The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-10

Rome, July 10. a. nat 1910
o'clock this morning. it was de-
clared that the pope's condition =
? had not changed since the issue =
= ing.
Rome. July 9.-Since his illness the
pope mad not begun a day as salts
factory as this. Indeed. hopes of his
recovery reached such a point as to
make the general pubic believe the
pOntih might soon be out of danger.
NO better synthesis OF this view could
be given than ia the words Of DR.. lap
Eoni, uttered on leaving the sick room
az about noon, that although ne dill
not yet dare TO hope, he had perhaps
ceased TO despair.
This promising outlook. however,
was followed by the startling an
nouncement that the p5pe had been at
' eaCAe9 win diarrhoea, apparently
caused by the large quantity of food
ne had taken. and that consulting ply
sicians had been sent for.
The patient. when he began the day.
showed only more his iron mountaineer
hDer by rising and dressing almost
without assistance. walking across the
room 10 his arm chair and having his
toilet fully prepared. even To the detail
or being shaved. Throughout this Dro-
ccdure the none showed no signs of
being exhausted Indeed he jokingly
alluded 20 the amount of nourishment
Whlch was being imposed upon him
and said:
Il ought TO grow fat. as have never
mad in my life as much as ] get now"
rms Duoyancy of spirit was cOnsid-
cred 70 be one of the principal CO.
eticients in the struggle with death
NhISh TINS admirable old man has
made IN the last seven DAYS The doe
tors. previous 90 the alarming attack
OF TINS afternoon. said there was not
the slightest diminution I'm the acute
ness of the pontiff's mental faculties
as SHOWN this morning in remarkab bic
4 manner when he pope insisted on GO
lnB over some of the large questions Of
church policy laid before him by Car
state.
AZ about o'clock in the afternoon.
aitnough no worse, the pope was not
reported 10 be any better. and then
came the news of the DOntiffs sudden
relapse and of the sending for a con-
Sulting physician
Ehat the pope fully realizes that his
end cannot long be deferred is shown
Dy the attention he has given during
the last few days to the details of his
maj resting place. II is we'll known
mat he has discussed his testamentary
dispositions and exercised his wishes
as 10 the place and manner of his fu-
neral. Shortly before he was taken in
the pontim repeated to Cardinal SatoU
his desire 70 be buried in the church
OF st. John Laterau. The spot he des-
lgnated is on the left Of the apse above
the entrance to the sacristy corre-
spending to the opposite niche in which
IS the monument erected by himself
IN 1891 10 Pope Innocent III. IT is said
that statue of Pope Leo forming part
or the monument, has already been
made. In other respects the tomb will
resemble that of Innocent III. consist
ing of sarcOphagus with a bas-reIief.
two inches, two statues and two medal
lions.
II there are real martyrs at the
vatican they are Professors Lapponf
I and Mazzoni. who are inundated with
letters and kilograms from the four
quarters of the earth. imploring them
TO save their illustrious patient. who is
so necessary to the church and the
world. Unknown names rub elbows
with those of world wide celebrities
some OF the senders asking for tele-
graphic news two or three times a day
A private secretary and a large for
tune would be required to answer them
al, which the eminent professors Ger
tainly have no intention of doing. 1t
does not even end there for admirers
and worshippers Of Pope Leo are send
ing infallble remedies which. they saw.
ST only employed. are sure to save the
pontims life. An American has sent
what he describes as an extraordinary
nutritive liquid which would restore
the dying to health. A South Ameri-
can has sent a hemOrrhoidal unguent
in a very rich flask Beside these. there
are prescriptions from druggists and
offers already to emblam the pontim
Others offer to make a death mask:
some want to paint a picture of Pore
Leo. and one writer even offers to inn
part the secret of petrifying the body
into an everlasting statue to be offered
10 the pope's nephews.
4 new phase of the historic strife be-
tween the noble families of Colonna
and Orsini has been developed bv the
illness Of the pope. Hoping TO reconcile
this ancient family hostility. il has
been the practice to designate the
head of each house as a prince assist
ant 10 the pOntifiCal throne. these two
positions being the highest lay honors
in the gift OF the pope. In the case
of the coronation OF a new pontif the
two princes stand on either side Of his
holiness. The head Of the COlonna fam
lily. Don Marco Antonio COlonna, was
among the visitors at the vatican to-
day. but the Orsini family is tempo
rarily unrepresented in this high dig
nity. Don Fihppo Orsini having resigned
IN favor or MS son. Don DOmeniCC.
Prince of Solefra. and the iatter's nom
inatiOn not having yet been confirmed
by Pope Leo. The Orsinis are thus
without representation. and this cir
cumStance constitutes an interesting
historical curiosity
deputation arrived az the vatican
today from Carpineto. the birthplace
o. Pope Leo. the news Of the pontin's
alarming condition having penetrated
even. to that obscure place Carpineto
IS httie town among the Noschian
NILS. with streets so narrow that two
donkeys cannot pass each other and
ar hour distant from any railway bue
with water supply and electric
lights. the FORMER the gift of Pope Leo
himself The village itself nourishes
a species Of worship for Leo The
deFutation penetrated as far AS the
nte-chamber Of the sick pontiT. who
Immediately said he would receive
them. but for once gave way TO tho
appeals of those around him and sent
instead his kindest wishes and bene-
diction.
Miracle Performed.
The Neapolitans are showing great
emotion over The approaching end o.
Pope Leo praying in the churches and
doing an that religion prescribes in ap-
pealing to the Almighty TO delay the
catastrophe Cardinal Frisco teie-
graphs that recourse has even been
had To the extreme measure of bring
Ing out the blood Of Saint Gennaro.