Arizona republican., 1903-07-12
Fixed by One As the Age the Pope Will Attain.
THE END Is IMMINENT
Those Who Are Studying the Case
 Are More than Ever Surprised by the Superiority of Mind Over Matt
 ter-An Odd and Pathetic Incident.

Rome, July 12.-1:10 a. m.-"I think he will live to be 100,' said an Italian priest in the courtyard of the vatican last night. as he read the latest bulle- tin regarding the pope's condition.
 1T don't believe this bulletin" said another. II don't either.' chimed in a third, but it doesn't do to say so here"
 These expressions accurately repre- sent the difference of opinion exhibited by those who have to rely for infor- nation regarding the pontiff's illness solely upon official bulletins.
 Cardinal Satolli, in conversation with the representative of the Associated Press, told the latter that life was only kept in the tired body of the pontiff by the constant use of powerful stimu- lants, and other persons equally relia- ble who saw the pope today and who had seen him on the previous days of his illness agree with Cardinal Satol- Ii in saying that death has made all it's ravages save the separation of the soul and body Yet the doctors an- nounce to the public that Pope Leo's general condition is satisfactory.
 An explanation Of the apparent con- tradiction lies in the fact that tine doc tors expected his holiness to die long before this and now are exercising in their bulletins excess of caution and a comparative method of expression which is incomprehensible to the lay mind.
 Moreover, the extraordinary vitality of their patient has. so to speak, anni- Inflated every medical theory held by the doctors in Italy, so it is scarcely surprising that Drs. Rossoni, MaZzoni and Lapponi content themselves with daily recording the symptoms of pro- gression and retrogression which sue ceed each other with such baffling ir- regularity as to forbid the risk of mak- ing a definite prognostication for the public. In private they only disagree as to the number of days the struggle will last.
 Though science still may be unable to save Pope Leo in his present illness, it has at least afforded him practically a painless day. Since Saturday morn- ing his holness included in his pontifi- cal routine a peaceful sleep. the dura- tion of which gave rise to some alarm, occasioning several visits from his doc tors. and audiences with four or five cardinals. For a 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. VolpinL Tired of the insistent excuses made by those who were trying to conceal from him the fact of Mgr. Volpini's death by saying that he was i'll, Pope Leo exclaimed: Then we must appoint a coadjutor, " and he thereupon solemnly declared that Mgr. Marini should act as assist ant to the man who was buried on Friday. The grim oddity of the situ- ation was heightened by the coinci- dence that Mgr. Marini himself was CO., adjutor to the secretary of the consist orial congregation 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 fol Mgr. Marini the place made vacant by the sudden death of Mgr. Volpini.
 Another incident showing the won. derful vitality of his holiness occurred when the pope was told of the post ponement of King Victor Emfnanuel': visit to Paris on account of the papa affiiction. "Ah," said the pontiff, ''w' know how chivalrous is the house O. Savoy, even to it's opponents"
 This note of harmony, struck from { sick bed, makes it apparent on al sides that the chasm between the gov ernment and the vatican has almos been bridged over by the national sym pathy with the dying pope.