El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-20
POPE Plus ROSE
FROM POVERTY To
PRINCE Of CHURCH
Was Beloved by the People
Generally and Noted
For Great Piety.

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Papal secretary, Who was kneeling and
Shook his head
ana covered his face with his hands.
Meantime cardinal Vanutelli, the pope's
niece, Gilda ParOlin; his major domO,
monsignor Bianchi. monsignor AIiscia-
tell, and his secretaries, monsignOrs
Bressan and Pescini, had Joined the
group in the chamber.
Sisters Grief ROuses POntiff.
The two sisters and the pOpe's secre-
fairies could not restrain their sobs. and
4heir voices seemed to bring back the
pontl1t from the state Of coma into
which he had lapsed- His eyes opened,
his lips moved, and il was plain that
ne was making an effOEt TO impart
1lnal blessing. For a moment it seemed
That dissolution had taken place, and
then the lips moved again Together
IN one, all things in Christ he whis-
DR.. Marchiafava released the wrist,
which dropped puiseless on the pontiffs
breast. The physician bent over the
bed, listening for heart that was
ITS all over" he said, and reverently
kissed the pontiffs hand In turn the
others did the same, after which they
intOned prayers for the dead
Vatican staff BestOw Farewell.
Immediately after candle lights
dlickered in all the windows Of the vati-
can and the whole personnel of the
apostolic palace, with the permission OF
the papal secretary passed bp the body,
kissing the hand Of the pOntiff as they
passed. Throughout the night messages
had been received from the heads Of
many states inquiring the condition Of
his holiness. All were Immediately no
titled Of his death by cardinal Merry
Interment in st. Peters.
{ There is much interest in the matter
rr~ nr-Hn ha
Its resting place It is recalled that
carrying the body Of Plus III from St
Peters TO St Lawrence. caused riot
For this reason the body OF pope Leo,
although he had expressed a wish TO
be buried in St. John later, where his
tomb was erected. is still in St Peters,
as the late pope feared that the trans
pOrtatiOn might cause disorders II Is
believed that Plus Y chose St Peters
for his tomb in order TO avoid the pos
sibility of unpleasantness-
Veto Power Abolished.
The Giornale D'1ualia today says that
the pope recently drew up new rules TO
govern future cOnClaves and that these
abolished the right Of the veto Of for
eIgu powers, thus freeing the cardlnaIs
Of temporal influence IN spiritual mat
tiers The new rules, the paper says
modified some of the fOrmalties con-
Corning the duration Of the conclave-
Another Prelafe Dies.
A dispatch TO the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Rome, says InaI
father Francis Xavier Wernzs general
Of the Society Of Jesus, died in Rome
this morning almost simultaneously
with pope Plus.
1t has been suggested in some quar-
tiers that the cOnclave for the election
Of new pope may be postponed. Inc
cumstances it might be dlstasIeIul Tor
the British, French and Belgian cardi- !
nails 10 meet with their Austrian and
sketch 81 Dead POntfff.
Giuseppe MelchiOrre SartO, known TO !
the world as Pope Plus X, was elected I
70 the pontificats on August 4, 1913. !
since which time his administration OF
ti-at exalted office has been confronted ]
with some Of the most momentOus ]
problems. religious and governmental I
with which the holy see mas mad 70 1
deal in recent times They have IN !
cluded, on the one hand, his deter
mined attitude in maintaining the 3
purity Of Catholic faith, beginning with ]
his syllabus cOndemning criticism OF !
sc holy scriptures and Of the origin /
Christianity, and later bringing
18th the famous encycllcal Pas
adj which eNpOunds and condemns
system Of Modernism; and. on the /
her hand. the painful struggles which I
had inherited with France over the 1
paration OF church and state, later |
IN Spain on similar issues. and more I
bcenly with Portugal as result of /
he revolution which overthrow the |
nonarchy-
Born at Riese.
Pope Plus was born on June ?. 1
1885, at Riese, in the Venetian I
provinces, the first child OF Gian-Bat- |
tista Sarte, a postman, and MS wife /
Margherita- They were Of the upper (
peasantry, II any one may use the ]
term, and besides the boy destined TO l
he pope there were seven children,
q son and six daughters The fathers /
salary Of 20 cents a day and the moth /
er's modest earnings from making
dresses afforded them only the barest |
necessities Of life, and the schooling I
OF the children was sadly neglected !
This was true especially Of the girls, 1
who never learned to read or write, !
even in after life
Giuseppe's early career was fortu- !
rately influenced by the village priest
who took a liking for the boy, taught /
him to read and write and drummed /
into the youthful head the rudiments /
OF Latin With this impetus Giuseppe
at the age Of II years entered the
his birthplace, and for four years every
Gay. rain or shine, he tramped to I
school, usually barefoOted, until he /
reached the outskirts Of the village,
where he would slip on his shoes 10 I
keep up appearances Two pairs Of
shoes was his yearly allowance.
From CastelfrancO he passed in |
1850 10 the seminary at Padua. and ]
in 1888, at the age Of 25, was ordained /
priest and took up his duties al Tom |
bolO- In 1867 he had his first parish l
u lulpOL lance LuaL OF CalLauOs Wuere D
be remained for II years, adored by !
his practitioners, Notwithstanding his /
somewhat autocratic rule. In addi- /
ton TO his ecclesiastical duties father I
Sarto contributed largely to the sup
port OF his mother and sisters, who I
found life a hard struggle, especially /
in the winter.
It was in Salzano also that the fol-
lowing incident occurred He returned (
home one day, tired and hungry, after /
a long tramp to see a sick parishioner.
ana was about TO down TO a plate !
Of steaming soup. which was on the (
table, when a strange woman walked /
In at the open door, sat down and 1
calmly ate the soup before his aston /
ished servant could interfere. When /
finished, the stranger rose, wiped her l
mouth and said deliberately q was I
told that you live on bread and water /
tPat the poor may eat; I was deter /
Eiped 10 prove the contrary and I i
6zFe-' with that she flounced off and /
sesE father Sarto had to be content !
With cold fare.
Took Care OF Family.
Besides his parish father Sarto had 1
to care for his mother and sisters, who.
although they contributed their quota
70 family income, found life a hard {
struggle, especially during the long and 4
Geld winter. Giuseppe would have
liked 10 have his mother with him but