The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-24
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Thousands View August
Dead in St. Peters.
CRUSH AT SUNRISE
THREATENED PANIC
Soldiers Are Required to Pre-
serve Order.
BEQUEATHS WEALTH
TO HIS SUCCESSOR
Cardinals Arriving from All Parts OF
the World, and Arrangements Be-
ing Perfected for the Holding
Of the Conclave-Cardi-
nal Svampa Pos
sibIe Successor.
lBy ASSOCIATED Press

(By Associated Press)
ROME. July 23.-From sunrise until
sunset to-day thousands passed pe1oFe
the body of Leo XIII. lying in state IN
the basilica Of St Peters. 1t was orisi-
nally intended that this opportunity puo-
lcly to view the remains should cStend
through three days, but tonight Nhe
Associated Press correspondent learns
that the time is likely to be cur.aileu, /,
and that the funeral may occur frldas
instead of Saturday night. owing 70 lhe s
evidences that decomposition Is setting IN.
,rhis is due TO to-day's severe heat, from
which no embalning. however peflec''
could completely protect the DndS'
The will Of the dead Pope was opened
al ,n-dav's meeting of the congregatloh
of cardinals. 1t consists of thlrty-slH
pa ges, in the Handwriting OF Leo ~ y,
and leaves all the property OF "hlch ne
died possessed to his successor, for the
use OF the church. To each memoer o.
his family he leaves present. " ps
cbosen from the valuable objects IN his
anartn,a,4 Similar presents are be-
ui,eathed to his physicians. The totai
amount OF property which he LETT IS not
yet known. rS
BODY TERRIBLY sHRuNsat-hN. Ms - !
THE nreyailng impression OF. those VINO
to-day passed before the iron gates o.
The Chapel of the Sacrament y YisM
the remains was one OF intense ply
combined with a certain sense OF ho,Ioi. ',1s
The body was tilted up on the catataigue
q oraer that all might sec the terribly
shrunken face An ordinary sknli ~ q
frame Of gold. lying in the MIDST OF a
mass Of red robes. could scarcely nave
heen more typical of death.
Excent at sunrise. when the crush
threatened a panic, all those VINO "lsneo nee
{, had an opportunity OF enteFine p p
Peters.
An important political factor was : ! MIRO 70
auced into the ceremony by the en-
..a,ra Sinto 81 Peters of Italian sol
d,ers Who remained there Throughout the the
aa,; Ia nreserye order. Their presence
there IN such capacity. unprecedehteo
In the history of modern Italy, Is I'm
nortant as an indication OF better reia era
fions between the government ana liie - :
Vatican. as It was by the consent -
not by the desire, of the Va.!can az az
ttorties that they to-da! ethpios p.,. 81 w
,roons Of the auirinal In papal teri1lors'
Another feature which Is causing com .
,,,a,,t aIonr the same lines Is the fact that
rardinal Oreglia, in receiving group OF OF
~. nitv fathers Of Rome. who represent
the clerical party, charged them 70 la! L'anA
also their liberal colleagues 1or me iilain, LII
festations of sympathy which tlies -, soM ~ ~
dtnaI continuing his conversation, lndi-
Gated special satisfaction over sImilar
,rsnifestations coming from several con :
.,;,mted bodies of the kingdom OF ltaiS'
such as communal councils and proNih-
cial deputations. including that O Eo,ie, T,,Iaa
which is presided over py fFlice : F't'S
Borghese. ,,,,,,,
4 t. &,,rn n ~
the cardinal. (Which no one would nave
imagined twenty-five years ago.
The most important matter before tne
meeting OF the congregation OF cardina i
was a proposition presented by Galu!lia
Oreglia to send a note to the dlplotna y.
body accredited TO me roy th Hee ~, nnwer. az.
purpose of representing 10 the PoweI:
the condition OF the papacy since the los.
OF its temporal power and the transfer
Of the capltal Of the Italian Government
to Rome From what leaks out II ap
rears that the proposition provoked con
siderable discussion. and that tatolnan -, !,
Steinhuber. Matthew and WIVES y TUT
favored the dispatch of a most energetl'
note concerning the question of reclaimini
the papal rights. Cardinals Agliard1 ant
serahno Vannutelli, on the contrary, ao
vocated a milder wording OF this doc
ument, which, they contended shouit
maintain the historical pretensions OF IN
/,
majority Of the congregation decided .
pursue middle course and entruste'
Cardinal Merry Del Val with the dut.
of drawing mp the document for snbmis'
sion to another meeting of the consrega
ton.
After the will of Leo XIII. had beel
| opened 1t was the intention OF the carol
nails to maintain the strictest secrecy con
cerning its contents. The earlier portions
of the testament include the recommends
tlon which the testator addressed to HI
executors, Cardinals Rampolla, Mocenn
and Cretoni, on the best way to continu'
the religious impulse given to the church
as we'll as the policy followed by the Hol!
See during the latter years,
| LEAVES WEALTH TO SUCCESSOR.
The document then enumerates all IN
| property which Leo possessed and pro
| vides that it shall all go to his succeSso
| for the benefit of the Church, including
even. the presents which might i pefhapP9s np9 2 2
the the Pontifr. as such. The money ,whic,l
| the Pope left is in a closed safe In hi
bed-room, the keys having been given :
All the land purchased and bulldipg;
erected for institutions personally found
| ed by Leo are put in the name OF th'
| Holy See to avoid possible claims fron
reatiyes. as the Pops pofhslpy ISL G reePeT t et Iof
tx. the lattel's nephews Instituted
suit against the Church, claiming flfteel
| Thousand francs as their portion Of hi
estate The VII ENDS rsd Gg groftbapg gn s fha
OF ST. John Lateran in the tomb. whic
he had already chosen;
AT $50 A, NJ, tA solemn pontifcal re
| QUEEN mass was celenrated IN ~ re
XiiIi The crowd was kept constantl
moving within the wooden barrier. bu
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