The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-23
Beginning at Sunrise, To-day All Rome Gan View the
 Sacred Remains
BODY CARRIED ID CHURCH
 CLAD IN RORAL ROBES
Congregation of casa naIs Decides to Hold the ConcIave In Same Man ner as Obtained in Election
 of Pope Leo.

Rome. July 22.-Tonight the body of Leo Kill lies in state in the basil ica of St. Peters. Beginning tomorrow at sunrise the people of Rome and those of all nations now in the Eternal City will be admitted to pay their last farewell. Opportunity for this solemn tribute will end on Saturday.
 Until o'clock this afternoon the body of the dead pope lay in the throne room of the vatican. where the lead ers of the diplomatic, clerical and civil world were allowed to pass the bler The ceremonial tonight, when the body was conveyed from the throne room to St Peter's, was one of the most striking of all obsequies.
 During the day the congregation or cardinals met and decided to hold the conclave under the identical regula- tions which obtained at the conclaVe which elected Leo.
 Dr. Lapponi, in the course Of the day. presented to Cardinal Oregha report of the autopsy. This showed that there was no sign of cancer Tn the pope's body.
 Several hours before sundown St Peter's was cleared of idle crowds The massive doors were closed and the throng of sight-seers was pushed back to the foot of the great flight of circular stone steps Half hundred carpenters hasu- lv constructed a stout fence nVe rect high to resist the encroachments or the crowds which are expected during tomor- row and the two following days. ine fence extends directly across the colon made and in it are two narrow entrances which will give ready means of controii- Ing the ingress and egress of the throngs.
 Mournful Procession.
 At 8 o'clock this evening all was ih readiness to take the body of the pope from the vatican to the basilica of st. Peters. The mournful procession gather ed around the bier, which was gently lifted by the sediarii, who in the hle- lime of Leo XIII, had carried him In the sedia gestoria. The dead pontiff was now ,lad in all the pomp of his holy office. About him had been placed the saceroolai rohes used only when he celepraeeu grand mass. The vestments were those ,,s which he wore for the last time In llie In the hall of the consistory when ne 1a 1Al trv,,ed inc appointments of Arch bishops Farley of New York and Quls Ie,, of Chicago on June 20 last The yolden mitre the gilded stile, the white cane the red chasuble, the pon'lhcal nallium and the papal tunlc all "eie there. Nothing which was empiema,c ol the power wielded by the ueso hiai ~. io more than a quarter of century anu k.. s,,oi o,,t,,ries hv his predecessors had been omitted.
 crooms Carried Lighted Torches.
 Leading the procession as lt passeu ou' ,,,,g uehted torches. Behind them, .,,aiLinq with measured tread were the assd mace bearers and other domestics os the nanal household. The processlons of the noble guard and all the clergy or the vatican wearing their supilces loio"- ed Immediately in front or the piei une nontifical silver cross was held aloil. De bird the bier came the three nephews or tbe late nope Count Ricardo, Count SaiIo Pecci and Count Carali. Monsig- nor Thomas Kennedy, rector or the American college, represented the pniteo States in the procession. =.
 The air was heavy with incense rom
 
 Inc hodv. The Franciscan pentitentiarles stiu kent up the unceasng refrain or intercession. .u. 4to oor. tsre came to a standstill. mere the cardinals who had been waiting III 'he hall of the consistory LOOK ,nelr praess ra'',s inmediately behind the nephews. Inelr scarlet had been put aside for the Vioiet rohes which are only worn when princes of the church are in mourning.
 The Procession.
 o.oa more the procession with the bier rou nanked by the Swis guards moved an After the cardinals came the whole S,niomatic body accredited to the vatican and the representatives of the Knights or Malta. The latter were followed by the marshal of the conclave, Prince Chigi the master of the Holy Hospice; Prince Kus- roli and the commander of the noble guards Prince Hosplshosi' aii III Ahee" cent uniforms.
 Then came the prelates of the chamber and knights of the cape and sword in their mediaeval Spanish robes. The noble and Swiss palatine guards brought up the rear.
 No monarch was ever followed 10 the tomb by a more imposing array. Led by the cardinals and prelates. the clergy re- cited prayers and psalms for the dead as tnev slowly entered the Sistine chapel, where the chapter and clergy of St. peter's awaited the procession. The lat fer formally received and took possession os the body The torch, mace and cross hearers started forward giving an op- nortunity to the chapter to take up a po- s,tion Immediately preceding the bier.
 The final stage of bearing the "pris- .,ar" of the vatican to his resting place then commenced.
 Around the Loqgia.