Show POPE LEO XIII IS DEAD i after a splendid battle with disease the great pontiff lays down the scepter and has gone to his long rest after a 11 splendid J battle against dis ease and hoof his many ears pope leo XIII is dead the great pontiff breathing at t 4 04 monday afternoon the pneumonia with which his holiness had been suffering was scarcely so responsible fur his death as that in evitable decay of tissue chich ensues upon ninety three ears of tife the popes last moments were campara co ampara peaceful peace ft fil and painless an and d were preceded by a period of ot Insen sibil ty around the bedside at the final mo ment were the cardinals the relatives and the me men ibers bers ol 01 the papal court before lapsing into unconsciousness the dying pontiff feebly moved his lips aps his last articulate words being those used in bestowing a benediction benediction gradually the shadow of death spread over the pontiff his extreme ties became ca d his Jea features tures as fumed the fixed rigidity of death and pr dr lapponi noted his last fluttering heartbeats which gradually became blotter and slower until they finally stopped the perfect administrative machin ery of the church provided against the slightest interruption of the gov arning authority As the senior mem her ber of the sacre sacred college cardinal to whom whon the pope had sol emaly confided the interests of the church has now become the exponent of the cardinals until pope leos leo s sue suc cessor has been elected this has brought forth cardinal as the striking personality of the hour joachim raphael lodovico LodOvIC 0 are closed at night placards being put out saying there was no performance as a sign of mourning for leo XIII all the newspapers including those favorable to the present institutions publish long eulogistic articles about the deceased funeral arrangements only the most general funeral ar range ments have thus tar far been made us AS the shock of the popes death for POPE 1 XIII pecci afterward pope leo XIII was born 2 1810 at carpineto Carp meto he was sent to the jesuit college at vit erbo in 1818 where he remained till 1825 when he entered the collegio romano just restored by pope leo XII two years later he was matri as a divinity student at the gregorian university in 1833 1832 he won vion the degree doctor of theology and en meled the college of noble Ec elmias ties tics those these who design to serve the pontifical government diplomatic diplo mati mad cally or administratively are trained in 1837 he was mas made then deacon then priest in 1838 he was made delegate or governo of the province of benevento in 1841 he was appointed governor of spoleto epoleto in 1843 he was made apostol c nuncio or r papal ambassador to belgium and titular archbishop alch aich bishop of damietta in 1845 he was made bishop of perugia where he arrived in 1846 in 1854 he m nas as madd made a cardinal in 1877 he was appointed camerlingo in 1878 he was chosen pope to succeed pius plus IX de ceased jochim vicent raphael lodovic peed was the son of count domenico lodovico pecci of carpineto Carp meto and ann anna prosper buzi the family to which be he belonged came originally from S ena and its chiefs having taked side wili wita the medici in the long struggle be tween S ena and florence found it necessary to emigrate to the states of the church ae select on of a to succeed the late leo XIII the greatest interest is now cen in the work of the holy conclave which I 1 io to elect the successor to leo the conclave will it is gener ally bel eved meet august 5 a tion prophesies prop hesie and predictions come from every direction li pi favor of the various cand dates it is generally be lieveld an ital an NN ill III be selected to succeed the poe toe a most prominent candidates for the success on 01 are car d nals gotti kregl a aglenda Ag lerida sera fino telli sarto a Dipiet io stampa ferren ferreri satolli and Pic helmi rome is mourn ng in rome on the news of the death becoming known many of the dis played flags nags were withdrawn and shops closed bul dul atins announcing pope leo s death are being posted on the closed shutters and the theatres the moment occupies all attention car dinal together with the mem bers of the sacred college wf w I 1 deter mine the details of the elaborate fu ceremonies which will last nine days in the case of pius IX his per serial friends among the roman aristocracy were permitted to see the embalmed body before it was removed to st peters s where the general pub he lie had a like privilege it is expected that similar plans wi I 1 be carried out in the present case on the evening of the eighth day the corpse will be en closed in two coffins the inner one of cypress and the other of lead which will be deposited withie a stone sarcophagus it will not be dimmed ate ly committed to its final resting place but will be deposited high over the door near the choir of a chapel in st peter peters s where it may be viewed by al visitors the i intimate b inal place will be the magnificent basilica of st joan following pope leos expressed wish the niche in which it will lie will correspond to that which the pop designated as the resting place of innocent III long biographical sketches ketches mem airs and editorials are cal ed forth by the death of the pope and the english Eng lih papers all teem with expressions of the warmest sympathy and deep regret |