Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
LAST Tributes Of LONE.
Thousands Visit the Basilica of st.
Peters, at Rome, to View the
Remains of Leo.
ROYAL TROOPS GUARD SACRED EDIFIcE.
They Were Even Stationed Within
the Basilica when the Crush He
came Too Great For the Papal
Guards to Handle-An Event OF
Peculiar Significance.

came Too Great For the Papal
Guards TO Handle-An Event OF
Peculiar Significance.
Rome, July 23.-From sunrise until
sunset to-day thousands passed be-
fore the body of Leo Mi. lying in
state in the basilica of St. Peters. 1t
was originally intended that this op
portunity publicly to view the remains
should extend through three days, but
tonight it is learned that the time
is likely to be curtailed, and that the
funeral may occur Friday instead of
Saturday night owing to the evidences
that decomposition is setting in. This
is due to to-day's severe heat from
which 10 embalming, however per
feet, could completely protect the
body.
The prevailing impression of those
who passed before the iron gates OF
the chapel of the Sacrament to view
the remains was one of intense pity,
combined with a certain sense OF
horror. The body was tilted up on
the catafalque in order that all might
see the terribly-shrunken face. An
ordinary skull in a frame of gold ly-
ing in the midst of a mass of red
robes could scarcely have been more
typical of death.
Panic Threatened.
Except at sunrise, when the crush
threatened a panic, all those who
wished it had an opportunity of en-
tering st. Peters. During the day
many of those who passed in stopped
before the catafalque to say a hurried
prayer.
An important political factor was
introduced into the ceremony by the
entrance into st. Peters of Italian sol
diers, who remained there throughout
the day to preserve order. Their pres
ence there in such a capacity, un
precedented in the history of modern
Italy, is important as an indication OF
better relations between the govern
ment and the vatican, as it was by the
consent, if not by the desire of the
vatican authorities that they EN-
ployed the troops of the quirinal in
papal territory.
Another feature which is causing
comment along the same lines is the
fact that Cardinal Orelegia in %receiv-
ing a group of the city fathers of
Rome, who represent the clerical
party, charged them to thank
also their liberal colleagues for
the manifestations of sympathy
which they showed during the
illness of the pope. The cardi-
nal, continuing his conversation, in.
dicated special satisfaction over sim
liar manifestations coming from sew
eral constituted bodies of the king
dom of Italy, such as communal coun'
ellis and provincial Populations, in
Guiding that of Rome, which is pre-
sided over by Prince Falice Borghese
ut is an expected tribute" ex
claimed the cardinal. (which no n
would have imagined % years ago.
After the will of Leo Mi. had beer
opened, it was the intention of the
cardinals to maintain the strictest Sc
crecy concerning its contents, but it
is learned that it comprises sc sheets
in the handwriting of the late pope,
except some additions evidently made
in his later years when the pope
found considerable difficulty in writ
ing, owing to the trembling of his
hand, which was so pronounced be
fore his death that he was obliged
to hold his right hand with his left
when he made his signature. The
earlier portions of the testament in
clude the recommendation which the
t~estator addressed to his executors,
Cardinals Rampolla, Mocenni and Gre
toni, on the best way to continue the
religious impulse given to the church
as well as the policy followed by the
holly see during later years.
Left All to the Church.
The document then enumerates all
the property which Leo possessed, and
provides that it shall all go to his
successor for the benefit of the
church, including even the presents
which might perhaps be considered
personal rather than gifts to the pom
tiff, as such. The money which the
pope left is in a closed safe in his
bedroom, the keys having been given
to different persons mentioned in the
will.
To the members of his family the
pope left a present for each, to be
chosen from the valuable objects il
his apartment, and similar gifts were
bequeathed to his doctors. All the
land purchased and buildings erected
for institutions personally founded by
Leo are put in the name of the holy
see to avoid possible claims from rel
atives, as the pope probably remem
bered that some time after the dealt
of Plus TX, the l~atter's nephews in
stituted a suit against the churcl
claiming $4,000 francs as their porto,
Of his estate.
to Secretary Hay.
Washington, July 24.-The state de
partment has received the followin!
response to Secretary Hays messag
Of coincidence on the occasion O
the pope's death:
Rome, July 23.-I have not faile
to convey to the sacred college tn
sympathy expressed by you in tn