Show PONTIFF PASSES I OVER FATEFUL THURSDAY Pope Still Lives But End Not Far Away I NO OPERATION PERFORMED Doctors So Decide After Examination Ex-amination of Patient I I Ca ielne gahiTnj ecte d With B en efl 1 n cial Results by Dr Lapponi at Early Hour This Morning Rome July Iji a mPopc Leo passed a comparatively tranquil night and his general condition this morning Is stationary Rome July 17 21u a mThe Popes condition this morning is even lets satisfactory sat-isfactory than yesterday morning and he suffered Jrom much uneasiness and difficulty In breathing until relieved to some extent by an Injection of caffeine NEW CRISIS The new crisis In the Popes condition presented itself yesterday when the doctors doc-tors were confronted on the one hand with the apparently imperative necessity of an operation and on the other with the danger that such an operation might prove fatal This dilemma was canvassed can-vassed by Dr Lapponi and Dr Jlaazonl throughout the day NO DEFINITE DETERMINATION At their earlier conference there was some prospect that the operation might not occur and that the doctors left the sick room without arriving at a definite detremlnatlon as to when It would take place They pcpresaed the belief however how-ever that a delay until today would servo a useful purpose In permitting a larger extraction of serum in case the operation was undertaken Meantime the Pope continued Ina l stale of great depression RAPIDITY OF RESPIRATION Thanks to a fairly good afternoons sleep the physicians were able to Issue a buletin at 7L5 p in showing that there had been no vital change In the normal progress of the disease though the same serious rapidity of respiration as was noticed In the morning had to he again recorded So painful had the latter lat-ter become that one of those present In the sick room described the pontiff as literally panting for his lifes breath RECEIVES RAMPOLLA Later the Pope was sufllciently at ease to receive Cardinal Rampolla and His Holiness conferred upon him the enlarge en-large authorlt made necessary by the present Illness for tho executive administration admin-istration of papal affairs It Is understood under-stood that one result of this action probably prob-ably will be the speedy appointment of a successor to Monsignor Volponi as secretary of the conslsterlul congregation congrega-tion CAFFEINE AGAIN USED At 255 oclock this morning Dr Lapponi again had recourse with beneficial benefi-cial effects to Injection of caffeine which had not been used for conic days bMuiuno of the Popes dislike to It The Pope Is greatly disturbed by the difficulty diffi-culty of breathing and Is restless FATEFUL DAY PASSES The fateful day of the Carmelite Madonna Ma-donna on which Pope Leo had a pre I Continued on Palo 2 j |