The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-08-26
Pope Plus X. IS
CALLED TO REST
His Latest Illness Of Short
Duration.
GAEF OVER NATIONS At WAR
Hzstens the End-HiS Life
Embraced a Long and
Noted Career.
\ SKETCH OF AGED PONTIrF

ttDufes aug, ~ op' '"H -
DIED at 1870 this morning. He had
been III several days, but alarming
symptoms did not develop until
Wednesday morning.
throughout the day Drs. March
iafava and Amici devoted their ut
most energies to stimulating their
patient and keeping him alive. The
cardinals we're notified of the Pope
grave condition and some of them
1sbo entered the sick room describe
che scenes as impressive and heart
7>ending. especially when the pontiif,
rousing himself from time to time.
spoke
Once he said. 'ln ancient times,
fbe Pope by word might have stay
ed the slaughter. but now he is i'm
potent"
Prayers were said by thousands,
and church bells sounded when sac
rsn1ent was exposed upon all affairs.
when the court learned of the
Papes condition there was the deep
szsi concern.
Extreme JUNCTION was administer
ed 10 his holiness by Monsignor
Seampini Sacristan amid most touch
fzg scenes. The POpe's sisters and
mis- niece were overcome by grief.
Cardinal Merry Del Val knelt by the
bedside where other cardinals join
al him. members OF the household
intoning prayers.
The dying Pope in a moment of
lucidity said: Now begin to think
zhe Almighty. in His inexhaustible
goodness, wishes to spare me the
horrors Europe is undergoing.
The Pope's last illness began al
most coincidentally with the great
European war. Those close to him
believe his grief over the situation
brought on the final crisis and so
overwhelmed him that he was una
DIE in his eightieth year 10 with
stand another attack of his old enc
my, equity catarrh.
giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known
10 the world as Pope Plus X, was
elected TO the Pontificate on August
4. 1908. and during his occupancy
OF his exalted office, head of the Ro-
man Catholic Church. he was con-
-frOnted with some OF the most mo-
nentous problems. religious and
governmental. with which the Holy
See has had To deal in modern times.
Pope Plus was born on June 2,
$50. at Riese. in the Venetian prov
Inces. the first child of Gian-Battis-
IA SartO, a postman, and his wife
haTgherita Guiseppe's early career
was Influenced by the village priest
who took liking for the boy, taught
him to read and write and drummed
into the youthful head the rudi-
mcnts OF Latin At the age of eleV-
cen years he entered the seminary at
castelfranco, not far from his birth
place, and for four years every day
he tramped TO school, usually bare
footed, until he reached the outskirts
OF the village, where he would slip
aon his shoes to keep up appearances.
From CastelfrancO he passed In
1850 TO the Seminary at Padua, and
in 1858. at the age OF 20, was or
claimed priest and took up his stud
les al Tombolo. In 1867 he had his
lirBt parish OF Importance, that of
.sSslEano. where he remained for elev-
zen years. In addition To his eccle-
siastical duties Father Sarto contrib
,uted largely to the support of his
mother and sisters. who found life a
hard struggle. especially in the win
ter
His eloquence led to his being
called at the age of forty to Treyiso
As chancellor OF the diocese, and
shortly after he was appointed Pro-
lessor of Theology in the seminary.
Nine years of strenuous work follow
ed, crowned. in 1884, by his assum-
ing the mitre as Bishop of Mantua.
Leo XIII. conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title of Roman Count"
and in the consistory of June, 1898,
created him Cardinal, giving him
.the Roman Church of San Bernardo
from which to take his title. He
was so poor that he was unable To
pay the fees connected with the ac-
ceptanoe of the new dignity, but
some of his admirers came forward
and provided him with the necessary
FUNDS.
Creating him Cardinal, Leo XIII.
appointed him also Patriarch of Ven
ice. but he did not leave Mantua un-
an a year later, owing to consict be-
tween the Italian government aud
abe Holy See. over the right OF the