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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