Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-03
Coronation
Celebration.
Obsesved IN Rome Etesnal CITY Showed Unusual AM
nation Crush 10 Get INTO ST. Pefe5's- Procession of
Cardinals and Church Dgnitaries Was Magnificent

laid with gold and they wore steel he'll
NETS with red ostrich plumes simllar
to the hemets Of the sixteenth cen
fury, The noble guard wore their new
uniforms OF bright red.
After an hour OF very fatiguing watt
ing a majestic procession began 20 APP
pear, ii was composed Of the great dis
nitaries OF the church, the 45 cardinals
present, gorgeous In their red robes.
alone making a most imposing. char
acteristic and picturesque group.
At II o'clock precisely the great bell
Of ST. Peters rang out a signal which
was followed by the changing Of the
bells OF about 800 churches in Rome as
they sounded the announcement that
the pOntlf was on his way to the basil
lea. The life Of the ancient city seemed
10 pause Tor a moment, hats were rails
ed and the sign OF the cross was made
Shortly afterwards, inside 81. Peters
silver trumpets bared out their mes-
sage and the pontilf appeared The peo-
pie held their breath for a moment and
then all Of the pent up enthusiasm
burst forth in a tremendous roar OF
welcome
From his elevation on the new sedia
gestatoria carried by IL men In cos
tunes OF red brocade fanked by the
famous flabelli spreading feather fans)
and surmounted by a white and gold
canopy, the pope appeared TO be more
than human being. lie seemed to he
white spirit, this impression being adj
ded 10 by the pontiff's white robes and
white mitre delicate features. face
white as alabaster aud his thin hand
moving slowly In henedictlOn.
As the sweet toned well trained vote
es OF the Sistine choir sang "ru rs Pet
rus thousands OF voices shouted Long
live Pope Leo" handkerchlefs huttered
in the air, the banners Of the various
societies represented were waved and
many of those present, overcome with
emotion, sobbed loudly while others
tainted from excess of feeling or ia
tigue.
Meanwhile the pope proceeded slow
~ on what seemed a carpet Of heads,
absorbing the entire attention OF the
vast throng.
When the pope arrived at the throne,
the ceremony proceeded rapidly. Leay-
Ing The sedia gestatorla the pontlf
knelt and prayed and then rose with
out assistance. donned the falda and
the new triple crown and the celebra-
tlon Of the mass began.
At the moment OF the elevation OF the
host a profound silence fell on the as
semblage. the guards presented arms
the people knelt, where is was possible
for them 60 do so. aud from the Gun
| ola came the clear. thin sounds Of sill
Yer trumpets giving the idea OF heaven
! ly music.
asThe pope then administered the papa
! benedictlon and retired to a room fol
restoratiyes, prepared on purpose every
time he goes 20 ST. Peters There aii-
dressing Or. Lapponn his private pfY-
stefan. the pontiff said
You see that after all your want
ings. the ceremony did me good What
touching loyalty"
II was calculated that. there were
about 1900 people preNent, There
were about 1000 Americans IN the tri-
bunes and the body Of the churches.
| The transatlantic visitors present IN
| cluded Mgr Kennedy rector Of the
| American college at Rome with 50
| American students; Mgr oConnell, the
! new rector of the Catholic university
al Washlngton the Very Rev Rudolph
Mayer. general Of the Carmellte or
der. Gen. and Mrs, Clous and Charles
! Brlsted Aston Of New York.