The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-08-25
SIMPLE RITES FOR
FUNERAL OF POPE
LACK OF SPlENDOR MARKS SER
VICES AT iNTERMENT OF
Plus <.
SISTER SUCCUMBS TO GRIEF
overcome at Bier of Her Brother,
Anna Sarto CoIlapses and Elk
pres-Oead Pontiff
Leaves $4,000

Rome, Aug. Z1.-The body of
Pope Plus X, who died peacefully
Thursday morning, has been laid in
state for thousands to view. The
Anna. Always she was at his bedside
pathos Of his passing has been ac-
centuated by the death or mis- sister,
in times of sickness and she was
kneeling near him when he breathed
his last The sister was assisted
from the room and collapsed soon
afterward. DR. Amici attended her,
but alarming symptoms developed.
with high fever. from which she did
not rally.
Around the vatican many gathered.
The great doors were half closed
and those who mourned spoke in
whispers. Within the vatican prep
arations were in progress for the
funeral ceremonies, which will be OF
simple nature, and for the holding
of the conclave for the election Of a
new pope.
Body Lies In State.
The cardinals visited the death
chamber, where they viewed the body
of the pope, which lay on a sloping
bier, covered with white cloth,
under a rich red canopy From 5 to
z o'clock the body lay in state in the
throne room, to which all classes
were admitted A great crowd, clad
in black, entered the throne room.
Leaves $4,000 to Family.
1t is reported that the pope left
nothing to his family, but shortly be-
fore his death he arranged for life
insurance to the amount of $40, 900
in favor of his surviving sisters.
Nothing else goes to his family The
will of the pope was read Thursday
in the presence of Cardinal Merry del
Val, but it has not been officially
made public.
Forget War in Grief.
All Rome was draped in mourning
on Thursday. Bells tolled constantly
and the crowds moved through the
streets, silently and sorrowfully.
The war was entirely forgotten The
newspapers, heavily edged in black,
printed no news of the great con-
f1ict which crushed the hear tof the
pontiff. Italian troops were guard
ing the vatican and st. Peters, but
little work was necessary to control
the silent, weeping crowds which
gathered.
Surgeons Remove Viscera.
Under the regulations for the fun
eral ceremonies the body of Pope
Plus will remain in the vatican TWEEN
$yfour hours. At the end of that
time the pontifical surgeons will re-
move the viscera. This, in accord
ance with the custom of centuries,
will later be inclosed in terra Gotta
urn and given final interment in the
crypt of St. Peters under the high
altar and close TO the place where
repose the remains of ST. Peter him
self. The body will then be en-
balmed and be turned over to the
<'pentenzieri' for the final prepare
ton for interment.
Cardinal Gibbons Sails.
Baltimore, Md, Aug. 21.-Cardi-
nal James Gibbons sailed from New
York for Naples on the White Star
liner Canopic today. He was ac-
companied by the Rev. Louis r.
Stickney, chancellor of the Baltimore
archdiocese, who will act as his sec
rotary in the conclave at the vatican.
Father Stickney on Thursday carried
the cablegram containing official
notification of the pope's death to the
cardinal. who is visiting at Spring
Lake, N. j.
American May Be Successor.
Rome, Aug. 21-The chances of
the election of foreign pope, pos
sibly an American, as successor to
Pope Plus X, during the conclave
to be held within ten days, are
greater than at any time in the his
tory of he Catholic church.
Cardinal Merry del Val, papaI Sec
rotary of state, on Thursday dispatch
ed messages to the sixty-six cardi-
nails of the sacred college, summon
ing them to Rome for the conclave
at which the successor of the late
pontiff will be elected. Every detail
of the ceremonies following the death
of the pope is covered in CEN
fury old precedents, which were fol-
lowed in the demise of Plus x.
Must Dismantle Wireless.