The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27
PREPARE TO ELECT
PoPE's SUCCESSOR
ConcIave of Cardinals May
Meet August 81 to Choose
New Pontiff.
AMERICANS MAY Be TOO LATE
GLIB ons, O'ConneII and Farley Will Be
Unable to Reach Rome at That
Time-Body Of Plus
Entonbed.

Rome, Aug. 25.-No exact date has
Jeen fixed yet for the converting Of the
conc ave which will elect a successor
% rope Plus X although there seems
10 Q disposition on the part of many
Of tie cardinals at present in Rome
to start the proceedings next Monday,
| If these e.. ,.G1ls should have thS.r
way Car n : ibbons and O'Conne!l
will not &c ale o reach here In time
FOR the opening e ssion and it is doubt
full also whether "a q nal Farley. who
has arrived In <'hiasso. Switzerland
can be present
WorkMen were en- eel in tho Sis,
tine CHI pei erecting the catsfalque for
the las funeral mass for Pope Plus,
which will be celebrated next Sun.af.
Immediately after this service the
charel will be transformed into a con.
claye hall.
The fourth congregation of cardi
nails 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 Mechln. Belgium, the latter
of whom was greeted cordially by Car
dinals Della Volpe, Agliardi, Merry
del Val and Vincenzo Vannutelli, who
discussed the war situation with him.
Place Body in Tomb.
Rome, Aug. 24.-The entombmeht OF
the late Pope Plus X. took place Sat
urday evening at sunset. The great
basilica of St. Peters was in semi.
darkness. A Pickering light came
from the perpetually burning tapers
about the Shrine of the Apostles, and
the candles in the chapel where the
stood.
Those who witnessed the ceremony,
about 1000, came by spe-
cial invitation and included the diplo.
matte representatives accredited to
the Holy See, the prelates and men,
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
by the emblems of his sa.
red Office. During the course of the
lay 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
he arch priest of the basilica, in vio-
ct robes and surrounded by. the chap
er. joined in the procession First
anne a jeweled cross held aloft, then
he cardinals and high prelates, each
'arrying a candle. In the center of
he procession was the bier, the cor
eye passing amid the kneeling crowd.
While through the vast and silent
'hurch was heard the Miserere, sung
~ the Sistine choir.
The solemn cortege marched into
he crypt where the body of Plus Y.
will have its final resting place. Here
he roof Is very low, and the Miserere
lad peculiarly weird and melancholy
fleet. The tomb of the late pontiff Is
N the right at the entrance to the
ubterranean chapel, close to that of
everal other -popes. At this point
everal ancient marble tables were
emOved to make room for the tomb
I Plus, which, while partly within the
vail, also projects into the passage.
The body of the pontiff lies in a
ypress wood coffin, on which rests a
old cross. This is encased in zinc,
nd finally in an oak casket. On the
asket is the inscription:
Here lies the body of Plus X, born
une'2, 1885; died August 20, 1914"
The coffin was placed within the
omb while Cardinal Della Volpe re-
tied prayers for the dead. accompa-
led by all present, kneeling.