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Show I CARDINALS TO SELECT NEW POPEI POPE PASSES AWAY AT SIX I THIS MORNING I End Was Forseen Several I Hours Before His Holi- j ness Died CARDINALS CALLED' Saturday Was Day of Great j Uncertainty for Rome and Vatican orfk-kil confirmation tliat Pope Benedict died ut 8 o'clock this (Snnda) morning reached The Standard-Examiner simultaneously simultaneous-ly over its Associated Psese and International N'tws Service lns d The Standard-Examiner along with thousands of other newspa- j l rv In nil part- of the world had accepted as truthful the news given giv-en onl yesterda'j thai the pope had expired Saturday evening, This false report was r"1' confined con-fined to one new- service. Every service announced to Us clients thai the pope was dead. Just ii" was responsible for this mistake is still a mystery. I ON DON Jan 22. Tire '.all- j can bOS Officiallj oi v it' ll tin- for- i ( inn cordlnala t ome to Ronie, I mriirilinx to a di-paKh t.. iho j Exebunw Telegraph compan.x. H The ' l"Tl f Pope Hi II-- niot'l successor 'H be taken up j soon. It was anuoum-ed. Ri 1MB, Jan 22.- I Bj The Assqi i- I t, -.1 Pr'.-vs Pope Benedict's death Bfl occurred at 6 o'clock this morning. The end had been expected for jgfl il hours The attending phyeii - I ians. Cardinal Gasparri and Other I members of the pope's household wero present at the bedside. From midnight all hope had been 1 abandoned, and ut 2 o'clock Dr. Bai- H tlni announced that the pope could H not live longer than four hours at th. I maximum jt u at great uncertainty in ga u. me ind d ep anxiel . among ihoa-i I who watched and prayed at the vat- I lean for virtu. i!'. all hope, of tho H pope's recovery was abandoned even J in early morning. C .USE OP Wl NTKK ' A e thi houi pass I the jrolilTi r I grew at the recuperative power.- pf I the poi hich n iblc 1 him i m I from one sinking spell and another I to periods of comparative restful- I ness and strength. It I changing condition ihal inspired th- pope at one minute and gave rise to rumors of death by another It was thought that If the pops I passed safely through the night he II would have a chance of life after ' dawn, and so it proved. In the early part of the day sleep I came and seemed to add to hla pow- l ers of resistance Throughout the day great crowds gathered around the Vatican and a double row of royal guards took up positions in the out- i skirts of St. Peter's, forming a pass- H ageway for diplomatic representative!!, prelates and other notables. Cardinal Gasparri. papal secretary I of state, received many telegrams from all parts of tin world, including 1 those of King George of Hnglantl and the king of Belgium. The cardinal l .,,1,' considerable rune m the aide I room, but entered the ante-chamber shortly after 5 o'clock He said.' NOT AN Y HOPE "1 came out to announce (hat tin.-. - I Is n" further hope The pope t.:ay bo ' I ennsidered a: having virtuallj . aseu to exist." This caused consternation mplig those assembled and ' 'i.axj irri wr.t I weeping as he came from Mie room in which i he pontiff was dying. And. yet. later In the evening, more , hopeful word was received from th' ; pope's bedside, and on each occasion the spirits of those In the vatica-i I were raised, notwithstanding Dr. nl- I tlstlnl'a continuous admission that tic pontiff's condition was "most srvi " An all-night vigil which the Asso- 1 ante -chamber of the pope's private 1 apartment brought evidence .h.it lha , pope clung to life only by a thread. I lie passed an extremely restless nighr. from ox 1 1 ' ii I both lungs and from the agony cans- 1 1 , ,i bj shallow end rapid respintlon I When Dr Battistini visited his hob-ness hob-ness early Saturday morning, the pal - I lent rallied somewhat and was ale exchange a few words with tho-e n attendance. TAUKS TO PHYSIC N When Battistini said to the pope. I "I am going now,' tho noly !'athv I smilingly replied: 'But. why don't you go. my dca;-old dca;-old man." Oxygen was administered and ap peered to give slight relief. Shortly i o'clock Cardinal Mlgons pele- I brated mass In ihe chapel adjoining the popea bod chamber. During his suffering, the pop? never relinquished his affability toward thds I I of his household who attended bin I smiling, even bantering the doctor-, and recocnlxmg ,intl appreciating' e- 1 ery attention from bin isitors. n his bed of pain the pontiff seems figure of imposins moral grandeur 1 w h it a man! What i popr." I (Continued on Pace Seven -oo POPE BENEDICT (Continued from Pago One) have been comn on expressions of admiration ad-miration To his aged doctor, who refused to take rest the popo Mid: "Oo and lie down, you are an old man now." When tho pope's nephew, despite his own Illness, camo to the bedside this morning the pontiff reproached him for his Imprudence and begged him to return to his bed. When Cardinal Gasparrl was un-ablo un-ablo to put his hand on the pontifical In a drawer of the desk, the pope called to him: "Your eyes are bad Bring mo the drawer, 1 will look myself." Thus, through hours of agony, there fell from his mouth for each who approached him a word and a smilo, a "thank you" or word of encouragement. en-couragement. EQven when his condl- tlon became worse uhd ho w.s no lon-i gar able to tHk oxygen, he desired I the archbishop of Bologns to recount every detail or the fetes and receptions had at tho enthronement of Monsignor Monsig-nor Rocca as archbishop. At another anoth-er moment he desired to know tho narr"s of the diplomatic corps pros-, ent In the ante chamber. More than once during tho past few days it has been remaiked that Benedict Ben-edict preserved on his rick bed tbs same zenl. tho same lucidity. the samo spirit he showed In his dally audience. It might even be said to a creator degree |