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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 ngnlnst disease dis-ease and tho weight of his many years, Pope Leo XIII Is dead, tho groat pontiff brcnthlng his last at 4:01 Monday nftornoon. Tho pleuropneumonia pleuro-pneumonia with which his holiness hnd been suffering was senrcoly so responsible for his death as thnt In-ovltablo In-ovltablo decay of tlssuo which ensues upon nlnoty-threo years of llfo. Tho popo's last moments woro comparatively compara-tively peaceful nnd pnlnlcss nnd wero preceded by a period of Insensibility. Around tho bodsldo at tho final moment mo-ment woro tho cnrdlnals, tho relatives and tho members of tho papal Wf Ileforo lapsing Into uncoiiscloU!fjA, uio dying pontiff feebly niovctlJBBJ lips, his last artlculnto wordB lH thoso used In bestowing a bonedl JHB Gradually tho shadow of dcuTh spread over tho pontiff, his extremities extremi-ties becamo cold, his features assumed as-sumed tho fixed rigidity of death and Dr. Lappont notod his last fluttering heartbeats, which gradually became slower and slower until they finally stopped. Tho porfect admlnlstratlvo machln ory of tho church provided against tho slightest Interruption of tho governing gov-erning authority. As tho senior member mem-ber of tho sacred college. Cardinal Oreglla, to whom tho popo had solemnly sol-emnly confided tho Interests of tho church, has now becomo tho oxponont of tho cardinals untfl Popo Leo's successor suc-cessor has been elected. This has brought forth Cardinal Oreglla as-tho striking personality of tho hour. Joachim Vincent Raphael Lodovlco POPEiL0 XIII. t PeccI, afterward Popo Leo XIII, wa born Mnrch 2, 1810, at Carpiueto. He was sent to tho Jesuit collego at VU-orbo VU-orbo In 1818, where ho rcmnlned I 182C, when ho onterpd tho Colle?o Romano, just restored by Popo l5o XII. Two years later he was matriculated matri-culated as n divinity student at Uo Gregorian university. In 1832 ho wen tho degree doctor of theology antt-Kv. tored tho Collego of Noblo Kcctcslaa-tics, Kcctcslaa-tics, whero thoso who design to seno tho pontifical government diplomatically diplomati-cally or administratively aro trained, In 1837 ho was mndo subdencon, tbtn deacon, then priest. In 1838 ho was mado dologato, or governor, of iUo province of Dcnovcnto. In 184J he wis appointed governor of SpoletosSir 1813 ho was mado apostolic nuncio, or papal embassador, to Belgium and titular archbishop of Damlotta.Kn 18-tli ho was mado bishop of PorugH, whoro ho arrived In 181C. In 1854ffio was mado a cardinal. In 1877 ho was appointed camorllngo. In 1878 ho was chosen popo to succeed Plus IX, me-ceased, me-ceased, Jochlm VIncont, Raphael Lodorlc Pcccl was the son of Count Doraonlco Lodovlco Teccl of Carplneto and Anna Prosperl-Huzl. Tho family to whlcffffo belonged camo originally from Siena, and Its chiefs, having taken sides with the Medici In tho long struggle bo-tween bo-tween Slona and Florence found It necessary to emigrate to tho states of the church. The Selection of a Pope to Gucceed the Late Leo XIII. Tho groatost Interest Is now centered cen-tered In tho work of tho holy conclave which' Is to oloct the successor to I.eo XIII. The conclavo will, It Is generally gener-ally believed, moot August B. Speculation, Specula-tion, propheslos and predictions como from over)' direction In favor of tho various candidates. It Is gonornlly bo- ' jin Kalian will bo selected to f ne popo. Tho most prominent 3 for tho succession nro Car-ottl, Car-ottl, Orcglln, Aglerlda, Sera-innutelll Sera-innutelll .Capsclntro, Sarto, , Dlpictro, Stampa, Korrerl, Satolli and Rlchelml. i. ... Rome Is Mourning. In Romo, on tho nowB of tho death tecomlng known, many of tho displayed dis-played flags wero withdrawn and ihops closed. Hullctlns announcing .PopC Leo's death aro being posted on tho closed shutters nnd tho theatres ire closed at night, placards being put out saying thero was no performance is a sign of mourning for Leo XIII. All the newspapers, Including thoso favorablo to tho present Institutions, 'jubllsh long eulogistic nrtlclcs about tho deceased. Funeral Arrangements. Only the most general funoral ar-tangements ar-tangements havo thus far been mado, is tho shock of tho popo's death for tho moment occupies all attention. Cardinal Car-dinal Oreglla, together with tho mem-bors mem-bors of tho sacred college, wfil deter-mlno deter-mlno tho detnlls of tho elaborato funoral fu-noral ceremonies, which will last nine days. In tho case of Plus IX his personal per-sonal friends among tho Roman aristocracy wero permitted to seo the ombnlmcd body beforo It was romovod to St. Peter's, whoro tho general public pub-lic had a like privilege. It Is oxpected that similar plans will bo carried out in tho present case. On tho evening of tho eighth dny tho corpso will bo enclosed en-closed In two cofllns, tho Inner one of cypress and tho other of lead, which will bo doposlted within a stone sarcophagus. It will not bo Immediate ly committed to Its final resting place, but will bo doposlted high over tho door near tho choir of a chapel In St. Peter's, whoro It may bo vlowcd by all visitors. Tho ultlmato burial placo will bo tho magnificent basilica of St. John Latoran. Following Popo Leo's oxpressed wish, tho nlcho In which it will Uo will correspond to that which tho popo designated aB tho resting placo of Innocent III. Long biographical sketches, memoirs mem-oirs and editorials nro called forth by tho death of tho popo, and tho English papors all teem with expressions of tho warmest sympathy and deep ro-Bret, |