The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-07-10
LIES TIDE IS
SLOWLY fBBING
POPE LEO KEPT ALIVE BY sTlm'
uLANrs AND ARTIFICIAL
RESPIRATION.
RECEIVES tNTRfMf uNC'lON
REALIZING THAT DEATH is NEAR
THE LAST RITES ARE
PERFORMED.
Hf CALMLY AWAITS THE IND
ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY FEEBLE
HIS MIND REMAINS PER
FEcTLY CLEAR.
NE CALMLY AWAITS TIT IND

Rome July S.-The official bulletin
issued a 6 o'clock this morning states
that the pope rested peacefully aul-
ing the night and took some nourlsh-
ment. His holiness will perhaps I'VE
through the day,
Rome, July s. 3:55 a. m.-Another
morning has broken on the scene
within the simple chamber OF the Vat
lean where Pope Leo lies dying. AS
the soft light of dawn penetrated INTO
the room the pOntiff whispered to MS
devoted physician that he desired the
shutters of the windows to be opened,
saying:
Il wish to see ice more, perhaps
for the last time, the rays of the sun.
1t was for only a short period that
the pope came back to consciousness
from a sleep which DR.. LappOni had
induced by a strong dose OF choral.
His sleep was so deathlike that
Artificial Respiration
was continued, and DR.. LappOni every
few minutes leaned a~nXiously over the
couch to observe the patient and to
listen to his hardly perceptible breath
ing. Pope Leo awoke wet with pres
piration. feeble to the extreme, and
his voice hardly audible. The fits of
coughing had brought pains in his
chest and shoulders, and thinking his
end was near, he said to DR.. Lapponi:
Tell me when the time really
comes
The doctor assured his holiness that
he believed the danger of his immedi-
ate death was averted for the night
and for to-day.
These seemingly last moments of
Pope Leo are full of solemnity. Per
haps his last hours would be less mel
ancholly and sad if the august sufferer
were less conscious of the circum-
stances and his mind less clear as to
the duration of time remaining to him
before he
Enters Eternity.
Although his physical powers are at
the lowest ebb and his breathing be-
zones more labored, the pope's mind
. SlSdI.d DIS 10 IldllltStSu " dill dIOuIlu
him by his bright, expressive eyes and
the few words he now and then sue
ceeds in uttering. The scene is so
touching that those present can scarce
restrain their tears.
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night
the pontiff received the extreme unc-
ton. At 8 o'clock his condition
seemed sc hopeless that only a short
time apparently remained before he
would glide into his last sleep. At DR..
Lapponi's initiative a hasty consulta-
ton of the pope's relatives, Cardinal
Rampolla and other ecclesiastics was
held and it was decided that
Extreme JUNCTION
should be given. The pontiff received
the announcement with his usual
calmness, and, though scarcely able to
speak audibly, he said he knew his
time had come and he was ready to
appear before the sublime tribunal
with full trust in divine mercy.
Mgr. Pifferi, Pope Leo's %confessor,
administered the extreme JUNCTION, and
WlCu IuC Gel clllOuy Was OVER, HIS lOll-
ness sank back on the pillow with ap-
parent great relief that all was done
and that he vas entering into rest af-
ter his long pilgrimage.
After the administration of the Wat
icum, kilograms hoping for his re-
covery were shown to the pope and he
appeared to be much gratiied. One
of the strangest features in his con-
dition is the interest the pope takes in
kilograms inquiring about his health.
Great activity reigns among the
cardinals now that it is sure that a
conclaye cannot be far off. nnumer
able rumors are circulating, and
scarcely any cardinal Is deprived of
the flattery of being considered a
candidate. Cardinal Rampolla is
thought by many to have the best
chances of being elected. According
to the most accredited Vatican gossip
however, Cardinal Rampolla has en-.
tered into an agreement with Cardinal
Gotti, project of the Congregation of
the Propaganda, to support the cleo.
ton of the latter on condition that he
himself be appointed Gotti's successor
as project of the propaganda, the
holder of which post is called the
Red Pope"