Show POPE plus X 1 am 4 K az C A 4 A Q 1 4 A ta A 4 4 ar jt wt POPE plus i X dieb WAR LAST ILLNESS af BEGAN AS GREAT WAR opened ANO AND GRIEF HAG 10 THE END KNO f De declare clarets that in ancient tim the pop pops by a word might have stayed the slaughter but now ho he Is I 1 impotent rome pope plus X died at 12 welock thursday morning lag aucutt SO 20 he had been ill for several days but alarming symptom symptoms did not wit df de clop glop oa ua tu wednesday morning throughout the day im IT fava faa and amid devotee their utmost bergles to their patient and keeping him alive the cardinals were V 0 r a not notified gifted of the popes grave con and some ot of them rho entered the ick sick room dee des ribe the impressive aad and seen benee especially when the pontiff rousing himself from time to time spoke once he said I 1 in ancient times the pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter but now ho he la is impotent prayers were malj by thousands and the bells tells of the churches sounded the sacrament was exposed upon alt all the altars the court learned of this th popes condition there was the deepest concern king ring victor emmanuel personally la lat ormed formed queen and the news waa was ommund bated to the queen mother extreme unction was administered by mgr Zemp lal sacristan to abts holi hull ness amid a most touching ien the astere of the pope and his bis niece were overcome with grief cardinal merry del val knelt by the ride of hit bed here other cardinals joined life the members of the household inton ing prayers the dying pope in a moment of la eldicy said now I 1 begin to think as the end in approaching the almighty to ills inexhaustible goodness athes t tc spare me the horrors europe Is under joing 1 Cardl cardinal nAl delia della volpe chamberlain of 0 the church who on the popes death assumes direction of the holy see during inythe the interregnum was summoned from imola and anit left immediately tot fot rome A message was sent to the popes brother angelo urging him to come to otome ae an quickly as possible while the popes bister sister signora par pam alln reached the vatic vatican before death leall ensued pope plue plus X was born bom joseph sarto in italian giuseppe Glue eppe Melch lovre sarto at riese near venice june 2 1835 1825 he was the child of poor peasants he lie rose to a station considered by million mitono ono of people the moat most exalted in the horld talent displayed die played at an early ago ind nd to an extraordinary degree deep piety broad human sym pathy and tireless energy j brought about his marvelous success an ills bla 11 he held the lore love of his fellow follow men he was the pope ot of the poor until he was 31 he was employed as it country curate la in 1867 be he was appointed parish priest ot of salzano there be worked faithfully for eight years and woo won the attention sa of those higher in authority by the tact and devotion with witla he discharged his parish dutle duties he we was made a canon of the cathedral chancellor of the diocese and the spiritual director of the college thereafter he became dean of the chapter served lii iz an interred Inter reg num as vicar general and was appoint ed in 1882 be passed to the diocese of mantua where for two years he was rector of the seminary he attracted the attention of leo XIII who in tn 1884 created him bishop city on june 12 1893 he was created a a cardinal and three days later patriarch of venice here two of bs his sla tore attended to his household houie hold an other Is the wife of a tavern keeper three slaters sitters are in a cloister his ills brother la Is a rural mall mail carried when the patriarch left venico to allend attend the conclave called to elect the head of the church the people haliel him as the next pope he remonstrated with them saying that such an im event ars beyond the range of pos la in the conclave he was urged for the high office but he be pat put aside those who proffered their support and bogged that they find and an other candidate randi date when the ballots began to turn strongly his way he became his own most strenuous opponent he lie took the floor to estreat the tite aed college to desist from the idea of ot electing him and strove to show sherela he be lacked the requisite aecus throne but his word words bad had a con arary effect in the dignity the humility and the great breadth ot of learning teaming disclosed in these discourses the patriarch h stood before hie his col leagues a as the one man to be placed at tie the head of the church he lie ax wr chosen on the sixth ballot |