The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-07
POPES PASSING.
His Remarkable Vitality, Aided by StimuIants. Car ries Him Through
 Another Night.
SCENES IN DEATH CHAMBER

WISHES TO SEE THE SUN ONCE
 MORE.
 Artificial Respiration Continued to Keep the Patient AiIve-Requested pr. Lapponi to Tell Him When the Time ssReally Comes.-Pontifr's Mind still Cieas-Extreme Unction Given Rsaiizss That His Time Has Come Manife.ts Great Interest in Te,egrams Inqairing About Ills Health.
 Rome. July ', (Tuesday1. 6:45 a. m Abulletin has just been issued. It says the condition of the pope is stationary. After twice taking raw egg and a lit tie brandy he went to sleep. At g o'clock pr. Mazzoni will visit his holiness again and a new bulletin will then be issued.
 Rome. July GA bulletin issued at s o'clock this evening says "Accentuat- ed symptoms of general depression are appearing. The pope's respiration is more frequent and superficial and his pulse is so weak that sometimes it is imperceptible. His temperature remains under normal and his intellectual facul- ties are unimpaired.
 Signed: .Lapponi,
 ..Mazzoni.
 Rome, July '. S:55 a. m.-Another morning has broken on the scene with in the simple chamber os the vatican where Pope Leo lies dying. As the soft light of dawn penetrated into the room, the pontiff whispered to his devoted physician that he desired the shutters of the windows to be opened, saying sT wish to see once more, perhaps for the last time, the rays of the sun.
 It is just short while since the pope came back to consciousness from a sleep which Dr. Lapponi had induced by a strong dose of chloral His sleep was so deathlike that artificial respira- ton was continued, and Dr. Lapponi every few minutes leaned anxiouslyi over the couch to observe the illustrious patient and listen to his hardly per ceptible breathing. Pope Leo awoke wet with respiration. feeble to the ex- treme and his voice hardly audible. The fits of coughing had brought pains in his chest and shoulders, and think ing his end was now near, he said to Dr. Lapponi:
 'sTeH me when the time really comes" The doctor treasured his holiness that he believed the danger of his immediate passing 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 ancholy 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 brea thing becomes more la bored, the popess mind is clear, as is manifest to all around him by his bright expressive eyes and the few < words he now and then succeeds in ut tering. The scene is so touching that those present can scarcely restrain their tears Count Camille Pecci, the pope's nephew, whom the dying man kept by his bedside yesterday, was so exhausted late last night by his con tending emotions that he had to be taken from his uncle's room completely worn out. A few moments before, as he stood bowed beside the bed, Pope Leo laid his hand on his head with pa ternal affection. saying: "Take cour- age,
 Shortly after 10 o'clock at night the pontiff received the extreme unction. At o'clock his condition seemed so hopeless that only a short time appar- entity remained before he would glide into his last sleep. At Dr. Lapponi's initiative a nasty consultation of the pope's relatives, Cardinal Rampolla and other ecclesiastics was held, and it was decided that extreme unction should be given. The pontiff received the announcement with his usual calm ness and though scarcely able to speak audibly, he said he knew his time had come and he was ready to appear be- fore the sublime tribunal with full trust in the divine mercy. Monsignor Pif- feri, Pope Leo's confessor, administered the extreme unction and when the cere- nony was over his holiness sank back or the pillow with apparent great re- { lief that all was done and that he was entering into rest after his long pil- grimage.
 After the administration of the viati- cum telegrams hoping for his recovery were shown to the pope and he appear ed to be much gratified. One of the strangest features in his condition is the interest the pope takes in telegrams inquiring about his health. Yesterday } having heard that French lady whom he had received in audience a few weeks ago had telegraphed message of sym pathy. he asked to see the dispatch and when Monsignor Pifferi brought it he was not satisfied with looking at the message, but wished to read 1t.
 From the piazza of St. Peters the groups of watchers can see figures fiit- ting to and fro pas; tue lighted win- dows of the palace, an unusual number of which are illuminated. r s3 IT ic ara,a ci5arad Sy, that 4J,n x,ic