Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-03
Preparations for the Expected Death
of the POpc.

A special correspondent of the New York
World writes from Rome, April IS. as follows
To-day. the news from my informant in the
Vatican i 81 meWhat more cheering. The
d CT the Pope Il not iEcrss> iR1ss the pai n
in Lis ioins is lss severe; he las been able to sit
~ Ter two =, urs, hut sui the general state OF
tie disease continues He has some fever with
ctItain nervous disposition; the inflsuatioa
OF his legs continues, and, most grave of all,
this inflammation seems 10 ascend.
The Cardinal CamerliDque," whose mart
during the vacancy OF the Holy See Is so yerv
impOr taIt, is Cardinal Philip de Angels the
Archbishop of FeTmo. He is Of the same age as
patch from Cardinal Antonelli on the 10TH at
the meme Mt when, after some abatement OF his
first sufierings, che Pope was seized with a sort
OF relapse. He arrives on the same day and has
been since constantly with His Holiness.
Notwitl standing ali that is hopeful, the death
of the Pore is still considered to be ali most inc
vitable He has suffered for twelve DAYS. An
illness so prolonged in the case Of man of his
is looked upon as so probable that, as SAID in
my last letter, all is being arranged for what is
to be dcne after that event Cardinal Angels,
in concert with Cardinal Antonelli, have given
the orders for the construction of the cells for
the conclave, and the family of workmen, who,
by ancient custom, are charged with duty of
constructing and guarding these cells, have
been admitted to the Vatican. There is a
rumor, TO which attach net too much weight,
that among the cardinals now in the Vatican
three or four candidates for the holy see are
SforZa, Archbishop OF Naples, aged sixty
three; Joachim PeCci, Archbishop of Perugia,
the same age; Anthony Mary PenebiancO, a
Franciscan monk, a cardinal priest, and sixty
five years Old; and Raphael Monaco La Valetta,
also cardinal priest, aged only fOrty-six years,
and Who is known to be an especial fsvorite of
Plus TX. He is the youngest of all the cardi-
mails, except Cardinal Bonaparte, who is one
year younger. The latter lives constantly in
the Vatican, and if may use the words of one
who knows him well, he is ''simple- minded,
very good, but without weight among his fell
low cardinals"
During all his illness, except at the moments
when the Pope was comatose his cheerfulness
has never lett him. On Easter Sunday he said
to Cardinal Barnabo, "Ah, my dear Cardinal,
one at my age cannot with impunity disobey his
doctor" The day after his recovery from his
first relapse, the officers of the noble guard had
been admitted to the saloon which leads to his
bed-chamber. The Pope entered this saloon
on the shoulder OF a young able. Seeing the
officers, he said to them with a grave air,
'.Ah! you do not guard me too well You have
allowed the enemy to enter my apartments"
4" How is that?'' asked the commander of the
guard, very anXiously. "Ah, yes" replied the
Pope, "yOu have allowed disease to enter"
During these anxious twelve days Mgr. de
Merode has given to the Pope his medicine, and
the Pope calls him Doctor Ceccareli. The
prescriptions are made up for him by lay
brother of the Carmelite Order, Brother Sal
yatorre, who is the apothecary of the Vatican.