Show POPE LEO XIII IS DEAD after a splendid battle with disease the great pontiff lays down the scepter and has gone to his long rest after a splendid battle against disease and the weight ot of his many years pope leo XIII Is dead the groat great pontiff breathing his last at monday afternoon the pneumonia with which his holiness had been suffering was scarcely so no responsible for or his death as that inevitable decay of 0 tissue which aich ensues upon ninety three years of life the popes last moments were comparatively peaceful and painless and were preceded by a period of insensibility around the bedside at the final moment were the cardinals the relatives and the members of the papal court before lapsing into unconsciousness the dying pontiff feebly moved his bis lips his last articulate words being those used in bestowing a benediction gradually the shadow of death spread over over the pontiff his extremities became cold his features assumed the fixed rigidity of death and dr lapponi noted his last fluttering heartbeats which gradually became slower blower and slower until they finally topped stopped the perfect administrative machinery 0 of the church provided provided against the tha slightest interruption of the governing authority As the senior member of the sacred college cardinal Oreg lla to whom the pope had so solemnly confided the interests of the church has now become the exponent of the cardinals until pope leos leoa successor has been elected this has brought forth cardinal as the striking personality of the hour joachim vincent raphael lodovico Z 01 V POPE XIII i afterward pope leo XIII was born march 2 1810 at carpaneto Carpl neto he was sent to the jesuit college at viterbo in 1818 where be remained till 1825 when he entered the collegio Coll eglo romano just restored by pope leo XII two years later he was matriculated as a divinity student at the gregorian university in 1832 he won the degree doctor of theology and eni the college ot of noble ecclesias I 1 lies where those who design to serve the pontifical government diplomatically or administratively are trained in 1837 he was made then deacon then priest in 1838 he was made delegate or governor of the province of benevento in 1841 he was appointed governor of spoleto epoleto Sp oleto in 1843 he was made apostolic nuncio or papal ambassador to belgium and titular archbishop of 0 damietta Dam letta in 1845 1815 he was made bishop 0 of perugia where he arrived in 1846 in 1854 he was made a cardinal in 1877 ho he was appointed camerlingo in 1878 he be was chosen popo pope to succeed plus pius IX deceased jochim vincent raphael lodovic reed pecci was the son 0 of count domenico lodovico ot of carpineto Carpl neto and annit anna buzi the family to which he belonged came originally from siena ard and its chiefs having taken sides with |