The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
POPE LAID TO REST
,,vAINs PLACED IN THE STONE
sARCOPHAGUS.
THERE THEY WILL BE KEPT
.,.ru THE TOMB ERECTED BY
CARDINALs IS READY.

A. 81. Peters When the Period
+b.. Lying in state of the Re-
,noius Was Ended-Stately' solemn
,d sad Ceremonies, When the
rTributes to the Dead Pope
we're Pnid-Fisherman's Ring has
disappeared.
MANA Tulv 25.-The body of Pope
700 was inferred in st. Peters To-
.+ The strokes of the hammer,
g .,,;.b rasounded through the immense
so,,,a If the Cathedral. announced to
tho immense gathering in the Nave
.n.+ Leo XIII. had been laid to rest.
At shutdown the most important ana
mast solemn of all the obsequies took
,lace The front doors of the Basilica
wore closed, and the vast church, eX-
cont for row of lights at the shrine
+ of St Peter, the candles about the
bier and those persons who had quiet
& " and with the utmost reverence gath
cred there, appeared deserted.
81 About one thousand persons had re-
ceived invitations to attend the cere-
monies The cardinals, who met ear
her in the Vatican, entered the chapel
choir waiting there for the arrival
of the procession, Cardinal Oreglia, the
Camerlingo, heading and in command.
Through special permission a repre-
sentative of the, Associated Press was
allowed to enter the Chapel of the
Sacrament before the remains of the
Dontiff 1s-aro ,.aY,.ONrad
Cardinal RampolIa, as arch priest of
the Basilica, was waiting outside the
gates in violet robes surrounded by
the chapter of the Cathedral, which
was led by Mgr. Ceppetelli, who con-
Quoted the service. Doctors Lapponi
and Mazzoni directed the work of the
removal of the bier which was exc
cuted by eight sediari, or Pope's car
rers, attired in their brilliant red
brOCade costumes. They at first tried
to raise the bier, but finding it too
heavy, they slowly slid it onto a low
car with noiseless wheels.
Procession Then started.
Then, to the strains of the "Miser-
erie which walled through the lofty
church. and preceded by a glitterIng
cross held aloft, the procession, car
Il rying candles and torches, slowly left
the chapel and went up the church,
passing the bronze statue and beyond
the shrine of st. Peter. Those gathered
fell to their knees.
After slow progress around the
church the sad cortege arrived at the
chapel choir the bier being so car
red that the dead Pope entered head
hrst according to the ceremonial, the
chapel from semi-obscurity flashing in
hn Nil lf1V, - u L.
ed on electric lights Here all those
who had received invitations were
stopped, remaining in the main part of
the Basilca behind a double line of
the Swiss Guards, in their peculiar yell
low red and black uniforms, armed
with halberds and serpentine swords.
Within the chapel was Count Ca
milo Pecci, nephew of the Pope,
wearing the red uniform of a general
of the Noble Guard. In the chapel the
music changed to notes of joy and
triumph and I'm Paradisium" rang out
with telling effect. From the outside
the five bells of St. Peters rang their
accustomed salute to the coming night,
mingling tremendously with the music
OF the choir
Scene in the Chapel.
The scene in the chapel was most re-
markably effective. The bier bearing
the body was raised by Cardinal Greg
ma 1t was placed in the center, back
cd by an altar with a beautiful image
Oh the Madonna. before which were
burning four immense candles in sill
Yer staffs.
Around the two sides of the chapel In
me choir seats were th1rty-six cardi-
mas all wearing violet robes, except
cardinals Gotti and Pierrott, who
wore the white nantes of their orders;
Cafdlnal Martinelli in black, as an Au
euslinian, and Cardinal Wives Tuto
VI franciscan brown.
Inc body was spriukled with holy
water. absolution was given and the
i iool OF Leo XIII was kissed for the
,aSI Time by Maj. Domo Cagiano, mas
I OF the Chamber Bisleti and Count
SanIIIo Pecci. The Major Domo then
IIoEeFed the venerable features and
nam, with a white silk veil, bordered
"ih gold. Over this the project of
9.Gnonles spread a larger silk VEIL
"nich covered the whole person.
b,Iue was lighted in a brazier and
DioWn by a bellows, the sparks rising
pSI 10 the ceiling, while Monsignor
.dloiin read for twenty minutes the
ti9 Fo oreVis, eulogizing the dead Pom
~ ,'l' ana Notary Poponi, 81 years old
oli, out the burial record, a service
Of y. ne performed upon the occasion
ana ne NJ Deaths of Pope Gregory XVI
INV rope Plus TX.
In "a Cypress Coffin.
81 ne monsignors of the Basilca aid
~ ~ the Noble Guard, then laid all
NO. was mortal of Leo XIII in a cy-
no.. loiiln, lined with red satin and
~ HS on the cover an inlaid cross,
Cnlo1,n lure Sacred College and Prince
tri,'uua rising to their feet as a last
III" and sign of respect
nm zen the body had been carefully
fe.i "a the coffin, it was entirely con-
W. with the red velvet covering,
~, ~ before had been on the bier.
men all had been arranged the su-
be prayer was said and the last
HI 'lctlon given. all present joining
all Ell Impressed sobs We're heard on
w ne sad duties of sealing the coffin
sr,as soitened and soothed by the
nrvthess of the singing choir and the
ayers Of the clergy.
into the sarcOphagus.
n " Hen the last supreme moment came
po,,ns-'VY coffin, weighing in all 1922
preog5S' was rolled out of the chapel
tb7ueu by mace bearers singing as
eardi vent and followed by all the
fei,raI among whom the bowed
Varsot Oreglia. the strong, upright
Api,.'uSell brothers, the white-haired
81 Sui ana the immense black-brow-
oBs Tampa were the most conspicu.
en- ulleys were attached to the cof-
"Bsr.S11 soon, to the strains of the
Wa Seictus Dominus Deus Israel" it
abo,,at listed into the stone sarcophagus
untn ,ba as door. where it will remain