The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
SEES The LIGHT
OF ANOTHER DAY
Head of the Catholic Church
Lives to Bless His People.
CONDITION MUCH THE SANE
END MAY NOT COME FOR DAYS
OR MONTHS.

DONE July IS.-DeDrived OF rest, the
N pope spent the day which has just
ended with a serious depression.
The doctors reported a feeble but rapid
pulse, which was generally taken to
indicate the patients forces. The fav-
Orable symptom recorded in the morn
ing OK the lowering of the pleuratie
uqulu was sufficiently maintained 70
relieve the pontiff of his painful strug-
giles for breath which lately have been
so frequent The doctors fear that the
gradual sinking is due TO general con-
ditons rather than 10 the necessity for
another operation which seemed so inn
mlnent on Thursday. The sleeDleSs
night was succeeded by q day during
which the pope seemed to lack any de-
sire 10 vary the medical routine by re-
celving visits from cardinals or others
Both morning and afternoon he re-
manned isolated from all save the doe
tors and attendants.
Rest the Only Hope.
The nourishment which the ponuG
took at first somewhat encourage his
encourage, but the condition of the pa
tient this evening pointed 20 the fact
that il had not had any beneficial ef-
feet. What is now most hoped for is
that the pope may be enabled to Sc
cure much needed rest
Among the latest Of the many evil
dences of continued sympathy with the
pontig in his illness. showing that his
tight for life is watched by the highest
and lowest, was the arrival at the vat
ican today of case of mineral water
sent by Emperor Francis Joseph os
Austria TO the pope. Its peculiar
medicinal properties. it is asserted.
may relieve the seCretiOuary disorders
OF the pontiff, which the doctors bull
letins have recently announced.
Coming Conclave.
A number Of cardinals and especially
| their friends. have utilized the pro-
longed illness OF the pope 10 test the
feeling which prevails as to the next
conclave. The task is a difficult one
as it is claimed that the cardinals
never had chance TO show their met
tie under Pope Leo. important ques-
tons being deputed to committees com
posed of a few cardinals after having
practically been settled by the papal
| secretary of state. The Philippine
affairs which We're manfred into bv
only five cardinals, are frequently
quoted as an instance of the foregoing
complaint. Much diversity of opinion
and much uncertainty regarding the
/ candidates still exists. However. the
most most probable candidates remain
more or less than those whose names
/ A-cNt bC-Fl lAiFlA AADAt4 oA2lfr TIE pup
| first became III. To Cardinal GOttO.
/ project of propaganda. the objection is
made that as he belongs to a religious
/ order his election might, in view OF re-
| cent events, be considered a challenge
| to France
Austria Against Rampolla.
Against the chances of Cardinal
R0mpolla, the papaI secretary Of state.
I it is urged that Austria viii try 90
! exercise her right 10 veto as France
/ would in the event of Cardinal lara
\ finO Fannuttelh, the general peniten-
/ tlary. who is considered to be the can
/ oidate of the triple alliance. Cardinal
/ Svampa, archbishop of Bologna. has
/ been dropped because. since his last
| stroke of paralysis he speaks with some
/ difficulty. Cardinal Ferrara. arch
| bishop of Milan. is not favored for the.
! apparently trivial reason that he uses
] a motor car, which is not considered
! dlgnihed i'm a prince of the church.
/ Cardinal Agliardi bishop of Albino. is
| regarded as too democratic. There
| fore, unless Cardinal Gotti. who has
/ always been the most favored candi-
| date. succeeds in overcoming the OBJ
/ lection to him it is likely that some
/ one now unmentioned viii be elected
/ to succeed Pope Leo. The cardinals
! themselves naturally maintain the
greatest reserve though they all more
or less repeat in the nature Of a pass
word, that the Next pope must be one
I combining the piety of Piux TX with
the intelligence OF Leo XIII"