Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1903 — DEATH NOT FAR AWAY [ARTICLE]

DEATH NOT FAR AWAY

Says Dr. Mazzoni Wtym Asked Concerning Pop# Leo Xlll’s Chances of Life. s .] POPE’S REXAM TO HU SECRETARY Expects Belief from Hie Cheet Trouble "inn Few Days”—Story of the Day at tbe Vatican. London, July 16.—A .dispatch from Rome timed 635 a. m. says the pope passed a very restless night and bis condition this morning Is considerably worse. Borne, July 16.—One of the doctors In attendance on the pontiff gave the Associated Press correspondent a graphic word picture of Pope Leo as he appears today. That slnile which lighted op tbe pontiff's face, even in extreme age, has disappeared, probably forever. The skin is drawn tightly over the bony frame-work of his face, leaving the once bright eyes staring dimly from the deeply sunken sockets. A grayish pallor overspreads his countenance, but the most noticeable ravage wrought by his present disease Is the dropping of the lower Jaw, which has made the pope’s features take on the fixed rigidity of death. Kept to Almost Absolut* Soelustee. Throughout the day the precincts of the Vatican were comparatively quiet, and the immediate vicinity of the sick room showed none of the evidences of agitation and alarm so apparent Tuesday. In marked contrast to previous days the patient was kept in almost absolute seclusion, only one person besides the physicians in immediate attendance gaining admission. This one waa Mocslgnor Plfferi, the pope’s confessor. Others came to the ante-cham-ber, including Cardinals Satolli and Serafino Vannutelli, but they did not press for admission to the sick room, being aware of the doctor’s earnest wish to afford tbe august patient every opportunity of avoiding exertion end mental effort Quito BmlloM la tho Haialif. During the day the pope took a slight amountof nourishment Through the morning he was quite restless, shifting uneasily on his bed and complaining of being unable to secure an easy position. Later he becamedrowsy, and during the afternoon had some sleep.