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Show Amid Solemn ceremony, Body Raised to Sarcophagus Over Door of St. Peter's, Where It. Will Await final Entombment in Cluirch of St. John Lateran. OME, July 23. The body of Pope Leo was interred in St. Peter's tonight. The strokes of the hani-n.er hani-n.er which resounded through the immense im-mense dome of the cathedral announced to the earnest gathering in the nave that Leo XIII. had been laid. to rest. At sundown the most important and most solemn of all the obsequies took j place. The front doors of the basilica were closed and the vast church,, ex-J cept for a row of lights at the shrine of St. Peter, the candles about the bier j and those persons who had quietly and j with the utmost reverence gathered there, appeared deserted. About 1,000 persons had received invitations in-vitations to attend the ceremonies. The cardinals who met earlier in the vati-' vati-' can entered the chapel choir, waiting j I there for the arrival of the proces- j I sion. Cardinal Oreglia, the camerlengo. holding the keys of command. Through . ! special permission a representative of th Associated Press was allowed to ! enter the chapel of the sacrament before be-fore the remains of the dead pontiff were removed. . Cardinal Rampolla, as arch-priest or j the basilica, was waiting outside the eites in violet robes, surrounded by the chapter of the cathedral, which was j ltd hy Monsignor Cepete-lli, who conduced con-duced the service. Doctors Lapponi and MaLoni directed the work of the removal of the bier, which was exe-hv exe-hv eiKht sediari. or popes carriers car-riers 'a Hired m their brilliant red robe coctumes. At first they .tried to raise the bier but finding it too heavy they sfowly siid it onto a low car with notse- ThSfTJ-'the strains of the "Miser- ere," which wailed through the lofty church, and receded by a glittering I cross held aloft, the procession, carry- j ing candles and torches, slowly left the i chapel and went up to the church, pass- I ing the bronze statue and beyond the shrine of St. Peter. Those gathered fell to their knees. St. Peter's is peculiarly fitted to be the background of such a scene. The cold whiteness of her vast pillars showed up the bright uniforms of the guards, the violet robes of the clergy and the bier, while the. flickering light j of the candles made the funeral pro- j ! cession the only visible object and ren- I dered obscurity beyond and behind it ! more noticeable. Entered Head First. After slow progress around the church, the sad cortege arrived at the chapel choir, the bier being so carried that the dead pope entered head first, according to the ceremonial, the chapel from semi-obsCurity flashing into the brilliancy of the suddenly turned on j electric light. Here all those who had j received invitations were stopped, re- j training in the main part of the basilica I behind a double line of the Swiss guards in their peculiar yellow, red and black uniforms, and armed with halberds hal-berds and serpentine swords. Within the chapel was Count Camillio Pecci, a nephew of the late pope, wearing the red uniform of a general of the castle guard. In the chapel th music changed to; notes of ;oy and "In Paridisum" rang i out with telling effect. From the out- ' side the f.ve bells of St. Peter's rang their accustomed salute to the coming : night, mingling harmoniously with the j music of. the choir. j . Cardinals in "Waiting. . j The scene' in the chapel was most remarkably effective The bier bearing I the body was received by Cardinal j Oreglia. It was placed in the center, I backed by; an altar with a beautiful image of the Madonna, before which were burning foiir immense candles in silver staffs. Around the two sides of the chapel, . in the choir seats were thirty-six cardinals, all wearing violet robes, except Cardinals Gotti and Per-otti, Per-otti, who wore the white mantles of their orders, Cardinal. Martinelli as an Augustinian and Cardinal Vives y Tuto in Franciscan brown. In the middle pf the right side of the chapel, among the cardinals, sat Prince Mercantanoi Colonna., assistant to the .pontifical throne,' with an empty seat next him, owing to the fact that Prince Orisini, who - held the same position, had resigned; For the Last Time. The 'body was sprinkled with holy water, absolution was given and the foot of Leo XIII. was kissed for the last time by Major Dolo Cagiano, Master Mas-ter of the Chamber Bisletti and Count Camillo Pecci, The major donio then covered the venerable features and hands with a white silk ' veil, bordered with gold. Over this the - prefect ' of ceremonies spread a large silk veil, which covered the whole person. ' Fire was lighted in a brazier and blown -by bellows,' the sparks rising almost to the ceiling, while Monsignor Bartoloni read for twenty minutes the orato brevis, eulogizing the dead pontiff, pon-tiff, and Notary Poponi, eighty-four years' old, read out the burial record, a service which he performed upon ..ie occasion of the deaths -of Pope Greg- ory XVi. and Pope Pius IX. ' i The itjonslgeot's V.f ih basilica, aided I by-the noble' guard, then laid all that j . ' ; . , . ; was mortal of Leo XIII. in a cypres3 coffin lined with red satin and bearing on the cover an inl-iid cross, the entire sacred college and Prince Colonna rising, ris-ing, to their feet as a last tribute and sign of respect. When the body had been carefully put in the coffin it was entirely concealed con-cealed with the red velvet covering, which before had been on the bier. The ' major domo put beside the body two . silk purses containing coins of silver i and a bronze medal struck during Leo's j pontificate. A eulogy, written in magnificent mag-nificent Latin and setting' forth the f great events of Pope Leo's life and reign, enclosed in a metal tube, was 1 also interred with the body, j Last Benediction Given. When all had been arranged the su-i su-i preme prayer was said and the last j benediction given, all present joining in. ! Half suppressed sobs were heard on all sides. j Tht second coffin was of lead and very heavy. On the cover at the head ! was a cross, just below which was a I skull and cross-bones, while below these were the arms of the dead pope, with the triple crown, but without the keys, as they signify living victory. At the bottom was a plate bearing the following "inscription: "Corpus Leor.i P. M. Vixit. An XCIIIMCD. XVI H. Eccles Univers Prefuit An XXV. Mensis 5. Obiit Die XX. Julii An MCMII." This coffin was sealed personally with the arms of the camerlengo. The major domo of the chapter of .the basilica ; lighted a brazier, which was used in soldering the coffin, producing sounds, and sights strange to har and see in a church. These two coffins were closed rConuiaued on Paae Two..) -. . OUR BELOVED 111 PONTIFF IMP TO REST : (Cqprinued from Page One.) ... in a', third. -casket of polished walnut without decorations. The sad duties were softened and smoothed by the sweetness of the singing sing-ing of the choir and the prayers of the clergy. r When the last supreme moment came the heavy coffins, weighing in all 1,322 pounds, were rolled out of the chapel preceded by" mace bearers and choir singing as they went and followed by ail the cardinals, among which the bowed figure of Oreglia, the strong upright up-right Vannutelli brothers, the white-haired white-haired Agliardi and the immense black-browed black-browed Svampa were the most conspicuous. con-spicuous. Pulleys were attached to ihe coffin and soon, to the strains of the "Benedictus Domlnis Deus Israel" it was raised into the stone sarcophagus sarcopha-gus above the door, where it will remain re-main until the grateful cardinals, created cre-ated by the late pope, shall erect a suitable tomb in the basilica of St. John Lateran, which was chosen by the pope himself as his last resting place. Ceremonies Ended. Thus was Pope Leo consigned to hie long rest." , Color and life were given to the whole I scene by gendarmes and palatine and noble guards. The last named have never left" the remains since the pope died. Above the cardials, behind a grating, were the ladies of the aristocracy and the family of the pope. The diplomatic body was also present, pres-ent, as were many men of the Roman aristocracy, led by Prince Marrimo, .who claims descent from Quintus Fabius Maxim, in hisuniform of papal postmaster general. General de Charr ette, the oldest veteran of the papal anny, who fought as commander of tho . zouaves, a&alnst the Italians in 1870, was also among those who attended at-tended the ceremony. |