Putnam patriot., 1914-08-28
Hp NERAL 0 lE pIUS <. H n66eDi and Ceremony H ~. Sd Fifteen Minutes
 sT IN 400 YEARS
rr,rI xp8cted Selection Will Be Made LEI jn september-Body Of Plus kcriptiok a Entonbed in st. Peters
 - l6r Viewed by Thousands.

Il 6z<6Neyer in 400 years has the A.,..s;ae. .Strs Of Pope been so simple as N9f Plus X. The ceremony oecu- fhe iWn6d only fifteen minutes Only Inv ope1 1t1dznats, cardinals. officials and a f 2 E Invited friends were present. ,yi& rho conclave of Cardinals to c,ts }eef successor to Pope Plus '. IT ''' Tho body of Pope Plus was enclosed F per fhr4e caskets and entombed in St nces <tr's with full ceremonies. for ritic' J&Nxn days there will be solemn ard < N1b0rnte masses.
 /any Fifth the singing of psalms by the len the Vpel choir the late Pope's body was !. - ha,fs ssE from the chapel Of the sacra- sea1 | to the choir chapel and, after oou oeas ax wrapped in a red coyerlet, was supe red hrst in coffin of cypress I {h eli pd. Into this coffin as well was yom G 8ced, Recording to custom, purse IL if 1ed with gold, silver and copper 4fns Representing the number Of e&rn the Pointiff lived, and q metal lne' kyIInder containing q brief history ot Po.ding gshe Pope.
 ! fsf The cypress coffin was placed then h. one Of lead. which in turn was |2I pEaced In one of oak. The oak coffin n z3s fecorated with the cross and the |H cDat Of arms of the Pope and other jk yyFVpntfncal embiems.
 'zIIs - me. body rests in a niche to the - sA fgf the choir chapel. where Il |stAN ass 4l remain until the permanent tomb |SlH md prepared.
 |zis fla The holy conelave of Cardinals |EIl ,ins. elect a successor 10 Pope Plus \. sis aNiH convene on schedule time The annonncement vas made by Cardinal -n Nhamberlain Della Volpe. II is gen o erally believed that Inc Cardinals will io' be able to decide on a new Pope II ti Tn about four days. There have been from occasions when the Cardinals spent front weeks in casting fruitless ballots be- the fore choice was made. bs Twenty-three Cardinals met and #j arranged for the temporary govern f ment of the Church until a new Pope l is elected
 These Cardinals after taking the 0sth to maintain secrecy "even to di xhe shedding of blood" performed ia she traditional ceremony Of breaking iu 4hs fishermans ring. The rite was of mpt literally performed, however be- .itv go lse none of the Cardinals had the
 as ,eagth to break the ring, even 70, Eh hammer was employed Ac. WI corfng to the rules Of the Sacred IT College. the ring should be broken
 and then reset and presented to the
 new Pope. As this couldn't be done
 ii was scratched instead.
 The Pope's testament, It was learn
 ed provides for the maintenance of
 about forty children who were made orphans by the earthquake at Mes
 sina and Calabria in 1908.
 The death of the Pope has been
 announced officially to the municlpah
 " of Rome
 The Pope's sister Anna, who col
 1apsed after his death, is much bet
 ter
 The elimination of cardinals, so
 that the most probable candidates for
 the papacy might be listed. has been
 under consideration, It is hardly be-
 iieved possible that a foreign Pope
 will be chosen This removes 19
 cardinals from the candidacy; and
 1t is also considered unlikely that
 the pontlff would be chosen from
 among the cardinals more than 70
 years of age thus eliminating 20
 more. Finally there are five cardinal
 deacons, who, according to tradition.
 could never be elected. Thus the
 choice would lie among 16, some of
 whom are believed to be obviously
 out of the question, leaving Cardinals
 Ferrari, Ferrata, Nam Gasparri
 pompili, De Lai and possibly one or
 two others from whom to select.