The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1903, Page 4

FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1903, POPE LEO SUFFERS RELAPSE AND HOPE IS LOST; PHYSICIANS SAY DEATH IS NOT FAR DISTANT . Do Specialist Exam:! ines Stricken | Pontiff. HAlarming Compli-| cations Are Found. L —— Life Cannot Be Prolonged Muph Longer ther day fea ife sti g with re- at 1:3% rned from Pon- issue of clock, which state was Lapponi yrning it was lea: ere. was no ht not come lowed h: id operation has i Pope | and | was with | after midnight condition stationary, | g taken place since the the consultation with was held. To strengthen the and help the circulation | I injected camphor and caf- | which the Pope, who seemed relieved, said he remembered treated with Raspiel water r basis when he was nuncio Xty years ago. HARASSED BY KENOW-ALLS. In reply question, Dr. Mazzoni said: ‘I really cannot say whether the serum the pleural cavity has increased since the co: ion last evening, as I did not examine his Holiness for such a purpose. It must be ertsood that the Pope is 00 frail to be handled like other people. Besides his orax, pugh old age, has become bent in such a way that the right =ide, where pneumonia was first detected, curves out i while the left side curves in. In to-mor- row's Visit attention will be especially centered on the progress in the secretion Then a decision will be taken ther a new opgration is neces- Mazzopi ended by ridiculing the criticisms, objec sd advice, which, | he said, persons, most of whom were fam. | ous only for never being heard of, al- | lowed themselves to proffer, even from | abroad, many these persons having seen the Pope only in photographs, “The greatest accusation is that pleurisy was not dis red in time,” he said. *1I| visited th for the first time on Sunday lay evening 1 discovered | the fluid and on Tuesday removed it. Any £tuden med continued Dr. Mazzoni, “that sometimes weeks pass before the presence of serum is detected. 1 myself once had pleurisy, which the | doctor did not discover until fifteen days after I was taken ill 4 FALSE SIGNS OF STRENGTH. The condition of the Pope at times yes- terday morning seemed so favorable that the hopeful Dr. Mazzoni and the more <onservative Lapponi united in express- ng the belief that there was some slight prospect of recovery, but in a few hours these brighter prospects disappeared be- x :1'" g Rost alarming conclusions ched after a lengthy cons i e Ethy consultation of4 The earlier hopes had been largely by the Pontiff's outward :?fi:’:g of vigor, as he was able to rise, walk and command all his faculties, but the later | consultation disclosed that these seem. Ing evidences of strength were entirely deceptive, as the real danger consisted in the gradual internal progress of the in- sidious diseases. The mere fact of the consultation i ngs. Indeed this was the first actual consultation, as_the Drevious frequent meetings of the doctors were not regard ed as formal consultations. Yesterday, however, Dr. Rossoni, the distinguishod specialist of the bacilli school, was called in & consultation lasting two hours gur. ng which every phase of the pafient’s case was minutely gone over. The eon. clusions announced in the 7:30 o'clock bu letin showed that liquid is again gath. ering in the pleural cavity and that the Pope's general cond'tion is very grave EXPECT GRADUAL SINKING. Following the issiance of this bulletin the doctor: freely expressea their per- sonal convictions regarding the extreme gravity of the case. Dr. Lapponi said, without qualification, that the patient's condition was beyond hope. He did not expect a final collapse to-night, but rather & gradual sinking until the end came. How long the sufferer may last the doc. tors will not venture any prediction; Oz | abl PR = | i Loy S : o Wwfi«w« g & : | ap- | of fail to One hundred yea: aining all of his mental and most ohysical ties and bravely com- of death. Although ons of mental alert- | igor consinue unbrok- | been tne slightest | | e the Vat- | ican world fully made up mind that the demise of the Pope .is only a question of days at the must, and prob- | only of hours. With this_prevalent | view, every detail for conducting the af- fairs of the chureh during the murrfl;»l num and for carrying out ele outcome, its th of Pop Leo's succ s: martic arranged. . Followir vices from the | Vatican, the Cardix throughout the | world are hurrying Romeward, anticipat- | ing the holding of a conclave for the choice of a Pope. These preparations are u £ a dertaken in a spirit d as the performance Throughout yesterday of profound g of a sacred @ 1ty the court of the | Vatican leading to the Pope’s apartments | was thronged by distinguished vis- itors seeking information as to the Pope condition. Practically the entire diplo- matic corps accredited to the Vatican w among the inquirers, and many Cardinals also were among the groups. The popular solicitude for the Pope's condition has led to an amelioration of the rigid rules closing the entrances. High and low coming to ask about the Pope's condition were equally admitted to | the inner court, where the bulletins signed | | by the doctors were conspicuously exhib- | ited. | One of the most remarkable features of the sick room is the absolute simplicity and the entire absence of the usual elab- orate equipments found in the sick roo; of distinguished patients. There are trained nurses, the only attendants sides the doctors being the Pope’s valets, | Centra and Di Cestro. The doctors are | without a corps of assistants. SAD NEWS IS WITHHELD. The tragic death of Mgr. Volpini was | carefully kept from the Pope throughout the day. It was at first thought that it | no | be- would be necessary to inform the Pontiff | * in order that Mgr. Volpini's successor to the office of secretary of the consis- tory might be nominated, but after dis- cussion by the Vatican authorities it was decided that the precedents admitted the | nomination of a secretary withoutathe in- tervention of the Pope. Theychief impor- tance of the position is felt at the time of a conclave, so that if it be considered essential to fill Mgr. Volpini's place Car- dinal Camerlango will designate a secre- tary of the consistory. This procedure will' permit. the news of Mgr. Volpini's death being withheld from the Pope in- definttely. When the amelioration in the condition of the Pope presented favorable symp- toms yesterday morning Pope Leo decid- ed, after receiving Cardinal Rampolla, to receive also all of the other Cardinals liv- ing in Rome, to the number of about twenty-five, a8 a special mark of his grat- ification at the sympathy they had shown. Cardinals Oregalia, Gotti and Della Volpe were received and held a short conversa- tion with his Holiness, but soon after- ward the dangerous condition of the pa- tient developed, compelling Dr. Lapponi to stop the otner receptions. When a consultation was decided upon, Dr. Rossoni being already in the ante- chamber, Dr. Lapponi cautiously inform- ed the Pope that he had thought it bet- ter to ask the opinion and advice of an- other physician in view of the phases of the disease being so variable. He added that nothing grave had arisen, but that Dr. Mazzoni and he, tnrough conscien- tious scruples, wished to interrogate their colleagnes. The Pope received the news with calmness, saying that he would be [’ glad to see Dr. Rossoni. The latter, on entering the bedroom, bowed to the Pon- 1iff, saying he was highly honored to visit him, and tricd to encourage the sick man. The Pope answered him, but in a weak voice. Death Deprives Mgr. Dolpini of : 2] Cardinal’s Hat OME, July 9.—Mgr. Volpini, who R was stricken with syncope yester day, died early this morning, short- ly after the doctors in attendance had announced that all hope of saving his life had been abandoned. Although the condition of the Pope is still the center of interest, the case of Mgr. Volpini h attracted much attention, not only by cause of his office of secretary to the ‘consistorial congregation, to which he 1ge from hour to.hour, | | ~ 7 FROMIQEN Cedine M espighi 4 OME, July 10, 6:10 a. m. R When, shortly after sunrise,” Dr. Lapponi went to see the Pope, he found him in the attitude of prayer. On the doctor inquiring whether he required anything, his Holiness replied: “To-day finishes a week since I was | taken ill. 1 am thanking God for having given me _strength to still pray to him.” The injections given by Drs. WMazzoni and Lapponi had in part the desired effect, as the Pope succeeded in getting some sleep during the night. SVRLSERS AL Three Eminent Prelates and the Metropolitan Church of the Holy JSee. I L 4 + Hope Aroused by Patient’s Improved Condition at Dawn Gives Way to Deepest Gloom Before the Day Is Spent. OME, July 9.—Pope Leo’s condi- tion when he awoke this morn- ing seemed to be substantially un- changed. His Holiness was rest- less and Impatiently awaited the visit of the doctors, poni: “When will He asked Dr. Lap- Mazzoni come?” was the reply, if your ,"* sald the Pope; “I merely desired to know the approaching time.” Dr. Lapponi then informed his Holiness that Dr. Mazzoni would be there about 8:30 o'clock. Not since his illness did the Pope begin a day as satisfactorily as this morning. Indeed hopes of his recovery reached such a point as to make the general pub- lic believe the Pontiff might soon be out of danger. No better snythesis of this view could be given than in.the words Dr. Lapponi uttered on leaving the sick room at about noon, that, although he did not yet dare to hope, he had perhaps ceased to despair. This promising out- look, however, was followed by the start- ling announcement that the Pope had been attacked with dlarrhoea, apparently caused by the large quantity of food he had taken, and ‘that a consulting physi- clan had been sent for. The patient, when he began the day, howed only more his iron mountaineer fiber by rising and dressing almost with- out assistance, walking across the room to his armchair and having his toilet fully prepared, even to the detail of being sghaved. Throughout this procedure the Pope showed no sign of being exhausted. Indeed he jokingly alluded to the amount of nourishment which was béing imposed upon him, and sald: “I ougnt to grow fat, as I have never had just been appointed by Pope Leo, but also on account of the manner in which he was seized by his fatal illness: and it is hardly possible to describe the sen- sation and emoti which prevailed in the Vatican when his death was an- nounced. From th&moment he was stricken and fell to the floor Mgr. Volpini lost entirely the power of speech and the use of the entire right side of his body and he was apparently unconscious when he died. It has been ascertained that the cause of death was cerebral congestion, pe ¢ had in my life food as much as I get now."” STILL KEEN OF INTELLECT. This buoyancy of spirit~was considered to be one of the principal co-efficlents in the struggle with death which this ad- mirable o/d man has made in the last seven days. The doctors, previous to the alarming attack of this afternoon, said there was not the slightest diminution in the acuteness of the Pontiff’s mental fac- ulties, as shown this morning in a re- markable manner, when the Pope insist- ed upon going ‘over some of the large questions of church policy laid before him by Cardinal Rampolla, the papal sec- retary of state. The Pope on learning that Cardinal Rampolla desired to see him reccived the Cardinal at 10 o’clock this morning. The Pontiff said he had seen with great pleas« ure how the Sacred College was inter- ested in his person and he was equally gratified at the manifestations' from the good people of Rome. After this his Holiness spontaneously asked Cardinal Rampolla whether there were any urgent affairs to deal with, and the Cardinal made a short summary of the principal pending questions. The Pope interested himself in all of them and, the conversation turning again to the Pon- tiff’s condition, he said: “Weakness has always been my great- est preoccupation.” Dr. Lapponi, on leaving the Pope's bed- room at 1 o'clock this-afternoon, said: “I cannot yet say that I hope, but I no longer despair.” At about 3 o'cléck in the afternoon, al- though no worse, the Pope was not re- ported to be any better and then came the news of the Pontiff's sudden relapse and of the sending for a consulting phy- sician. LAPPONI GIVES UP HOPE. Dr. Lapponi remained at the Vatican after the consultation of physiclans was The office of secretary of the consistorial congregation, to which Pope Leo appointed the deceased prelate on July 5—the last appointment made by his Holiness—must be filled without delay, in view of the possibility of a papal interreg- num, as it is known that at the moment the Pope dies the secretary of state ceases to exercise his functions, which pass to the hands of the secretary of the consistorial congregation. The latter's ca- reer is from that time assured, as, ac- cording to custom, he is the first Cardinal to be appointed by the new Pope. ended, but he came from the sick cham- ber long enough to say a few words. The doctor looked haggard and much depress- ed. The hopeful appearance which he had shown early in the day had entirely dis- appeared. He said; “I fear there is no hope, no hope what- ever, yet the enu may not come to-night. Although the patient's condition is very grave the disease seems to be developed through slow but certain processes.” Dr. Rossoni and Dr. Mazzoni left the Vatican after the consultation, but at 7 o'clock Dr. Mazzoni returned. One of the most remarkable features in the serious turn which affairs took was that the Pope continued dressed and par- tially sitting up. His mind was perfectly tlear and apparently the only cause of alarm was that the doctors had detected a renewal of the dangeréus internal com- plicatidns. The following bulletin was issued at 9:30 o'clock: “The general condition of the illustrious patient having become depressed, a con- sultation was held at 4 o'clock, with the participation of Professor Rossoni. From objective examination it appears that the liquid is again rapidly gathering in the pleura. The sounds of the heart are weak, without any symptoms of valvular lesion. The pulse is easily compressible and it has ninety pulsations instead of sixty- nine, which is normal. The breathing is superficial and at long intervalsh The kidneys are not performing their func- tions. The state of his Holiness is con- sidered grave. ROSSONT, LAPPONT. - “MAZZONL"” POPE LOVES AMERICANS. As the Pope is much touched by the eviderices of sympathy coming to him from all parts of the world, Dr. Lapponi to-day showed him some of the telegrams which had reached him as the Pope’s phy- siclan, including the following message Will Be Near Rome in Event of Pope’s Death EW YORK, July 9.—Cardinal Gib- bons, who goes abroad to be near Rome when the conclave of Car- dinals i called, should the Pope's {ll- ness prove fatal, sailed to-uay on the steamship La Touraine. He was accom- from an American named Cleary, which said in part: “‘Before he dies I wish to see the world at peace. God bless him. Do not give him up. The world needs him."” hThe Pontiff was much gratified. e “The Americans have always shown me more affection than any other people. I love them.” Said to see.the newspapers and Dr. Lapponi wishing to prevent him reading any of the alarming news which has appeared even in the clerical journals, had a spe- cial edition of the Voce Della Verita (the Voice of Truth), the Vatican paper, print- ed for the Pope, who was delighted in hearing it read to him. Confidence in the steady amelioration in the Pope's condi- tion, however, {s so rooted in his immedi- ate attendants and the other members 6f the papal court that this morning there were few persons present in the ante- chamber when theymedical bulletin was issued. During the last few days it has been badly overcrowded. Besides the inquiries from all the reign- ing sovereigns, there were received at the Vatican to-day sympathetic messages from. the Count of Flanders, the Duke and Duchess Paul of Mecklenburg-Schwe- rin, the Infanta Isabella, Count Caserta (pretender to the kingdom of the two Sicilies), Grand Duke Serge of Russia and Princess Mathilda of -Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Prince Albert of Belgium not only inquired through the legation, but went personally to the papal nuncio at Brussels to give expression to his grief. The Vatican was advised also that the President of Argentina had visiteq the papal inter-nuncio to demonstrate the interest taken by him, both as an indivig. ual and as an official. Orders have been given tha; of the Vatican and St. Petel".t :::nb:l‘l;: be tolled for the death of Monsignor Vol- pini, since it would disclose th his Holiness. by panied by his secretary, Father P. . Garvin. ‘The Cardinal pointed out be.(or; sailing that he was not summoned of. clally to R"“}B to take part in the con- clave. Such summons, he sald, would come only after the death of the Pope When the iliness of the holy father tok a serious turn a few days ago he re- ceived a cablegram from Cardinal Ram. polla, the papal secretary of state, sug- gesting that it would be advisable for the Cardinal to come ovy”. ““There is nothing for me to say,” said the Cardival. “I have been advised to The Pontiff having expressed a desire | Second Operation for Pleurisy Is Probable. Pontiff Realizes That Death Is Near. OME, )—~The news of sudden relapse of the Pope consultation of physiclans and the alarming bulletin which fol lowed were unexpected thunder bolts in what had already become in the public feeling an unclouded sky. To-night the idea prevailed that this brought to a définite end all of the bright hopes which were cherished this merning. Professor Rossoni went through the most careful examination of the illustrious pa- tient, employing again what is known as the bacilli system. The consultation last- ed more than two hours. The patient, as the the one feature of the investigation, was made to pronounce the Itallan word “trentatre,” which in a case where there is indicated the presence of a badly act- ing heart and serum in the pleura to any one listening at the patient's side pre- sents a sound as if the consonants in the ord “thirty-three” had been dropped. The experiment unfortunately proved not only the presence of a fluid in the pleura, but its rapid augmentation, so that it al- ready afllicted the patient with the same disturbances that were observed on last Tuesday. Necessity for another opera- tion is indicated. A state of great prostration has en sued, rendering worse the affection of the kidneys. It is likely that an injection of salt water into the veins will be resorted to. The diarrhoea, which appeared this afterncon and occasioned the consulta tion, ceased to-night. 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 rest- ing 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 be- | fore he was taken ill the Pontiff repeated to Cardinal Satolli his desire td be buried in the Church of St. John Lateran. The spot he selected is on the left of the ap: above the entrance to the sacristy, cor responding to the opposite niche in whi. is the monument erected by himself 1591 to Pope Innocent 1II. It is said a statue of Pope Leo, forming part of t monument, has already been made. other respects the tomb will resem that of Innocent III, consisting of & sarco- phagus with a bas relief, two niches, two statues and two medallions. If there are real martyrs at the Vatican they are Professors Lapponi and Mazzo- ni, who are inundated with letters and telegrams from the four quarters of the earth imploring them to save their illus- trious patient, who is so necessary to the chureh and the world. Unknown names rub elbows with those of worldwide cel- ebrities, some of the senders asking for telegraphic news two or three times a day. A private secretary and a large for- tune would be required to answer them all, which the eminent professors certain- Iy have no intention of doing. It does not even end there, for admirers and worshipers of Pope Leo are sending infallible remedies which they say if only employed are sure to save the Pontiff's life. An American has sent wi he de- cribes as an extraordinary nutritive liquid which would restore the dying to Health. A South American has sent a hemorrhoidal unguent in a very rich flask. Besides these there are presecrip- tions from druggists and offers already to embalm the Pontiff. Others offer to make a death mask; some want to paint a picture of Pope Leo and ome writer even offers to impart the secret of petri- fying the body into an everlasting statue to be offered to the Pope's nephews. A new phase of the historic strife be- tween the noble families of Colonna and Orsini has been developed by the illness of the Pope. Hoping to reconcile this an- clent family’'s hostility, it has been the practice to designate the, head of each house as a prince assistant to the Pon- tifical throme, these two positions being the highest lay honors in the Efft of the Pope. In the case of the coronation of a new Pontiff the two princes stand on either side of his Holiness. The head of the Colonna family, Don Marco Antonio Colonna, was among the visitors at the Vatican to-day, but the Orsini family is temporarily unrepresent- ed in this high dignity, Den Filippo Or- sini having resigned in favor of his son, Don Domenico, Prince of Solefra, and the latter's nomination not having yet been confirmed by Pope Leo. The Orsinis are thus without representation and this cir- cumstance constitutes an interesting his- torical curiosity. A deputation arrived at the Vatican to- day from Carpineto, the birthplace of Pope Leo, the news of the Pontift's alarming condition having penetrated even to that obscure place. Carpineto is a little town among the Voschian Rills, with streets so narrow that two donkeys cannot pass each other, and an hour dis- tant from any railway, but with a water supply and electric lights, the former the gift of the Pope himself. The village it- self nourishes a species of worship for Leo. The deputation penetrated as far as the ante-chamber and thie..sick Pontiff immediately said he would recelve ‘them, but for onceé gave way to the appeals of those around him ahd sent instead his kindest wishes and benediction. The Neapolitans are showing great emotion over the approaching end of Pope Leo, praying in the churches and doing all that religion prescribes In appealing to the Almighty to delay the catastrophe. Cardinal Prisco telegraphs that recour: has been had even to the extremé meas- ure of bringing out the blood of Saint Gennaro. The blood of the saint is con- tained in a vial in a petrified form, which turns into liquid and boils when the saint condescends to intervene. The miracle is very dear to the heart of the Neapoli- tans, who firmly believe in its power to cure all ills. The Cardinal reports that the petrified blood took a liquid form to- day in the presence of a large concourse. The Vatican has received aispatches from all parts of the world, from Cardi- nals abroad, stating that they are leav- ing immedlately for Rome. Onme of the most distant, Cardinal Moran, Archbish- op of Sydney. N. 8. W., telegraphs that he sailed to-day. As he will travel half way. around the globe it is doubtful if he will arrive In_time for the conclave. Some authorities hold that each Cardinal has a right to demand the postponement of the conclave to permit him to' reach Rome, but {t is doubted if the selection of the Pope will be delayed on account of the non-arrival of one Cardinal. @ it @ go over, and 'in the event of the death qf the Pope I shall proceed directly to Rome. If he is still lving, which may God graat. I shall spend the time quietly resting. 1 expect to be gone about two or three months.’” N