Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-12
TO ELECT new POPE
Conclave of Cardinals May
Meet August 81 to Choose
Plus Successor.
AMERICANS MAY BE TOO LATE
Body of Late Pontiff Placed in Tomb
in ST. Peters With Solemn
Ceremony.

Rome.-No exact date has been
fixed yet for. the converting sof the
conclave which will elect successor
to Pope Plus X. although there seems
to be disposition on the part of many
OF the cardinals at present in Rome,
to start the proceedings next Monday.
If these cardinals should have their
way Cardinals Gibbons and O'Connel
will not be able to reach here in time
for the opening session and it is doubt
full also whether Cardinal Farley, who
has arrived in Chiasso, Switzerland,
can be present.
Workmen were engaged in the Sis
tine chapel erecting the catafalQue for
the last funeral mass for Pope Plus.
whi> will be celebrated next Sunday.
Immediately after this service the
chapel viii be transformed into a con-
clave hall.
The fourth congregation of cardi-
mails met in the consistorial hall, sew
eral cardinals from the provinces at
tending for the first time, including
Cardinal Dellachiesa, archbishop Of
Boulogne, and Cardinal Mersier, arch
bishop of Mechlin, Belgium, the latter
of whom was greeted cordially by Car
dinals Della Volpe, Aglardi, Merry
del Val and Vincenzo Vannutelh. who
discussed the war situation with him.
Body Placed in Tomb.
Rome-The entombment of the late
Pope Plus x. took place Saturday even
ing at sunset. The great basilica of
st. Peters was in semi-darkness. a
pickering light came from the perpetu-
ally burning tapers about 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-
cial invitation and included the diplo-
matte representatives accredited to
the Holy See, the prelates and MEM
bers 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 pontificate robes and
surrounded by the emblems of his sa-
cred office. During the course of the
day many thousands of persons passed
by the bier.
In the evening the bier was removed
and placed on a low platform on
wheels. At the gates of the chapel
the arCn priest OF the DdS1l1Cd, III NlO-
let robes and surrounded by the chap
ter, joined in the procession. First
came a jeweled cross held aloft. then
the cardinals and high prelates, each
carrying a candle. In the center OF
the procession was the bier, the cor
tege passing amid the kneeling crowd,
while through the vast and silent
church was heard the Miserere, sung
hy the SiStine choir
The solemn cortege marched into.
the crypt where the body of Plus X.
the roof is very low, and the Miserere
had a peculiarly weird and melancholy
effect The tomb of the late pontiff is
on the right at the entrance to the
subterranean chapel, close to that OF
several other popes. At this Point
several ancient marble tables were
removed to make room for the tomb
of Plus, which, while partly within the
wall. also projects into the passage.
The body of the pontif lies in
gold cross. This is encased in zinc.
cypress wood coffin, on which rests
and finally in an oak casket. On the
casket is the inscription:
Here lies the body of Plus X. DO: n
June 2, 1885; died August 20. 1914"
The coffin was placed within the
cited prayers for the dead, accompa-
MED by all present, kneeling-
A monument to Plus x. will be
erected in the crypt.
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