Show POPE plus X at f t 4 al t ii k 4 k POPE PIUS I 1 X DIES PE P ir OVER WAR LAST ILLNESS BEGAN AS GREAT WAR OPENED AND GRIEF HASTENED THE END declares that in its ancient times the pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter but now he Is impotent rome ronie pope plus X died it at thursday morning august 20 he ile bad had been ill III for several days but alarming symptoms did not develop until til wednesday moraine morning throughout the day lira marchiafava and amici devotee their utmost energies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive the cardnall card nali nals sere notified of the popes grave con and some of them who entered the sick room describe the impressive and heartrending scenes especially hen hon tho the pon tift rousing himself from limo time to time spoke onte one ont e he said in ancient times the pope by a tord ord might have stayed the slaughter hut but now he hc is impotent were said by thousand thousands and tho the bells of the churches bounded sounded when han v the sacrament was A as exposed upon all the altars when the court learned at of the condition conditi cri there aas aa the deupert concern king victor em pm manuel personally informed queen helena and the nes was commini abed to tho the queen mother extreme unction was nas administered by mgr nl sacristan to lit his holl hot ness amid a most touching ven the sisters of the pope and his alece niece ere overcome with grief cardinal merry del val knelt by the sado nf nt his tied ed N where here other cardinal joined hire hirr the members of the ho household inton i ing ig prayers pr aters the dying popo pope in a moment of lu idita said NOW I 1 begin to think as the end la Is approaching that the almighty ic in ills inexhaustible goodness wishes tc tt spare rao me the horrors europe is undergoing 1 I cardinal delia della volpe chamberlain ol 01 the church who on the popes death assumes direction of the holy see dur ing the interregnum was summoned rom imeln and left immediately foi tot lonie tome A message as sent to the popes brother angelo urging him to come to rome as quickly as pot isible while e t the ic popes pope s sister S signora auora paro ila readied reached the vatican vati in before death deam ensued pope plus X was as born joseph sarto in italian gluseppe Melch lovro lovre sarto at riese near tear venice june 2 1835 lie ile N was as the child of poor peasants he rose to a station considered b mil lions of people the most exalted in th the e world N orld talent displayed display ed at an early age and developed to an extraordinary degree deep piety broad human sym pathy and tireless tirel esq energy brought about his ills mar clous elous success all his life he lie held the love loie of ills fellow men he ile was mas the pope of the poor until he was 31 he lie was employed as a country coun curate in 1867 2867 he was appointed parish priest of salzano there he lie worked faithfully for eight bears 5 ears and won ion the attention of those higher in authority by the tact ane am devotion deot lon eulth which aich he lie discharged hia his parish duties he ile was made a apron of the cathedral chancellor of the diocese and the spiritual director of the college thereafter he became dean of the chapter served lh tu an interred Inter reg num as acar lear general and was appointed in 1882 he lie passed to the diocese 0 51 mantua antua hero for two to ears he was rector of the seminary seminar he lie attracted the attention lon of ae leo XIII who in created him bishop of that city on june 12 1893 ho lie was as created a cardinal car dual and three days later patri arch of venice hero here to of his ills sis gis attended to his household an other Is the wife of a tavern keeper throe sisters are tire in a cloister hir brother Is a rural mall mail carried when ape th patriarch left venice f t attend the conclave called to elect the had lif ad of the church the people hailed him film as the next pope he lie leinon berated nith them sa saving ing that such buell an event e ent vas was beyond be ond the range of in the conclave he ile was urged for the high office but he lie put aside these those who p offered their sup port and legged begged that they find flud an ail other candidate when the ballots began to turn his nia lit bo be came ills life own most strenuous opponent he lie took the floor to entreat the sacred college a desist from the idea of electing him and rind strove to show wherein he lacked the requisite feces throne but his words had a con uary effect in the dignity the humility and the groat great breadth of learning disclosed in these discourses the patriarch stood before his till colleagues as tho the one man to be pla placed d at the lead tend of the church ho was 11 it chosen 1 oa on the sixth ballot |