Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-08
POPE Plus TX
HIS LAST HOURS.
A SKETCH or HIS LIFE

dellnE. HIS laNi moments were lucid Ha
said, Guard The church loved 81 WeU aud
SacTediy.' The immediate cause Of death
was the closing oi the wound I'm the leg which
made the humnrS mount into the lungs and
blaln. Cardinals Manning aud Howard and
many others were present at the death
a London dispatch SAYS: There seems to be
a considerable conflict OF statements ~ 10 The
actual hnur of the Pppe'S death. The TffHsS
dispatch hom Rome states that al 3 O'Clock i'm
the AFTERNOON an official dispatch was sent 10
the thalnteI ui Deputies announcing that the
H. hhVl'S uita al ~ J. IN. Inc death was denied
nN atcan partl>ans, although they agreed
that the Pope was dying or could not live
thlouSh Tie day. The Sacrament was exposed
| IN NJ. Peter hut covered with a white ypIl
only. We are told that the Veil was 10 he re-
moved after the Pope'S death. The veil was
hol removed at , y. m, possibly from 4 vain
desire 10 conceal the event. The barracks
surrounding the Vatican are crowded with
troops. This precaution Is Supertluous No
other movement than that of curiosity Is per
ceMibie among the people. The FdnfiiGd
positively announces that the Pope died M
5:I5 y. m, while Reuters telegram saws 50 ~
m. The DuHg NclcS special, dated Rome
was in articulo morris. He appeared dead 10
all but his physicians who could defect a fee
BILE oscillation of the heart. In all the churches
the sacrament has been exposed" This eN-
poSure of the sacrament and Cardinal ST.
meoni'S order To suspend the publication of
The DSSC rrdtorC Romano with the Official ac-
count of the death, seem To place the matter
beyond Doubt
sketch Of the Pope.
Rope Plus y was born At Sinigaglia, i'm Italy
May 18th, l7%2 His name was John Maria
MaStal- feletti, his father having been Count
MaStai- FeTre,ti. who was married To a noble
lady name Catarina SalaZZi. At the age of
eleven years he was sent 10 the college at Vol
terra. and was afterwards prepared for a mil
itary career. the athletic exercises incident to
which corrected a tendency to epilepsy, and
the young Count rapidly grew 10 be a fine
looking soldier aud great fayOrite i'm society
lie Ilad ms name enrolled as candidate for
the Guardia Mobile, i'm Rome, but TO his great
disappointment was not accepted.
ENTRY INTO THE CHURCH.
In his twenty fourth year he gave up the CAV
habits of the world, and under rigid discipline
OF preparation for the church. which he had
resolved TO enter his health greatly improved.
His studies we're thorough and profound and
his zeal and devotion commendable His first
service was in a mission at Sngagia. and on
returning to Rome was, in December, ISIS, at
the age of 26 years, ordained a SubIleacOn, and
subsequently deacon and then priest.
VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA.
I'm IS he was sent n his own request on a
mission partly relglouS and partly political,
TO Chill The voyage to Buen0S AyreS and the
overland Journey TO Chill were fun of peril
and hardship, but the health of the Young mis-
and then Pope Leo MI, madeihim his domes-
tic prelate. He was made president of the
hospital of ST. Michael, and in lS27 was made
archbishop of Spoleta, where he founded am
orphan asylum but was afterwards transferred
TO lmOla.
NUNCIO AND CARDINAL PRIEST.
court OF Naples. On the l4th Oi December,
$40, he was published cardinal priest his
residence being imOla. He had a rare gift of
elOquenCe. which added to learning, made
him early CONSPICUOUS in the church, aud more
effective as he advanced in years and reached
the higher dignitieS. During his residence at
lmola he founded college for ecClaStical stu
dents, aSyiumS for orphans of both sexes. and
home for female pententS under the Sisters
of the Coed Shepherd.
ELEVATION TO THE PoNTIFICATE.
In Let.
died, the news reaching Cardinal Mastai while
he was engaged in spiritual retreat. He
was then Just fifty one years old, and i'm the
perfection of his mental and physical powers.
OF course he FASTENED TO Rome to take his
place in the conclaye on which devOlyed the
duly of selecting new Pope. Ii was not
until the lih of June that the cardinals began
10 vote, and il was not until the evening OF
the 10Th that the ballOting closed, with the
unanimous election OF Cardinal MaStai-FeF-
retii, the youngest of all the candidates. He
was crowned on the 2lSt Of Sune, lSi6, as Pope
Plus IN, or as the Italian expresses il, Pio
Mono. The liberals in Rome and throughout
Europe hailed the accession of the new pontih
with delight, which was increased when a
month later he proclaimed 4 general amnesty
for political offences. There was a tremen-
dOuS popular demonstration in Rome on the
night succeeding this, the city being ilumi-
mated and enormous crowds gathering around
the Quirinal To receive the Papal benedicti0n
and to thank their new sovereign for his act
of mercy.
THE ropes FLIGHT TO GAETA.
After the liberal disturbances of lSl7, and
the French revolution of lSlS. Pope Plus felt
that he was prisoner in his palace, and Te-
solved TO escape. After carefully arranging
his plans. on the oath of May he disguised him
self as a servant and mounted the box of the
Bdyarian minister, Count Spaur, who was
going TO Gaeta, in the Kingdom OF the Two
Siciies. The carriage was allowed 10 pass the
frontier. and the disguised pontff was not de-
tected. From Gaeta the Pope issued protest
against the acts done at Rome, and announced
hon a Rnm1n chambers finding
themselves without a sovereign even in name,
first appointed a "Supreme Provisional Jun
ia, but finally, on the 2eth OF February, 1919,
proclaimed the Inauguration of a republic and
the deposition of the Pope from his temporal
authority.
THE FRENCH INTERVENTION IN ROME.
Louis Napoleon had managed TO become the
head of the French natiOn-the Prince Presi-
dent of the repVblic-soOn TO become its
Emperor. AppealS%ere made 10 him in behalf
OF the dethrOned Pope, and the result was that
a French expedition, commanded 10y General
Oudinot, was sent to Italy i'm the spring Of
lS49. with the avoWed purpose oil relnstatlng
Pope Plus Ninth upon his throne. The French
troops entered Rome July 3. lSi9 and the gov
ernment of the papal states was then carried
on in the name of the Pope for 4 period Of
nine months, though il was not until April 4,
1850. that Pope Plus departed from the king
dom of Naples. on the 9TH he recTOSsed the
frontier, and on the 18th, after an exile of 4
year and a-hall; Pope Plus re-entered Rome,
the guns of the French army firing salutes OF
welcome and congratulatiOn over the result OF
the victory they had achieved.
THE PAPACY SINCE lS4a.
Under the protectOrate of France Rome was
tranquil, in a political sense for number of
years and Pope Plus IN. had period of re-
pose from anAieties concerning the civil gov
erEment of his dominions that was very CRATE
ful To one who. long before his elevation, had
become a very deYOut churclman. His pri-
yate life and his administration of all the
affairs of the pOntfcate were such that no
one ever could question the purity of his mo-
uyeS. He devoted himself during this period
of security to the extension of the religious
authority OF the church, and this was greatly
developed, especially in foreign countries, in
Guiding the United States, where Roman
Catholicism has made greater progress in his
reign than IL ever did in any previous period
OF equal length. He resolved TO signalize his
pontlhcate with one or more memorable
ecclesiastical events that shOule be celebrated
in history, and i'm the year 1915 he proclaimed
the dogma of the immaculate conception OF
the Virgin Mary. which for many centuries
had been a subject of controversy i'm the
church. The new dogma was accepted with
out question throughout the church.
When the war of 1870 broke out between
France and Germany the French troops had
TO be WlthdraWn from Rome. At once the
italian people raised the cry that Rome must
be annexed TO the kingdom Of Italy. The gov
erllment OF Victor Emmanuel made the sem
Dlance OF an effort TO check the popular clamor
but the occupation of Rome became inevi-
table. The King wrote letter to the Pope on
the Sth OF september giving strong reasons for