The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-23
POPE'S BURIAL IS
 HELD IN PRIVATE
ONLY THOSE SPECIALLY IN vITED ATTENDED LAST RITES
 OF DEAD PONTlFF.
Thousands Pass the Bier on the Last Day the Body Lay in State in His. toric St. Peters,

Rome, Aug 22.-The entombment of the late Pope Plus X took place this evening at sunset The great basilica of St. Peters was in semi darkness, flickering light came from perpetually burning tapcrs about the shrine of the apostles and the candles in the chapel where the catafalque stood.
 Witnesses of the ceremony came by special invitation and included diplo- matic representatives accredited to the Holy See prelates 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 cataiaique was sur rounded by the triple crown and the body of the pope was clad in the pom | tifical robes and surrounded by em- l blems of his sacred office. | Today thousands passed by the bier. | The bier tonight was removed and placed on a low platform on wheels. At the gates of the chapel the arch priest of the basilica in violet robes | surrounded by the chapter, joined the procession. First came a jeweled cross held aloft, then the cardinals and high prelates, each carrying q candle. In the center was the bier, the cortege passing amid the kneedng crowd while through the silent church | was heard the miserere, sung by tle | sstne choir.
 The cortege marched into the crypt, | where the body of Plus x will have it's final resting place. The tomb o' i tic late nontiff is on the right at the entrance to the subterranean chapel close to that of several other popes. Several ancient marble tablets were lremoved to make room for the tomb of Plus which, whie partly within the wall, also projects into the passage.
 The bodg of the pontiff lies in a cypress wood coffin on which rests gold cross This is encased in zinc and finally in an oak casket. On the | tuSkGL IS llte iStIlblibH.
 Here lies the body of Plus x, born June 2. 1855. died August 20. 1914"
 The coffin was placed within the tomb. while Cardinal Della Voipe lc- cited prayers for the dead. A mond- ment to Plus X will be erected in the crypt.
 The congregation of cardinals met for the second time this morning. Cardinal Della Volpe presided. Among matters dealt with was tho question of holding the conc,ave for | the election of a new pope.
 Two opinions, dametrically Cp- posed, were offered. One was that, owing to the perturbed condition of the world, the election must be hast ened and thaJ the conclaves begin | August 21. The other advised delay that all cardinals might reach Rome. An imposing funeral mass was cele- blated at St. Peters in the chape. facing that in which the body of the late pope lay III state, by Monsignor Ceppeteli, patriarch of Constanti- | DODlts Hio was blit LII oL bA e 9hAiN9 of masses al 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 ne scarcely can attend to official busi- ness.
 Cardinal Della Volpe has instructed commanders of the papal guard and ether armed bodies to guard the vail can to prevent any incident which mi ght disturb the work of the cardi- nals
 Monsignor Cali, director of the general vatican museums, took death mask of Plus X today The congregation of cardinals has decided tc issue a special medal commemora- tive of the interresnum. The cardi- nals also have selected Monsiennr Cali to deliver the funeral oration before the sacred college