The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-24
LIES IN STATE
IN ST. PETERS
PEOPLE WILL HAVE oPPoRTUNI-
TY TO PAY LAST FAREWELL
TO DEAD POPE.
A MOST MoURNfUL CEREMONY
BODY OF PoNTlFF CONVEYED
FROM THE THRONE ROOM
TO sT.-PETER's.
nnT TEF lFASJ Sign OF CANCER
NOT TIE LEAST SIGN OF CANCER
DR.. LAPPoNl REPORTS ON TIE
AUTOPSY HELD ON THE
BODY.

Rome, July "a. - The body Of Leo
XIII. now lies in state in the baslllca
of st. Peters. Beginning to-day at
sunrise the people Of Rome and those
of all nations now in the Eternal CITY
we're admitted to pay their last fare
well. Opportunity for this solemn
tribute will end Saturday.
Until 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the remains of the dead pope lay IN
the throne room of the Vatican. where
the leaders Of the diplomatic, 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 one OF
the most striking of all the obsequies.
At 8 o'clock the mournful procession
gathered around the bier, which was
gently lifted by the sediari, who in the
Iiftfme of Leo XIII. had carried him
in the sedia gestatoria The dead
pont1f was
Clad in All the Pomp
Of his holy office. Leading the pro-
cession as it passed out Of the throne
room came the grooms carrying light
ed torches. Behind the bier came the
three nephews OF the late pope. Mgr.
Thomas Kennedy, rector OF the Amer
lean college, represented the United
States in the procession. At the Hall
of Palafraniers the cortege came to
standstill. There the cardinals, who
had been waiting in the hall OF the
consistory, took their places immedi-
ately behind the nephews. Once more
the procession, with the bier now
tianked by the Swiss guards, moved.
on. After the cardinals came the
whole diplomatic body accredited to
the Vatican and the representatives
of the Knights Of Malta No monarch.
was ever followed to the tomb by a
More Imposing Array.
Led by the cardinals, the prelates and
clergy recited prayers and psalms for
the dead as they slowly entered the
Sistfne chapel, where the chapter and
clergy of st. Peters awaited the pro-
cession. The latter formally received
and took possession of the body. The
final stage of bearing the prisoner of
the Vatican to his resting place then
commenced. From the Sistine chapel
the procession wound out around the
loggia immortalized by Raphael, en-
circIed the court of San Damaso and
descended the private staircase, still
chanting, into the bastilica. The in
tense silence which prevailed was
broken only by the chanting, which
echoed and re-echoed from the huge
dome and deserted aisles of the chap
els as
The Body Was Borne
down the nave to the Chapel of the
Sacrament There candles burned
brightly. In this crapelle ardente the
body was reverently stretched behind
the iron gates and two members of the
noble guard took up positions on
either side of the bier. Ihe process
sion then reformed and returned to
the Vatican.
During the day the congregation of
cardinals met and decided to hold the
conclave under the Identical regula-
lions which obtained at the conclave
which elected Leo.
DR.. Lapponi in the course of the
day presented to Cardinal Oreglia a
report of the autopsy which was held,
which showed that there was no sign
| of cancer in the pope's body.