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Show LAST TRIBUTE TO LEO. Body Will Be Exposed to the Public For Three'Days. Rome, July 21. The body of Leo XIII lies tonight in the hali of the throne room a few steps from the room in which his death took place. The same vestment, the Comauro hood, the rochet and the white gown which were put on yesterday cover the form, which rests in semi-state, surrounded by the lighted candles, the noble guard and Franciscan penitentiaries. Tomorrow morning the diplomatic body, the high dignitaries and the Roman Ro-man aristocracy will enter the hall to pay their tributes of respect to all that remains of the pope, who won the respect re-spect and affection of the world. In the afternoon the body will be arrayed in all the glory of the pontifieial robes the mitre replacing the hood and at sunset it will be taken into the chapel of the sacrament of St. Peter's, where for th-;a days the public will be given an opportunity of paying a last farewell. fare-well. The interment will occur Saturday Satur-day evening. Notable Ceremonies. Today was notable for the impressive ceremonial of the recognition of the death of the. pope; Which occurred in the morning in the chamber in which he died. There, after only those were1 admitted w ho were "concerned in the embalming of the body, an operation was performed which . lasted six hours. Meantime, the authorities of the Vatican proceeded with the preparations ..for the , funeral and the conclave' and . the acknowledgment acknowledg-ment of the condolences' that had been received. Among the'latter was a notable no-table message f rom 'tfrie German , em peror. Throughout the day the Vatican was surrounded by, crowds, which increased in-creased toward night. An Aimless Crowd. Several entered St. Peter's at vespers ves-pers and joined in prayers for the departed. de-parted. Among these were many Italian Ital-ian officers whose troops shortly after sunset were marched from the Vatican back to their barracks: At no time had their services been needed. It is not the custom in Italy to wear the conventional con-ventional emblems of mourning, and i hence the crowd which, in consequence of the closing of many places of busi-I busi-I ness, wanders the streets tonight, has : more the appearance of an aimless holiday-making throng than one sorrowing for the death of the pope. Into nearly all the churches, however, how-ever, hundreds not often seen in places of devotion flocked to vespers to say a hurried prayer. ,. Afterward, they loitered loi-tered outside, reading thz Jeep bltfck-ed.ged bltfck-ed.ged proclamations of Cardinal Respighi, Res-pighi, the vicar of Rome, concerning the funeral arrangements, the meeting of the conclave and the church ceremonials. Bells Tolled For. Leo. The quiet of the evening was broken by a chorus, such as the world has seldom sel-dom heard. On the stroke of 8 all of Rome's four hundred churches commenced com-menced to toll bells for the passing of the soul of Leo XIII. In from the seven hills and from every quarter of the city which contained churches came the constant clang, until all was one vast reverberation. The harsh jingle of the smaller chapel bells striking quickly and more often was not drowned by the solemn strokes that came in mourning measure from the great dome of St. Peter's. Pe-ter's. It was as if a great fire raged and every bell in Rome were vieing with every other in anxiety to warn the populace. Except in this dommon motive and common sorrow it was an amazing discord, which continued an hour and which will recur nightly until un-til the obsequies are over. |