Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-23
RESTS IN ST. PETERS
Body of the Great Pope Lies
In the Basilica.
DEVOTEES TAKE A LAST FAREWELL
Preparations For the COncIave Have
Begun In Ststine Chapel-ItaIians
Pleased at sympathy of Kaiser
and President Roosevelt.

Pleased at sympathy of Kaiser
and President Roosevelt.
ROME, July 23.-The body of Leo
Kill lies in state in the basilica of St.
Peters. Beginning today at sunrise
the people of Rome and those of all ma
tions now in the Eternal City were ad
mitted to pay their last farewell. OPP
portunity for this solemn tribute will
end Saturday
Yesterday the remains of the dead
pope lay in the throne room of the
Vatican, where the leaders of the diplo-
matte, clerical and civil world were al
lowed to pass the bier. The ceremonial
when the body was conveyed from the
throne room to St Peters was one of
the most striking Of all the obsequies.
During the day the congregation of
cardinals met and decided to hold the
conclave under the identical regula-
tions 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 can
Ger in the pope's body. Some hours be-
fore sundown st. Peters was cleared
of idle crowds The massive doors
were closed and the throng of sight
seers was pushed back to the foot of
the great fight of circular stone steps.
Half hundred carpenters hastily con-
structed a stout fence five feet high to
resist the encroachments of the crowds
which are expected to come to view the
remains of the dead pope, The fence
extends directly across the colonnade,
and in 1t are two narrow entrances
which will give ready means of con-
trolling the ingress and egress of the
throngs.
At the session of the congregation
when Cardinal Oreglia asked if the
conclave would be held in Rome it is
reported that only Cardinals Martinelli
and Steinhuber objected on the ground
of possible influence of the Italian gov
ernment
Cardinal Oreglia, who himself at the
time of the death of Plus TX. had ia
vored proposition to hold the con
clave outside of Italy, declared that in
reference by the Italian government
was impossible, and the proposition to
hold the conclave at Rome was carried
unanimously.
The congregation decided that all
participating in the conclave should
not be allowed to hold communication
of any kind with the outside world. In
1878 Cardinal Hohenlohe was permit
ted to have his meals sent from home,
through which medium 1t is said, he
notified Crispi, then minister of the in
terror of Italy and Bismarck about the
proceedings of the conclave.
1t has been decided that the cells for
each cardinal In the conclave shall be
chosen by lot. Preparations for the
conclave have already begun in the
Sistine chapel, where the balloting will
occur. 1t is said that an agreement has
been reached between the ecclesiastical
and government authorities to have
the Italian troops enter st. Peters
should any disturbance occur during
the three days that Leo will lie in state
in the chapel of the Sacrament
According to the Tribuna, irritation
is felt at the Vatican against the Cath
olic sovereigns for the cold tone of
their kilograms, and their condolences
are contrasted with that of Emperor
William The Tribuna adds that every
thing good is said of the German en-
peror and. of President Roosevelt and
predicts that the German cardinals
and Cardinal Gibbons will be received
by their colleagues with pronounced
cordiality.
The will of the late pope, 1t is said.
leaves all he possessed to the church.
including presents which might appear
to be personal property, on the ground
that no one could claim anything he
had during life as he had generously
provided for those bound to him by
ties of blood and affection. The report
published in the United States on the
authority of the Tribuna here to the
effect that the will had been opened
by Cardinal Oreglia and that it show
ed the pope had left private fortune
Of $15,000,000 was premature and was
retracted in later edition of the Trib-
una itself.
MfnAva n~AwwuaA liz R@xa