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Tho pope continues In the same enc
fsebled state, but there Is no indica-
tion Of IN approaching crisis. His con-
dition appears to have lapsed into one Of
indennite suspense. with the ever pres
ent danger Of fatal turn. Yet. there
a. NO immediate fear that such q change
Is near.
During the morning the pontiff re-
manned comparatively quiet. getting
some sleep and seeing no one except
the doctors and his immediate attend
ants. For three days the oficial bull
letins have practically been unchanged.
showing the patients condition to be
almost stationary. An Italian proverb
says: when the patient does not get
worse he improves very much" but
with the pope. after the last two weeks
experience. everybody has renounced
making any predictions. Undoubtedly
symptoms Of amelioration exist. as
while on Thursday morning. when the
pleuratic liquid regathered, his respira-
ton reached Sc. to-day. when the liquid
IL lowering. It fell to 20. In fact it il
known that DR.. Lapponi and DR.. MAJ
zoni discussed the question whether to
announce an amelioration In Saturday
mornings bulletin, but abandoned the
Idea. 30 as not to raise excessive opti-
mism.
The heat Is beginning to increase.
The shutters OF the pope's bedroom win
dow are almost closed, the window is
open and the curtains are drawn back.
It Is reported that steps will be taken
40 install an electric fan IN the room.
Patient Takes Nourishment.
DR.. Lapponi, not expecting any
change for the worse in the pope's con-
dition, left the vatican Immediately
after his morning visit to his august
patient. On returning about II o'clock
the doctor found the condition of his
holiness unchanged. He induced him
TO take the yolk Of an egg and spoon
full of MARSHA wine.
The pope slumbered most Of the after
noon, received nobody and took mod
crate amount Of nourishment.
Denies Ramor OF Cancer.
DR.. Rossoni. when asked II it was true
that the pope has a cancer Of the pleura
ind that modification had set In, an
swered with the following laconic but
emphatic written statement:
ANY such news il absolutely false
4 (Signed)
PROF. EUGENIO RossoNI."
Z AAseuss Attitude of Government.
Ths cabinet ministers held several
meetings Saturday to discuss the atti
tude Of the government on the death
Of the pope, and 1t has been decided that
II the vatican does not notify the Ital.
ian government Of his death, and does
notify the other governments. Italy will
not officially participate In any mani.
kestatfons Of mourning, but limit her.
self to maintaining public order and In
surfing full liberty for the conclave, az
prescribed by law. In arriving at such
:, decision the ministers declared that
they had been guided by the wish to pro-
tect the dignity Of the state. and by no
lack Of respect for the aged pontiff. to-
wards whom there have been most chiv-
alrous manifestations Of sympathy from
the king. who postponed his journey Il
Paris on account Of the pope's health
and from the whole people. who are par
ticipAting in the universal feeling o
regret at the pontift's illness. thus for
getting the traditional struggle between
church and state.
Interviews with Doctors.
Paris. July 20.-A special dispatch
TO the Temps from Rome says that DR.
Aazzoni was questioned at length and
told the correspondent OF that paper
that the pope's Illness was necessarily
fatal: that his death was only ques-
ton Of time; but that 1t might not occur
for days, even week.
On the other hand. the Journal Def
Debats publishes dispatch from Rome
which quotes DR.. Rossoni as saying
that the condition OF his holiness is bet.
ter from day to day and adding:
I'VE see q little hope. II his holmes.
holds out for few days longer withou
fatigue and takes little nourishment
as he did Friday night. we may defni
lively hope for cure, perhaps NOR,
promptly than generally believed"
shoots Wife and Sell.
Duluth. MINI. July 20.-Sam Svensk
proprietor OF restaurant on Lake ave
niue. came home drunk Saturday morn
Ing and becoming vexed at his wife TO
upbraiding him pulled out a 38-calibe
revolver and fred. infiicting morta
wound in her head. He then turned tn
weapon on himself. dying instantly
Mrs. Svensk's physician expresses bu
little hopes Of her survival.
Chinsse to Protest.
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