Evening journal., 1903-07-10
AFTER SECOND OPERATION
POPE SLIGHTLY BETTER

actual consultation. as the previous
frequent meetings of the doctors were
not regarded as formal consultations.
DR.. Rossini, the distinguished special
ist of the Baccelli School, was called
into a consultation lasting two hours,
during which every phase of the pa
TENTS case was minutely gone over.
The conclusions were announced in the
| 730 o'clock bulletin.
Following the issuance of this bull
letin the doctors freely expressed their
personal convictions regarding the ex-
treme gravity Of the case. DR.. Lap
poni said. without qualification, that
tho patients condition was beyond
hope. He did not expect a final col
lapse during the night, but rather
gradual sinking until the end came
How long the sufferer may last the
doctors will not venture any predic-
7 Ttion. Ordinary calculations, they say
fail to apply to this extraordinary case.
One of them remarked today: Hero
IS man almost 100 years old retaining
all his mental and most of his physical
faculties and bravely combating the
approach Of death. Although the con-
ditions change from hour to hour the
essential conditions of mental alert
ness and physical vigor continue un-
broken. Never yet has there been the
slightest lapse into incoherency."
One of the most remarkable features
of the sick room is the absolute sim
plicity and the entire absence of the
usual elaborate equipment found in the
sick rooms Of distinguished patients.
There are no trained nurses, the only
attendants besides the doctors being
the popes Wallets, Centra and De Cas-
tro. The doctors are without a corps
Of assistants, and there are none of the
modern appliances for refrigeration
and other means Of ameliorating the
condition Of patients.
That the pope fully realizes that his
end cannot long be deferred is shown
by the attention he has given during
the last few days to the details of his
final resting place. It is well known
that he has discussed his testamentary
/ dispositions and expressed his wishes
as to the place and manner Of his
funeral. Shortly before he was taken
ill the pontiff repeated to Cardinal Sa-
TOLL his desire 10 be buried In the
Chuch of st. John Laternon. The spot
he designated is on the left of the
apse. above the entrance to the sa-
cristy. corresponding to the opposite
niche in which is the monument erect
ed by himself in 1891 TO Pope lnno-
cent III II is said that a statue OF
Pope Leo, forming part of the monu-
ment, has already been made. In other
respects the tomb will resemble that
OF Pope Innocent III, consisting of a
sarcophagus, with bas-relief, two
inches, two statues and two medal
lions.
Unknown names rub elbows with
those of worldwide celebrity. some OF
the senders asking for telegraphic
news two OF three times a day. A pri-
vate secretary and a large fortune
would be required to answer them all,
which the eminent professors certainly
have no intention of doing. II does not
even end there, for admirers and wor-
shippers of Pope Leo are sending in
fallible remedies. which they say If
only employed are sure to save the
pontiffs life. An American has sent
what he'describes as an extraordinary
nutritive liquid which would restore
the dying to health. A South Ameri-
can has sent an hemorrhOidal ungent
in a very rich flask. Besides these
there are prescriptions from druggists
and offers already to embalm- the pom
tin. Others offer to make death
mask some want to paint a picture OF
Pope Leo, and one writer even offers
to impart the secret of petrifying the
body into an everlasting statue to be
offered to the pope's nephews.
Rome Paper Says Spanish and Latin
Cardinals Would Oppose Him.
Rome, July 10.-The Tribuna, which
since the grave condition of the health
of the pope became generally known
has been publishing sketches of the
cardinals who are considered likely to
become head of the church, devotes
an article to Cardinal Gibbons, which
ends as follows:
"The partisans Of Americanism have
in the past often spoken OF Car
dinal Gibbons as a possible succeed
sor to Leo XIII. The idea was fol
many reasons too daring to become
realty: but it would not have appeared
altogether impossible without Tho
Spanish h-American war, which rem
dered Cardinal Gibbons position e1
cessively delicate with the catholics
and the remainder of the world. H'
would not be a pope of the two Ameri
can continents, or even an American
ist, but pope Of the United States
against whom would rise the Spanisl
cardinals with all the prestige of thei
indisputable loyalty to the apostol
see. and who would have on their sid
the greater part of the Latin cardinals
This does not mean that in case a con
clave is held Cardinal Gibbons will b
= without influence. On the contrary
he will have power which will be exer
cised by him with wisdom in favor o
a candidate who will agree with tn
I state of modern civilization
l.. Scott Townsend and Charles