The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-14
THE POPE VERY FEEBLE.
LEO Kills CONDITIOS rs SUCH As
10 OCCASION GRBATANxIETY.
His Holiness Greatly Affected by the 70
cent Heat and Much Weakened
in Consequence

De IN readiness 10 assemble at the Vat
. lean at a moments notice.
1t Is undeniable that the Pope Is be
coming greatly enfeeblel, but his con
dition is not as yet dangerous. The re
cent intense heat has greatly affected The
health OF his Holiness and caused hin
to have frequent faintins fits. The gray
ity OF his condition IS naturally belittled
| at the vatican, but there is nevertheless
a great deal Of anxiety among the mem
DeIs or the Pope s household.
/ or some time past alarming accounts
nave been given at Intervals of the
ropes health. some OF these nave been
as Ddseless as the wild report which ran
around Rome last January that MS
hoHness was actually dead. At the same
| tHe thcre can be no question THAI The
| Pope physical condition has long been
Huch az 10 give considerable uneaslness
az the atican, and the sensational ato-
RES which circulated outside IFS walls
were largely due 10 the extraordinary
| precautions mat were taken 10 prevent
the political world from becoming ac-
quahted with the real condition Of His
ilohness. In this state OF affairs the
J european edition Of The Herald. through
! us rome correspondent, was enabled
! carry IN the present year to give the fol-
! IVNHS accurate account II the POpc's
! physical state and daily life.
he only persons admitted during the
| evening and night 10 the Papal bedroom
are two Sisters Of Mercy. valet de
Sndnb pre- and a prelate who is an intimate
IIlehd. la the daytime no servant is
allowed In his private apartments Pre-
rates personally devoted 10 him are the
Only ones who may enter this sanctuary.
g.. -. - % COCK IN the morning the Pope
- ~ dressed ana working. A. q o'clock
ms secretary, MOnseignor ANGEL enters
~ 'o"'H "lthOut being summoned. and
remains there until . O'Clock Then
comes breakfast then benediction. pri-
tdle audiences, and the second break
IdSt 4 siesta follows and II possible
q SioIt promenade In the portable chair
~ ~ d CdIilage IN the Vatican gardens.
at - CLOCK Leo MIL returns 10 his
apartments. Then come The FORMAL an !
T1i,ehces 10 Cardinals and Ambassadors. |
MS of i"s' uii'ii " O'Clock. But his Holt |
n'SS otleh retains some distinguished Wis |
tor whom he Is on familiar terms yin |
until or s o'clock va"
onyersation and exchange Of ideas
cessity. At or o'clock n t6s ia,cgt
Leo AIiI. goes 10 bed. and two sister
IIcate' ana until recently q vaiat-ir-
,.afa, IRE, watch while he sleeps This
vas Francesca Minochcri ana he w.
elthty years old when he died The other
"a he had already been I'm the service
~ ,i, juS -. when Bishop of Imola
NlhGugh not III, Leo NIL is very fee
nIe. ms system is exhausted. His ideas
are lucid. He. nevertheless. expraesee
lHH5eI with sioWness and Iiiilculfv
br s ii,cl ,@5es eaeh day. His lie hangs
Cor me press Leo NH has always
.mr,Ie,'c,. miiich II ~ieids, be has always
. ',iIIei.ce which il wields. he has always
'i5 asslquOus attention TO uewsparer
Gazing. His secretaries bring him avary
Dthlhg copies of all the Journals mn
i0"eu IN Rome. notably those of lfIer.l
5o,e r,S among foreign journals the ,
.vpe READS only those Of France ard !
r IeHch Is the only language of which h.
-, Ii'Ste or. among the French Journals
: r men ne reads or has read to him daily
he Figaro' ari tie MYERS. the Nerite. I
,' ,"tS VI ms pontihcate Leo Nil himself
f.p't number OF articles ana l1far
,.is I91nGe ceased to write I'm the Jour
i,t' IaHisgIi' he sends 10 the editors o. 3
.t oilDldl organs of the Vatican 90 /
- 5eIyatore and the N0ce-tho subject o.
.,'r oliiiIeumts even detailed draft Of ii
u Icies ne wishes written. f.
Last February. the Pom ,1e~r, ~
Wy Treatment prescribed by Fathar a.
~, Up assured his Holiness that his ALL fl
one ana "a t,s,.nn.aa e SO much noise I'm Eu- N
~. Gnu heyond lt Father Kreipr ,,-a- n
emf for and the Pope cXDioinoI t,p , -
,,, e@.f ~ ms health generally. sneak b,
rom P"I ,uiariy OF the intestinal trouble. "
-helpp assured HIS Holmes that ~, "'l'SI e.
IT, - were not serious and predicted for a
ised 80 ~ ~ more years OF life lie all .
il tra ,''. ilo!y father 10 try course of o
Jnscnted ''''' 'o"a lnNdII 80
i' ('ul rhe treatment seems 10 have been 10
orc ne cold congresses which X
rIc an .led 10 the Pores neck n1J H.
lees failed 10 produce Inc bonoodii ilI u
~, 'Npeclcd. The patients kraas on
,I,giI considerably. and he comrItineT ti1
his por.r Dnte lI effects which accrued 81
nut thls, as was stated az 81 co.
49,, n"I me sum total OF Father Kneinn's d.
'Tp,, ,,r-S. II appears thar while h. 'I " rs
indict,no IIlled MS leisure moments
ria r ,.i.s Ie,ters 70 his sister I'm IA
iin Ieecounung his impressioir,,s ''"
" u "ess letters were communicate ~,
en- go ian paper and portions ~
.ss WIZ reproduced in tie Italian
III ,,o one Of his letters Father Kroi,,
cxtrera' u,.4 me Pope IN 4 condition "H
, cxtra", meaAhess. This unfortun- eve
.o,,, 'Dt was shOwn 10 Leo XIII 80.
, g" IL ANNOYED greatly. for his Uoii' n
a y r' It'7 himself on his good health VIII
.yf,'iI..rr" WIoih at any reference 10 he iue
oo Wy ~, or his ever dying IN
',1 NllI has always been of o. ,.,,,. l a.,
b.. o,.," al iearance When he was elect n
ia NOT no 80 many persons said he cia
anna I'VE year so delicate did par
4 4 Antonio March,. who e. nnt, '' ri' WIZ
'I'VH ilIL some observations Of this kind III
i ro iisU'"lns or the sort Leo VIII live r.
IVish as Pope for twenty wears" NJ
ENTITY. II Is said. the Pope obsoyV@f to Pre-
Io,',, that ne must tell him frankly li,n
long ire thought he would live Tbo 1n.
!1r replied. Holy Father If notbtnt "''.
tcular occurs. you NAV ccrfairiv it,.5 'f,
ther five years - "Ei,.o -. 1.iIIt,,S I'VE yidl
meg Leo XII Bravo! / shali tfon II
as ny -elght. Just the age at which 81 n"a
MA die y 'S'4h monk prophesied Is ~
20 Mi. is OF the class known os-.. To
%, '''Sn, ana years OF fasting ana rri- SCe.
o,l nave gwen him leannese ~ e. ul
rs he has been practically a al nr niileen sam
~ t"r narrow precincts OF - w
( ana - oAefGise being taken In -
ken 9oIueH. How he has been aha
yep under the enormous ,ra dDIe -
h TOT so long is maryeIIo,pigI ess OF Ham
So 1917 aCS Vi state have died al bis .,3 BE-
ne WorkS on. His capacity -" ',' nlle, TIL
. astonishing as Gladstoue'e "orK r.,.
Ms ~ 'ue rope Is 4 very old
' on ms 'hin and angular ".i mono
one Writer who had constant .'r leS' tho q
ne Iontin s. presence bie - i'CceSs tbo
icAIoH' the trembling OF bts User inl
Of ~ biS M, me almost diaphanois OF tn
as man on the thresboIt' thdrk ~ 3D.
e o'u ase- But when he snealls, ~, have
IL. minated this impression I i,, ders
, e. s,Hi 5"rS' and one feels ia, been
70 powerfnI La IN ms fragile en- I'm ke
nnitelv suneri,,V' ana mat the blade last
: II HIS vo,ct w. tHe sheath thar comic
s. s.. in public. has retained i ts ne Wori<.
lost 49, - thr way, and his evSS
ioSI none or their FIRE on ne 800
go NIL! When once one ,ne eyes
'uey can never be forgotten 9CSen Ricl
think they were two corh,,o one corn,-
Tb nsTcH S,, diamonds. so brilliant are 6. v
hey give an eXtraorlinar, ,tHIe soutb,
ms expression, and there l. 80 e. 30
i"eApressibIy piercing In their re on We
,c or the re- most striking things when to- to F Fa
iicetS me Holy Father for The ny" arl! sixth
hands mt a. SoII uiSlVe trembling H. W
pretty gene-a N "ot q result OF age feet @
,morcS, sc.erdHy supposed. but tbs botwe,