The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02
POPE's CONDITION IMPROVING.
His Holiness Bears an Operation Re.
marknbsy Well.

| His Holiness Bears an Operation Re.
| markabiy Well.
Rome, March THE pope underwent
an operation this morning for the re-
| moval of a long standing cyst. which
suddenly became ntlamed. His holi-
| ness bore the operation remarkably
WELL
AT 6 O'clock DIS Mazzoni and Lap
poni again visited him and found that
the pain caused by the operation had
so far abated as to allow his holiness
to lie on his back, At that hour his
temperature was lower and his condi-
ton generally satisfactory. The cyst
removed was about the size of an
orange. According 10 Italie, his holi-
ness suffered great pain during the
operation and remarked afterward 10
his doctor: 81 understand now the
seriousness of my illness. You must
have had great courage to operate upon
an old man like myself
The hematic cyst had been forming
probably for 80 years. The only per-
sons present at the operlti n We're Dr.
Mazzoni, DIR. Lapponi. who assisted
and DR.. Pho Contra. the pope's personal
attendant. At $50 O'Clock his holiness
was carried on litter to window of
his apartment. Gnilirs 3. he said 1cs the
doctors: do you want to play these
tricks on me at my age?" Then he lay
down conlposedy on his right side. AL
though the courage which the patient
displayed gave the doctors courage,
they feared to use chloroform and used
instead a liquid anaesthetic, consisting
OF cocaine, chloride of sodium and NOR
phia. Owing to the size of the growth
the excelsior occupied some time. but
DR.. Mazzoni quickly traced the extent
of the growth and the actual operation
lasted u minutes The hope displayed
great fortitude. After the bandaging
he was carried back to the bed and once
the feeling of faintness due to shock
and loss of blood had passed away. he
appeared quite calm. The fever quick
~ subsidized, confirming the diagnosis
of the doctors.
Z p. m.-Drs. Mazzoni and Lapponi.
who left the pope's apartments at
o o'clock, expressed satisfaction at the
condition of his holiness. They said his
was 99.o.
1t was ascertained on inquiry at the
vatican at late hour this evening that
the pope was resting TRANQUILITY. Dr..
Lapponi left the vatican for short
time about midnight. He then seemed
very hopeful. The pope has always
concealed the existence of the tumor
After the operation it appears the
weakness due to loss of blood became
extreme and his holiness lost conscious
ness and muttered unintelligib'e Latin
phrases. The pope's extrema weakness
alarmed his attendants and the pre-
lates and all knelt, weeping silently.
Presently the pope asked DR. Mazzoni
why they wept and whether it was be-
cause he was growing worse. DR.. MAJ
zoni replied: mo; they weep because
they love your holiness"
London, March THE Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: 1t is
feared the pope has pneumonia and will
not recover. Cardinal Oreglia Doyden
of the sacred college has been in the
apartment of Ills holiness the entire ev-
ening.
London, March 1.-The Rome CORE
spondent of the Daily News says: The
sudden changes in the weather brought
On the pope's bowel complaint. from
which he has never been entirely free
since last summer, when it was re-
sarded as alarming. This is aggravated
by pain in the left side near the
spleen. The Indications are that the
should it be called soon, would
De divided distinctly into factions. The
first is simply religious faction sup
porting Padre Gotti, a barefoot carmel
tie monk from Genoa, distinguished
merely lof learning ana plety, VINO
would have good chance of success
as a successor. The other faction,
which favors an extension of the poiiti-
al powers of the pope, has three can
iidates, Cardinal Bishop Luigi Oreglia
Ii Santa Stefana, dean of the sacred
college, and Camerlengo of the Holy
Roman Catholic church: Cardinal Bish-
Up Seraflna Vannutellf, bishop of Fras-
,ati and project Of the congregation Of
bishops and regulars, and Cardinal
Priest Mariana Rampolla del Tindaro,
,ontitical secretary of state, arch priest
# the vatican basilica and grand prior
n Rome of the sovereign military order
# St. John of Jerusalem. All of these
re intransigeants, and there is no pos
Utility of foreigner being elected pope.