Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-08-29
Pope is ENTOMBED
AS The sun SETS
GRIEF OVER EUROPE's sTRUc.
CLING MILLIONS HASTENs END.
MANY THOUSANDS VIEW BODY
Dying Head OF Catholic Church Said
He Believed Almighty Saved Him
Horrors OF War.


Rome The entOmbmont Of the lat,
Fop0 Plus x took place Saturday oven
ing at sunset. The great basilica oI
st. Peters was in sewidarkness. 4
Pickering light came from perpetual
ly burning tapers about the shrine
OF the apostles and the candles i'm the
chapel whore the catafaIque stood
Witnesses OF the ceremony. mum
beriug about 1000. came by special
invitation and included representa-
tives accredited to the Holy See. pre-
lates and members of the Roman
aristocraCy.
Tho procession formed in the chapel
OF the blessed sacrament. where for
hours the body of Plus Y lay i'm state
The catafalque was surmounted by
the triple crown and the body of the
pope was clad in the pontificial robes
and surrounded by emblems OF his
sacred office.
The coffin was placed within the
tomb. while Cardinal Della Volpe re-
ment to Plus X will be erected in the
crypt.
Rome-Pope Plus X died at 1:cO
/ o'clock Thursday morning. He had
been i'll for several days, but alarm
| ing symptoms did not develop until
/ Wednesday morning. Throughout the
| day Drs. Marchiafava and Amici de-
voted their utmost energies to stimu-
latiug their patient and keeping him
alive.
The cardinals were notified of the
pope's grave condition and some of
them who entered the sick room de-
scribed the scene as heartrending. es-
pecially when the pontiff, rousing
himself from time to time. spoke.
Once he said: "In ancient times the
pope. by n word, might have stayed
the slaughter. but now he is i'm
potent"
Prayers were said by thousands and
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 Monsignor Zampini, sacristan to
his holiness, amid a touching scene.
The popes sisters and his niece were
overcome with grief. Cardinal Merry
del Val knelt by the side of his bed,
where other cardinals joined him,
members of the household. intoning
prayers.
The dying pope, in a moment of
lucidity. said:
Now | begin to think as the end
Is approaching that the Almighty i'm
His inexbaustible goodness wishes to
spare me the horrors Europe is under.
going"
Wednesday was one of the most
anxious days in the history of the
papacy. The whole world knew that
the pope was indisposed. but It was
supposed he was suffering from his
usual ailment, the govt. Up to noon
even members of the household were
unaware of the seriousness of the de ;
velopments. Almost without warning
came the word that the pontiff was
at deaths door. I
All day his agony continued. At
times he revived and was able to .
say few words. but hope of saving /
him finally was abandoned. Several |
times throughout the city and at the .
palace the rumor spread that the end .
had come. only to be denied later.
At times during Wednesday the
pope had much difficulty in breath.
ing. He suffered much from head.
ache and inability to rid himself OF
the accumulations in the lungs. slim.
ulants were injected and oxygen ad.
Several times the pope
revived and seemed much better. He
then would speak to those about him
and insist that his desires be exc.
cuted. In one OF these intervals he
asked for MoRsignor Rosa, recently
appointed secretary of the consistor.
ial congregation. Monsignor Rosa
had been an intimate friend of the
pope since the pontiff was bishop of
Treriso. AS soon as he was notified
he rushed to the Vatican and was ad-
mitted Immediately to the apartment
where the pope was lying Monsignor
Rosa remained alone with the pope.
The incident was considered signifi-
can't, as, owing to his present position.
Rosa would be secretary
of the conclave on the death of the
pope. II is thought that the pope con.
'ided in him his last wishes.
Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal
'ecretary OF state, telegraphed to all
he cardinals notifying them of the
'rave condition Of the pope.
Later the ringing of church bells
announced to the faithful the exposi-
ion of the holy sacrament and called
hem to prayer for the restoration of
he pontiff to health. This gave rise
o rumors of the pope's death. which
he Vatican denied, owing to the