2 H&8w.-.*sffi8a,vW MOJTDAY EVENING, THE MlN^^ emitted to the sickroom, as, according to >#£ '(tradition, popes must die surrounded by 1 ithe sacred college, the pontifical court and MNE IN ^CONCLAVE ithe diplomats accredited to the Vatican. . Just at that moment a large party qf American tourists, unaware of the critical 'situation of the -pontiff, ascended the The Ceremonies Attending the Elec- grand staircase talking and laughing. ,They were approached by a gendarme -who feii&jM* the New Pope by ; /J said: "Please do not make any noise,,as ithe. holy father is dying." :*%r:"&Wthe Cardinals.- '-s -.3 ?*' This produced great emotion among the 'tourists and they Immediately retired. iThe government has decided that when Many Curious Usages That Have ithe pope's death Is imminent or has "a,c- .tually occurred, it will hold up all "dis *:• Come Down: Trom the Past < patches until the facts are ofnclay verified, ; , R iwhen the first official announcement "wllF *•*"- "*•""*' '""Centuries.'^™ • -^'*^" •< toe made. 1:30 p. . m.—The pope, altho rallying from a heart attack, still continues in an •xtremely grave condition. " *" " On the tenth or, 'at the latest, the Dr. Mazzoni- Summoned. v twelfth day after the death of the pope, the conclave' assembles for the election 1:50 p. m.—Dr. Mazzoni has been of the new pontiff. If precedent is fol hastily recalled to the Vatican. It is be lowed the conclave is held in the lieved the supreme moment is very near. beautiful Sistine chapel within the walls His Death Agony. • of'the Vatican. Built by.Pope Sixtus IV., 2:45 p. m.—The pope has entered^into iihls famous church; has been- adorned by ,what the doctors .believe to be his last tlhe Rands of the greatest of Italian paint agony. The death rattle Is audible to ers. vOn !the v walls are the wprks pt those waiting outside the' sickroom. ' ' ^ignorelli, BcticeUi and Perugino, *• but Mazzoni Predicts the End. these are dimmed by the splendor of the 3:30 p. m.—Dr. Mazzoni, on leaving the CARDINAL RAMPOLLA. . frescos of Michael Angelo, illustrating the CARDINAL SATOLLI •ick chamber a few moments ago, said Who as secretary of .state has been, creation and the last judgment. Who is well known in America where he the present indications pointed to the practically ^supreme pontiff during Leo^s Connected with the capital, which.is on was the first Apostolic delegate. He is pope's death within two hours. last illness. His powers now cease with the first floor of the Vatican, are the large probably too-young to have any chance but the death of the pope. He was the most galleries which are fitted"" up for the re will have weight in' the' counsels of the -Altho this morning's bulletin has given J the-impression that the pope's condition trusted of Leo of all the college of catv ception of the cardinals and their attend;- conclave, because of$hls\ knowledge of the dinals, and represents in his candidacy ants,' and their arrangements are sucn missions of the church.' The American Js samehat ameliorated, the doctors do church is still a missionary church. not think so. The diminution of the for the succession the late pontiff's lib-, that when their eminences have entered respiration is due to great prostration of eral ideas. It is said, however, that he the place of conclave, the entire section does not expect to be made pope, but has of the Vatican set apart for the purpose the whole system which is augmenting^ ot- dinals then takes place and the pope, •wlthstanding the fact that the patient at promised to support Gottl in return for can be shut off entirely from the outside promises of advancement by the latter. world, the intention being that the mem having put off his pontiflclal robes and times takes a little nourishment. The pope assumed his ordinary white vestments, continues now and then to mutter phrases bers of this exalted council shall be sub jected to no mundane influences. Bach with the broad cardinal's Tiat and scar altho unconscious. let hood; is carried on the-sedia gesta- cardinal is allowed the services of a sec toroa, attended by an escort of the noble Words of Delirium. retary and an attendant, who while the His mind evidently returns' to the events guard, to his new apartments In the SIGNIFICANT BITES conclave lasts occupy rooms adjacent to Vatican. , which impressed him most before his ill- the particular cell allotted to their mas Mess began. At one moment he is feeling ter. On the day" fixed for the meeting of about with his hands and moving his head Impressive Ceremonies That Are Per the conclave, the cardinals assemble to THE END WAS NEAR iram side to side, trying to lift himself til'5 hear special mass of the holy spirit and while he murmurs: "What crowds, what formed When a Pope to take t«e oaths of faithfulness and se Leo Told His* Physicians That AH Wag devotion, my dear people." Then, falling crecy, When this Is accomplished all the Nearly Over, jback inertly he sighs and says: "Oh, the c «£ ~ .. . c Dies. members of the sacred congregations go (The following dispatQh was sent be .weight of these robes, can I hold out un ih solemn procession, two ^by two, and til the end?" This is followed by scraps of fore the pope's demise.) -". - followed by the long retinue of attend Rome, July 20.—An attempt to gather Latin verses and prayers and then comes ants, to the conclave, while the inspiring an interval of silence which is broken by something regarding the pope's condition Cardinal Camerlingo Verifies the strains of the "Veni Creator Spiritus" are from the expression of the face of Cen another moment his holiness at day Mi' laces of all kinds.' How many foreigners. for the Conclave. *, •>clav e the massive doors are shut with break each morning, has been for days ,The church is triumphing," and so on, double locks and from that moment until past the last act of the night watchers (Over and over again. the new pontiff is elected, no person is in tb£ piazza of St. Peters before going A wonderful thing about Pope Leo is permitted to pass in or out. The meals to their well-earned rest and being re ithat every time his mind becomes clear On the official notification, by the pope's for the assemblage are prepared within placed by others. This morning, as he seems to grasp the fact that it may be medical attendants that his holiness is the walls of the Vatican and are delivered usual, their eyes were fixed upon the w 'the last time and he makes the highest in a critical condition, the sacrament is thru a casement, let into the great door. window, but time passed and still the juse of it. When, during the alarming set forth in all the churches In Rome; at It is here, also, that on the first day of shutters remained closed. Seconds grew THE SUCCESSFUL CAJTOIDATE icrisis, about noon, he was lying on his bed, St. Peter's, exposed on the high altar, the conclave a committee . of cardinals Into minutes, but still there was no perfectly motionless, while around him covered with a cloth of white lawn, which appointed by the whole body, gives au movement, and this fact produced inde Hadn't You Heard? Oh Yes, Grover Is Papa of Another Healthy Boy. is only removed on the death of the pope. dience to the foreign envoys. This, how scribable animation among those gath knelt the oardinals and other members of »».«•...... «.....j..^...... T T |lr—1|1-T1ln—T—iiiiniiiiiiimiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiwiiimiiW the papal court, praying and not knowing Meanwhile summonses are sent by tele ever, takes place before the conclave has ered in the piazza." "What can it mean?" whether the pope was not already dead, graph to the. foreign or absent cardinals, actually met for the papal election. The the people asked. "The pope must have A LONG AND WONDERFUL LIFE dition of society as having drifted into a state and those in Rome- are called to the Sistine chapel is especially fitted for the 6f anarchy. .without any preliminary restlessness, the passed away." With- this Idea in mind, The- twenty-fourth anniversary ot Pope Leo's (pontiff opened his eyes, which fell on Vatican. ' holding of this momentous. council. The some sped into the city, while others, less coronation was celebrated at the Vatican July 6, .Cardinal Oreglia, who was at his side, and On the death occurring, the first steps stalls for the cardinals, ranged on each precipitate, besieged the bronze doors The Story of Joachim Pecci Who Became Pope Leo XIII. and Accom- 1902, by the entire papal court and thousands he said, solemnly: "To your eminence, to be taken are the. official verification side, are surmounted by canopies of cloth which were opened, to be received by ot members of all the Catholic societies as* jwho will so soon sedze the reins of BVL- that the vicar of Christ is no more. This in the ecclesiastical colors. And at the j. plished So Much for His Church. sembted in Borne for the occasion. ffTfr the burly Swiss guard, who; In bad Italian, The last notable encyclical of Leo XIII. waa ->v:.y preme power, I confide the church In these aot, which Is performed with a certain far end, opposite to the high .altar, are told them to go away .as they knew noth Pope Leo XIII., In private life Joachim Vin testant sovereign of Germany in his capacity Oct. 30, 1902, and was designed to promote .difficult times." prescribed" ceremony,-: devolves upon, the places assigned to the secretaries. .On ing of the pope's condition. cent Raphael Louis Pecci, came of aa ancient Study of the scriptures and in February of this the altar itself, or on a table in front as ruler over many of his spiritual subjects with year. b» wrote a poem dedicated to a friend "Be This My Last Greeting." cardinal camerlingo (chamberlain), to The general depression was augmented Italian family ot noble lineage. The.Pecci origi ealmness and wisdom, and would have liked of it, is a chalice of silver, on which nally lived in Siena, but during tbe struggles to open negotiations of the same kind with the whom the pontiff desired to advise on the best Then Mgr. Bisleti, the master of the rests the Plx containing the Host. When with the Medici they emigrated to Carpineto. Oar, but Russia would tolerate no interference. means of prolonging life. chamber, asked for the pope's benediction, It was here that Joachim Pecci was born, March He ignored the anti-Christian doings ot the The twenty-fifth anniversary of the late pope's mass' has been said, and all is prepared, 2, 1810. 0 French republic, and looked upon France only election to the chair of St. Peter was celebrated which the pontiff granted, adding: "Be the conclave proceeds to its solemn task. as a party to the Concordat. His arbitration this my last greeting." By right of lineage, by family associations, Feb. 20 ot this year with elaborate pomp in the and by special training, Joachim -Pecci was' a between Germany and Spain respecting the Caro Hall of Beatification, above the portico of St. Then the pontiff gave his hand to kiss How Popes Are Elected. natural prince of the church. Bis family had line Islands was a masterpiece of diplomacy. Peters, on which occasion the venerable pre to the cardinals present, who were Oreg ' The. election of a pope _ is. ,ef£ecteJ3 »by held high place in - the service of the papacy. Physically infirm for years before his death, late was presented with a gold tiara, costing lia, Rampolla, Seraflno Vannutelll, Delia Joachim Pecci's father was a soldier. Count Do- and compelled to live within narrow lines, Leo 125,000, as the jubilee present of tbe Catholic three methods—by. declaration xtt adora uienlco Ludovico Pecci, devout Catholic and bo XIII. was a mental giant, with audacious world and with large sums of money from vari .Volpe, and Vives y Tuto. tion, in which is embodied the idea "of will and nerve. One of hia boldest acts was the ous sources. Dr. Laponnl profited by the pope's som friend of plus VII., married Anna Prosper!- throwing open to public inspection- of the direct divine inspiration; by the compro Buzi, the daughter of a noble family of the archives ot the church. "Out of their mouths The celebration ot the twenty-fifth annivers animation to administer restoratives, mise; or by vote. The late Pope Leo ancient Volsclan city of Cora, and a descendant we shall confound them," said tbe enemies of ary of the late pope's coronation occurred la .whereupon the patient sank back as sud was elected on the second day of the of Cola di Bienzi, the Roman tribune. They the faith, "if they will allow us to use' their St. Peters, March 3, last, with all the im- •ML denly as he had revived. had seven children, of whom Joachim was the own records." presslveness and grandeur of the Catholic church, conclave by acclamation. sixth born. The words the pope addressed to Card "Throw open everything," said the indomitable and on April 2S the pontificate of tbe late pope ' The system of voting, called the scru- Plus VII. had restored the Society of Jesus, Leo when he heard of the challenge. "The church surpassed in the length that of St. Peter, Leo' inal Oreglia, and which may perhaps tlnum, is regulated by exact prescription. and a college was opened at Vlterbo. Here has naught to be ashamed ot or to hide away." XIII. having then been elected pope twenty- prove to be his last utterance, the last Joachim Pecci was enrolled in 1818. At 20, In five years, two months and seven days, known Tho proceedings.are under the directions Letter on Labor. as "the years of Peter." supreme effort of that intelligence which of six -cardinals, two jfronj each < order of Ms twelfth year at college, he wrote an ode of has astonished the world, are much com-' welcome in Latin verse in honor of the arrival An Important document was bis encyclical King Edward visitc-t the late pope in the lat bishopsnpriest^ft^l deacons. ^veryrCJWr of the provincial flf the order. Father Vincent letter to the Catholics of the United States, ter part of April and Emperor William waa re mented upon and it i*. wondered whether "dinaMs prpvidea tyltfiai jbtiijg papeft on Pavanl,'Which j^ahdjf to this day as a model of written Jan. 6, 1885. It was a time when this ceived by. xho laje pontiff- early In May. the intention of Leo XIII. was to Indicate which, he writes the nanll ot h'fe chosen perfect languag*' aim poetry. country was rent with serious labor troubles, Leo leaves he Catholic church at peace--with Cardinal Oreglia as his successor.- They candidate,, but not his own name. No Wfceifcthe famous College .Romano was restored and it required a brave man to grapple with all foreign nations, In contrast with the condi td the Jesuits' by Ijeo Xli., in 1824, young Pecci the situation. Leo XIII. spoxe otit fearlessly. tion ot-"war. la which he found lit at the time will certainly have considerable weight in one" is permitted to vote for himself. In that part of his letter dealing-with organised the decision of the cardinals who will take Withdrew from Vlterbo, and for the next six Of his accession to the papal throne. And, in When the requisite interval has passed, years studied there, being matriculated in 1830, labor he said: epito of the numerous nut somewhat platonic part in the conclave. each cardinal, beginning with the one of with high honors. Two years later he won his "Let them, however, never allow .this to escape conflicts which have taken place between himself M 4:60 p. m.—The pope had another brief the most ancient creation, leaves his staff degree of doctor in theology, the most important their memory, that while it is proper and desir and the Italian government, he leaves church and academical distinction conferred by the Catholic able to assert and secure the rights of the atate far nearer to one another than when he -was lucid interval about 3 o'clock and mut arid advances to the high altar. Amid a church. ' many, yet this is- not to be done by a violation tered a few words to those present. of duty; and that there ire very Important elected to the tiara. His rel^-, one of the most solemn hush the elector prays for a while In 1832 Dr. Joachim Pecci, wearing with con florious in the annals of the papacy, affords, as 4.04—The Pope Is Dead. duties; not to touch wnat belongs to another; to on the altar steps, and then, declaring servative dignity the honors of 40 at the age of allow every one to be free In the mansgement he probably Intended that it should, the most 5:45 p. m.—A large crowd has gathered aloud-, that his vote is given according to 22, entered, the University of Saplenza to at him of his own affairs; not to hinder any one to convincing proof that temporal sovereignty Is a about the Vatican, but perfect order pre his conscience, drops his voting paper in self for the rank of noble ecclesiastic. He had dispose ot his services when he pleases and drawback rather than an advantage to the suc vails there and elsewhere in Rome. even then in view the object of a diplomatic or where he pleases. The scenes of violence and cessor of St. Peter; for at no time since the m- the chalice. administrative career under the pontifical gov riot which you witnessed last Tear In your- own reformation has the prestige, the Influence and The pope's death agony was short and The Telltale Smoke. ernment, rather than service In parochial dutv country sufficiently admonish you that America, the spiritual power of the holy see beeen so great was terminated by a paroxysm of choking. CARDINAL Dl P1ETRO Before retiring with the coveted title of doctor too, is threatened with the audacity and ferocity and wide-reaching as during the pontificate of After a short interval Cardinal Seraflno He is prefect of the council and is the Wh*en all have, voted in like manner CARDINAL SVAMPA in civil and canon law in 183T he won the first of the enemies of public order. The state of.the the enlightened, sagacious, and, if one may be Vannutelll intoned the .requiem amidst subject of an old woman's prophecy who the six scrutineers examine the p'apers- Who is the,greatest of the church lawyers prl^e for the best essay in his class. Nov 13. times, therefore, bids Catholics to labor for the emitted to use the words, progressive pontiff, and who is'considered a likely Compromise 1837, Pecci was ordained in- the church of £? tranquility of the commonwealth, and for this £eo XIII. the weeping of those present. Then all predicted his entire career ending- with a ^and proclaim the result. If no cardinal Andrew on the Qulrinal. purpose to obey the laws, abhor violence, and I/io XIII. was a man of remarkable mental kissed Pope Leo's hand, before leaving- the seat in, the papal chair. has obtained the • required : number of candidate. - seek no more than equity or justice permits." and physical powers. Frail in appearance, he Exterminated Banditti. was active and strong to the end. When he chamber. votes—two-thirds of the number of car In his direct dealings with national questions was elected pope in 1878 many persons said he whom, on the demise of the holy father, by the weather, the sky being very much In February, 1838, Father Pecci waa named in foreign countries Leo always exhibited the 6:15 p. m.—The official identification of dinals present plus one—the result is de by Gregory XVI. as governor of Benevento. a highest order of diplomatic skill. Thru the long could Hot live a year, to delicate did be appear the supreme authority; .'for/ the time be clared void, and the voting i?apers, col overcast, producing what is called the to be. the pontiff's body will occur to-morrow sirocco, which makes one dull and heavy territory which was in a aad state of disrup years of agrarian crime and disorder in Ireland morning in the presence of the members ing is committed.. Attir.ed in. full canon lected together, are burned in a brazier tion, having- become the haven of desperate the pope labored ceaselessly to bring order out of Leo XIII. was of the class known as nervous icals, his eminence, attended by the car with damp straw, the dense smoke from and takes away all energy and spirit smugglers and bandits. * Chaos, with benefits to Ireland and England. men, and years of fasting and privation had of the sacred college. In exterminating these freebooters Pecci won Satisfied that the Irish had real cause. for re given him a leanness of figure «iat was phe Cardinal Oreglia, dean of the secred dinal, prelates and laymen, of high, rank which Issues thru a particular chimney, Oreglia Arrives. the gratitude which the poor people of Benevento bellion, he counseled, them against acts of vio nomenal. For many- years tie was practically a jColllege, will nominate a secretary of the at the papal court, proceeds- to the- cham visible from, outside and proclaims to As the morning wore on, but still early, felt—which they showed when, tne delegate fall lence, advised a course of moderation, and sought prisoner within the narrow precincts ot the vati- ber of death. Knocking at the door with the world that no election has taken ing sick of fever and overwork, they marched to establish a close union between the two coun ean, his sole exercise being tike-* in a park and Jconsistory to succeed the late Mgr. Vol- Cardinal Oreglia, the dean of the sacred bareheaded thru the streets to the great church tries on the same basis as exists between Can garden. How he was able \o *eep up wider the •ponl. Mgr. Caspari is mentioned as sec a wand of silver, the cardinal camerlingo place. college, who always has shown great to Implore the protection of heaven for their ada and the motherland. That he was not suc enormous press of Work for so long is marvel retary of the consistory. enters the room and, advancing to' the eagerness to assume .-command-, but who deliverer. cessful In this was always a pang ot distress to ous. Four secretaries of state died at his side, couch on which lies the dead figure of the Under these circumstances on the aft His nextpost, in 1841, was that of governor of Leo XHL yet he worked on. His capacity for work was ernoon of the same day a second vote •cannot do so until Pope Leo is actually Perugia. There he found a sta*« of affairs simi as astonishing as Gladstone's. pope, touches the breast ,and forehead, dead, arrived with considerable parapher lar to that in Benevento. being convinced that Dissensions in Ameriea, In appearance the pope was a very old man. CARDINAL IS SARCASTIC. and then, sinking on his knees, he pro takes place, supplementary to the first, and called the accesslt vote. In this the nalia,, indicating that he had come to the bakers of the city were systematically In view of the keen interest which Leo XHL But, when he spoke and became animated this claims in a loud voice: swindling their customers by selling short-weight had always felt in the American church, it is impression immediately vanished. His voice re procedure embodies the theory that the stay. He ordered his' carriage to' go tained its ring, slightly nasal, by the way, and iBuestlons RampoMa's Assumption of "Dominus Paternoster Mbrtuus Est" loaves, he one day visited every bakery with not surprising that the reports of dissensions in Power Before Pope's Death. cardinal who has obtained the largest home and not to return. several officers, confiscated every loaf that was the early nineties should have caused him deep his eyes lost none of their fire. Oh, the eyes (our holy father Is dead). number of votes in the morning is the After him came other princes of the under weight, and took all the seized bread to concern. Following the McGlynn trouble came of Leo XIII! When once one has seen them - Paris, July 20.—The exceptional char . The Fisherman's ring and the other pa the market place, where he distributed it to the the differences between the branch of the church the/ could never be forgotten. One would think most acceptable to the conclave. Conse church, all with grave, preoccupied faces, poor. A few months later, there was not one led by Archbishop Ireland i£ nuncio at Brussels. The to interfere with the Knights of Labor. Leo suit of typhoid fever, from which he suffered attention in Paris and has been strongly body is embalmed," and attired in the position was delicate and trying. Belgium was emphasized by an unnamed but well in signifies' his dissent by the words "ac- ginning," retorted a bystander to the decided to send Monsignore Francis Ss&fitt as at .Perugia some twenty-five years ago. So pontiflclal vestments, as a preliminary to cedo nomini." If this new vote leads to In sore political distress. Pecci won the favor apostolic delegate. Tbe delegate came Mte in great was this trembling that Leo XIII. could formed cardinal, a non-resident- of Rome, the public exposition of- the remains in cardinal who spoke, the latter being con of the Protestant king, but Monsignor Pecci was the spring ot 18»2. not write. When he was obliged to sign a docu- : no result, the papers are' burned as be sidered very likely to be the "next pope. recalled from Brussels to take charge as arch meht be held the wrist of his right hand with • .in an interview published by the Eclalre, St. Peter's. • . ' • bishop of the see of Perugia. When Mastal- A% representative of the Vatican in connection as follows: fore and the conclave adjourns until the Bight cardinals, an unusual -number for with- the propaganda, Mgr. Satolli traveled thru his left hand, and even then each stroke was aa The body, which is committed to the following morning, when the election Ferretti became the sovereign of the church as infinity ot tiny light zigzags. "Certainly the physical condition of the such an hour, had by this time gathered, Pius IX., one of his first acts was to make him the country. Thruout he won popularity by his charge of the papal chamberlains, is first begins afresh and quite •irrespective of a member ot the college of cardinals. Dec. 19. open sympathy with American institutions. A Leo XIII. was as austere, abstemious man. ©ope may continue. His body which still and they went anxiously forward, fol compromise was effected between the liberals He was seldcm seen to laugh. This reserve, of all taken to the Sis tine, chapel and the previous-day's proceedings. 1853. .ww. which was natural in him, Increased the dig breathes, is on earth, but his powerful thence by a covered way to the great lowed at a respectful distance by- the oth and tbe conservatives, which has since endured. ers present. Pecci's recall from Brussels was a blow which The delegate stirred up much discussion by con nity of the tiara. It gave him an intlmidatliig intelligence has departed forever. Senile Basilica, where it lies in state for three When at length the determining vote is would have crushed any ordinary man. Young demning Catholic liquor dealers in the matter of aspect. infants are no longer pontlfex roaximus. days in the chapel of the holy sacrament, taken and the cardinal deacon, as' scru.- When the bulletin announcing the pon and ambitious, he was fast winning fame as the a denunciation of the liquor trade by one of the The young German emperor knows some "Yesterday Rampolla announced that reposing on a richly draped couch. Four tlned, announces that a certain candidate tiff's condition was posted, one in the greatest diplomat of the age, when he was bishops. In October, 1896, Catolli returned to thing about this. When he visited the Vati suddenly consigned to oblivion in a provincial Rome, having previously been made a cardinal, can in October, 1888, he was so disconcerted most extensive powers had been conferred members ot the Noble Guard watch over has been elected pope, there is a depar assemblage said: diocese. The action of Gregory XVI. in this and Mgr. MartweUl took his place here. It is on entering the pope's apartment that he first upon him. By -whom? The sacred col the remains,- day -and- night, with drawn ture from the procedure adopted hitherto. "His agony is almost over. JWhat a respect' has never been adequately explained. undersood that Cardinal Satolli was thereafter dropped the valuable tabatlere that be proposed lege? It has no power while the pontiff swords. The body is so exposed that the The cardinal deacon opens each folded happy relief for him." • . --TT From the facts at hand it can only be deduced his holiness' chief adviser on American affairs. to present to the pope, and then he let fall his breathes. The pope alone Is capable of faithful, in filing past, can kiss the'feet voting paper fully, and, reading the Latin Among the meiribers of the sacred col that the politicians of the Vatican were jealous of helmet that he held in his left hand. He sould Pecci's success and popularity, and deliberately Spanish War. scarcely stammer out several Incoherent words. ';delegating such powers; but in order to of the dead pontiff, while every church motto, which each cardinal has to in lege present was Cardinal Mathieu, who forced his retirement to Perugia. Since 1894, Leo XIII. has been very weak, and , An eye witness says that he trembled like a leaf. < !dd so he must be in a position to act with In Rome is draped in mourning and scribe on it for the purpose of ultimate has attracted much notice by the assid Pecci never wavered in his zeal. He was as a number of times in that year he was reported Ambassadors of long standing could not conceal Intelligence and Dr. Rossoni, an eminent to be near the end. There is no doubt that the their emotion when they wmt into the private masses for the repose, ot the soul of .the de identification, makes known how . each uity with which he watches events for the energetic as an archbishop as he had bee a room of the pope, so majestically did he carry physician, bears witness to the fact that member of the conclave has voted. In as a diplomat. Pius IX. advanced him In of Spanish-American war did much to hasten his parted, together with the special prayer French ambassad6r. flee, and when the latter passed away on Feb. death, as ne was deeply grieved by it. All that tbe sovereign dignity with which be was in Pope Leo is adorable, but his speech is for the guidance of the church and of the old days, when much depended upon the A stop has been put to the frequent T, 18T8, Cardinal Pecci was in position to wieM be could do toward averting it he did, but he vested. that of a child.. new pope are said constantly. favor of the pontiff, the knowledge, that the scepter of control. His success, even in the did not take either side, and when he was asked visits made to Pope Leo's sick chamber, f #. • "What are the powers conferred on During this time the arrangements for the newly elected pope would learn the altho now the presence of callers .would restricted sphere at Perugia, had made him to bless the Spanish, dynasty and the Spanish Ceremony Postponed. •Rampolla? They are evidently spiritual. names of his opponents was frequently a disliked by Plus IX., mainly because Pecci had arms he gave his blessing to the dynasty, but re the holding of the conclave are being not harm him.' While he was conscious established friendly relations with the Italian fused it to the Spanish arms, as that would have New York, July 30.—Owing- to the death lit is not known how far they extend. perfected. The ten sacred congregations determining - factor ;when the voting be these visits exhausted him, but it was his government. been tantamount to a prayer for their success of the pope, the ceremony of the investi .The eminent secretary of state is about to meet on the third day -from the pope's came close, and induced waverers to rally- against the Americans. After war was de ture of Archbishop Farley with' the pal wish' that visitors should be admitted, Elevation to the Papal Throne. clared he said to one of the cardinals: renew his entourage, by cutting down in death in the hall of consistory and there to a candidate who appeared to have a and the attending doctors thought it'bet- lium,, -which was to have taken place convenient trees and planting insignificant good prospect of success. When Piua IX. died Pecci was the cardinal "I hope I shall not live to see another war." appoint three members of their body, a ter not. to cross him. camerlengo. The office required him to ar- "Wednesday, has been postponed until after , jbushes in their place. To assume such a cardinal bishop, a cardinal priest "and a The election being over, a summons is at lange the funeral, and the fisherman's ring was Germany and Franee, the obsequies. iresponsibility, to risk such a danger is an * * Will Die Ih Harness. in his keeping. Feb. 18, 1878, the conclave as The story of the Catholic controversy in Ger ! cardinal deaoon, to form, with the car once sent to the prefect of ceremonies, many is an old one—all readers of history know act of courageous devotion to the church, dinal camerlingo, the temporary state who -speedily enters the chapel, bearing The pope will die, one may say, in har sembled that was to elect a successor to the how, ever since 1871, Dr. Bollinger and Prince because if the new plenipotentiary does dead pontiff. Feb. 20, the third and last bal AN EXTRA INDUCEMENT. executive. On the flfst meeting of the the fisherman's ring. An Interval then ness, and if not standing, as he declared lot showed foity-tour votes out of sixty-two in Hohenlohe have been conducting an anti-Catholic "•*. New l'ork Evening World. ' not come to an understanding with the he would be, at least performing his agitation, known as the Kultur-Eampf, a move r cardinals, the cardinal camerlingo reads occurs, during which the canopies are re fa>or of Cardinal Peed. Tbe moment the re ment Indorsed by Bismarck and receiving his Customer—i want to get a dog collar. Sons* camerlinge, all the plantation will be torn the papal bulls touching the election of a moved from the stalls = of the cardinals duties to the end. This morning the sult of the election was certain Cardinal Franei, hearty support. Pope Leo bided his time, was thing handsome and showy. up on the morrow of the pope's death. pope and then. In the presence of all, except that • of -the newly elected pope sick room was the quietest and most tran the defeated competitor, at once threw him patient ana diplomatic. He saw his followers Dealer—Will this-one-do? - self on his knees before the camerlengo, pro persecuted, their church properties confiscated, Customer—No; I'd like something more expen History furnishes no precedents for the breaks the fisherman's ring and signets and his holiness retires to robe himself quil spot in the Vatican. claiming him Pope, and asking his blessing— delegation of powers articulo mortis." but made no move beyond format, dignified pro sive than-that. You see, it's my wife's dog aad of the deceased. in the pontifical vestments. The pontiff lies on his bed, the pillows' an example at once followed by the whole as test, well knowing that he was unable to cope I'd like to get some one to steal it. of which are not whiter than his face, sembled college. His election was a distinct with a strong military government like that of . On his return, the fisherman's ring is personal victory over the men vho were instru [ • Roosevelt's Tribute. placed on his finger by the cardinal which has a strange aspect, owing to his German. His opportunity came in 1S80. when r Oyster Bay, L. I., July 20.—President mental in securing Pecci's recall from Brus the necessities of the German ^nancellor com camerlingo and the new vicar of Christ not having been shaved for so long. His sels. pelled him to take steps towards a reconcilia Our manufactories are- now three times as Roosevelt was deeply touched by the death valuable as those of Great Britain. gives his first solemn. benediction to the hands are folded * over the rosary which The selection of Joachim Pecci as pope was a tion,. Socialism, rationalism, and naturalism of Pope Leo. At his home on Sagamore members of the sacred college from the he has used for more than fifty years. signal triumph for the moderate party In the were playing havoc with tbe German empire. Hill, he dictated the following: Bismarck was in despair, and in his extremity steps of the altar. - Then, taking his seat The famous arm chair which, perhaps, church. He was a very different kind, of man he turned to Rome—went to Canossa, as the "The president expressed his profound on the sedia gestatoria, the pope receives his holiness, will never again enter, stands from the aged and peace-loving Pinx IX., and bis theologians say. Leo XIli. was pacific and con '$ regret at the death of the venerable pon- rebuking words, "I am not Piux IX.," soon came the homage of their eminences and com invitingly near, with his stick beside it. to be known to all the court favorites. He. de ciliatory; he accepted the overtures ot Bismarck ^, tiff whose long career no less than his Centra, his valet, prays and weeps before fairly, and betweeen them tbe annoying troubles T municates the names which it is his clared that his name should be Leo XIII., a sign were gradually disposed of, and finally, on May r) exalted character has commanded the re- pleasure to assume as pontiff.- Next, the a huge ivory crucifix, Dr. Lapponl Sits by of the clear determination that the new reign 9, 1886, the obnoxious anti-Catholic legislation fe^" spect of all Christendom. The president -first cardinal deacon takes the oath of the bedside ready for any emergency. should usher In a new era. was canceled. ,f*4'Sald that in uttering these sentiments he The coronation took place in the Sistine chapel, obedience, and, hastening to the grand The doctpr from time to time rises noise on Sunday, March 3, 1878. Thl»-election gave Leo's greatest struggle was in France, where \PJ was giving expression to the feeling of all- loggia or balcony of St. Peters looking lessly to administer nourishment, of satisfaction to every country in tho world,- the antl-CatbolIc party nad forced a separation £ the people In the United States wholly of church and state and driven the protesting onto the great plazta, announces to the which, this morning, the pontiff has taken whether in the religious communion of the church clerics and monastics out of the country. Leo p< without regard to their religious faith." some. Indeed, Dr. Lapponi succeeded in- or not. The new pope was already well known expectant multitude the election of the and his conciliatory temper, coupled with a sen- wished to save what he could of the wreck as a pope, using the form of words, conse having hirii swallow-several teaspoonsful and his conciliatory tempera, coupled with a sen nucleus about which to gather all who.still held of coffee, milk and brandy mixed. The to the faith. Dissensions In the ranks ot tbe §^ General Debility crated by immemorial usage: "I bring sitive care for the honor of the church. Events French Clerics were fatal to Leo'r plans and you tidings of great joy. We have a silence of the sick room is occasionally have proved that he was equal to cope with the with the bishops and priests in conflict in Franee |J> Day in [and out there is that feeling o! pope, the most high and reverend lord broken by a hacking" cough, due to the most perplexing political questions thai have the lone man-of the Vatican was nnable to ac gathering of phlegm in Pope Leo's throat. harrasBed this restless nineteenth centcry. complish anything. , - MK? weakness that makes a burden of itself. (here is Inserted the Christian name, *;-jC?Beoent Events. and /surname of .the new pope) who has These coughing spells have the effect of Leading Events in His Reign. 'X-'_^:C Food does not strengthen. rousing the pontiff, causing him to open Tbe reign of Pope Leo XIII., while lacking in In February," 1900, the pope Issued an en : taken upon himself, the name of Plus X. of- the dramatic incidents which made that of Pius §g&,, Sleep does not refresh. "" **~ -»-* •• Leo XIV. ... his eyes arid revive slightly. cyclical on Americanism which caused much dis ; It is hard to do, hard to. ,bear, what IX. spectacular, ban been one of surpassing im cussion, aad in June, 1901, he issued a letter on The people then, flock into St. Peter's While the doctors were examining their portance. He entered on his reign confronted by labor, which also aroused much interest. should be easy,—vitality is on the ebb, and many serious problems—the renewal of negotia On March a, 1902, the late pope took part in to see the pope arid, to receive, his bless patient this morning, believing him to be tions with Prussia, growing dlfflcalties with the public celebrations in honor of the twenty- in a stupor, his holiness suddenly fixed the whole system, suffers. ing, and it is a stirring scene which, pre v France, negotiations with Italy with regard to fourth ancivetsary of his coronation by holding '- For this condition take Aj**Al'.'-' ; sents itself to the noble cathedral when his eyes, even now bright and by no the delicate questions of the exequatur and of a*'papal chapel" in the Basilica of St. Peters, means lifeless, on them, saying: ^jj£0^&& the placet, initial intervention In Spain with a on which occasion be was greeted by 60,000 the-sovereign" pontiff r clad in the richest view of uniting the Catholics around existing persons. This was the first time a "chapel" had rvestments and .Wearing the triple tiara, t;; Says Doctors Can't Wlii?******^ institutions, the establishment of the hierarchy been held in the basilica since 1870. such cere Hood's Sarsaparilla is borne aloft with all the princes, of the *vV*«This time, doctors, you will not win in Tunis, attempted negotiations with Bussia, monies having heretofore taken place In the l, It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone church in. his train, thru the ranks of etc.—but his talent for diplomacy served him Sistine chapel. Thirty cardinals were present. in your brave fight with death." well. Whoever, the foreign secretary at tho . The late pontiff, on March 29, 1902, published . < to all the organs and functions, and is kneeling worshipers on whom, with up "It is your holiness-who is brave," re Vatican might be, Leo XIII. remained his- own a long encyclical letter the tone of which sug positively unequalled for all run-down or ., CARDIAL FERRARI-.. lifted . finger, -his holiness bestows his plied Dr.' Lapponi, • but before the remark foreign minister. His attitude toward foreign gested testamentary recommendations and in debilitated conditions. Who is archbishop of Milan. He is one of 'pontifical benediction. '•* \ '' •?- powers was that of an equal, and he always held which he deplored the renewed attack* on the r was uttered, the ..pope was again unable a> grave and dignified language in addressing church and the "recent errors *of humanity," " Heep'a ItyWB core cou^lpaaon, & cents. ^ the possibilities.. ^ , . ' , The ceremony of adoration by the car- to understand what was said. -- ">#m in bis pastorals. He treated with the Pro instj&ncipr divorce anil picturing tn« nresent con
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