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Show " " ' jTi (TFl (J- ,.n POPE LEO XIII IS DEAdT After a Splendid Battle With Disease the Great Pontiff Lays Down the Scepter and Has Gone to His Long Rest After a splendid battle against disease dis-ease and tho weight of his many years, Popo Leo XIII Is dead, tho qreat pontiff breathing his last at 1:01 Monday afternoon. The pleuropneumonia pleuro-pneumonia with which his holiness had been suffering wns scarcely so responsible for his death as that In-ovltablo In-ovltablo decay of tissue which ensues upon ninety-three years of ilfc. The pope's last moments were comparatively compara-tively peaceful and painless and were preceded by n period of Insensibility. Around tho bedside at tho final moment mo-ment were tho cardinals, tho relatives nnd the members of tho papal court, Before lapsing Into unconsciousness tho dying pontiff feebly moved his 'Ips, his Inst artlrulnto words being thoso used In bestowing a benediction. Gradually tho shadow of death spread over tlio pontiff, bis extremi ties became co.d, his features assumed as-sumed tho fixed rigidity of death and Mr. Lupponl noted his last fluttering heartbeats, which gradually became slower nnd slower until they flnnlly stopped. Tho perfect administrative machinery machin-ery of tho chinch 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 the popo had solemnly sol-emnly confided tho Interests of tho church, hns now becomo tho exponent of tho cnrdlnnls untfi Popo Leo's successor' suc-cessor' has been elected. This has brought forth Cardinal Oreglla as tlio stilklng porsonnllty of tho hour. Joachim Vincent Hnphaol I-odovIco Peer!, aftorward Popo Leo XIII, was horn Mnrch 2, 1810, nt Cnrplneto. Ho was sent to tho Jo3iilt college at Vlt-orbo Vlt-orbo In ISIS, where ho remnlned till 1S2G, when ho entered tho Colloglo Hi mniio. Just lestored by Pope Leo I'll Two yeai-B later ho was matriculated matri-culated c it divinity student at the Cliogorluii unlvoialty. In 1832 ho Won tl o degree doctor of theology nnd on-teied on-teied tho College of Noblo Ecc'aiius-i Ecc'aiius-i Us, whoie the vo who design ursoivo h pontifical government diplomat!-ta'ly diplomat!-ta'ly or administratively nro trained. In 1S37 ho wna mnde subdeacon, then deacon, then priest. In 1S38 hu wns trade delegate, or goveino', of the P'ovlnee of Henovonto. In 1811 ho was lwdnted governor of Spoleto. In 3'U bo was mado npostollt nuncio. ,r papal embassador, to Ilolglum and '.Hilar archbishop of Unmlottn. In 18 IG hu wn made bishop of Perugiu, vheio bo united 111 IS-iti. In 1831 he -ns mado a caullnal. In 1877 ho was rnointed cnmorllngo. In 1878 ho wns Ik fuii popo to succeed litis IX, do- paced. .Icchlm Vincont, Ilnphntfi Lodovlc '"d wns, tho son of Count Domonlco nlivUo PeccI of Cnrplneto nnd Anna '" sporl-Ilu:'.l. Tho family to which ho e'ongod iiimo oilglnnlly fiom Siena, -.1 Its chlets,' having taken sldos with tho Medici In tho long struggle bo-tween bo-tween Slona nnd Florence, found It nccessnry to emigrate to tho states of tho church. 1e Selection of a Pope to Succeed the l.ate Leo XIII. Tho greatest Interest Is now centered cen-tered In tho work of the holy conclave, which Is to elect tho successor to Leo XIII. Tho conclave will. It Is generally gener-ally believed, meet August G. Spceu a-tlon, a-tlon, prophesies and predictions come from every direction In, fnvcr of the various candidates. It Is generally believed be-lieved nn Italian will bo selected to succeed tho pope. Tho moat promlnont candidates for tho succession nrc Cardinals Car-dinals Gottl, Oreglla, Aglcrlda, Sera-flno. Sera-flno. Vnnnutclll .Capsolatro, Sarto, Hnmpot.a, Dlplctro, Stampa, Fcrrcrl, Sntolll and Itlchelml. POPE I.BO XIII. |