Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-09
PoNTIFF, KNOWING THAT Ne !,
ABOUT TO DIE, CALMLY
AWAITS THE END.
KEPT ALIVE BY sTlMulAsTs
SPECULATION AS TO WHO wn,
SUCCEED TO CHAIR or
ST. PETER.

agony of Pope Leo has commences
and he has been at the point of death
since O'Clock last evening. His de.
mise may be expected at any moment
The last sacraments have been ad.
ministered, and the pontiff, knowing
that he is about TO die, calmly awaits
the end. lie is kept alive by the use
Of oxygen and caffeine, and while this
may prolong life a few days, It is |
thought his death is a question Of only
a few hours
Groaned With Pain.
3 a. Moods will be done. Who
would have believed 1t, when only len
days ago was presiding over public
consistoryf" murmured feebly Pope
Leo as he felt himself late last evening
sinking into sleep which lasted
about three hours, until excrutiatiBg
pain brought the dying pontiff back
TO consciousness. He groaned and
complained of pains on both sides Of
the throax Tenderly DIR. Lapponi, as.
sisted by Pope Leo's valet, Piocentra,
and the physicians second assistant,
De Castro, lifted the frail form, and,
changing the position, succeeded IN
giving the patient some relief.
The pope had been complaining for
several days Of insomnia, and his con-
dition became so serious that bis
physician held a consultation with Dr.
Muzzoni They diagnosed the case as
senile pulmonary Repatriation.
Last Communion Administered.
During the afternoon the strength Of
the pontiff began TO fail him so rap
Idly and his condition became so crit
zeal that II appeared that only few
hours of his life remained to him Il
was, therefore, deemed wise to advise
him Of his grave condition and this
was done with tender precautcn
Pope Leo was thus prepared for bis
last communion, which was admins
tered with the participation of all the
cardinals now in Rome and the whole
of the pontifical court.
Though lowering on the brink Of
death the life of the pontiff Is still pIo-
longed by means Of strong stimulants
and concentrated nourishment, and
while he is still alive his wonderful VI.
tality may again resist and conquer
the attack of illness. Late last even
ing after the
Excitement of the Ceremony
of the last sacraments was over, the
pope seemed less restless, party
soothed by the religious service ana
partly by dose of choral. which was
given to him in considerable quantity.
The interior of the Vatican during
the early hours of this morning teslf
fies TO the conviction that the passing
OF Pope Leo is very near. The court
yard of st. Damaso is filled with the
carriages of the cardinals. Servants
and messengers hurry across tns
court with bundles of huge wax tapers
and with the robes of the eccleslas-
tical dignitaries who are waiting WIZ
in the palace kilograms of INQUIRY
have been received from several OF the
monarchs of Europe. All kinds O
speculation are already in Circulation
as to the
Probable Successor
to the throne of st. Peter The nfs'
question the cardinals will have e
solve will be whether the concls's
shall be held in Rome or outside y
Italy. 1t is believed that the support
ers of the idea of abandoning Rons
will be even fewer than in the con-
clave held after the death of Plus la
when thirty-two out of thirty-seven
cardinals voted in favor of Rome
The candidates chiefly spoken OF als
Cardinal Rampolla and Cardinal Seia'
fno Vannutelli They are both repir
septatives of the conservative ponc!'l
but are bitter antagonists of each our
er. The most probable liberal cana,
dates are Cardinal Bishop Agliardl am
Cardinal Priest Satolli, whose breaol
OF views and love of modern idess
have been strengthened by his sta'
IN America. The most probable reils
ious candidates are Cardinal frie''
Gotti, who would carefully avoid
Mixing Up In Politics,
and Cardinal Priest Angelo di Pielv'
who also has the desirable prerequr
site fold age. being eighty-n's
years old. All these candidates iss
In Rome. but strong party wnlcp
might include good many foreis'
cardinals advocates the election o.
cardinal who is not a member Of 'ss
curia, such as Cardinal Sato. patrlalss
! OF Venice; Cardinal Ferrari, arca
bishop OF Milan. both intransigeaas,
i or Cardinal Capecelatro. archbishop,
capua. who is perhaps the mos
learned member of the sacred cciies'
and has conciliatory ideas. II an "
portunity arises for foreign cardlps
TO be chosen the most authoritaus.
members OF the college think that e
only one s~-ho could obtain the pr
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