Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-29
CATHOLIC LEADER
POPE Plus \, DIES
POPE KEPT ALIVE MANY Hoo'is
BEFORE DEATH BY OXYGEN.
RELAPSE CAME QUICKLY.
END FASTENED BY The WAR
AGED Father, Never OF Robust Constr
tuition and Strength Initiated by
Disease, Seemed Unable to Re-
aist Shock Of War Horrors.

Roma-pope Piux X Is dead. He
had been i'll for several days, Dut
alarming symptoms did not develop
at once.
Throughout the day Drs.. Marchla'
faya and Amici devoted their utmost
energies to stimulating their patent
and keeping him alive.
The cardinals were notified OF n
pope's grave condition and some OF
them who entered the sick room de-
scribed the scene as h~eart-rending. es-
pecially when the pontiff, rousing nlm'
self from time to time, spoke. once
he said. "In ancient times the pope, by
a word, might have stayed the slaugn'
ter. but now he is impotent." .
Prayers were said by thousands ana
church bells sounded when the sacra'
ment was exposed upon all the affairs
When the court learned Of the pope's
condition there was the deepest con-
Germ. King Victor Emmanuel person
ally informed Queen Helena and the
news was communicated. to the queen
mother.
Extreme JUNCTION was administered
BY Mgr. Zabbpini, sacristan to his hoil'
ness. amid q touching scene. ihe
nope,s sister and his niece were over.
come with grief. Cardinal Merry del
Val knelt by the side Of his bed, where
other cardinals joined him, members
Of the household informing prayers.
The dying pope. in a moment OF III
cidity. said:
"Now I begin to think, as the end II
3 approaching. that the Almighty In Hi
4 inexhaustible goodness, wishes u
SPARE me the horrors Europe Is UNDER
going"
d II was n Of the most anxious day
b in the history Of the papacy. The wnoi
0 world knew that the pope was lndl'
posed. but 1t was supposed he was su
9 fering from his usual ailment, tn
. govt. Up to noon even the member
}. Of the household were unaware OF tn
d seriousness of the developments. A
/ most without warning came the wol
. that the pontiff was at deaths door,
All day his agony continued. I
times he revived and was able to 81
4 few words, but hope Of saving hi
.. was finally abandoned. Several tim
., throughout the city and at the pala'
Il the rumor spread that the end HI
y. come, only to be denied later.
Urgent kilograms were sent to %
dinal Farley, who Is in Switzerlan
i'd and the holy see notified all the CT
b. dinals living in Rome or other parts
Id Italy OF the situation. ALI the church
and clergy in Rome likewise were I
ut titled.
" Cardinal Della volpe, chamberls
ed OF the church, who on the pope's dea
m assumes direction of the holy see d
ct Ing the inter-regime, was summon
from Imola and left Immediately
9et Rome.
IN The body Of Pope Plus K has be
laid out in state for thousands to viz
The day broke cloudy and hea
after exquisitely clear skies. It seen
aid as though nature VAS In mourning
Ing the pope. most beloved by the PEG
no Of Rome.
luh Around the vatican many gather
Gus The great doors were half closed
gle those who mourned spoke in whisp'
de Within the vatican preparations "
de In progress for the simple funeral
" emonies and for the holding OF
the conclave for the election OF q !
INK pope.
at II Is expected that the conclave
wn. be held early In September, 9
p though all the cardinals are not
Rome. The new pope will be the |
pontiff elected without the veto
yiously accorded foreign powers.
est one Of the first acts Of Plus K wa
lrts suppress this privilege Of centuries
49,. AA~.~h Ia nvoA hia own alacti0n I