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POPE Plus X. IS CROWNED
10000 Persons Witness Ceremony
in the BasiIica Of St. Peters.
MANY FAME IN TERRIFIC CRUSH

TIE PontlH Almost, OSorcoN0 W ShO -
tiguins Five-Hour Ceremony - Crest
Throns Acclairns tho New Pope IN
Spite of the Notices Forbidding APP
plsuse-stifing Heat in Rome. ~
Rome. - Before princes. diplomatss
Roman mobiles and 10000 plain CITE
zens Of Rome the coronation Of Pope
Plus z. took place in the Basilica OF
st. Peters. The ceremonies covered
FIVE hours, and at the end the Pope
was fatigued and almost unable to
raise his hand in blessing the multi
tude that did him honor.
Early in the morning the Cardinals
assembled in the Sistine chapel to /
bow in alteration before the new SUI
preme Pontiff. Then they fc--ned- in
procession and conducted His Holiness
to the Basilica Of st. Peter.
The far-famed Sistine choir led the
way. 1t was cortege in which the
order of procedure was reversed. 1m-s
mediately following the choir were the
junior clergy Of Rome, and after tnem
the bishops, archbishops, Cafdinals
and finally the head of the church.
The Papal Guard and the Noble
Guard surrounded the moving line,
while the chief officers acted as spe-
cial escort for the Pope. rs
The procession moved up the centre
aisle Of the huge cathedral, and came
to a halt before the chapel Of the Most
. uoly Trinity. Here the Pope adoren
the Host, then moved onward with his
attendants to the high altar. On the
east side the procession halted again.
and, escorted by the Cardinals, he ems
tered small space rallied or from the
rest of the altar. y s. W.;
There was 4 moment Of compkfe,
most impressive silence as the Pope
advanced to- the front Of the altar and
kneeling on the lowest step engaged I'M
prayer. while every head in the vast
audience was bowed.
Then he mounted to the centre OF the
altar and seated himself before 1t. The
Cardinals advanced, this time In the
order Of precedence. and again adored
him. Kneeling down they kissed the
Pope's slipper. then his hand and re-
ceiyed from His Holinessean embrac6s
in return. AZ
After the Cardinals had returned to-.
their places the Pope rose and stretch-
ing forth his hand gave to the. peopies
in the cathedral his blessing. This
ended the ceremony Of the ecnsecras
ton, and His Holiness left the cathes
dral in the same manner as hc had enT:
tered. sss
The ceremony Of the coronation was.
If possible, on an even grander scale.
than the conservation. Il
The Pope entered the chrI Oh ia fult
state, and Immediately upon his ar.
rival began the celebration OF r1ass.
While it was being said the Cardinal
Deacon approached His Holiness and
placed upon his shoulders the Pontifs
cal mantle, saying the following pray
er as he did so: ,57
Receive the Holy Mantle. the pienss
titude Of the Pontiical Offices, to the
honor of Almighty GOO, and OF the
most glorious Virgin Mary, His mother
and Of the blessed apostles, Peter and
Paul, and of the Holy Roman Church,
The choir then sang -"Esse Sacetdos3
Magnus," while the Pope marched
slowly to the balcony over the princt5
pal entrance Of the cathedral. Here;
in full view OF the great throng assent,
bled in the street below, the Pontlneai
mantle was removed and the Cardinal
Dean placed on the Pope's head the
pontifical crown, as he did so praying
aloud:
Receive the tiara adorned with
three crowhs, and know that thou af3
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governor Of the world, on earth the VIZ
car Of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, to
whom is honor and glory for ever and
ever" g IS
The Pope then epded the ceremony
by making two prayers, In blessing the
people below. g
Fully 10000 persons thronged ST.
Peters square when the P"r e. made 4
his appearance later on the balcony
and blessed the people. The enthu-
shsm was tremendous.
Thousands of people remained OUT
side of St. Peters all night so that
they might be in advantageous posi-
tions during the ceremony this morn.
ing. ~,
Notices were posted on every hand
instructing the crowd to keep perfect
silence when the Pope made his ap-
pearance, but this command was disre-
garded. AS soon as His Holiness ap-
peared on the balcony shout after
shout went up, nor did the people cease
from shouting until His Holiness No.
toned for them to keep silence, so that 5
be might give them his blessing. 1
The heat was terrific, and hundreds
Of people tainted, while number OF
sunstrokes were reported.
Pope Plus went through the trying
ordeal admirably. but few minutes
after the conclusion of the ceremony
he broke down and would have tainted !.
had not Cardinal Rampolla come to his :
assistance with bottle of smelling
salts. - -
Dropped Revolver on the Floor. 80
Mrs. Van Wagner. wife Of Martin
Van Wagner. one of Sheriff Franklin Z