The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20

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Who is the greatest Of the church lawyers
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candidate.
by the weather, the sky being very much
overcast, producing what is called the
sirocco, which makes one dull and heavy
and takes away all energy and spirit.
oregia Arrives.
AS the morning wore on, but still early,
Cardinal 0reglia, the dean of the sacred
college, who always has shown great
eagerness to assume command, but who
cannot do SO until Pope Leo is actually
dead, arrived with considerable parapher-
MALTA, indicating that he had come to
stay. He ordered his carriage to go
home and not to return.
After him came other princes of the
church, all with grave, preoccupied faces,
who returned each others greeting with
such expressions as IT have not slept at
all. One even was heard to say, II
think we are at the end" 'Or the be-
ginning retorted bystander to the
cardinal who spoke, the latter being con-
sidered very likely to be the next pope.
Eight cardinals, an unusual number for
such an hour, had by this time gathered,
and they went anxiously forward, fol-
lowed at a respectful distance by the 9TH
ers present.
When the bulletin announcing the pom
tiff's condition was posted one in the
assemblage said: i
''His agony is almost over. What a
happy relief for him."
Among the members of the sacred COL
lege present was Cardinal Matthew, who
has attracted much notice by the assid-
uity with which he watches events for the
French ambassador.
A stop has been put to the frequent
visits made to Pope Leo's sick chamber,
altho now the presence Of callers would
not harm him. While he was conscious
these visits exhausted him, but it was his
wish that visitors should be admitted,
and the attending doctors thought it bet
ter not to cross him.
VIII Die In Harness.
The pope will die, one may say, in har-
ness, and If not standing, as he declared
he would be, at least performing his
duties to the end This morning the
sick room was the quietest and most tran
quill spot in the vatican.
The pontiff lies on his bed, the pillows
of which are not whittier than his face,
which has a strange aspect, owing to his
not having been shaved for SO long. His
hands are folded over the rosary which
he has used for more than fifty years.
The famous arm chair which, perhaps,
his holiness will never again enter stands
invitingly near, with his stick beside 1t.
Contra, his valet, prays and weeps before
a huge ivory crucifx, DR.. Lapponi sits by
the bedside ready for any emergency.
The doctor from time to time rises noise
lessly to administer nourishment, of
which, this morning, the pontiff has taken
some. Indeed, DIR. Lapponi succeeded in
having him swallow several teaspoonsful
of coffee, milk and brandy mixed The
silence Of the sick room is occasionally
broken by a hacking cough, due to the
gathering of phlegm in Pope Leo's throat
These coughing spells have the effect Of
rousing the pontiff, causing him to open
his eyes and revive slightly
While the doctors were examining their
patient this morning, believing him to be
in q stupor, his holiness suddenly fixed
his eyes even now bright and by no
means lifeless, on them, saying:
Says Doctors Can't Win.
This time, doctors, you will not win
in your brave fight with death
.H is your holiness who is brave re-
piled DR.. Lapponi. but before the remark
was uttered the pope was again unable
to understand what was said.