The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
The Worlds Farewell to the Great
and Good fSpe Was Said
at Midday.
About $4,000 People Have Passed
the Catafalque Since Thurs
day Morning.
The College of Cardinals Received
the Diplomatic Body
To-day. ,,gL

Rome, July 25.-On the stroke Of mid
day, as the noon gun from the castle Of
st. Angelo was fired, the lying In state
of the body of Pope Leo XIII. came
quietly to an end, and those few who still
fingered at the gates of the chapel OF the
sacrament in st. Peters were ordered to
leave, and some two or three hundred
persons, including Cardinal Goossens,
who arrived from Mechlin just in time,
passed slowly out Of ST. Peters into the
sunlit piazza, and the worlds last fare
well to the great pope was over.
Ten minutes later Italian infantry and
RendarmeS poured out of the basilica
and lined up on the steps in imposing ar
ray. The outer gates We're then closed
and the body of the late pope was left to
the tender care of those who had
watched by Leo XIII. in his lifetime.
The preparations for this evenings in
terment were Immediately commenced
While the bells of the basilica rang out
Eheir daily melodious noon chorus, the
troops formed in column and were
marched to the barracks. Their historic
incursion into the vatican territory ended
without the slightest friction. 1t is es-
timated that $4,000 people passed the
catafalque since Thursday morning.
The last funeral mass in st. Peters
was celebrated this morning in the chapel
of the choir by Mgr. Panicy, canon Of
the vatican basilica. At the same time
funeral masses were celebrated in most
of the churches of Rome.
Reception of the Diplomatic Body.
The most imposing ceremony today
was the reception by the sacred college
in the hall of the consistory of the whole
diplomatic bod yaccredted ythe .vati-
can. All the diplomats wore gorgeous
uniforms, and the cardinals had on their
magnificent violet robes and were seated
in huge armchairs, according to their
right of precedence.
The Portuguese minister, M. Martins
D'Antas dean Of the diplomatic corps,
was at the head Of the body. He adj
vanced and delivered an address in
French, expressing the sorrow of all the
powers at the death Of Pope Leo, who
had acquired the universal esteem of the
world.
Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the college
Of cardinals, rose and answered in Ital-
ian. He thanked the diplomats in the
name of the sacred college for the part
all the governments had taken in the
movement of the church. He eulogized
Pope Leo and his work during his long.
pOntificate and ended with expressing the
hope that God will suggest to the sa-
cred college a worthy successor to Leo
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After this the members of the diplo-
IudliC DOuy hlSSeu Tic IldHuS Oh I'LL the
cardinals, and especially congratulated
Cardinal Oreglia on the sentiments he
had expressed.
Requiem Mass at Berlin.
Berlin, July pa requiem mass for
the repose of the soul of Pope Leo was
celebrated in the Roman Catholic church
of st. HenWig this morning. Emperor
William was represented by the heredi-
tary prince Of Hohenzollern and the en-
press by her chief court chamberlain.
Chancellor Won Buelow was represented
by the chancellor of the privy council
and all the imperial and Prussan min
listers In Berlin, the diplomatic corps and
representatives. Of the municipalities
were present.
A Rush of Humanity.
During the early hours the piazza of
st. Peters was not 50 crowded with per-
sons DESTROYS of viewing the body of Pope
Leo as on the two preceding days; but
when 1t became known that the OppOrtu-
nifty would cease at noon, those who had
been waiting until the last moment hur-
ried to the cathedral. This rush produced
a heaving, struggling group of humanity
which the police had some difficulty in
handling. 1t having been remarked that
the whole scene Of the lying in state was
wanting in light, those passing carelessly
not being able to see the pope, the author
tiles Of the vatican added this morning to
the pickering candles a line of electric
globes, fixed over the gates Of the chapel
of the sacrament, the rays falling directly
on the face and Illuminated it with great
clearness. The body will be buried at
sunset this evening.
New Cardinals Arrive.
Almost all the cabinet ministers Wis
tied st. Peters to-day. Each train brings
new cardinals. During the night came
"a rob of A,,t,,
and Cardinal Herrera Espinosa, Arch
bishop of Valencia.
Cardinal Etalina, Cardinal Goossens
Archbishop of Mechlin, and Cardinal
Grusca, Archbishop Of Vienna, arrived
this morning. The latter received before
his departure from Vienna, instructions
from the Austrian government concern
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