The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-16
POPE LEO STILL BREATHES.
CONTINUES HIS REMARKABLE
 BUT MORTAL STRUGGLE.

No Special Phenomena Noticed fin His General Condition According to the Last OmciaI BuIletin-Takes Slight Amount of Noarishment-Depres of Patient Not Increased-26 ,oeO Dis- patches Yesterday Asking After Pom uH,s Health. ~E @ Rome. July 16.-1:1O a. m.-The pope has slept during the last hour, but his sleep is too profound to be quite natural. The beginning of the second part of the night was somewhat restless and Dr. LapBoni tried to assist the patient with stimulants and nourishment.
 Rome, July IS. A despatch from Rome timed $50 a. m. says the pope passed a very restless night and his condition this morning is considerably worse @# Rome, July 15, 7:25 p. m.-The follow ing bulletin has just been issued:
 During the day no special phenom- ena were noticed in the general condi- tion of the august patient. The depres- sion in his strength was not augment ed. Respiration, pulse and temperature about stationary Respiration 30; tenn perature 36.4 centigrade; pulse S4
 "Rossoni,
 "Mazzoni,
 .Lapponi."
 Rome, July 15.-Dr. Mazzoni in reply in reply to the question Gan the pope recover?'' gave the Associated Press correspondent tonight the following ' signed statement: " At the present moment the disease of his holiness has lost it's character of absolute gravity which it had at it's acute period. It might be considered to have entered the period of a possible solution. This might occur in man of strong fibre and young, but it is impos- sible to enter in such a hope in the case of man in his ninety-fourth year. With him the physical energy absolutely in dispensable for recovery is lacking. Pope Leo's organism is perfect, and as such maintains itself after ninety three years of never iterrupted work, but his motor force is no longer sufficient for the complex function essential to life. In other works. the ninety-thre eyear of Pope Leo XIII bring him into that category of extraordinary longevity when life is destined to flicker out in dependent of the action of any patho- logical complication. The only service that science and affection can render is that of struggling to have this precious existence preserved to us as long as possible.
 Signed ''Gaetano Mazzoni."
 Rome, July 15.-One of the doctors in attendance on the pontiff gave the As sociated Press correspondent "a graphic, but horrible word picture of Pope Leo as he appears to-day. That smile which lighted up the pontiff's face, even in extreme age, has disappeared, probably forever. The skin is drawn tightly over the bony framework of his face, leav- ing the once bright eyes staring dimly : from the deeply sunken sockets. A grayish pallor overspreads his counte- nance but the most noticeable ravage wrought by his present disease Is the dropping of the lower jaw. which has made the pope's features take on the fixed rigidity of death.
 Throughout the day the precincts of the Vatican were comparatively quiet and the immediate vicinity of the sick room showed none of the evidences of agitation and alarm so apparent yes- terday. In marked contrast to pre- vious days the patient was kept in all most absolute seclusion, only one per- son besides the physicians in irnmedi- ate attendance gaining admission. This one was Monsignor Pifferi, the pope's confessor Others came to the ante chamber, including Cardinals Satolli and Serafno Vannutelli but they did not press for admission to the sick room, being aware of the doctors earn est wish to afford the patient every op- portunity of avoiding exertion and mental effort
 During the day the pope took slight amount of nourishment. Through the morning he was quite restless, shifting uneasily on his bed and complaining oi being unable to secure an easy position Later he became drowsy and during the afternoon had some sleep. The assemb- , llIlS Ol lltE uOCtOtS ul u.Ou v ClOChs LWS hours before the usual time, was not due to any alarming turn in the pope's condition, but through the wish to thor Dughly go over every detail of the situa. tion. The moderate tone of the bulletin which followed the visit gave an assur- ance that the patients condition was practically unchanged, while the ex- pression that the depression of his strength had not increased, afforded a slight note of relief. a#@.
 This evening his holiness complained of a slight uneasiness at the chest, but that he has not yet completely given ur hope was indicated by his remark thai he expected the oppression of his chest to pass off in few days. During the day the pope drank a few drops of the healing waters from the shrine al Lourdes, several bottles of which were sent to the vatican by the French bish. . ou in whose see Lourdes is situated. local paper gravely announces that from the moment Pope Leo swallowed the water an improvement in his condi tion became apparent.
 The doctors are well nigh exhausted with their unceasing cares. Dr. Lap, poni in particular spends his entire nights as we'll as days in the sick room Just before midnight his wife, wishing