The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-11
CARDINALS HEADED foa aoMt
In EXPECTATION OF
LEo's DEATH.

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Rome, July IL, $50 a. MT is re-
ported that when shortly after sunrise
this morning DR.. Iapponi went to see
the pope he found him with his hands
together in the attitude of prayer. In
reply to the request whether his holi-
ness required anything, he replied:
To-day finishes a week since was
taken ILL., thank God for giving me
strength to still pray to him.
Life Hangs in the Balance.
Rome, July II. a. m.-Another day
Of alternate hopes and fears has
passed and Pope Leo's life still hangs
in the balance. Beginning with re-
newed hopes the day closed with the
scales tending slowly but surely,
downward.
No night bulletin was issued, but at
1915 this morning it was learned
from DR. Mazzoni that the condition Of
the pontiff had not changed since the
issue of the evening bulletin at 7:30
O'Clock, which announced that the pa
TENTS state was grave, and at which
hour Dr. Lapponi had declared his
fear that there was no hope but that
the end might not come during this
night.
The condition of Pope Leo at times
yesterday morning
Seemed So Favorable
that the hopeful DR.. Mazzoni and the
more conservative Lapponi united in
expressing the belief that there was
some slight prospect of recovery, but
within a few hours these brighter
prospects disappeared before the most
alarming conclusions reached after the
lengthy consultation of the doctors.
The earlier hopes had been inspired
largely by the pontiff's outward evil
dence Of vigor, as he was able to rise.
walk and cop'mand all his faculties,
but the later consultation disclosed
that these outward evidences OF
strength we're entirely deceptive, as
the real danger consisted N the grad
ual internal progress IF the insidious
diseases.
The mere fact of the consultation in
itself, gave rise to the
Gloomiest Forebodings.
Indeed, this was the first actual con-
sultation,==as the previous frequent
meeting Of the Doctors were not re-
garded as formal consultations Yes
terday however. DR. Rossoni, the dis
tinguished specialist of the Baccelli
school, was called into a consultation
lasting two hours, during which every
phase of the patients case was mi
nutely goie over. Ihe conclusions
announced in the 7:30 o'clock bulle-
tin showed that liquid is again rapid
ly gathering in the plural cavity and
that the popes general condition is
very grave.
Following the issuance Of this. bulle-
tin the doctors freely expressed their
personal convictions regarding the ex-
treme gravity Of the case. DR.. Lap
poni said, without qualification, that
the patents condition. was beyond
hope. He did not
Expect Final Collapse
tonight, but rather gradual sinking
until the end ~,l4a. How long the
sufferer may l.,.- the doctors viii not
venture any ger aLtion. Ordinary cal
culations- they - =, fail to apply to this
extraordinary :.,ise.
Whatever may be the outcome, the
Vatican world has fully made up ita
Wind thot tho daath of tho y,opa {c onlv
a question Of days at the most, and
probably only of hours. Esith this be-
ing the prevalent view every detail
for conducting the affairs of the
church during the interregnum and
for carrying out the election Of Pope
Leo's successor is being systematical-
ly arranged. Following advices from
the Vatican. the cardinals throughout
the world are hurrying Romeward, an