The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
Burial Will Follow Solemn Ger
emonies Which Will Last
Through Nine Days
Cardinals Conclave
Meets on I enth Day
Every Effort Being Made to
Obtain Presence of Foreign
Dignitaries for Election of
Successor
CuCCeSs

Rome. Aug 2o--The solemn cere-
monies. which will end ten days hence
with the burial OF the body Of Pope
Plus \ and the assem- bling of the
conclave of cardinals to choose his
successor began this evening at
o'clock. just twenty-four hours after
his death.
At that time the Franciscan con
fessors." who had remained praying
a. the bedside continuously since his
death, reverently carried the body to
another chamber of the Vatican. I
where the pontiflcal physician made
ready to remove the viscera. hich, |
enclosed in Il plain terra Gotta urn.
VIII repose under the high altar or
81. Peters. where repose the remains
Of 81 Peter himself Thereafter the |
body viii be embalIned and attired by
the FranciaCans. as IL Will be seen
by the thousands who will do rever-
ence before 1t in the great cathedral 4
in the DAYS to come There VII. De
white lace cassock with a white SASH
over which VIII be the red cape trim
med with ermine. Upon the feet will
he the red papal shoes and on the
head the red papal cap. Later Will
ba added the full pontifical robes ana
en1blerns Of office. the gloves ring
and mitre Of gold,
Rome a Stricken city.
Rome today, ecclesiastical and secu-
lar, was stricken city. Never since
the DAYS Of the Sc pa ration OF govern
ment and church was there manifest
more genuine sorrow over the death
NJ the head of the Church. The
newspapers appeared edged in black
and devoted entirely 20 the life ana
death OF him whom they called the
peasant pope" the churchman OF
the humble people His last words,
his blessing Of Italy and the ltailah
people, his praise Of the neutrality
maintained bv the government, MS
PRAYER that she may escape the raw
ages of war, are all displayed promi-
nentlv, while there is little or no
mention for the day Of the war itself,
which fastened his death.
The great square of ST. Peters mas
been filled since earliest morning py
throngs Of people, praying. the noble
and pea ga mt kneeiing side by side. IN
aH churches and chapels there are
masses almost continuously and sym
bols Of mourning. The devout kneei
before shrines everywhere
Masses and Prayers.
Inside the Vatican. in the Sistine
chapel in the private chapel and ora
tories, there ore masses and prayers.
and surrounding the chamber OF
grief softened by religious devotion.
The chamber has been shrine TOT
the great dsgnitaries of the Church
since early morning. To II have come
the princes of the Church, humbly
TO pray with the humbiest of the
confessors kneeling at the bed
II is now known that the pope died
around O'Clock last evening moon
New York tirne> The death was
announced at / :20.this morning, seven
hours later.
It was shortly after O'Clock that
DR. Marchiafava, the faithful per-
sona1 physician Of His Holiness sign
I ed to his colleague. DR., Amici. who
nodded whispered word and the
doors which had remained tightly
closed as the physicians fought for
the life Of their patient, opened soft
w. There entered then Cardinal Mer-
rv Del Val, papal secretary OF state
Cardinal Bisieti. Cardinal Nanutelli,
the weeping sisters Of the pope. his
niece, Gida Parotin; his major domo.
Mgr. Bianchi: the secretaries. Mgrs-
Maicaitelu Bressan and Pescin. AS
they entered all kneit. the sisters and
the niece wept softly.
The Dying Moment
Their presence seemed to animate
the diving pontiff The brain appear
ed 10 clear and the cough, which had
racked his frame, ceased. He opened
his eyes and smiled. He attempted
10 hestow a blessing upon those in
the chamber, but he was too weak.
His hand moved nervousiy and his
lips almost mUtely completed the
task,
Life ebhed fast then, but It was
apparent that the brain was still
clear The eyes opened and rested
with peace and resignation upon the
moved again. and distinctly there
came the words of his motto, adopted
six days after his elevation: 'tTogeth-
err in one. all things in Christ me
eyes closed the lips murmured a
prayer; they were still DIR. Marchia-
fava. whose fingers had rested upon
the pulse OF his patient suddenly
arose and applied a stetoscope to the
heart He turned with despairing
gesture 10 Cardinal Merry Del Val.
knelt and kissed the hand of the
! pontiff 1T is the end" he said. "A
moment later the quiet OF the cham
her echoed the mournfui prayers for
the dead and the sohs of those who
had loved the great good man.
Nine-D Day Service.
The funeral services of the pope
will last through nine days, and the
exact details will be decided by the
sacred college
1t is an assured fact that the con-
clave of cardinals will meet on the
tenth day. Every effort is being
made to obtain the presence of the
foreign dignitaries. but II conditions
make II Impossible for them to arrive
in time there can be no delay A
majority of the cardinals can make a
selection. and with one-half of the
sixty-six in Italy. FIVE In Spain. two
in Portugal and one in Holland. there
is no doubt that a sufficient number
/ will be present