The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21

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Special Gable Despatch 10 THn son.
ROME, July 20.-Cardinal Agliardi cele-
brated a solemn requiem mass In the Slstino
Chapel to-day for the repose Of the soul Of
Pope Leo XIII. Pope Plus X. surrounded
by all the members OF the Sacred College.
attended and gave his blessing at the
c~atafalque. ... '
II was believed until recently that this
anniversary of Pope Leo's death would be
celebrated in the Basilioa Of st. John Lat
eran, the body being removed from st.
Peters and solemnly entombed there.
Plus X. however. ordained otherwise.
though all preparations for the removal Of
the body had been made. The Pope is
determined that the removal shall be made
with the utmost secrecy and has reserved
to himself the right to name the, day and
hour at which 1t shall take place.
Many newspaper men spent Friday night
in st. Peters Square, as IL was rumored
that the body would be carried. to st. John
Lateran during the early hours Of the morn
ing. Several windows Of the Vatican were
kept alight during the whole night, In
the early hours Of the morning q wagon
covered with ~tarpaulin and drawn by mules
left the Vatican in a mysterious manner.
The journalists, believing that II carried
the body of the late Pope, hastened 20 teie-
graph the news, but the dispatches were
stopped by the censorship.
Afterward il was discovered that the
wagon was loaded with the luggage OF
Cardinal Merry del Val. who is on his way
to Gastel Gandolfo. The lights 10 the
Vatican were due to the preparations for
Saturdays function in the Sistine Chapel.
Cardinal Satolli assured the correspond
emit Of The Sun hat the removal of the
Pope's body will not take place within
three days.
The Pope looked i'll during this mornings
requium. He appeared to be sad and listles
but il is~ announced that he has no symptoms
Of illness. He is grieving over the recent
death Of a brother-in-law.
The to Pope Leo which is to.
be erected at st. John Lateran will shortly
be delivered by the sculptor Tadelini TO
the commission Of Cardinals at whose ex-
pense it is TO he erected. o.
The Princesse Rospigliosi has returned 20
her palace at Rome. Her ACCOMPLISHMENT
is expected shortly. The Princess. who was
divorced from her former husband. Mr..
Parkman of San Francisco. is not very pop.
ular in Roman society. especially the black.
or Vatican, set probably owing TO the fact
that her marriage with the Prince has never
! been recognized by the Church. Accord
ing to Roman gossip, the Princess was
only married civilly. Such a marriage is
valid in law but is not recognized by the
Church.
Several attempts have been made by
friends Of Prince Rospigliosi. who are
on~l,,oI y,,,b c~oot ;,A,,anoa a . tha Va firo m
to persuade the Pope to allow a religious
marriage to be performed. but as this is
only possible in case the former marriage
of the Princess is annulled. for which there
seems 70 be no ground. the Pope has been
obdurate. The Princess gave birth to a girl
two years ago. II is earnestly hoped that
the coming baby will be a boy. lest the
Rospigliosi family should become %extinct
In the event Of a boy being born another
attempt will be made to have the marriage
recognized by the Church. but the,result is
very doubtful.
Count Pietromarchi, a prominent member
Of Roman society. died Of consumption this
week at the age of 81. He was one Of the
Papal Noble Guards, but ~frequented both
the White or Quirinal, and the Black, or Vati-
can, sets n was a great favorite with MIR.
Myers. the former Ambassador to Italy,
and Mrs. Myers. Evidently " wishing to
reciprocate their hospitality, he enter
tanned Mrs. Myers at tn one day at the
Vatican. where he was on duty. The Pope
on hearing of this said that as the apostolic
constitutions prevented him from enter
| tanning his own sisters at the Vatican he
failed to see how a member Of the. Noble
Guard could use the Vatican for any such
purpose. the more 80 as members Of the
diplomatic body accredited to the Qui-inal
and their wives we're not supposed to enter
the Vatican, much less to receive the
hospitality of its officials. The Count
accordingly was severely reprimanded and
sentenced to q months arrest. The Vatican
was probably not very we'll guarded. as
he mana ged TO leave ana go 30 Spain IN
J Ambassador Mycrs's automobile. C~nfort-
unately the car, had "A collision. and the
result was that all the names Of tho parties
were published in the papers. The Count
was then suspended for two years, at the
| end Of which time. despite the interccssion
of Cardinals and friends and Mr.. Myers
he was dismissed. permission TO resign
being refused.
Mgr. Kennedy, rector Of the American
| College, and all the students. who now
number more thar $50. left Rome last Mon
day to spend their holidays at the Castcl
Gandolfo.
q. W. Brock. director of the American
Academy, will spend the entire summer
in Rome experimenting the erection Of
the new building on the plot to which the
/. academy has been transferred. The acad-
| envy was inaug,Uated last spring.
! The Republic OF San Marine, the smallest
State in the world. has grown very demo-
/. cratic since the Liberal party succeeded
in participating in the election Of two Magis-
trates or captains who represent the Chief
Executive. Drastic changes have been
made in the Constitution. such as the aboli-
ton Of superior ranks in the republican
| army, which numbers about seventy per-
sons all told. The commander in -chief will
in future be a Captain and not a General,
while Colonies, Majors and Brigadiers will
henceforth he unknown.
The citizens are well satisfied with this
democratic move. but another reform has
proved unsatisfactory. In conformity
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