The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-31
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS ESTIMATED
TO have VIEWED REMAINS
Reception Given by the Sacred Col
lege to Diplomats at Which PontiT
Is EuIOgized-Ring of the Fisher
man Reported to Have Mysterious
ly Disappeared.

persons, including CarQlnal GOOSSenS,
who arrived from Mechlin just in time,
passed slowly out of St Peters into the
sunlit piazza and the worlds last fare
well to the great pope was over. Ten
minutes later Italian infantry and
gendarmes poured out of the basilica
and lined up on the steps in imposing ar
ray. The outer gates were then closed
and the body of the late pope was left
to the tender care of those who had
watched by Leo XIII. in his lifetime.
The preparations for Saturday evenings
interment were Immediately COM
menced
While the bells of the basilica rang
out their daily melodious noon chorus
the troops formed in column and were
marched to the barracks. Their historic
incursion into vatican territory ended
without the slightest friction. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 people passed the
catafalque since Thursday morning.
Last Mass Celebrated.
The last funeral mass in st. Peters
was celebrated Saturday morning in the
chapel of the choir by Mgr. Panicy
canon of the vatican basilica. At the
same time funeral masses were celebrat-
ed in most of the churches of Rome.
The most imposing ceremony vas the
reception by the sacred college, in the
hall of the consistory, of the whole dip
lomatic body accredited to the vatican.
All the diplomats wore gorgeous uni
fha o,.Ii In oil had
magnificent violet robes and were seat
ed in huge arm-chairs, according tot right
of precedence. The Portuguese ambas-
sador, M. Martins d'Antas, dean of the
diplomatic corps, was at the head OF
the body. He advanced and delivered
an address in French, expressing the
sorrow of all the powers at the death OF
Pope Leo, who had acquired the univer-
sal esteem of the world.
EuIogfzes Dead Pope.
Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the college
of cardinals, rose and answered in Ital-
ian. He thanked the diplomats in the
name of the sacred college for the part
all the governments had taken in the
mourning of the church. He eulogized
Pope Leo and his work during his long
pontificate and ended with expressing
the hope that God will suggest to sa-
cred college a worthy successor to Leo
XIII.
After this the members of the dip
lomatic body kissed the hands OF all
the cardinals and especially congratu-
lated Cardinal Oreglia on the sentiments
he had expressed and which produced
the best of impressions.
Emperor Represented at Mass.
Berlin, July ga requiem mass for
the repose of the soul of Pope Leo was
celebrated in the Roman Catholic
church of st. Henwig Saturday morning.
Emperor William was represented by
the hereditary prince of Hohenzollern
and the empress by her chief court
chamberlain Chancellor Won Buelow
was represented by the chancellor of the
privy council, and all the imperial and
Prussian ministers in Berlin, the dip
lomatic corps and representatives OF the
municipalities were present.
Says Ring Has Disappeared.
New York, July 27.-The Herald's
Rome correspondent cables the follow
ing: The ring of the fisherman, which
should have been found on the hand of
the pope, has disappeared. 1t is not so
much question of its material as OF its
extrinsic value, for the ring of the fish
erman is used to seal the papal bulls and
is the outward sign of the authority of
the pope.
When the cardinal camerlengo certi-
fies the death of pope he receives the
ring of the fisherman from the cham
berlain OF his holiness. 1t is then de-
stroyed in the presence of all the car
dinals at the first meeting of the sacred
college held after the pope's death.
But when Cardinal Oreglia, the pres
emit camerlengo, had certified to the
death of Leo XIII. Mgr. Bisletti was a
prey to the deepest despair and had to
admit that the ring had disappeared.
Cardinal Oreglia, who had, as is the
custom, brought his declaration Of hav-
ing received the ring from the papal
chamberlain, all written out, had to put
1t back in his pocket.
Mgr. Bisletti can give no indication
as to the robber. The theft must have
taken place between the death of the
pope and the morning of the following
day, when Cardinal Oreglia officially GER
titled to his death. During this time a
large number of persons entered the
death chamber.
In the meantime in the certificate of
death of Leo XIII. all allusion to re-
ceiving the ring has been suppressed
Friends of Mgr. Bisletti hope that
when the seals are removed from the
cabinets of the late pope the ring will
be found in one of them, but very little
confidence is felt. The ring should never
have left the pope's hand, and everyone
denies having touched it.