The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-21

u ONE. July 20.-PoDe Leo XIII is
dead The last flicker Of life eX-
pired at four minutes past a
O'Clock this afternoon and the pontin
now lies at rest.
The period OF over two weeks that
Pope Leo passed i'm the shadow OF
death was no less wonderful than his
life. His splendid battle against dis
ease was watched the world over with
sympathetic admiration, and ended
after tremendous efforts to conquer
the weakness of his aged frame by
the marvellous power Of his mind. Th4
pleuro- pneumonia with which his holi-
ness had been suffering was scarcely
so responsible for his death as that
inevitabl decay Of tissue which ensues
upon ninety-three years OF life. The
tested steel which had bent so otter
before human ills was bound To break
ar last
At Rest at Last.
Tonight the emaciated and Hfeless
frame which held brave a spirit lies
on the bed in the vatican. beside which
almost all the world has prayed. The
red damaSk coverlet rests lightly over
the body. the cardinals scarlet cape n
bout the shoulders. while on his head
velvet. bOrdcred with ermine, A white
silk handkerchief IL bound about his
chin. and IN the hands that have
blessed so many thousands had been
placed a Crucifx. So Pope Leo Will
remain until tomorrow, watched by
uniformed officers of the noble guard
and rough clad Franciscan penitenti-
aries. who viii keep a ceaseless vigil
until the burial ceremonies.
Tomorrow the sacred college of car
oinals viii assemble for the official
DUTY OF prOnouncing Pope Leo dead.
After this sad function has been per-
formed. the body win be taken to the
small throne room adjoining the death
chamber. where il viii be embalmed
The funeral ceremonies viii extend
over nine days. the remains being re-
moved 10 the cathedral OF St Peters.
where they will lie i'm state. The III
innate resting place Of the dead pom
tiff viii be I'm the magnificent basilica
Of St. John Lateran.
r Death Was Not Easy.
Pope Leo's final moments were
! marked by that same serenity and de-
vOtiOu. and. when ne was conscious
that calm intelligence which IS assO-
ciated with his twenty-five years pom
tfiCate. His was no easy death. Al
hour before he died. turning, to DR.
LappOni and his devoted valet. Pic
Centra. he murmured, The pain
suffer Is most terrible"
Yet his parting words were not Of
the physical anguish that he suffered
hut We're whispered benedictions upon
the cardinals and his nephews. who
knelt at the bedside. and the last look
o. his almost sightless eyes was to-
v ard the great ivory cruCif1x hanging
iu the death chamber.
Practically all the cardinals now i'm
Rome. kneeling at the bedside. watched
the passage Of his soul. Earlier i'm the
Cay Cardinal SerafnO Vannutelh had
impressively pronounced the absolu-
tiOn in artiCulO mOrtis.
From Agony to Coma.
The condition of his holiness varied
from agony 30 coma. Wishing to re-
lieve him. DIT. MazzOni suggested tina,
morphine should be administered but
Dr. Lapponi did not agree. fearing that
the end might be Quickened.
OF this supreme moment DR.. Lap
pcni gives an impressive description
He said.
Death occurred through exhaustion
although in the last two hours Pope