Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-10
POPE STILL LIVES.
He Fully Realizes That the
 End Cannot Be Far Of
GIBBONS A POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR.
Or. Maxzonf Says That the POnt1S's Condition Has Net Changed, but Declares His Fear That
 There Is No Hope.

Declares His Fear That
 There Is No Hope.
 ROME, July 10.-Another day of al- Sernate hopes and fears has passed, and Pope Leo's life still hangs in the balance Beginning with renewed hopes, the day closed with the scales tending slowly bur surely downward How long this agonizing period of sus- pense will last not even the attending doctors dare to say.
 No bulletin was issued, but it was learned from Dr. Mazzoni that the con- dition of the pontiff had not changed since DE. Lapponi had, declared his ( fear that there was no hope, but that tue end might not come very soon. A report coming from the Vatican itself gafDsd currency that pr. Mazzoni had again operated on the pope and ex- SRNc10d serum which had again gath cred in the pleural cavity. pr. Mag noRi said:
 '1t is untrue that a new operation has been performed. I was with the pope from Il p. m. until after mid ASGht and found his general condition 
 place. To strengthen the patients heart and help the circulation of the blood I injected camphor and, caffeine after which the pope, who seemed somewhat relieved, said he remepber- ed being treated with Raspail water on a camphorl basis when he was nuncio at Brussels sixty years ago"
 h pSDly te a question Dr. MazZoni reg,Ied: T really cannot say whether the seEzxm in the pleural cavity has in- cseased since the consultation, as I did not examine his holiness for such a .Spurpose. It must be understood that ehe pope is too frail to be handled like other people Besides his thorax, through old age, has become bent in such a way that the right side, where pHsmonia was first detected, curves @ut in very pronounced manner, while the laft side curves in. Attention will De especially centered on the progress ln the secretion of serum.
 Injections given by Dr. Mazzoni and then by Dr. Lapponi have had in part Ghs aeGired effect, as the pope has sue eseded la g6ttjng some sleep, although haS saHnber was not entirely tranquil. The pacSent's diet has been somewhat nGhAened since the attack of diarrhea and Is now limited mainly to meat bsoth and beef tea.
 That the pope fully realizes that his end cannot long be deferred is shown Ay the attention he has given during the last few days to the details of his Anal 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 fu- neral. Shortly before he was taken Ill the pont1n repeated to Cardinal Satoln his desire to be buried in the Church of . St. yohn Lateran.
 The possible action of the conclave of cardnalsattraets great attention. Some authorities hold that each cardinal has q right to demand the postponement of the conclave to permit him to reach Rome, but it is doubtful if the selection of pope will be deferred on account of any one cardinal, It is recalled that the American Cardinal McCloskey ar rived too late to participate in the con ssclave which selected Pope Leo. It is an Interesting fact that Archbishop Far ley, then secretary to Cardinal McClos- key, was also too late to participate as secretary in the conclave, but Arch bishop Farley took part in the ceremo- ny Of Pope Leo's coronation, and through singular coincidence his nom- lnation as archbishop of New York oc- cured at what was probably the pon- tifr's last consistory
 Qualification was expressed by the American prelates here on learning that Cardinal Gibbons had sailed for Rome. As the conclave will not take place until at least ten days after the demise of the pope his eminence will arrive in ample time to participate. Outside of Americans Cardinal Gib- bons coming excites widespread inter- est, as he is regarded as the representa- tive of the modern progressive spirit of the United States. 1t is recognized that one of the chief issues at the conclave will be between the advocates of mod arn progress and the supporters of the conservative traditions of the past
 A sketch of Cardinal Gibbons as q possible successor to Leo XIII. says:
 Xhe parFisans of Americanism have 2n the past often spoken of Cardinal Gibbons as a possible successor to Leo XIII. The idea was for many reasons too daEfng to become a reality, but 1t wO1ld net have appeared altogether i'm pOsaAasbe without the Spanish-American war, which rendered Cardinal Gibbons position excessively delicate with the Catholics and the remainder of the world. He would not be pope of the two American continents or even an Anericanist, but pope of the United Sta&es, against whom would rise the Spanish cardinals with all the prestige of their indisputable loyalty to the apostolic see and who would have OH their side the greater part of the Latin cardinals. This does not mean that in case 8 conciave is held Cardinal Gib- bons will be without influence. On the contrary, he will have a power which will be exercised by him with wisdom in favor of candidate who will agree with the state of modern civilization"