ILLNESS OF THE POPE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 158, 8 July 1903, Page 3

ILLNESS OF THE POPE.

LKBS RESTLESS NIGHT. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Rome, July 6. The Pope took soup twice duriDg the night. Towards dawn he was placed in an arm chair where he was reclining when at half-past eight the doctors visited him. The latest bulletin a'a'es that he spsnt a lees redtless night though h j had little sheep. Bis pulse is weak, bat not intermittent. His temperature is below normal. An official stated that the Pope was engaged in writing for some time at a desk during the morning. Dr. Mszzoni declares that the hour of the fatal termination depends upoD the rapidity wherewith the luug hardenß, The Pope, he says, will go out like a lamp whose oil has run dry. INTBLLBOT UNIMPABED. WISH TO DIE IN HARNESS, DICTATING A FAREWELL. Beoeived 7,10.32 p.m. Rome, July 7. The Pope's condition shotted a slight improvement to-day, the result of " stimulants. He took but little food, and sat in an arm-chair in order to assist breathing. The Pep* attended to business in defiance of his physicians injunction, declaring that he wished to be in harnest, and that he could die happy, sicca he had obeyed his conscience, and had striven for the church's we'fare, Bis Holiness dictated a poetic invocation to tbe Redeemer and Virgin, and a farewell to all Christians. Towards evening accentuated symptoms and general depression appeared, the respirations being more frequent and superficial, the pulse weak and at times imperceptible. The Popa's intellect remains unimpaired. Dr. Maxzoni, lata in the evening, stated that unless something unexpected happeaed the Pope would live for a day or two. XXCBHCB UNCTION ADMINISTERED. Beaetved 7. 10.40 p.m. Rom, July 7. King Edward and most of thd Rulers have telegraphed to tbe Vatican for . news. , Messages of enquiry and sympathy are bang received from all parts of the world. Extreme Unction was administered at 10 o'clock to-night, whsn tbe Pope bleesed all present. His weakness increased after night.