New-York tribune., 1903-07-21

In 1896 the Pope gave his blessing To IL.
Dillon the leader OF the Irish party ana '.la ~.
pressed his sympathy with the Irish Racs r.x sx-
vention which met in Dublin In the same ~.
In an encyclcal published IN 1897 he asked n.
faithful 70 pray for the unity Of all Chrst,sae sae
and canOnized two OF the sixteenth cs-t-s
priests Anthony Zaccaria and Peter Forr-s.
At this time he also declared that the Chu-cs Z,
France must Loyalty accept the existing form -
government On August II. 1897. the Popa -, -
an official audience 10 Sir Wilfrid Laurier 49,
as a result of the meeting the POntif uuhTIs--s. -
an encvcIIcaI on December 81 1897 on ~ rolsaet
itoba school question, in which. while savs-
that the concessions to the Catholics werr [
adequate. he advised the faithful to accep. |,
compromise.
THE POPE AND THE WAR WITH SPAIN
The Pope grieved much over the sna,,.s
American War and the failure OF his alter.
TO act as mediator between the United sta,s,
and Spain caused him deep chagrin. It has be-,
said that privately and personally his svnn,-
thies were with Spain. but. however that r.s~
be. he was always friendly TO the United ststs,
and deeply interested in the welfare Of ,ha
American Church. Just before the war bret.
out he published a Latin poem. IN Praise =,
FrugaIity," in Horatian metre, an English trans.
lation OF which was made by Andrew Lang q.
Aprf, IL, 1899 he eulogized the Czar for caalsx
the Peace Conference. and declared that civilza
ton would have perished without the Papaev
In the same year he wrote letter to Cardral
Gibbons condemning "Americanism' as ALLEGED
to be taught in French translation OF the "Ilfa
OF Father Hecker" But as all American Cath
oIics disavowed these teachings. the letter fsn
short OF the mark. On August 20 1888 tba
Feast OF St. Joachim, he celebrated his nars
day In the Church Of ST. Joachim. and about the
same time proclaimed the year 1900 the las.
year OF the nineteenth century. a year Of tub.-
lee and invited all the faithful to visit Roma
On account Of these pilgrimages his labors were
greatly increased in 1900 Nevertheless. on his
ninety-hrst birthday. he was eomparativsy
strong. and took a keen interest in the great
BANQUET in honor OF his birthday given to the
poor OF Rome.
During the rest OF the year 1900 and the first
part OF 1901 the health Of the Pope was gelsr-
ally good for a man OF his great age. although
many alarming reports Of his illness were prD-
Iished. There is reason TO believe that he -
sented the publication OF such reports. evtu
they had some slight basis OF fact, for he geasr
ally made a point Of appearing publicly at some
function soon after they appeared, as though be
wished in this way TO disprove them.
Although so many Catholics sympathizsd with
the Beers In their war with Great Britain the
Pope was not drawn into any utterance Of Syn
pathy for them. but frequently expressed tie
hope that peace would be restored 70 the two
countries.
The income of the Pope was recently estimated
at 100000 and his expenses at little over a
million dollars. OF which $4,000 were personal
expenses. His income was made Up Of Peters
Pence. donations and gifts and interest from in
vestments. II is said that since 1883 Leo XIII
had been able to invest a very large sum of
money, good part Of it in British bonds. Owing
to their frequent fluctuations he was advised not
TO invest in American securities, with the singls
exception OF American government bonds. One
OF the characteristics Of the Pope was his fru-
galty, and his many economies disappointed the
Roman populace. who were used TO the prodiga.-
ity OF Plus TX. He decreed that only those car
dinals actually living in the Curia and having To
other income should receive a salary. All other
salaries were reduced and the Vatican conIrE
buttons for education and charity were scala
down. He obliged the religious orders TO max
large contributions to the Papal fund. The Car
thusian monks pay 100000 year out Of the
income which they derive from the sale Of the
famous chartTeuse for the support Of the French
college OF Santa Clara in Rome, and the Benz
dictines have been obliged to build and support
at their own expense the new university Of St
Anselmo. in the same city.
A Tribune correspondent in Rome wrote as
follows Of the Supreme Pontiff after an inter
view with him in the Vatican gardens in the
autumn or 1901:
This peculiar figure Is IN many ways unique
IN ms habits and surroundings. He lives IN the
largest palace in the world. which contains arr
treasures OF untold value: his everyday life has
for twenty-three years been bounded by few
square yards of land-what is contained n
good sized Sarden-and he is the only sovereign
without possessions, welding immense power
without temporal support of any kind
And the man HIMSELF a Shrunken, bowed,
small person, one would say, although as
young man he was above the average in stature
with deep, penetrating eyes. as~beuevoleut arr,
and an 1nScrutable smile ever coming and going.
Such is the occupant OF the Chair OF ST. Peter az
the present moment Always dressed in white
from head to foot, he moves like a wrath among
his gorgeous hued court. from the cardinals N
scarlet TO the Swiss Guard in parti-cOlored uni
forms, the bishops in purple and his servants IN
red
In the winter he walks but little. being carried
constantly in his sedan chair by four ablebOdied
men, but in summer he turns like a sunfOwer to
the sun, and leads entirely different me-
being in the garden from early morning 70 sun
down.
TIL SILVER JUBILEE.
At different times in 1902 there were alarming
reports OF the condition Of the Pope's health but
despite his advanced age he maintained his Gus
tonary habits of life. Much anxiety was felt as
the year OF the silver jubilee of his pontihca'a
approached lest he should not live for the ceie-
bratton, but all fears were dispeIed by the sue
cessful observance Of an anniversary which ony
one other. Pope Plus IX. had been able 70 %
serve. The year 1903 was not only the twenty
fifth anniversary Of Pope Leo Kills election
to the Chair Of ST. Peter. but also the hftielH
anniversary OF his becoming a cardinal and 'n'
sixtieth of his conservation as an archbishop
The silver jubilee Of the election OF Pope Leo
XIII occurred on February %, and it was suL
ably observed. but il was on March 3. the annF
versary Of his coronation. that the observane'
took place throughout the Catholic world ln'