Arizona republican., 1914-08-22
With Imposing Ceremony All That Was Mortal of the Pontiff Carried from Vatican by Men Who Had Borne Him
AS HE WAS BORN
 HE so DIED, POOR
Conjecture as to His Sue cessor Who Cardinal Gib- bons on Eve of Departure for Rome Predicts Will Be Italian
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ROME, Aug. 2l.-Borne by the red uniformed members of the SediaN who, when he was alive. carried him in the sedan gestatoria chair the body of Pope Plus X, dressed in the pontl- fical robes and mitre. with all otnel emblems of his sacred office lying be- side it, was taken today to the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Peters where the solemn rites of absolutlor were performed The. burial of Pope Plus will be private. This was decided upon today.
 Thousands of persons previously vis- ited the throne room, where the poov lay to look upon the face of the dead pontiff and many of them wove them- selves into the great procession rom the throne room to the chapel. The procession was headed by bearers of the massive silver pOntifical cross, twenty cardinals, patriarchs, archblsh- ops, priests, papal court chamberialns and members of the Swiss noble Nati- can guards in their multi-colored unl- forms. The body was embalmed prior to its removal to the chapel for abso- lution. Instead of the antiquated meth cd of the removal of the viscera and preserving it in a vase in the church of St. Vincent, near the Quirinal, fluid was injected into the arteries which It is claimed preserves the body perfectly
 The contents of Pope Plus will be- came known today. The testament was dated in 1911 but it has codicils made in successive years. To the members of his immediate family he leaves S2o,- 900 presented to him some years ago and s2,40O to his nephews. Both be- quests are made subject to the ap- proval of his successor. In the will he says: 'I was born poor. l lived poor and I wish to die poor"
 The late pope's only brother, Angelo Sarto, has arrived in Rome. From a handsome. elderly person, grief had changed him to a broken old man. Great affection existed between the brothers. When Angela entered the mortuary chamber today he fell on his knees at the side of the body, sobbing aloud. There he knelt for an hour, praying, the tears meanwhile stream | ing down his face, his sobs convulsing his frame. Kindly hands eventually lifted the sorrowing man and led him from the death chamber to the apart | ments of his sisters.
 | Mourning throughout Rome was con- ] tinued today. All theaters and moving picture shows and other places of amusement were closed. Thousands oi
 persons gathered at St. Peters Square | last night and remained there. some oi | them Tn prayer, until daylight. when a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by sharp flashes of lightning, drove them | away.
 The Corriere d'Italia has published
 an interview concerning the pope's last l hours in which the pontiff's physician sets down some of his conversations with his patient. It dwells upon the effects of the war news from northern
 Europe and upon his hopes of ending l the conflict.
 | Dr. Marchiafava says that the holy fathers condition became grave or l Wednesday. On that day he was de- pressed, his pulse was rapid and his temperature rose to 102 degrees. There
 was some trepidation of the lung, bu mentally he was alert.
 l He said to me- Dr. Marchiafavs 1 continues, Doctor, today I will ge lp and go to work" On my vehemen remonstrance he answered resignedly All right, all right, if you wish it, | will remain in bed, but obey only ou of regard for you, my good, old friend | He remained in bed. At half pas | ten a collapse occurred. Oxygen wa!
 administered and the patient wa! l cupped He revived, his vigor re turned and in the afternoon Wednesda! he seemed better. His hands were al white as those of a child but they wer, warm. He began to speak again, Doc tor. won't you give me some coffee o milk? Why don't you come near me?
 These words deceived some of thos, present into hope. but soon the pros tration returned I asked him how h.
 felt and he answered me better doc
 tor, thank you
 Instead of becoming better he grey rapidly worse, until evening when tn temperature rose to a hundred aTrt four degrees. Albuminaria increased and the other symptoms all were grave
 while nephritic complication indicate, the patient could live only for a fey hours"
 Before midnight consciousness ha,
 almost entirely disappeared.
 was aware that the end was ap
 preaching and I put the crucifix int
 his hands. He muttered few words
 repeating them slowly. He kissed ard
 ently the little ivory crucifix. Ono
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