The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-31
WORLD MOURNS
AT BIER OF l LEI,
Ceremonies os Official Perioe
of Mourning Begin at Of
the Vatican.
PREPARE FOR coNcLAuEs
Cardinals Meet to Give Preliminary
Consideration to Arrangements for !,
Gathering Which Will Sc
Iect New Pope.

SaeneTAn9 winch VIII. Sc ssf
Iect New Pope.
Rome, July 2s-This morning began
the first Of those grandiose and unique
ceremonies which follow the demise Of.
a pope, and although private it was
conducted with great pomp and was
most impressive.
All the cardinals present in Rome,
numbering twenty-nine, assembled at
the Apostolic palace to view the re-l
mains of the late Leo XIII. and to off
Cially pronounce him dead. Cardinal
Oreglia, dean of the sacred colleges
and camerlengo of the Holy Romans
Catholic church, had to put aside his
cardinals robes, as a sign of deep
mourning, and was goWneG entirely in 4
violet The other cardinals wore Grim 4
son robes with violet collars, indfca- 1
tive of mourning.
Within the death chamber the body /
lay, with a white veil over the face on I
u bed surrounded by the Franciscan !
penitentiaries, while outside the noble
guards maintained a solemn vigil. The
profound silence was only broken by /
the chanting of prayers for the dead.
Into this solemn presence came the
mourning procession of cardinals, who,
kneeling, silently prayed. Then the pre-
slates reyerently looked on while Car.
dinal Oreglia approached the remains.
Recognition of Dsath.
For this mornings junction the
pope's bedroom was transformed into
a kind of mOrtuary chapel with an
altar at one end having in the center
o crucifix surrounded by six lighted
candles. -Four candles stood at the
bed corners. The white veil was then
removed from the dead mans face, re-
vealing the cameo-llke features OF the
departed pope, rendered sharper and
more transparent by death. So lifeiike
was the sody that those present half
expected Leo to raise his hand in the
familiar gesture of blessing:
A moment of breathless silence en-
ued then the Cardinal CamerlenRb,
Taking the aspercorium, 4sprinkled the
ate pontiff with holy water, and said
lin a firm voice, "Gioacchino,s Chris.
tian name of the deceased holy father.)
When there was no answer the same
word was repeated three. times: in
ouder and louder tones. After which,
turning to the kneeling cardi nAlss the
Samerlengo solemnly announced: PA
pa We're Mortuus est. (The pope really
IS dead.)
AS the words were uttered there
krose from the kneeling cardinals a
night, the tribute paid to the late pom
tiff by these princely heads ssof the
church. After this, in voices trembling
With emotion, the ranking cardinals
.ecited the De Profundis, gave abso-@
luton and sprinkled the body with holy.
water, -. IA
Removal of the Ring.
Following the ceremony OF recogni-
lion Of the death of the pope by the
Sacred college, came another, shorter
but no less significant and symbolic.
i3n Leo's finger was the. famous fish
| armans ring, which the camerlengo,,
fifth a whispered prayer. drew gently
DIFF, and which later Will be broken In
....e presence Of the cardinals, reset and
resented to the new pope, when he is
> ected. The ring is Of very great an
Equity. It Is even said to have be-
Ionged to ST. Peter himself. It is a.
stone Of little value cut with scenes of
st. Peter drawing in the fishing nets.
1t was first used about the year 1865,
but for secret documents 1T was. only
used later. Officially it was one of the
symbols Of the office most priced. yby
the church. Although lost two or
three times it has always been recov.
cred. fsE 81 !, \
Hundred OF offers have come from
italy and abroad from doctors. drug
gists and specialists, for embalming
the remains Of Pope Leo, but naturally
none has been accepted.
Cardinal Rampolla intended to leave
the vatican last night Immediately aft
ter the death of the pope when, having
officially announced the demise Of the
pontiff to the diplomatic body accred-
tied to the vatican, and to the papal
nuncios, with instructions to have the
news communicable the various for
eign powers, he considered his duties
as papal secretary of state ended.
oregIia Assumes Post.
Rampolla was on the point of leaving
when Cardinal Oreglia insistently
begged him to remain in the apartment
he had occupied over sixteen years
and the secretary Of state acceded to
the request. The vicar of Rome, Car
dinal Pietro Respighi, has caused to be-
attached to, the doors of the churches
the announcement of the death OF Pope
Leo, with instructions regarding pray
ers to be offered, also giving infornla-
ton about the funeral services. -
The government of the Catholic
church has been officially assumed by
Cardinal Oreglia as dean of the sacred
college and as dean Of the cardinal
bishops. He will be assisted by the
deans OF the other two orders of car
dinals, Cardinal Macchi of the car
dinal deacons, and Cardinal Rompolla
for the cardinal priests; the last, how
ever, merely as a substitute for Car
dina1 Metto, patriarch of Lisbon, who
when he arrives will take over his own
duties. lssS$
conelave Will ELECT Early.
The TTibuna today published an In
terview with Cardinal Syampa, a rch-
bishop of Bologna, who, the paper says
has quite recovered from his stroke OF
paralysis The cardinal is quoted as
saying:
believe that the .conclaVeg will be
very short. as We're theslast two, Az
the utmost, think it may take one
week, as there does not exist In tils
sacred college the marked political diff.
ferences of other times. Therefore /,
will be possi5lelto arrive at an under.
standing more easily and quick
The interviewer asked the cardina.
what he thought OF the polio Of Tho
future pope in regard to the so called
Roman question:
Svampa replied no one todayScar
say with certainty anything about it
But 1t must not be forgotten that VINO.
eyer is elected will bring something
personal into the attitude of the hoIy
SeeS riding this