The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-23
BODY LIES In STATE
Many People Visit the Bier u
the Lamented Dead. v
Unconfrmed Reports Say tbs RsRs
Left All to the Church
of Rome.
HAD A LARGE FORTUNE

Rome, July 23-Today the body q
Leo XIII. lies in state in the bassiktsa
of st. Peters. Beginning at ssnxip
the people Of Rome and those q 81
nations now in the eternal city WIN
be admitted to pay their last farewell
Opportunity for this solemn eihuee
will end on Saturday.
Until O'Clock yesterday aftsrsrsn
the body of the dead pope lay in ~
throne room of the vatican, where thse
leaders of the diplomatic, clerical ssaa
civil world were allowed to pass thc
bier. The ceremonial last highs vAea
the body was conveyed from the thrs.s
room to st. Peters. was one Of the
most striking Of all obsequiss.
During the day the congregation q
cardinals met and decided to hold ~
oonclave under the identical regHlaS-
tions which obtained ut the conceive
which elected Leo
DIR. Lapponi, in the course Of II
day presented to Cardinal Orsgiis .
report Of the autopsy. This showed
that there was no sign of cancer in ths
pope's body.
Several hours before shutdown 81
Peters was cleared of idle crowaA
The massive doors were closed and ~
throng of sightseers was pushed hask
to the foot of the great flight Of ar
cular stone steps. Half . HURRIED
carpenters hastily constructed . sssse
fence, five feet high to resist tie g.
croachments of the crowds which wuD
expected today and the two folIsw-
ing days. The fence extends dirsseAg
across the colonnade, and in it are to
narrow entrances which will give rsaAy
means of controlling the ingress -
egress of the throngs.
The will of the late pope u still -
opened, as proved BY the fact thss hs
apartment is closed. Otherwiss ~
objects there would have been dislzit-
buted in accordance with instrusfis0
left by. him. Leo's intimAtes ~.
however, they know that tho esAn-
ment begins with advice about rsli9psa
and morals and that IL declarss IL
firm intention to leave all he posss8
ed to the church. These bequssls il
clude presents which might appear -
be personal property on the Grsuna
that no one could claim anything ~
had during his life. as he had Esa.s-
ously provided for those bound 70 ksa
by ties of blood and affection IL
report published in the United SknAss
on the authority of the Rome ffiAa-
mia to the effect that the will haA lAa
opened by CARDINAL Oregiis anA ~
it showed that the pope had left . ~
vote fortune of $15, O00,0 600 w. Rrs-
mature and was retracted in . kox
deition Of the Tritunia itself.
The pope's will, leaving his s.kas
wealth to the Church of Rome, proved
a bitter blow to the authors q ~
malicious stories that the peasif
amassed large fortune for his tAsss
nephews. While the pope lived -
frequently said his relatives were a.
ready fully provided for. Uneoaazn-
ed reports say Cardinal Oregita -
severely reprimanded Cardinal Glib
bons for starting from America hsGsss
the pope's death. Very little oreAssss
in placed in the story, however. EusA
a reprimsnd would apply equally -
Cardinal Moran, archbishop of SGD
ney, who also left Australia hsGus
the pope's death, but who oau po2 e.
rive In time for the conclave. In visv
Of Cardinal Gibbons important saaH,s
o. sole representative Of the Uaiasa
States in the conclave il 10 saiA -
Cardinal !" eglis would hardly laes =
offend him.