The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-24
Striking CEFENONY
IMPOSING pRocz-eIor EacoRTs
TIE REMAINS cG F17E LEO
TO ST. PETERe.
BODY now LIES u! STATE
ALL TIE PEOPLE CT E.9Ml WILL
EG ADMITTED TO @S% THEIR
LAsT FAREWELL.

ipeCpla of Rome and those or all ma
|tions neR in the Megrcl City will be
admitted 70 pay their last farewell.
Opportunity for this solemn tribute
will end Saturday.
Until ) O'Clock "Wednesday afternoon
the remains OF the dead pGae LAY in the
thrbI7a room OF the vSj.eaD, where the
l@aFo.s Of the diplo1n@ t..es clerical and
civil world were allowed to pass the
bier. The ceremonial last night, when
the body was conveyed from the throne
room to st. Peters, was il OF the
most striking OF all the ~cbSeqUies.
During the day the congregation of
cardinals me and decided to hold the {
conceive under the iG@4t;cal re3ula-
tons which obtained at the conclave
which elected leo.
No Sign of Career.
Dr.. Lappo8i, in the course Of the day
presented TO Car1ina] Oreg!ia q report
of the autopsy whicn was held, which
Showed that there was no sign OF can
Ger in Tie hopes body.
Some hours before shutdown st.
Peters was cleared Of idle crowds. TIE
massive doors were closed and the
throng of siShtseers was pushed back
W lIiC IOot VI llC f-ACol lAiSiiA# VI -
)cular stone steps. Half a hundred car
penters hastily constructed a fence five
feet high to resist the encroachment
of the crowds which are expected dur
ing today and the two following days.
The fence extends directly across the
%colonnade and in it are two narrow
entrances which will give ready mean
of controlling the ingress and egress
of the throngs.
At 8 o'clock last evening all was in
readiness to take the body of the pope
from the vatican to the bassilica of st.
Peters. The mournful procession
Gathered Around the Bier,
which was gently lifted by the sediari,
who in the lifetime of Leo XIII had
carried him in the sedia gostatoria.
The dead pontiff was now clad in all
the pomp of his holy Office. About him
had been placed the sacerdotal robes
used only when he celebrated a grand
mass. The vestments were those
which he wore for the last time in life
in the hall of the consistory when he
confirmed the appointments of Arch
bishop Farley of New York and Quig-
ley of Chicago June % last. The gol-
den mitre, the gilded steel, the white
cape, the red c%hasuble, the pontifical
pallium and the papal tunic all were
there. Nothing which vas emble-
matte of the pope and were welded by
the dead man for more than a quarter
of a century and for centuries by his
predecessors had been omitted.
Imposing Procession.
Leading the procession as it passed
but of the throne room came the
grooms, carrying lighted torches. Be-
hind them. walking with measured
tread. were the aged mace bearers and
bther domestics of the papal house
hold. The picket of the noble guard
and all the clergy of the vatican, yea
ing their surplices, followed. Imme-
diately in front of the bier the ponti-
fcal silver cross was held aloft. Be-
hind the bier came the three nephews
pf the late pope. Counts Ricardo and
Camille Pecci and Count Canarli. Mgr.
Thomas Kennedy, rector of the Ameri-
a college, represented the United
States in the procession.
The air was heavy with incense
from the censors swinging constant
~ beside the body. The Franciscan
penitentiaries still kept up the un-
ceasing refrain of intercession.
Cardinals ROBBED in Violet.
At the hall of Palafran.era, the cor
tege came to a standstill. There the
cardinals, who had been waiting in
the hall of the consistory. took their
places Immediately behind the neph
ews. Their scarlet had been put
aside for the violet robes which are
pnly worn when princes of the church
bre in mourning.
Once more the procession. with the
bier now flanked by the Swiss guards
moved on. After the cardinals came
the whole diplomatic body accredited
to the vatican and the representative:
Df the knights of Malta. The latter
were followed by the marshal of the
conclave, Prince Chigi, the master O
the holy hospice, Prince Ruspoli, ant
the commander of the noble guards
prince Rospigliosi, all in magnificen
uniforms. Then came the prelates o
the chamber and Knights of the Cap
and Sword in their medieval Spanish
robes. The noble and Swiss palatin'
guards brought up the rear.
Prayers and Psalms for the Dead.
No monarch was ever followed t
the tomb by a more imposing array
Led by the cardinals and prelates an,
clergy, all recited prayers and psalm
tor the dead as they slowly entere
the chapel. where the chapter an
clergy of st. Peters awaited the pro
cession. The latter formally receive
and took possession Of the body. TIL
torch, mace and cross bearers starte
forward, giving an opportunity to tn
chapter to take up a position imm'
Iiately preceding the bier.
The final stage of bearing "the pri'
bner of the vatican to his resting plac
then commenced.
From the sistine chapel the proce
sion wound out around the bggia in
mortalized by Raphael, encircled th
court of San Damaso and descende
the private staircase. still chanting, il
IN tho hosilica