The Irish standard., 1903-07-25
DEATH COMES At LAST.
Cad of Pope Les Remarkable
Struggle for Life.

Aged PontiM PASSES twny Surrounded
by Rsiati~es ana Cnr,iinalA-
0re:S:ia Tcin ;snrIry Head
of the Church
Rome. July -l-Pope Leo NH. is
dead The last tiic. cg OF life eAt,ired at
four minutes past tour u'cioch Monday
afternoon. and the ppnt,f now lies at
rest
His Eats, Hours
Pope Leo's En.t moments were
married by that Sane serenity and de-
rot:on. and whea he WAS conscious,
that calm intc,li$ enuc which is assoc
cia;ed with his . ye1rs' pontiticate.
His WAS no easy de .;h An hour be-
fore he died, turning to DR.. Lapponi
and his devoted Valet Pho Contra. he
murIlnred. THE PAIN suffer is most
terrible" Yet his parting words were
moi OF The physc:s! anguish that he SUI
fered, ban were WHISPERED beHeairtions
upon the cardinals and his nephews,
who kneit AT the BEDSIDE. and the last
LOOK OF his almost si%h!iess eyes Was
towards the glea. ivory cruciiiX hang
ing in the death chamber. Practically
all the cardinals ntw in Rome, knecl-
ing Al 1he bedside. watched the passage
OF his soul Earlier in the Gay Car
dinal Serajino NaHuutelli had imprcs-
, siVely pronounced Ne absolulon in
articulo mortis.
The Temporary Pope.
Meantime, e:ent& vi mOmemtous i'm
portancc to Cathoii, Chris;entiom were
occurring. The oeajh of Pope Leo
meant the passing Oh the supreme DOW
er into the hands oi the sacred college
OF cardinals as its temporary custodian
, during the interre&num. The perfect
administrative machinery of the church
provided against ,ilr slightest inter-
ruption of the governing authority. AS
the senior member of the sacred col
lege, Cardinal Orc@lia. to whom the
pope, just before his death. solamny
confided the Interests of the church,
has now become the exponent of the
cardinals until Pope Leo's successor
has been elected.
| The cardinal is the exact antithesis
of Pope Leo, having none of the late
pontitf's sympathetic and benevolent
characteristics. Ee comes from a noble
Piedmontese stock. and his nobility is
shown in his naughty and austerc
bearing. He is not popular among his
colleagues or the Romans, and his
brusque manner has earned him the
title Of 1.-The Piedmontese bear" He
is tall and robust. and his "A years are
shown by the Wilderness of his hair.
Officially Pronounced Dead.
Rome, July 22.-The body OF Pope Leo
reposes in the chamber where his last
death struggle took place, which for the
| time being has been transformed into
mortuary chapel. Beside the bed a
small altar has been raised, on which
| flicker six candles, surrounding figure
| of Christ hanging to the cross. The
chanting OF penitential psalms goes on
| INCREASINGLY, one group of kneeling
/ Franciscans succeeding another in the
J performance of this holy Office.
In the meantime Tuesday began the
series of impressive ceremonies mark
, ing the demise of a pope and the initial
preparations for the choice of his sue
cessor. The most solemn ceremony was
| the gathering of the cardinals of the
sacred college in Leo's death chamber
to officially pronounce the pontiff dead
This was followed by the historic cere-
mony of the removal of the fisherman's
ring. These ceremonies were carried
out with the accompaniment of all that
stately pomp marking the rituals for a
deceased pope.
The Funeral Ceremonies.
The programme for the "novem-
dfales," the nine days ceremony, as far
as established, but still open to posi-
Bile change is as follows: Tuesday
morning. the second meeting of the con-
gregation of cardinals will occur to dis
cuss measures relating to the conclave.
The diplomatic body, the Roman aris-
tocracy and tho high dignitaries of the
church will at this time have an oppor-
tunity to take a last view of the late
pontiff before he is laid in ST. Peters.
| In the afternoon the body will be ar
rayed in full pontiticial robes, and in the
evening the remains will be transported
| to the hasilica Of st. Peters, where they
will be taken charge of by the chapter
of the basilica and deposited in the
chapel of the sacrament. Thursday the
people of Rome will be allowed to view
the body of the pOntiff while requiem
masses will be celebrated in the different
chapels The same morning the third
meeting of the congregation will take
place. The congregation will also meet
! on Friday, and Saturday night the body
of the pope will be springfield with holy
water by the chapter Of st. Peters. It
will then be taken at the head Of pro-
cession around the basilica and en-
tombed to the strains of the "Miscrcrie"
intoned by singers of the Julia chapel.
In the chapel choir. where the inter-
| ment will occur. the bier must enter
head first, according to the church law.
| The ceremony will end with the cele-
bration of requiem on Sunday. On
| Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the
| following week the meetings of the con-
| eregation will continue. Three grand
funeral services will occur subsequent
ly, but the oates have not yet been fixed.
Fire Chief Killed.
Louisville, Ky, July 20.-Maj. Ed
ward Hughes, Louisvlles veteran fire
chief, was run over and instantly killed
Sunday afternoon by a trolley car.
Maj. Hughes was one of the best known
fire chiefs in the country, and had been
at the head of the Louisville fire dc part