The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-20

sonally figure comes within view of the
window The night has passed entirely
without outward incident.
RUMoRs THAT HE Is DEAD.
ROME, July 20. $50 A. NJ Since o'clocl.
last night the Vatican has practically cut
itself off from the world in general The
general belief prevails that the Pope is
dead, but there is no official information to
that effect.
II is the belief that is shared by the
Aust rian and German embassies, where
it Is understood he expired at II o'clock
last night. but the authority for the report
il refused.
One Of the nephews Of the Pope was seen
at the Russian Embassy after midnight
He said he had received no information of
the death o? his Holiness, the last that he
had heard being that he would probably
survive.
NEWS OF POPE PIUss DEATH WITHHELD.
Last night telephone communication
WIN lne vatican was uiScolIiiueu' ~
will DE recalled that the news Of the death
Of Pope Plus was withheld for twenty
hours by the Vatican,
The crowd outside the Vatican dwindled
after midnight. and at this hour only tie
newspaper watchers remain.
Cardinal Matthew, who would be among
the first 10 be informed of the Pope's death,
telephoned in reply to an inquiry made of
him after / O'Clock this morning that the
Pope was ST in living
SINKS INTO COMA.
ROME, July 10 About an hour after
this mornings bulletin was issued the
Pope's condition suddenly became alarm
ing. His mind, which had been clear until
that time, wavered and then he lapsed into
coma His vital powers seemed 10 collapse
and bis pulse almost disappeared.
Dr. Lapponi who, except Pho Contra, the
Pope's valet, was the only person present
thought the end was at hand, Strong
digi,a!!s was quickly injected. and pure
oxygen was administered, These restora-
tivcs were so freely employed in the earlier
stages of the Pope's illness that they no
longer have much effect on the heart The
respiration was somewhat improved but
the insensibility and general collapse con-
tinued
ANNOUNCE THAT THE END is NEAR.
DR. Lapponi notified the Vatican authori-
ties that the last hour Of his Holiness was
approaching, and Cardinal Rampolla hastily
summoned Cardinal Orcglia di Santo Stefano
by telephone, who will give official notice
of the death of the Pope. He arrived a.
II o'clock and several other Cardinals
also fastened to the Vatican, where they
waited in the anteroom of the sick chamber.
Cardinal Rampolla also sent the kilograms
REQUIRED by custom to all the Nuncios and
Cardinals announcing the desperate condi-
ton of his Holiness
Meantime, under the skilful efforts of
DIR, Iapponi and the attendants the dying
man was drawn back, with yet little to
spare, from the final portal, The rally
was feeble and only physical. 1t was found
impossible to call back the strong intellect,
which for fortnight dominated the frai
body after the doctors were convinced
that the Pope's power of resistance was ex-
hausted The coma grew deeper, the
breathing superficial. and the temperature
lower
1t was the vitality of the heart, which
from the outset has been a marvel to the
doctors, that still kept death at bay. De-
prived Of the brain for an ally, however.
the struggle was ptifully hopeless. The
doctors confessed that human resources
were exhausted. The remaining power
Of resistance ebbed very slowly.
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
Watchers at tho Vatican concurred in
the opinion that the Pope. at 10 O'Clock to-
night had entered upon the final struggle.
He had then lost consciousness completely
and lay in profound coma. Ths doc