New-York tribune., 1903-07-23
LEO'S BODY IN ST. PETERS.
People to Look Upon Dead Pope
TO-day-IHc Ceremonies.
CIV The Associated Press.l

Rome, July 22.-To-night the body Of Leo
XIII lies in state in the basilica of st. Peters.
Beginning tomorrow at sunrise, the people Of
Rome and those Of all nations now in the
Eternal City will be admitted until Saturday to
pay their last farewels.
Until o'clock this afternoon the body Of the
Pope lay in the Throne Room of the Vatican.
where the leaders of the diplomatic. clerical and
civil world allowed to pass the bier. The
ceremonial tonight. when the body con-
veyed from the Throne Room to St. Peters was
one of the most striking of all the obsequies.
In the course of the day the Congregation OF
Cardinals met and decided to hold the conclave
under the identical regulations which obtained
at the conclave which elected Leo
DR.. Lapponi presented to-day to Cardinal
Oreglia a report of the autopsy which was held,
which showed that there was no trace of cancer
in the Pope's body.
Some hours before sundown St Peters was
cleared of idle crowds The massive doors were
closed, and the throng of sightseers was pushed
back to the foot Of the great flight of circular
stone steps. Half hundred carpenters hastily
constructed a stout fence five feet high to keep
back the crowds which are expected tomorrow
and the two following days. The fence extends
directly across the colonnade, and in 1T are two
narrow entrances, which will give ready means
of controlling the ingress and egress of the
throngs,
THE PROCESSION TO ST PETERS.
At 8 o'clock this evening all in readiness
to take the body of the Pope from the Vatican
to the Basilica of St. Peters. The procession
gathered around the bier. which gently
lifted by the sediari. who in the lifetime of Leo
XIII had carried him in the sedia gestatoria.
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 Cele
brated a solemn 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 Archbishops Farley OF
New-York and Quigley of Chicago on June %
last The golden mitre. the gilded stole. the
white cope the red chasubie the Pontihcal
pallium and the Papal 'tunic all were there.
Nothing which emblematic Of the power
welded by the dead man for more than quar-
ter Of a century. and for centuries by his pre-
decessors, had been omitted
Leading the procession as IL passed out Of the
throne room came the grooms. carrying lighted
torches Behind them, walking with measured
tread. were the aged macebearers and other do
mestlcs of the Papal household. The picket Of
the Noble Guard and all the clergy Of the Vati-
can. wearing their surplices. followed. Imme-
diately in front of the bier the Pontifcal silver
cross was neld alOIt- Benln0 the Dler came the
three nephews of the late Pope Counts Ricardo
and Camille Pecci and Count Canarli. The air
was heavy with incense from the censors swing
ing constantly beside the body The Franciscan
pententiaries still kept Up the unceasing refrain
OF intercession.
CARDINALS IN MOURNING ROBES.
At the Hall of Palafreniere the procession
halted. There the cardinals who had been wait
ing in the Hall Of the Consistory took their
places Immediately behind the nephews Their
scarlet had been put aside for the violet robes
which are only worn when princes OF the Church
are in mourning. Once more the procession.
with the bier now fianked by the Swiss Guards
moved on
After the cardinals came the whole diplomatic
body accredited to the Vatican and the repre-
sentatives of the knights of Malta. They were
followed by the marshal OF the conclave, Prince
Chigi; the master of the Holy Hospice Prince
Ruspoh, and the commander OF the Noble
Guards Prince Rospigliosi. all in brilliant
uniforms. Then came the prelates of the Cham
Der. and Knights of the Cape and Sword, in
their medieval Spanish robes. The United
States was represented by Monsignor Thomas
Kennedy, rector Of the American College The
Noble and Swiss Palatine Guards brought up
the rear.
No monarch was ever followed to the tomb
by moro imposing array. Led by the oardi-
nails the prelates and clergy recited PRAYERS
and psalms for the dead as they slowly entered
the Sistine Chapel. where the Chapter and
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