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swooned-He Had Been Suffering
From Complication Of Bronchial
Trouble and Pneumonia.
ROME, via Paris, The report
Is current that Francis Xavier
Wernz, general of the Society OF Jesus.
Is dead. has been impossible Of
fcially to confirm the report.
ROME = Pope Plus X. is dead.
His holiness after suffering a
relapse earlier in the day, became
unconscious at noon. At that time a
priest had been sent for and the last
sacraments OF the church were admin.
istered.
Doctors In attendance were com.
PEELED TO begin the administration OF
oxygen to keep him alive pending the
summoning to the bedside OF the Off
Gals demanded by the rites OF the
church to be present.
At 1870 1t was announced that the
condition OF his holiness was desper.
ate, that his fever was increasing and
Z his general condition was becoming
very much weaker. His sisters were
In constant attendance.
The physicians could 90 nothing and
the pope sank gradually until death
came.
Grief over the European war is gen
orally conceded TO have aggravated
his attack Of pneumonia and bronchial
trouble. and FASTENED his death.
War Causes Death.
When ne heard that Germany had
declared war on Russia and realized
that the confiagration actually had
been hndled he broke down. HIS holi-
ness swooned and was unconscious for
several minutes. His physicians were
called in and had to administer pow
eTful restoratives.
There was a slight recovery and the
pope was able to be about the vatican.
He spent most OF his time in prayer,
and in all OF his devotions impressed
upon every member OF the household
that his entire heart was set on the
restoration OF peace.
Born June 2, 1885.
Giuseppe Sarto, who succeeded TO
the throne OF st. Peter on the death
Of Pope Leo XIII. in 1903, under the
name OF Plus X, was born at Rieso
village In the diocese OF TreViso
north OF Venice, on June 2, 1885. He
studied in the seminaries OF Treyiso
and Padua and was ordained priest in
Castelfranco In 1858.
1t was not till 1875 that he was EN-.
ployed in subordinate diocesan Offices
In the diocese OF Treviso. In 1884 he
was made bishop of Mantua by Pope
Leo, who, In the consistory Of June
II, 1898, created him cardinal, and
three days later appointed him pa
triarch OF Venice.
Election Surprise.
On the death or Pope Leo the Pa
triarch Of Venice was not considered
among the possibilities Of election "a
the throne OF st. Peter. But the four
days struggle In which he had not
the slightest ambition. ended in his
almost unanimous choice The elec
tion occurred Aug A. 1909. In the arsI
proceedings OF the sacred college his
name did not appear. The second
morning two votes were cast for hin
and in the evening ballot these were
increased 20 seven
The next morning twenty cardinal
named him for the pontificate and In
, the afternoon thirty-seven votes were
cast for him, The following morning
nc was elected by what was practi
carly a unanimous vote.
OF Humble origin.
The pope was OF humble origin, but
his family for generations had beer
noted for its piety IFS grandfather
Leone sarto. was soldier in the
papal army~lnder Pope Gregory XIV!
HIS mother WAS noted for her Chart
abl. xvov 80 ond prpaf faith