The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-07-24
POPE LEO DEAD.

lHooA III W. u. w.
1t was comparatively peaceful, through
preceded by long, tedious hours Of pain
AS life left the body there was a slight
paroxysm Of choking.
There had been almost hourly anticipa'
ton of final collapse since Sunday morn
ing when the doctors abandoned all hope
and the death chamber had been constant
ly attended by all the cardinals in Rome,
the other church dignitaries and the rela.
tives of the Pontitf.
These were all present when he breath
ed his last.
Before lapsing into Inconsistencies the
dying Pontiff fcebly moved his lips, his
last articulate words being those used in
bestowing a benediction.
Gradually the shadow of death spread
over the Pontiff, his extremities became
| cold, his features assumed the fixed rig
idity of death and DR.. Lapponi noted bis
last fluttering heartbeats, which gradually
become slower until they finally stop
ped.
After a short interval Cardinal Seraino
Vannutelli intoned the requiem amidst
the weeping of those present. Then all
kissed Pope Leo's hand before leaving
the chamber.
The Washington "Post," speaking edi-
torially Of the late Pope, says:
"People of all creeds and countries can
unite in paying tribute to the memory of
the venerable pontiff, Leo XIII, who has
lust passed away. Through his death a
pure and beautiful spirit has been trans
lated. If there be a heaven where good
works on earth are awarded, and where
the sorrows and the sacrifices of this life
find consolation, the gentle, loving, kind
| old man has gone there. Ii the next
world holds for any mortal that divine
happiness and that unutterable peace for
which he prayed in this, Leo NIL now
knows them both. For nearly a century
he has dwelt in a clear light of observa-
ton. Since his twentieth year, there can
have no act, and possibly no thought,
which he could hide, no matter how ar
IDENTIFY he may have wished to. His Ca
reer lies before the world-before friend
and would-be foe alike before the faith
full and doubling before the righteous
and the sinning-lies there like an open
book for all to examine and inspect for
whatever purpose and to whatever end.
There can be no dark places on that page.
Since the day upon which he entered the
College of Noble Ecclesiastics, more than
seventy years ago, his comings and his
goings have been common property. He
has lived under an espionage alert, sus-
picious, in all too many instances IN
friendly. Yet. from the day of his earliest
manhood to the hour of his death, cover
ing three quarters of a century, he has
received from all Christendom nothing
less than a reverent and grateful recogni-
ton of his exalted, unselfsh, spotless puri-
ty. The voice of Leo XIII has always
been for noblest charity. His influence
has always been for peoce and human
kindness. He abhorred tyranny, persecu-
ton, greed, and oppression. His inlu-
ence was ever exerted for good. Bellev-
ing himself to be the Vicar of Christ up
on earth, he spontaneously initiated and
expounded every virtue that Christ taught
Amid the splendors of the Vatican, he
personally lived the life of the most hum.
BILE and obscure a~scetic. Tempted by vi.
sions of earthly glory and power, he kept
the simple path. If ever mortal man as
cended from this world to the world
above with an unstained sheart and spot
less hands, with nothing to regret anc
everything to recollect with Christian
gratitude, Leo XIII is that man. Peace
to his noble ashes, and reverence, always
for the sweetness he has given to this
world !"