The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-07-22
CONCLAVE SITS
FIRST OF AUGUST

Quoted with great pomp and was most
Impressive.
All the cardinals present in Rome,
numbering twenty-nine, assembled al
the Apostolic Palace to view the re-
ms ins of the late Leo XIII and to Of
lficially pronounce him dead.
Cardinal Orglia, dean of the Sacred
College and Camedlingo of the Holy
Roman Catholic church, had to put
aside his cardinals robes as a sign of
deep mourning.
He was then gowned entirely in
violet.
The other cardinals wore crimson
robes with violet collars. indicative of
mourning
Within the death chamber the body
| lay with wn1te veil over the face,
on the bed, surrounded by Franciscan
lpenitentiaries, while outside the No
BILE Guard maintained a solemn vigil
The profound silence was only brok-
en- by the chanting of prayers for tn
dead.
Into this solemn presence came a
mourning procession of cardinals,
who. kneeling. silently nraved.
Then the prelates reverently looked
OF while Cardinal oreglia approached
the remains.
| For this mornings function the
Popes bedroom had been transformed
into kind of mortuary chapel with
the altar at one end. having in the
center a cricifix surrounded by six
lighted candles.
-Four candles stood at the bed cor
ners.
| The white veil was then removed
from the dead mans face. revealing
the cameo-like features OF the depart
led Pope, rendered sharper and more
transparent by death So lifelike was
the body that those present half ex-
pected Leo to raise his hand in the
familiar gesture of blessing.
A moment of breathless silence en-
sued and then the Cardinal Gamer
lingo, taking the aspedsorium, sprink-
lied the late Pontiff with holy water,
and said in a firm voice "Gioacchino,'
the Christian name of the deceased
Holy Father.
When there was no answer the same
WORD was repeated three times loud
Ter and louder. after which. turning tc
the kneeling cardinals. the Camerlin-
Igo solemnly announced:
Papa We're Mortuus est."-the Pope
lis really dead.
AS the words were uttered there
Irose from the kneeling cardinals q
Is.gh--a tribute paid to the late Pom
tiff by these princely heads of the
church.
After this, in voices trembling with
emotion, the ranking cardinals recitef
the de profundis. gave absolution and
,sprinkled the body with holy water.
Following the ceremony of the rec
ognition of the death CT the Pope by
THE Sacred College. came anothere
shorter, but no less significant and
symbolic.
On Leo's finger was the famous
fssherman's ring, which the Camerlin-
go. with a whispered prayer, drew
gently off and which. later. will be
broken in the presence of the cardin-
ais, reset and presented to the new
IPope VIXEN he is elected.
The ring is of very great antiquity
1t is even said to have belonged to St
Peter himself 1t is stone of little
value, cut with the scene of st. Peter
drawing in fishing nets. 1t was first
used about the year 1865. but for Sc
lcret documents 1t was only used later
ICfficially it is one of the symbols OF
Office. most priced by the church. Al
though lost two or three times 1t has
always been recovered.
Hundreds Of offers have come from
IItaiv and abroad from doctors. drug
gists and snecialists for the embalm'
Iina OF the remains of Pope Leo, but
naturally, not one Of them has been
accepted.