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The Atlanta Constitution.
VOL. XXVI. NO. 30.
WITH worses AS LEADERS
WHITE MijCS IN ILLINOIS
DEAL DEATH TO BLACKS
THE DEAD.
J. D. Mayfield. Evansville, Ind.,
negro lynched and burned by mob.
Henry Gatterman. Danville. Ills.,
white, shot dea 1 by Mayfield.
FATALLY WOUNDED.
Adam Merry, white, shot through
head by volley from jail.
H. Hines, white, shot in neck and
shoulderr by volley from jail.
The Injured.
■ nhn Devore, right thigh mangled by
load of buckshot.
Adam Murray, shot In forehead; will
recover
Bicknell, buckshot in right leg.
Clement Mobaker, buckshot tn right leg
and arm.
Edward Hart, shot in right band.
A. Swafford, injured internally.
Fred Lorenz. bucksot in both legs.
William Lattin. buckshot in both arms
Harry Reddick, of Taplin, Ills., buck
shot in left foot and leg.
Two unknown men wounded in the arms
and hands with buckshot, refused to give
names.
Henrv Slade, of Pavilion Heights, buck
shot tn left side.
Two unknown men. one shot in left
arm and the other in the hand; refused to
give nan.es.
Unknown young man. wound in head.
Four negroes, beaten into insensibility.
I'nknown woman, carried away in a
buggy.
Danville. Tils., July 25.—This city is in
the throes of a race war. One negro, J.
B. Mayfield, from Evansville, Ind., who
tonight shot and killed Henry Gatter
man, white, has already been lynched
by a mob of 600 men, who were later
tired upon by the sheriff and several
men wounded.
The mob is after James Wilson, a
negro, who has confessed to a brutal
assault on Mrs. Thomas Burgess,
wife of a farmer at 'Alvin, Ills., just
north of here. The Mayfield negro
met his fate while the mob was on the
way to lynch Wilson The angry throng
was passing down East Main street when
the negro became involved in an alterca
tion with some of Its members. They
started after him and he pulled a gun,
firing Into the crowd.
One White Man Shot.
Henry Gatterman, a young butcher,
who has recently returned from Fortress
Monroe, fell mortally wounded and ex
pired in a few' seconds. The negro
turned and fled, but was caught by the
officers within a block of the scene of
the tragedy and hurried to the police
station with the mob in hot pursuit.
Temporarily diverted from their march
to the county jail, the officers with their
prisoner took refuge in the city build
ing, barricading themselves behind the
door of one of the offices.
They couid not check the mob, how
ever, for it secured a long pole and
proceeded to batter down a section of
the wail and the door, both of which
were very thin. On account of the over
whelming numbers of the mob it was
useless tor the officers to resist.
The negro was hurriedly seized and
i uslted to the spot where hi had shot
down Gatterman.
Negro Hanged on. Telephone Pole.
1< was t’ne work of an instant to throw
a rope around his neck and swing him
up to tire nearest telephont pole. The
mob did not delay long, but waited to
see that their victim was dead. His life
was slowly strangled out and he was
left hanging, while the mub proceeded
♦ i the count}' jail, where it is now' pre
paring to storm tile jail and capture
Wilson. It does not seem that the officers
can successfully resist long, and the only
hope is that they may lie able to save
the second negro by some ruse.
Wilson, it is charged, went to the Bur
gess farm house while Mrs. Burgess was
alone, and toid her he was hungry. While
she was getting something to eat he
entered the kitchen and seized her. He
fled, leaving her half dead. Afterwards
she managed to crawl to the nearest
farm house, where she told her story.
A posse of offic-rs started in pursuit of
the negro, and when Wilson was cap
tured he was hurried to the county jail
to prevent lynching. . acre the negro
confessed.
Three other negroes have been attacked
by members of the mob and severely
beaten. One of them is Ben Rich and
the other two are said to be from Evans
ville, Ind.
Just as the mob was preparing to storm
the jail some one suggested that they go
back and cut down the dead negro. The
suggestion was immediately acted upon.
Rushing back to the scene of the lynch
ing the mob cut down the victim and
carried the body on a run back to the
nubile square in front of the jail. Hay,
'tore boxes and barrels were collected
and the corpse was thrown upon the pile.
A torch was applied and the flames shot
up.
While the mob’s victim was burning
several men fired bullets into the flames.
Several knives were drawn, with which
they hacked the burning corpse. The
• :rs were chopped off and the feet which
protruded from the flames were hacked
to pieces.
Attack on the Jail.
When the mob had done everything its
fury could suggest it turned again to the
jail, in front of which was still smoulder
ing the human bonfire. A fence rail was
procured as a battering ram and the mob
charged the jail door. Inside, guarding
the prisoners, were Sheriff R. L>. Whil-
lock, several deputies and negro turnkey.
The sheriff shouted to the mob to stand
back or he and his men would fire. The
warning was unheeded and as the mob
was almost upon the jail door a volley
tang out from inside. Several of the mob
fell wounded and dying.
A bullet pierced the head of Adam
Merry. His death Is a matter of but a
short time.
H. Hines received bullets in the shoul
der and neck and his wounds are so
desperate that his death is expected.
Otto Hclnke was wounded in the arm.
Others received lesser injuries.
A woman mounted a large store box
in the middle of the pubiffi square and
shouted:
‘‘Kill the sheriff He has shot more
than one white man on account of a
negro.”
The mob was especially wild in its an
ger against the negro turnkey. After
I the fusillade it recciled for a few mln
; utes, but immediate preparations were
i made for another attack. A message
; was sent to a mining camp at West
| field, His., to bring over dynamite to
blow up the jail and the mob leaders
: were notified that two miners had start
ed with the explosive. They are heav
ily arrnod and are riding swift horses.
Company K. a colored troop, has Its
headquarters here and the officials have ■
prepared to call it out. Leaders of the I
mob declare they will try to kill the en
tire company if it comes out. On the
edges of the public square at midnight
two negroes lay in the gutter. beaten
Into Insensibility by clubs in the hands
of white citizens. Their names are un
known. The name of the Evansville
i victim of the mob is J. D. Mayfield, who i
I came here about a week ago.
i In the mob are many women. Nearly
■ 200 men and women from Alvin, where
i the assault on Mrs. Burgess was com
mitted. are active leaders of the. mob.
■ The mob has been increased Io several
i thousand, tlie trjlre ■■ b ‘b ..j,t of
I the jail being packed HA.m • ■■£ men
i and women.
BAYONETS KEPT THE MOB
AWAY FROM DANVILLE JAIL
| Danville, Ills., July 26.—Two killed and
I twenty-two wounded, the police station
■ wrecked, the county jail with few of its
’ windows left unshattered. the city in the
i hands of the state troops and a feeling of
| uneasiness and dread prevailing every-
where. is the situation left by the race
riots of last night and early this morn
ing The revised list of dead and Injured
front last night’s catastrophe is as fol
lows:
After daylight this morning there were
restless crowds on the streets. Hundreds
of farmers poured Into the city, and each
surrounding town contributed to swell the
crowd. There were many miners seen >n
the streets. Great unrest was reported
from Westville. 5 miles away.
Early in the morning Wilson, the negro
assailant of Mrs. Burgess, was secretly
taken from the county jail, but was re-
■ turned shortly after 5 o'clock to the jail.
Four companies of militia arrived at S:-U
: o'clock this morning from Springfield.
I Comjxauies A. B. II and I, of the Seventh
i Illinois infantry, wire sent in reply to
i urgi nt requests sent at midnight to stab
1 officials. The troops marched to the in ir
j ket house, opposite the jail, and camped.
I The streets were cleared and the threaten
Ing attitude of the crowds disappeared.
There were sullen threats heard, but rm
attempt at an outbreak was manifest
during the day
Tonight one hundred sentinels are pa
trolling the streets in the immediate vicin
ity of the jail. Each soldier carries forty
rounds of ammunition.
Sheriff Whitlock said today in giving
his version of the shooting into the mob:
"After I saw from the jail that the
mob was determined to attack, I went to
the veranda and attempted to talk to the
maddened men. As I stepped into view
of the crowd two bullets were fired, one
striking the wall back of me. I tired two
shots into the air. Some one shouted
that I was only bluffing and was shooting
blank cartridges. 1 warned the mob I
I would resist an attack on the jail with
I powder and lead. There was another shot
I from the mob and it surged forward. I
! then tired a shot from my gun into their
legs. This drove them back, but they re
turned a moment later to attack
the front door. I was alarmed for the
safety of my wife and children. My wife
took a gun and said she would stand by
me. 'I got her and the children out of
the way, and then seeing the lenders com
ing with the rail to batter down the
walls. I shot down the rail to make them
drop it. This accounts for so many being
■ shot in the hands and arms I tired eight
or ten shots in all.”
Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies and
I three copstables with him in the jaii
guarding the prisoners. He says none
fired into the mob but himself. There
are all sorts of rumors afloat tonight and
a strained situation is noticeable. But the
two hundred soldiers here, it is believed,
will prevent further outbreak for the
present, at least.
Leading citizens say the outbreak has
been expected by them for a long time,
as bitter feeling has existed for several
years between the two races. The feeling
against the soldiers is noticeable. The
commissary department today had trou
ble getting restaurants to serve meals,
many refusing to feed the soldiers.
He Predicts Lynchings in Boston.
Boston, July 26.—(Special ) —"Negro
lynchings and burnings will before any
great time, be seen on Cambridge com
mon and in the public gardens of Bos
-1 tun,” said Professor James, of Harvard
today.
The professor does not believe the race
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 27, 1903.
problem a sectional one, and stys that
prejudice against the black man is just
as great in New England as it Is in the
black belts of the south. He says that ,
the people of Boston will be as quick to i
burn a negro as those of Delaware and
Illinois and that only the offense is
wanting to start a bonfire, with a negro
for the central figure, in the shadow of
Faneuil hall.
Advises Negroes to Come Back South
Memphis. Toon.. July 26.—(Special.)—
Just before adjournment this afternoon
the National Industrial Council and Ex-
Slave Congress, composed of negroes rep
resenting thirty-four states. adopted a res
olution inviting the negroes being chased
by mobs in the north to return to the.
south for protection. The resolution
adopted says: |
"Since it is a fact the yankees nortn j
have become our enemies and by recent
ivnehings. lie it resolved. That this coun- i
cil asks all of the fleeing negroes of the ,
north who are now being chased by j
northern mobs to return to the south for ;
protection. We further indorse the south- ■
em papers in exposing the present out- I
The convention closed a successful I
meeting late this afternoo n and ad- j
journed.
Six Wounded in Negro Riot.
Camak, Ga.. July 26.—(Special.)— Two
killed and six wounded, four of them,
It is believed, fatally, is the result of a
row at a negro church here tonight in
which pistols and razors played a deadly
part.
The entire negro population of the town
is terrorized as a result of the affray
and it Is impossible to learn the real
cause of the trouble.
The shooting started over a dispute ■
of some sort. There was then a wild I
rush to get from the building, and ft is 1
believed that many of the wounded were !
hurt in this. Women and children were |
trampled under foot by men. who with 1
knives and pistols in their hands were ]
trying tc escape foes armed in the same |
manner.
Union of Bulgaria and Servia.
Vienna, July 26.- s?he Universal Buchar
est publishes a sensational story of a plot
t.i bring about a union of Servia and.Biji
g.-trfa. wnten Involves the. deposition of
Prince Ferdinand and the substitution of
the Karageorgevitch dynasty, and whten
would also, accordlngto the story, inci
dentally result in the settlement of the
Macedonian question.
According to the report, a secret meet
ing was recently held at Belgrade of
Bulgaria parliamentarians, prominent I
Macedonians and Servians, at which the I
details of the scheme were agreed upon, i
They aije said to Include a military con- j
vention and a customs union. The plot
ters also are said to have resolved to
carry out their programme if possible by I
legal means, including a vote of the Bul
garian parliament.
The plotters ar- said to have argued
that such a u’ited kingdom could over
throw Turkey, end the Macedonian
troubles and guarantee a greater future
lor both Servia and Bulgaria.
Thirty-Three Women Burned. ,
London. July 27.—The St. Petersburg cor- i
respondent of The Dally Mall sends a re- !
I ort to the effect that near the village of j
Schalajifka, in the district on the Don, ■
thirty-three female field laborers were j
burned to death in a barn where they had
locked themselves to escape molestation |
by male, laborers, who, in revenge, tired i
the barn and watched the burning with- :
out heeding the shrieks of the victims. i
UNDER LOCK AND KEY CARDINALS
WILL ELECT SUCCESSOR OF LEO XHI
ON the tenth or at least the tweflth
day after the death of the pope the
conclave assembles for the election
for the new pontiff. It is held at the
beautiful Slstlun cbapel within the walls
of the Vatican.
Built by I’ope Plus IV. this famous
church has been adorned by the hands
of the greatest Italians painters. On the
walls are the work of Signorelli, Boti
celll and Peruglno, but those are dimmed
by tile splendor of the fri’Scoes of Michael
Angelo Illusttrating the creation and the
last judgment.
Connected with the chapel, which is it
self on the first floor of the Vatican,
are the Urge galleries, which are fitted
up for the reception of the cardinals
and their attendants and the arrange
ments are such that when their eminences
have entered the place of conclave the
entire .section of tlie Vatican set apart
for the purpose ran be shut off entirely
from the outside world, the intention
being that the members of this exalted
council shall be subjected to no mundane
Influences. Each cardinal is allowed the
services of a secretary and an attendant,
who. while the conclave lasts, occupies
rooms adjacent to the particular colls
allotted to their master. On the day fixed
'for the meeting of the conclave the car
dinals assemble to hoar a special mass
of tho Holy Spirit and to take the oaths
of faithfulness and secrecy. When this
is accomplished, all the members ot
the sacred congregation go in sol
emn procession, two by two, and fol
lowed by a long retinue of aittendants.
to the conclave, while Hie inspiring
strains of the “Veni Creator Spiritus”
are changed.
Cardinals Locked In.
Once within the confines of the con
clave tho massive doors are shut and
with double locks and from the moment
until the pontiff is elecfted no person is
permitted to pass in or out. The meals
for the assemblage are prepared within
the walls of the Vatican and are deliv
ered through a wicket gate, or rather
casement, lot into the great door, it is
here also that on the first day of the
conclave a committee of cardinals ap
pointed by tlie whole body, gives audi
ence to the foreign envoys. This, how
ever, take splace before tlie conclave
has actually met for the papal election.
Th,- Sistine chapel is especially fitted for
the holding of this momentous council
of the church. The stalls for the. cardi
nals. ranged on each side, are surmount
ed by canopies of cloth in ecclesiastical
colors, and at the far end, opposite the
FRANKLIN CONVICTED
DE PEffIGE.
In Discharging Jujy’ Judge Jones
Explains Correspondence Rela
tive to Secret Service Bu
reau—Government At
torneys Pleased.
Montgomery. Ala.. July 25. -(Special.)—j
The jury in the case of the United States ,
against R. N. Franklin, charged with 1
causing Pat Hill, a negro, to be held in I
a condition of peonage, brought in aver- ■
diet of guilty this morning.
This is said to lie the first case in the '
history of the United States where a jury '
has brought in a verdict of guilty in a |
peonage case.
Judge Thomas G. Jones assessed a fine t
of tl/KX) against the defendant, which j
was immediately paid.
Judge Jones, in addressing the jury as ’
ter they had rendered their verdict, said i
in part:
”l feel at liberty to tat that I wrote j
asking the president'.-; aid, which was ■
given, to prevent pu li ■ opinion being I
wrongly Influenced abryi'l about these]
mattters, and asked hire especially to i
prevent the secret service bureau at I
Washington from giving out further in
formation to the press.
"I had a letter from him in answer to
my letter on this subject dated June 22
before any of the bitterness arose, which
has since been worked up. in which he
concurred in the views 1 had expressed,
a.nd speaking of the action of the secret
service people abroad, and 1 do not in
clude in this any of th- secret service ]
men here, for tliey wen- not to blame,
and have conducted t'ndrnseivcs with
great discretion. lie wrote, to quote his
language:
" 'I shall at once communicate with the
secret service people, as you suggest. Os
course, it was an outrage for them to
give out information.’
"This has been the attitude of every
official of tlie government so far as 1
know, and certainly of the court simply to
do justice according to lav, without any
thought of ulterior motive or object, it
there his been undue excitement and
feeling engendered by 'misinformation,
ami other lines it has - it been the fault i
of those who were -h i ged with tlie ad- i
ministration of the ta; : nd have endeav
ored to execute Jt fai lon'-s'ly, merci- i
fully and impartially.’
Will Mat.l>r«feS-'!i«r-C~«- i
It. is understood that the other cases '
against Franklin w ’l aot be pushed at j
this term, as, it is stated, the government ,
is only desirous of breaking up the prac
tice of peonage in this state. The govern
ment attorneys are very much pleased by
the verdict of the Jury.
Julius Sternfeld, who was appointed by I
Attorney General Knox to assist in the j
prosecuton of these peonage cases, in ■
talking of the verdict with The Constitu-1
tion correspondent said:
"Tlie verdict in the Frnaklin ease is a
thorough vindication of the law. It shows
that southern Juries can be depended
upon to enforce the law, regardless of
race, color or previous condition of servi
tude-.
“The government has effected the con
viction of every man so far called for
trial.
“These prosecutions, it is earnestly
hoped, will put an end to peonage and ■
involuntary .servitude in this territory, j
Its effect will be to place labor upon a i
higher and broader plane and bring about]
legislation f- i the improvement of the]
convict labor laws of the state, as well |
as the system of justices of the peace.
"If it shall have a- omplished nothing!
more, than ,t great step in the progress I
and civilization of our people will have |
been made."
high altar, an pl-.i-es assigned to the
secretaries. Ot the altar itself, or On a
table in front f It, Is a chalice of silver
on which rest: the plx containing host.
When mass ha been said and all is pre
pared the con-'.ave proceeds to its sol
emn task. TH election of a pope is
effected by time methods, by acclama
tion or adoratin, in which is embodied
the idea of dlrct divine inspiration; by
the compromise or by vote.
The late Pope Leo was elected on tho
second day of tie conclave by acclama
tion. The system of voting, called the
scrutinum, is rgulated by exact pre
scription. The poccedings are under the
direction of six ardinals, two from each
order of bishop, pri-'sts and deacons.
Every cardinal provided with a vot
ing paper, on w■ ch lie writes the name
of his chosen ca Udat . but not his own
name. No one I permitted to volte for
himself. When v) requisite interval lias
passed, each enrrrifil. beginning with the
one of the most lhetent creation, leaves
his staff and advices to the high altar.
Amid a solmen hr'h the elector prays for
a while on the a'.ar steps and then, de
claring aloud th his vote is given ac
cording to bls c<t> s <’ lence ' drops bis vot
ing paper in tlie htiliee. \\ hen all have
voted in like mah'er the six scrutineers
examine the papfs and proclaim tlie re
sult.
Ballots A-re Burned.
If no cardinal has obtained the re
quired number of otes-two-thirds of tho
number of the casuals present plus one
—the result is dec re,| l void, and the vot
ing papers, collect'! together, are burned
in a brazier witli amp straw, the dense
smoke from whleli ssues through a par
ticular chimney, v'lble from outside and
proclaims to the utside world that no
election lias take place. t'nder these
circumstances on he afternoon of tlie
same da}' a secomVOte takes place, sup
plementary to th< first- and called the
aeeessit vote, in ds the procedure em
bodies the theory bat tlie cardinal who
has obtained the IfSCSt number of votes
in the morning is >e most acceptable to
the conclave. CoibQuently his name is
Hie only one consiered for the moment
and each cardinal >tes_ for him by writ
ing the word "a< ; do ’ on his sclteda,
or voting paper, c signifies his dissent
by tlie words "ac'Jo nemini." if tills
new vote leads to 10 result, the papers
are burned as bef'®- and the conclave
adjourns until th- following morning,
when tlie election begins afresh and
quite irrespective .the previous day's
proceedings. Wher'At length, the deter
mining vote is ta’ ll an< ! the cardinal
deacon, as scrutiny announces that a
BREATHING A BLESSING PONTIFF
PASSES INTO PRESENCE OF GOD
Last Articulate Words ot Pope Leo Were a Benediction on Thise Standing About His
Bed—Sometime Before Death He Became Unconscious and Did Not Again
Revive—How His Successor Will Be Selected.
Rome July 20.—Pope Leo is dead. The
last flicker of life expired at 4:04 this
afternoon, and the pontiff now lies at
rest.
Tlie period of over two weeks that Popo
L-o passed in the shadow of death was
no less wonderful than his life. His
splendid battle against disease was Wiatch
ed the world over wiith sympathetic ad
miration, and ended only alter a series
of tremendous efforts to conquer the
weakness of his aged frame by the mar
vellous will power of his mind. The
pleuro-pnemnonia, with which his holi
ness has been suffering, was scarcely re
sponsible tor his death as that inevita
ble decay of tissue which ensues upon
ninety-three years of life. The testes!
steel, which had bent so, often before,
human ills was bound to break ait last.
The pope's final moments were marked
by that same serenity and devotion, and
when he was conscious that calm intelli
gence which was associated with his
■twenty-live years’ pontificate. His was
no easy death. An hour before he died,
turning to Dr. Lapponl and ills devoted
valet, Pio Centra, he murmured:
"The pAin I suffer Is most terrible.”
Yet his parting words were not ot the
physical anguish that he suffered, but
were whispered benedictions upon the
cardinals and his nephews, who knelt
at his bedside, and tlie last look of his
almost sightless eyes was toward the
grea.t ivory crucifix hanging in the death
chamber. Practically all the cardinals in
Rome, kneeling at the bedside, watched
the passage ot his soul. Earlier in the
day Cardinal Seratino Vannunelll had Im
pressively pronounced tlie absolution in
articulo mortis.
The condition of his holiness varied
from agony to coma. Wishing to relieve
him. Dr. Mazzonl suggested that mor
phine should be administered, but Dr.
Lapponi did not. agree, fearing that the
end might be. quickened.
Oreglia in Power.
• r*;. injp'or-
tance to Catholic christendom 'ere oc
curring. Tlie death of Pope Leo meant
tlie passing of the supreme power into
the hands of the sacred college of cardi
nals as its temporary custodian during
the interregnum.
The perfect administrative machinery
of the church provided against the slight
est interruption of the governing au
thority. As the senior member of the
sacred college, Cardinal Oreglia, to whom
the pope today solemnly confided the in
terests of the church, has now become
the exponent of the cardinals until Pope
Leo’s successor has been elected. This
brought forth Cardinal Oreglia as the
striking personality of the hour.
The cardinal Is the exact antithesis of
Pope Leo, having none of tlie late pon
tiff’s sympathetic and benevolent char
a< teristics. He conies from a noble Pied
montese stock, and his nobility is shown
in his haughty and austere bearing. He
is not popular among his colleages or
the Romans, and his brusque manner has
earned him the title of “The Piedmont
Bear.” He is tall and robust and his
seventy-four years are shown by the
whiteness of his hair. His face has the
tawny hue of old parchment, and is
deeply lined. Despite his austerity, the
certain candidate has been elected pope,
there is a departure from the procedure
adopted hitherto. The cardinal deacon
opens each folded voting paper fully,
and, reading the Latin motto which each
cardinal has to Inscribe on it for the
purpose of ultimate Identification, make.-t
known how each member of the conclave
has voted. In old days when much de
pended upon the favor <rf the pontiff the
knowledge that tho newly elected pope
would learn the names of his opponents
frequently a determining factor
when the voting became close, and In
duced waverers to rally to a candidate
who appeared to have a good prospect
of success. The election being over, a
summons is at once sent to the prefect
of ceremonies, who speedily enters the
chapel, bearing the fisherman's ring.
How the Popo Is Installed.
An Interval then occurs in which the
canopies are removed from the stalls of
all the cardinals except that of the newly
elected pope and his holiness retires to
robe himself in the pontifical vestments.
On his return tlie fisherman’s ring Is
placed on his linger by the Cardinal
Catnerlingo and the new vicar of Christ
gives his first solemn benediction to the
members of the sacred collego from the
steps of tlie altar. Then, taking his seat
on the sedia gestatorla, the pope receives
me homage of their eminences and com
municates the names which it is his pleas
ure to assume as pontnt. Next the first
cardinal deacon takes the oath of obe
dience, an.l, hastening to the grand
loggia, or balcony of St. Peters looking
on to tlie great piazza, announces to the
expectant multitude the election of the
pope, using the form of words, conse
crated by immemorial usage: "I bring
you tidings of great joy. We have a
pope, the most high and reverend lord
(here insert Christian and surname of
new pope) who has taken upon himself
the name of (Pius X or Leo XIV).”
The people then flock Into St. Peters to
see the pope and receive his blessing,
and It is a stirring scene which presents
itself in tlie no'ble cathedral when the
sovereign pontiff, ela.il in tho richest vest
ments and wearing the triple Hara, ts
borne al-ift with all the princes of the
church in his train, through the ranks
of kneeling worshipers, on whom, with
uplifted finger, his holiness bestows his
pontifical benediction. The ceremony of
the adoration by the cardinals then
takes place and the pope, having put off
his pontifical robes and assumed his or
dinary white vestments, with the broad
cardinal’s hat and scarlet hood, is carried
on the sedia gestatorla, attended by an
escort of the noble guard, to his new
apartments In the Vatican.
cardinal’s learning and piety are univer-
] sally recognized.
I This is the man who for the time being
;is practically pope. It was he who issued
'tlie. orders to clear the Vatican from in
! tinders and brought tranquility out of the
' confusion immediately following I’ope
| Leo's death.
His Death Announced.
| Scarcely a soul passed up the marble
i staircase, and the court yard of San
j Damaso was deserted except for tlie
| heavy black carriages of the cardinals
and their coachmen, who were awaiting
their master, it was the hour of the
siesta. Nothing could have been more
peaceful.
At twenty minutes past 4 a man dashed
madly across St. Peter’s square, then
! quite empty. A second later another fol
; lowed on a bicycle. Within a few s-. c
] or.ds, as if by magic, newspaper men.
i gendarmes and messengers, running,
'driving and gesticulating, dashed to and
; from tlie portals of the Vatican.
I Like a wireless message there flashed
I around the words. "He is dead." Rub-
I bing the afternoon sle< p from their eyes.
' bareheaded men and women, many carry
i ing babies, emerged from the darkened
| houses and cases and besieged thS door
■of th Vatican. Transformation was com
i plete. The quick movement aad tense
i leeling of tlie rapidly gathering crowd
, so permeated where a tew moments be-
I fore there had been no sign of life.
I The French ambassador’s carriage
drove furiously from trie Vatican and
drew up at a nearby telegraph office.
Without waiting for the horses to stop,
the ambassador jumped out. and notified
his government of the pope’s death
There soon followed the cardinals, who.
with set face, drove slowly homewards.
All Was Over.
Behind the shutters of Pope Leo's room,
which still remain closed, all was over.
| The heavy bronze doors were swung to,
| and entrance to the Vatican was only
I obtainable by knocking at a little w’icket.
! which was closely kept within by the
j papal guard, and without by the Italian
i police. The latter had been slightly rein
! forced, but had no difficulty in controll-
I ing the crowds who were allowed to re
: r*»a.iu in the ja ycjs- ust as they were
| Accustomed d befc.-e death, but not
■ to enter the . ~ Itself.
On the steps of St. Peters sat a group
‘ of young Roman princes discussing the
I situation. Nearby was gathered almost
. ever}' type of peasant and working wom
len who make Rome so picturesque. A
i few entered the basilica itself and there
I offered up prayers for Pope Leo's soul.
■ Among the supplicants were many
| monks, who with hands uplifted prayed
| long and earnestly at the gates of the
dimly lighted shrines.
Pope Leo's last day on earth was full of
physical anguish, and this was heighten
ed by fleeting moments of consciousness,
which permitted him fully to recognize
tlie slow approach of his end. The com
plete coma of last night was broken by
periods of lucidity. When the doctors as
sembled In the sick room for the morning
conference the aged sufferer recognized
them and mournfully said their task
would soon be over.
Toward noon the pontiff had a distinct
sinking spell, during which his heart al
most ceased to beat The cardinals and
Popo Leo's relatives were hastily sum
moned, and word spread through the
Vatican that death had actually occurred.
Words of Benediction.
Despite the imminence of danger, the
pope again rallied. Even while the car
dinals stood about the bedside expecting
the advent of death, the sufferer opened
his eyes and his lips moved with words of
benediction. He recognized and spoke to
Cardinal Oreglia. and, still thinking of
the church he loved so well, confided its
interests to the dean of the sacred col
lege. The cardinals, prelates and the
dying man’s relatives kneeled beside the
bed and kissed his hand. For two hours
the pope lingered in a state of seml
consclousness.
At 2:45 o'clock the doctors detected the
approach of the. final agony. Some slight
signs of consciousness remained and the
dying pontiff muttered some inaudible
words. Gradually his power of speech and
sight were blunted and he could neither
see nor speak. Thus the chill of death
gradually overspread him until at 4
o'clock the struggle ended and he passed
into the endless sleep of eternity.
All the newspapers, including those fa
vorable to the present institutions, pub
lish long eulogistic articles about the de
funct.
The only discordant note Is struck by
the socialist organ, Avantf, which says;
"We socialists, without disdain, but
with indifference, pass before this corpse
and await the new enemy.”
The government has renewed the most
energetic orders, Premier Zanardelli at
tending to the work personally, to Insure
order about the Vatican, but it cannot
and will not take participation directly
in the mourning.
Telegrams of Condolence.
Immediately following the death of the j
pope cable dispatches and telegrams were
dispatched to all parts of the world, ad
vising the sovereigns, rulers and foreign
governments of the death. Before night
fell many telegrams of condolence reach
ed the Vatican, coming from emperors,
kings, political rulers and high church :
dignitaries abroad. The Vatican officials ,
are deluged with these messages.
The death of the pope brings about a '
widespread change in ail the administra- ■
tive departments of the church and con
siderably influences questions of church ;
pi licy. The change within Hie Vatican '
utiects practically all the officials from i
the highest to tlie lowest. Cardinal j
Rampolla retired from the post of sec
retary of state, where he exercised a
strong influence, owing to the physical
inflrmities of Leo. other high officials
are similarly affected.
The chief international questions which
may be affected by the deatli of tlie pope
are those connected with the suppression
of religious orders in France, tlie change
of the clergy in tlie new Spanish-Amer
ican possessions, the selections of tne
successor of the late Cardinal Vaughan
and attendant questions connected witfe
PRICE: FICE CENTS.
, the administration of the church in Eng
. land.
I Mgr. Gasparie. who. it js said, will be
designated by Cardinal Oreglia to suc
ceed Ihe late Mgr. Volpini as secretary
■ of the consistory, served as secretary of
tlie special commission of cardinals ap
pointed to deal with the Philippine ques
tion. In this capacity he took a promi-
' nent part in the negotiations with the
I Taft commission in Romo last year.
BODY OF POPE LEO LIES
IN STATE IN ST. PETERS.
Roni'*. July 22. Tonight the bod\ of
Leo XIII lies in state in the basilica of
St. • Peter. Beginning tomorrow at sun
1 rise the people of Romo and those of dl
nations noey in tho Eternal City will »o
admitted to pay their last farewell O
: portuniiy for this solemn tribute will end
Saturday.
At S o'clock this evening all was In
■ readiness, to take tho body of the pope
from the Vatican to the basilica of S'
I Peter.
; The mournful procession gathered
' around tho bier, which was gently lif ■!
1 b}f those who in the lifetime of Leo XHI
I had carried him in, the sedia gestato: i.i.
’ The dead pontiff was now clad In --'ll the
] pomp of his holy office. About, him hid
’ been placed the sacerdotal robes us-d
i only when he celebrated a grand ma.-.-.
: The vestments were those which he wore
■ for the last time In life in the ui;
i of the consistory when he confirmed tc."
appointments of Archbishop Parley,
N< w York, and Art hbl
' Chicago, on June 25. last. The golden
I miter, the gilded stilt
the red chasubb . th" pontifical ■ . : ;
ami the papal tunic, all were ther p y n r r
ing which was emblematic ■:' tlie ;■■ ■
i er wielded by the dead man f■’ m- re
1 than a quarter of a century and for ■
! turies by his predecessors had b‘en
] omitted.
i Leading the procession as it passed ■
I of the throne room came the groom
; carrying lighted torches. Behind them
I walking with measured tread, wre
1 aged macebearers and other d "mo. ::
I of the papa! household. Th' r>roc<s- *
■ of the noble guard ar 1 al' the "-ler-",
of the Vatican, wearing their t
I followed. Immediately in front of th
- pontifical silver cross, was held nlof
Behind the bier came the three iu-f.hew •
of the late pope. Count Ricardo and "a"
io Pecci and Count Canarll. Mgr. Thom
as Kennedy, the rector of the Anterior:
college, represented the United States In
the procession.
Air Heavy with Incense.
The air was heavy with incense from
tho cansors swinging constantly be?: i
the body. The Franciscan penlter.tiarii =
still kept up the unceasing refrain of in
tercession.
At the hail of Palafrantere the cortege
came to a standstill. There thd cardir.. I =
who bad been waiting in the hall of tr."
consistory took their places immediate! ■■
behind the nephews. Their scarlet ha :
been put aside for the violet robes, which
are only worn when princ s of the chu ■
are In mourning.
Once more the procession with th” birr
now flanked by the Swiss guards m o .
on. After the cardinals came the who:
diplomatic body accredited to the vatiiHii
and the representatives of th" Knight -.
of Malta. J.'ho latter were follow, d b
tlie marshal of the conclave, Prince Ulioi.
the master of the holy hospice, Prim
Ruspoll, and the commander of the '■■
ble guards,. Prince Rospigliusi, ail :n mag
nlflcent uniforms.
Then came, tlie prelates of the chamb' r
and knights of Qie cape and sword !a
their medieval Spanish robes. The, noble
and Swiss palatiim guards brought up th-,
rear.
No monarch was over follow-d to th
torn!) by a more imposing ai:ay. ' ■-; 0..
the cardinals and prelates and el-r o .
prayers and psalms for the dead w. "•
re.iti-d as they slowly enter 1 the Si.-
tine chapel, where the chapter and • • '■
gy of st. Peters awaited the ;•:■■■■ i
The latter formally received anal took
possession of tlae body. The torch, mm a?
and cross bearers started forward g: " g
an opportunity to the chapter to tak
up a position immediately pre -eding : an
bier.
The final stage of bearing the "pris
oner of the Vatican” to his resting place
then commenced.
Holy Water on Corpse.
From tfie Sistine chapel the proces
sion wound out around the loggia !m
mortalized by Raphael, encircled the court
of San Damaso and descended the prl
vale staircase, still chanting, into the
basilica.
The moment the flaring torches which
still led the cortege entered St. Peter,
the choir, which was waiting there, com
menced to sing in sorrowful cadence,
“Libera Me Domine." Signor Carcaii!
tlie canon of St. Peter, solemnly sprink
led holy water over Leo's body and
pronounced absolution. As It was bc.rna
across the threshold the cathedral cho::'
still singing, took the lead of tlie now
lengthy procession. The Intense sflen■ e
which prevailed was broken only by t' ■’
chanting which echoed and reechoed from
the huge dome and deserted aisles of th'
chapels as the body was borne down
tho nave to the chapel of the sacrament.
There candles burned brightly. In this
chapelle. ardente the body was reverent
ly stretched behind the iron gates and
two members of the noble guard took
up positions on cither side of tho bier.
Tlie procession then reformed and re
turned to the Vatican, leaving the body
of Leo XIII in the greatest church in
the world, alone, except for the faith
ful guard and penitentiaries whose pra.
ers could be heard in the Immediate vi
cinity of the chapel sacrament. Through
out the remainder of the vast basilica
silence reigned.
The body of the dead pope rests tonight
on the high catafalque with his slipper
ed feet protruding through the gates to
bo kissed by the faithful, when they will
be admitted to the chapel tomorrow; and
the following days.
Viewing' the Body.
Until 5 o’clock tills afternoon the body
of the pope lay in the throne room of
the Vatican. During tlie day all the diplo
mats accredited to the Vatican, the Ro
man princes, dukes, barons and other
representatives of ancient families re
maining faithful to lite papacy, all the
high dignitaries of the church, the arch
bishops, bishops, patriarchs and heads of
the religious orders, paissed In solemn
