The Election of Pontiff

Southland Times, Issue 19114, 3 August 1903, Page 2

The Election of Pontiff

.THE CEREMONIAL

YPer United Press Association. ; By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.

ROME, Aug. 1 Received 2nd, 9.33 a.m.

The «cbncla.vo for the election of. a Pope has. been constituted with many qua-int ceremonies. The cai'di.'iala assembled in - the SistAne Chapel txiid tOOST the "O'athV'Of Secrecy arid to 6b- 'j serve the apostolic constitutions in i the-election. At nightfall the Camer,lengo' and Swiss Gua!rds,Yprecedqd. Jjy torch-Dearers/ 'mfiuuWy;:' examined' the building; to see .'• that no strangers were -present! Then :the doors ; were locked by the Camerlengo on the inside and by the. Marshal M;thcL Conclave cm. the outside ; 365 persons remaining within, comprising 62 Cardinals, each with* his secretary, valet and one member of the Noble Guard; 40 archbishops and bishops, besides cooks and porters. Cardinal Hetrera was taken ill almost immediately after the doors closed, and Pr.Lapponi was suitimonod to attend him. It is expected that Cardinal Rtunpolla will, on the first ballot, secure twenty votes as a mark .of esteem for his political services, . and then will withdraw his carididapy and support Cardinal Gotti. Cardinal Dipietro'.s chance is still considered (he best.

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Thd -meeting in -conclave ii the Sistine^Chapel opened at 4 o'clock aud at 11:15 denso : sVhite smoke issued from the Ycnimney connected with the stove where the voting papers are burned. This; was due to the addition of damp straw, indicating that the first ballot had proved without result. ;The second ballot, which finished at 6 o'clock^ had a similar result: Ten. thousand persons, who had assembled in the atjuare to await tbe result, dispersed half an hour later.