Evening star., 1914-08-23
BODY Of POPEP|US
|SPLACED IN TOMB
Solemn Cortege Passes
Through KneeIing Thou
sands to Crypt.
DELLA VOLPE RECITES
PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD
Cardinals Consider Plans for Holding
Conclave to Select Successor
to Papal Throne.

| ROME. August 22.-The entombment
OF the late Pope Plus x took place this
evening at sunset. The great basilica
OF St. Peters was in semi-darkness. A
fiickering light came from the per-
petually burning tapers above the
shrine of the apostles and the candles
in the chapel where the catafalque
stood.
Those who witnessed the ceremony,
numbering about 1000. came by spe-
cfal invitation and included the diplo-
matte representatives accredited to the
holy see. the prelates and members Of
the Roman aristocracy.
The procession formed in the Chapel
Of the Blessed Sacrament. where for
hours the body of Plus 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
sacred office. During the course Of the
day many thousands Of persons passed
by the bier.
This evening the bier was removed
and placed on a low platform on
wheels. At the gates of the chapel the
arch-priest of the basilica, in violet
Joined the procession. First came a
Jeweled cross held aloft, then the cardi-
nails and high prelates, each carrying a
candle. In the center of the process
sion was the bier. the cortege passing
the vast and silent church was heard
the miserere. sung by the Sistne choir.
The solemn cortege marched into the
crypt, where the body of Plus x will
have its final resting place. Here the
peculiarly weird and melancholy ef-
feet. The tomb of the late pontiff is
right at the entrance to the subter-
ranean chapel close to that Of several
other Popes. At this point several an
cient marble tablets were removed to
make room for the tomb Of Plus, which
while partly within the wall, also pro-
1ects into the passage.
Body Is Entombed.
The body Of the pontifr lies in
cypress wood coffin. on which rests a
gold cross. This is encased 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 Au-
gust 20. 1914
The coffin was placed within the tomb
while Cardinal Della Volpe recited pray
ers for the dead, accompanied by all
present kneeling.
A monument to Plus x will be erected
in the crypt.
The body Of the Pope lay all day In
the chapel Of the blessed sacrament in
St. Peters. The doors Of the great
church were opened and the faithful re-
sumed their pilgrimages to the bier. The
troops were withdrawn from the square
Of st. Peters this afternoon.
The Tribuna today says that the ap-
yryilI mt k,A aY1f< tpk<,
a German party and a French party.
Rather will it have the religious dis
cretion OF the papacy. Plus x having
put politics aside
right, whose cand date for the papacy
will be Cardinal de Lai, supported by
Cardinal Billot. Cardinal Merry del Val,
Cardinal Dubillard and Cardinal Sedin.
The party Of the deft will have modern
tendencies. Its candidates will be Cardi-
mails Gasparri. Mam and Ferrari. support
ed by Cardinals Agliardi. leila Ch.esa,
Annette and Bourne. together with the
Germans and the Austrians.
viii have as Candidates @ Cardinals linz seHser Fer.
Gotti
The Tribuna expresses the idea that
the chances favor Cardinal Ferrata, one
of the candidates of the center.
Cardinals Hold Meeting.
The congregation Of the cardinals met
for the second time this morning. Car
dinal Della Vo,pe presided. Among other
matters dealt with was the question Of
the holding Of the conclave for the cleo
ton of the new Pope.
Two opinions, diametrically opposed,
were offered. One was that, owing to
the perturbed condition Of the world. the
election must be hastened and that the
conclave should begin its work August
81. The other maintained the advisable
ity of delaying the conclave in order that
all the cardinals might have an Oppor-
| tunity to reach Rome
An imposing funeral mass was cele-
brated today at st. Peters. in the chapel
facing that in which the body Of the
| late Pope lies In state, by Mgr. Cep-
petelli. patriarch Of Constantinople. This
was the first Of series of masses to be
celebrated at st. Peters daily until Au-
| gust 81.
Cardinal Merry del Val. papal secre-
tary of state. is SO grief-stricken over the
death of the Pope that he scarcely can
| attend to his official business. The ap-
preciative praise Of him in the Pope's
testament has been a great consolation.
Cardinal Della Volpe has instructed
the commanders Of the papa1 and other
armed buildings to guard every corner
of the Vatican to prevent any incl
dent which might disturb the work
of the cardinals, especially during the
| conclave
Mgr. CALI. director Of the general
| Vatican museums. took a death ma k
of Plus X today. The congregation of
cardinals has decided to issue a spe-
| cial medal commemorative of the in
| terregnum. The cardinals also have
selected Mgr. Cali to deliver the funeral
(. declaration, eulcgizing the late Pope, be-
| fore the sacred college.
1t is announced that the Pope left a
| considerable sum Of money to be dis
| trbuted among the poor of Rome The
| sisters Of the Pope will leave Rome and