Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-08-29
Body of Pontiff Entombed at
Sunset I'm BasiIica of st.
Peters.
Imposing Ceremonies Mark In
terment of Plus i'm Crypt
With Predecessor.
VATICAN ORDERED GUARDED

Cablegrams from Rome receivad
here Sunday brought intelligence
that the Cardinal Camerlengo. Della
VoIpe, announced Saturday night
tnat the conclave of the College of
cardinals will begin August 81. n
is expected that a new Pope will ba
elected by September 8.
The entombment of Pope Plus X
look place Saturday evening at sun-
set. The great Basilica of st. Peters
was In semi-darkness. A flickering
ilgnt came from the perpetually
burning tapers about the shrine of
the Apostles and the candles in the
chapel where the catafaIque stood.
Those who witnessed the ceremony.
numbering about one thousand
came by special invitation and in.
cluded the diplomatic representatives
accredited to the Holy See, the pre-
lates 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 catafalaue 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.
Earlier in the evening the bier was
removed and placed on a low plat
form on wheels. At the gates of the
chapel the archpriest of the basilica.
in violet robes and surrounded by
the chapter, Joined in the procession.
First came a jewelled cross held
aloft, then the Cardinals and high
prelates, each carrying a candle. In
the center of the procession was the
bier, the cortege 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 wierd and melan-
choly effect. The tomb of the late
Pontiff is on the right at the en-
trance to the subterranean chapel,
close to that of several other Popes.
At this place several ancient marble
tablets were removed to make room
for the tomb of Plus, which while
partly within the walls also projects
into the passage. The body of the
Pontiff 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 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,
An imposing funeral mass was
celebrated Sunday morning at st.
Peters in the chapel facing that
where the body of the late Pope lay
in state. The mass was celebrated
by Mgr. Cappetelli, Patriarch OF
Constantinople. This was the first
of series OF masses to be celebrated
at st. Peters daily until August 27.
Cardinal Merry del Val, Papal Sec
retary of State, is so grief-stricken
over the death of the Pope that he
can scarcely attend to his official
business. The appreciative praise OF
him in the Pope's testament has
been a great consolation.
Cardinal Della Volpe has in
structed the comanders of the Papal
Guard and armed bodies to guard
every corner Of the Vatican to pre-
vent any incident which might dis
turb the work of the Cardinals, espe-
cially during the conclave.
Mgr. GALL, director OF the general
Vatican museums, took death mask
of Plus X. Saturday. The Congrega-
tion of Cardinals has decided to
issue a special medal commemorative
of the interregnum. The Cardinals
have also selected Mgr. CALI TO de-
liver the funeral oration, eulogizing
the late Pope. before the Sacred
College.
II is announced that the Pope left
considerable sum of money to be
distributed among the moor of