south tran
zps, rallied off for them from the
nom where the general public stood.
|lFy knelt during the mass, many of
Item weeping. At the moment of
Elevation of the Host, the silver
Enpets sounded far up in the dome.
l1this, and all the rest of the low
As by the Pope and the following
4lksgiving mass by the Pope's
tate chaplain, was lost to the peo-
COvded into the body of the
.lrh. During the thanksgiving
EPOpe retired to some room in the
inch and took his breakfast. After
nb he came back and blessed the
Trims.
lthese receptions and this rare
&were creating a real enthusiasm
stbe Pope and the Catholic faith,
haa severe check was given by a
,a ndiscretion of a few French pill
ans Visiting the Pantheon in
Ilch Victor Emanuel is buried, they
Nte in the register kept for the
lines of visitors, "Long live the
SN-King." They were detected,
4then spat at the tomb of Victor
manuel. The Italians present in
:church were greatly excited, and
ly the intervention of the police
ssGed the pilgrims from bodily harm.
news of the insult to the dead
ing and Italian unity, spread like
,lG1re through Rome and all Italy.
anon went to the French embassy
md the military before them, then
o ,i! Vatican to find that guarded by
SSI4erS. The next day seven trains
-sl with pilgrims were sent under
:4id out of Italy. The train by
,4icA We came to Florence the day
aae occurrence, brought the news
sttf account of the affair. At the
5alre the opera was stopped, and
y orchestra hidden play the ma
Saal hymn. The next morning
,nsence was decorated with flags as
~ "a holiday, and Il loyal demonstra-
ny, ,a made, and up to midnight men
wv. past our hotel with loud cries OF
WA Italian'
lou will doubtless read about this
4, sio oi foreign papers, but they may
give you an idea of the excite
, M. the incident has caused, nor the
% tTt'unate ending of the piIgrimages
We present, at least.