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SORE ON DOCTORS
onoIvDs ABOUT VATICAN DON'T BE-
LIEVE BULLETINS.
GREAT VARIETY OF IDEAS
,aoUT THE REAL CONDITION OF
THE POPE.

AIive-SpirituaIists Have n Seance
70 Discover How He Is.
Rome. July II. 1:1o a. MI think
ba will live to be one hundred" said
N italian priest in the courtyard of
The Vatican last night, as he read the
latest bulletin regarding the Popes con-
dition.
~ don't believe this bulletin" said
another. IT don't either" chimed in a
third but it doesn't do to say so here"
These expressions accurately repre-
cont the hopeless difference of opinion
exhibited by those who have to rely
for information regarding the Pontiff's
illness solely upon official bulletins.
cardinal Satolli, in a conversation
with the representative of the Associa-
tod Press, told the latter that life was
only kept in the tired body of the Pom
tiff nv the constant use of powerful
stimulants. and other persons equally
ra,iable. who saw the Pope yesterday
and who had seen him on previous days
Of illness. agreed with Cardinal Satolli
in saving that death has made all his
ravages save the separation of the soul
and the body.
Yet the doctors announce to the pub
lie that Pope Leo's general condition
Is satisfactory An explanation of the
apparent contradiction lies in the fact
that the doctors expected His Holt
ness to die long before this, and now
are exercising in their bulletins an ex-
cess of caution and a comparative
method of expression, which is in
COMPREHENSIVE to the layman.
Moreover, the extraordinary vitality
of their patient has, so to speak, an
initiated every medical theory held by
doctors in Italy, so it is scarcely sur
prising that Drs. Rossoni. Mazzoni
and Lapponi content themselves with
daily recording the symptoms of pro-
gresssion and retrogression, which sue
coed each other with such battling ir-
regularity as to forbid the risk OF
making definite representation for
the public. In private they only dis
agree as to the number of days the
struggle will last.
An Assistant Tor NOIpOhAs
Though science still may be unable
TO save Pope Leo in his present illness,
it has, at least, afforded him practical
ly a painless day. Since Saturday
morning His Holiness included in his
pontifical routine, a peaceful sleep. the
duration of which gave rise to some
alarm, several visits from his doctors
and audiences with four or five cardi-
nails For man of his age in perfect
health this Saturday would not have
been an idle one.
The tremendous superiority of the
Pontiff's mind over his frail frame can
be judged from his actions yesterday
regarding Mgr Volponi. Tired of the
nsistent excuses made by those who
were trying to conceal from him the
fact of Mgr. Volponi's death by say
ing that he was ill, Pope Leo exclain-
ed Then we must appoint a coadju-
tor" and he thereupon solemnly de-
clared that Mgr. Marini should act as
assistant to the man who was buried
on Friday.
The grim oddly of the situation was
heightened by the coincidence that Mgr.
Marini himself was coadjutor to the
secretary of the consistorial congrega-
'on when Pope Plus TX died. He is
now a substitute at the Congregation
OF Briefs. This indication of the wishes
OF His Holiness, though given under
circumstances of pathetic concealment,
Is likely to secure for Mgr. Marini the
place made vacant by the sudden
death of Mgr. Volponi.
The House of SAVIOR.
Another incident, showing the Won
derful vitality of the Pope, occurred
When he was told of the postponement
OF King Victor Emmanuels visit to
Paris on account of the Pope's illness.
All" said the Pontiff, I'VE know
now chivalrous is the house of Savoy,
even to its opponents"
This note of harmony. struck from a
sekbed makes it apparent on all SIDES
that the chasm between the govern
ment and the Vatican has almost APP
paleutly been bridged over by the ma
uonal sympathy with the dying Pope.
Cardinal Oreglia is credited with the
Intention of not leaving anything at
the Vatican untouched during his short
period of supreme power. when after
NE death of Pope Leo he will be car
a'Hal camerlingo until a new Pope is
elected 1t is known that he has al
ready directed that even the work nee
essary to build cells for the conclave
ana the walling up of the entrances
etc. shall not be done by the regular
papal architects and Engineers Man
huci and Schneider, but by person
enjoying his confidence, and that he
mas selected an outsider, Engineer
Ross, with whom he has already con-
ierred regarding the matter. He has
also chosen Controller Rossi Degaspers
20 supply all the necessities, such as
food, medicine, the services of BARRIERS,
and doctors, etc. required inside the
conclave.
Naturally, these measures taken by
cardinal Oreglia, while the Pope 10
sui alive are much commented upon
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The great eoourge of the italian peo-
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