The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-08-27
POPE Plus X is
BURIED At SUNSET
GREAT 6AsILIcA AT ST. PETERS
WAS IN sEMI-DARkNEss DUR
ING SERVICE.
POOR OF ROME TO BENEFIT
Mioerere, Sung at Services, Has a
Melancholy Effect on the Thou
sands in Attendance.

Rome.-The entombment OF Pope
Plus X. took place at sunset. The
great basilica of St. Peters was in
semi-darkness. A tlickering light came
from the perpetually burning tapers
about the Shrine of the Apostles and
the candles in the chapel where the
catafalque stood. Those who witness
ed the cermony, numbering about
LOCO, came by special invitation, and
included the diplomatic representatives
accredited to the Holy See, the pre-
lates and members of the Roman aris-
tocracy.
The procession formed in the Chapel
OF the Blessed Sacrament, where for
hours the body of Pous X lay in state.
The catafalque was surmounted by the
triple crown and the body of the Pope
was clad in the pontifical robes and
surrounded by the emblems of his sa-
cred office. During the course of the
day many thousands of persons passed
by the bier
The bier was removed and placed on
a low platform on wheels. At the gates
of the chapel the archpriest of the
basilica, in violet robes and surround
ed by the chapter, joined the process
sion. First came jeweled cross held
aloft, then the cardinals and high pre-,
lates, each carrying a candle. In tie
/ center of the procession was the bier,
the cortage passing amid the kneeling
crowd, while through the vast and
silent church was heard the Miserere,
sung by the Sistine choir.
The solemn cortege marched into the
crypt, where the body of Plus X will
have its final resting place. Here the
roof is very low, and the Miserere had
peculiarly weird and melancholy
effect The tomb of the late pontiff
is on the right at the entrance to the
subterranean chapel, close to that of
several other popes. At this point sew
eral ancient marble tablets were re-
moved to make room for the tomb of
Plus, which, while partly within the
wall, also projects into the passage.
The body of the pontiff lies in a
cypress wooden cotfin on which rests
a gold cross. This is incased in zinc
and finally in an oak casket. On the
casket is the inscription: Here Lies
the Body of Plus X. Born June 2, 1885.
Died August 20, 1914"
The coffin was placed within the
tomb, while Cardinal Della Volpe re-
cited prayers for the dead, accom-
panied by all present, kneeling. A
monument to Plus X will be erected
in the crypt.
The congregation of the cardinals
net for the second time Cardinal
Della Volpe presided. Among other
matters dealt with was the question OF
the holding of the conclave for the Sc.
lection of the new pope.
Two opinions Numerically opposed,
were offered. One was that owing to
the perturbed condition of the world,
the election must be hastered and that
the conclave should begin its work
August 81. The other maintained the
advisability of delaying the conclave
in order that all the cardinals might
have an opportunity to reach Rome.
Cardinal Merry Del Val, papal secre-
tary of state, is so grief-strlcken over
the death of the Pope that he scarcely
can attend to his official business. The
appreciative praise OF him in the
ISOLATION. Cardinal Della Vope has in.
struLted the commanders of the papal
and other armed bodies to guard every
corner CT the vatican to prevent any
incident which might disturb the work
Of the cardinals, especially during the
conclave.
Monsignor CALI, director of the gen.
eral vatican museums, took a death
mask of Plus X. The congregation of
cardinals has decided to issue a spe-
cial medal commemorative of the in
terregnum. The cardinals also have
selected Monsignor CALI to deliver the
funeral grafton, eulogizing the late
Pope before the Sacred college. 1t is
announced that the Pope left con-
siderable sum of money to be distrib-
uted among the poor of Rome. The
sisters of the Pope will leave Rome
and live hereafter at Riese. They are
to receive $50 month. which was the
Pope's wish, and this will be sufficient
for their needs at Riese.