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Show POPE PIUS )( DIES GRIEViMG OVER 1R LAST ILLNESS BEGAN AS GREAT WAR OPENED AND GRIEF HAS-1FNED HAS-1FNED THE END. Declares That "In Ancient Timers th Pope by a Word Might Have Stayed the Slaughter, But Now He Is Impotent" Rome Pope Pius X died at 1:20 o'clock Thursday morning, August 20. He had been ill for several days, but alarming symptoms did not develop until un-til Wednesday morning. Throughout the day Prs. Marchia-fava Marchia-fava and Amicl devotee' their utmost energies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals ere notified of the pope's grave condition con-dition and some of them who entered the sick room describe the impressive and heartrending scenes, especially when the pontiff, rousing himself from time to time, spoke. Once he Baid: "In ancient times the pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter, out now he is impotent." Cardinal Delia Volpe, chamberlain ol the church, who on the pope's death assumes direction of the holy see during dur-ing the interregnum, was summoned from Imola and left immediately foi Rome. A message was sent to thg ( , , - , V 1 1 . s, -i POPE PIUS X. pope's brother, Angelo, urging him to come to Rome as quickly as possible, while the pope's sister, Signora Paro lln, reached the Vatican before death ensued. Pope Pius X was born Joseph Sarto, in Italian Giuseppe Melchiovre Sarto, at Riese, near Venice, June 2, 1835. He was the child of poor peasants. He rose to a station considered by millions mil-lions of people the most exalted in the world. Talent displayed at an early age and developed to an extraordinary degree, deep piety, broad human sympathy sym-pathy and tireless energy brought about his marvelous success. All his life he held the love of his fellow men He was the "Pope of the Poor." Until he was 31 he was employed as a country curate. In 1867 he was appointed ap-pointed parish priest of Salzano There he worked faithfully for eight years and won the attention of those higher in authority by the tact and devotion with which he discharged his parish duties. He was made a canon of the cathedral, chancellor of the diocese dio-cese and the spiritual director of the college. Thereafter he became dean of the chapter, served In an interregnum interreg-num as vicar general and was appointed appoint-ed suffragan. On June 12, 1893, he was created a oardinal and three days later 'patriarch 'patri-arch of Venice. Here two of his sis ters attended to his household. Another An-other is the wife of a tavern keeper. Three sisters are in a cloister. His brother is a rural mail carried. When the patriarch left Venice to attend the conclave called to elect the head of the church the people hailed him as the next pope. He remonstrated remon-strated with them, saying that such an event was beyond the range of possibilities. pos-sibilities. In the conclave he was urged for the high office, but he put aside those -who proffered their support sup-port and begged that they find another an-other candidate. When the ballots be gan to turn strongly his way he be came his own most strenuous opponent. oppo-nent. He took the floor to entreat the 6acred college to desist from the idea of electing him, and sirove to show wherein he lacked the requisite neces-throne. neces-throne. But his words had a contrary con-trary effect. In the dignity, the humility and the great breadth of learning disclosed in these discourses the patriarch stood before his colleagues col-leagues as the one man to be placed at the head of the church. He was chosen on the sixth ballot. Caillaux Serving In Army. ,1'aria. Joseph Caillaux, the former premier and minister of finance, whr bad the rank of sergeant in the re erves, has been promoted to subaltern subal-tern lieutenant. He is serving In the financial Inspection department of th army. Austrian Steamers Selzeo-. Havre. It is announced that tha Austrian steamer Dianorah, laden with barley and wheat, was captured oS Ciernsey, one of the channel islands, bv the French dispatch boat Pluton. . |