Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-07-10

Inc conclusions &D1g1lnC9d IN the 81
o'clock bulletin showed that liquid is
again rapidly gathering in the pleural
cavity and that the pope's general con-
dition Is very grave
Following the issuance of this bull
ietin the doctors expressed their con-
victions regarding the extreme gravity
Of the case. DR.. Lapponi said. without
qualification, that the patients condi-
ton was beyond hope He did not ex-
pect final collapse at once. but rather
gradual sinking until the end came.
How long the sufferer Will last the
doctors will not venture any predic
ton. Ordinary calculations, they say,
fail to apply to this extraordinary
case. One of them remarked:
Here is man almost hundred
years old retaining all his mental and
most of his physical faculties and
bravely combating the approach of
death Although the conditions change
from hour to hour, the essential con-
ditions of mental alertness and physi.
cal vigor continue unbroken. Never
yet has there been the slightest lapse
into incoherency.
Arranging to Elect Successor.
Whatever may be the outcome the
vatican world has fully made up its
mind that the demise of the pope is
only question of days at the most
and probably only of hours. With this
being the prevalent view, every detail
for conducting the affairs of the church
during the interregnum and for car
rying out the election of Pope Leos
successor is being Systematically ar
ranged. Following advices from the
vatican, the cardinals throughout the
world are hurrying Romeward, antici.
pating the holding of a eonclave for
the choice of pope. These prepare
tons are being undertaken in spirit
OF profound grief and as the perform
anee OF sacred duty.
The court of the vatican leading to
the pope's apartments has been throng-
ed with distinguished visitors seeking
information as to the pope's condition.
Practically the entire diplomatic corps
accredited to the vatican was among
the inquirers and many cardinals
were also among the groups. The
popular solieitude for the popes con
dition has led to an amelioration of
the rigid rules closing the entrances.
High and low coming to ask about the
pope's condition were equally admit
ted to the inner court, where the bull
letins signed by the doctors were con-
spieuously exhibited.
Pope in Ignorance of VoIponi's Death.
One of the most remarkable fea-
lures of the sick room is the absolute
simplicity and the entire absence of
the usual elaborate equipment found
in the sick rooms of distinguished pa
tients. There are no trained nurses,
the only attendants besides the doc
tors being the pope's Wallets, Contra
and De Castro The doctors are with
out a corps of assistants and there are
none of the modern appliances for re-
frigeration and other means of amel-
iorating the condition of patients.
The tragic death of Monsignor Vol.
poni was carefully kept from the pope
throughout the day 1t was at first
feared that it would be necessary to
inform the pope in order that Monsig-
nor Volponi's successor to the office
of secretary of the consistory might
be nominated, but after discussion by
the vatican authorities it was decided
that the precedents admitted of the
nomination of a secretary without tho
Intervention of the pope.