Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-26
Pop: I: Plus DIES
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Rallied After Relapse and Crisis
SB.s Was Thought Passed.
WAS UNCONSCIOUS At END
Relatives and OFFICERS OF Church at
BedsIde-Last Sacrament Al:
ST r,inlstered When End Was rs
/. III Thought Near. IN n
Rome, Aug. 2O.-Pope Plus x is

II 2 at,f
Rome, Aug. 2o.-Pope Plus x is
dead. sis Al. 5s,s 5sslS.
Already suffering from bronchitis
and ~ weak heart, the worry occas-
toned by the war involving all Europe
brought on bronchial pneumonia. and
+ he Ii a war victim as truly as II he
had been struck down on the deld Of:
battle. He was III four days.. 4.
Death came shortly after Q o'clock in
! the morning after a night spent In,
n fruitless effort by his physicians, who
had kept him alive for many hours
& with oxygen and hypodermic heart
stimulants. 3s;ssf.
Hts holiness had lain unconscious
most Of the afternoon. but rallied in,
the evening, became conscious for q
& time, and gave the physicians hope
that he might recover. But his
II strength was gone, he soon relapsed
a into coma and gradually grew weaker.
until the end i. He died while sleeping
s peacefully. N: s5ssy
pope Suffers q Relapse. {,:s,5.
In the afternoon he suffered e re-
lapse, and he received the LAST sacra-!
n ment. His sisters lighted the candles
x before the miraculous images of St.
Joseph and remained PROSTATE, pray
ing for his recovery. 8..55
The ringing OF the church bells noti-
ned the people Of the exposition OF
the holy sacrament and called them.
to prayer. :.s, u ss55
Cardinal Merry del Val, who was
I called In, left after q few minutes and
{ issued a summons for the cardinals,
who have left the city for their va
cations 81 ss.f. u AZ.
Before the relapse the pope adj
\ dressed the whole world on the sub
y ject of the war. When he was told.
~ that the roar Of cannon In the Adri-S
y attic could be heard In Venice he ex-s
claimed: Il. ss5s5 81 { s..
The bones OF the doges must thrill
n In their sepulchers at the familiar
sound Of battle, recalling the heroic
4: days Of old -
Death Comparatively Sudden.
Death ! came to the aged pontin
4 after q battle of a few days, with the
h leading men OF science on one side
=
and the grim reaper on the other. #
The streets of Rome, usually gay
and Sfilletl with clamoring throngs, are
quiet The noise of the market places
d Is hushed. Everywhere eyes are turn u
d ed respectfully toward & the golden
y dome Of St. Peters, which appeared
to have lost Its glitter in the dark
4 pail Of grief that hangs over the eter-f
Il nal city. ss5f s. /
rs 3 Hundreds OF visitors crowded the
wide streets leading to the massive
h gates Of the Vatican, where the papal$
I guard stood on silent watch. With
u barred heads and eyes glistening with
tears, the throng gazed at the place
where lay the peasant pope as he
4 was aRectionately called byfhis Italian
II countrymen. ts5F3
Has Rslaned Eleven Years.
The pontiff, for whom the world is
Il mourning, passed away in his seventy
ninth year. IN the eleventh year Of his
I reign. Although his rule was brief,
his Iowa ble personality made him
4 one of the most Industrious occupants
n 81; the throne Of st. Peter, and even
4 the followers Of the Socialist Mayor,
Nathan OF Rome, by their presence
a before the Vatican, showed their de-
sire to pay homage to the Catholic
1 ponti6. s5s ID
S The quietness and fortitude which
4 have marked Plus actions during his
\ reign were never so evident as in the
last hours before his death. Although
1 he was ii. the greatest agony at times.
II he never complained, but showed much
solicitude for his sisters, who have
sbeen ct his bedside almost constantly
Il since his illness first took . turn for
the worse. ,3 "A ii: A \: 4;
All that medical skill could do was
4 enlisted to battle against the diseases
which racked his frame, but the han-S
dicap OF the pontifrs advanced age
could not be overcome.
4 courlsrs Carry Sad News.
The death Of the papal sovereign's
8 death spread through the city like the
murmurs Of the wind through the for
1 est. When the tidings were hrst
4 breathed 1t the Vatican gates to the
\ silent thronS, anxiously awaiting
word from the sick chamber within
1 the stern walls, they stood for ~ mo-
8ment as IL transfixed.s IN q a
Then silently they dispersed and
within half an hour the news was or:
every lip in Rome Men greeted each
other with: 35 h i
Plus, the peasant pope, is dead. !" ~ 8.
Couriers and messengers u mounted
hastily to carry the news to the sur.
rounding country. while the telegraph
4 and cable onices clicked necessarily
/ as the information was borne over
1 Europe and beyond the seas.
Cardinal del Val at once made prep
4 arations to make official announce
sment of the pope's death to the en-
(; bassies of the various nations repre-
sented in Rome. from whence the
heads OF the world powers will receive
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