The Papal Election.

Manawatu Herald, 6 August 1903, Page 2

The Papal Election.

SIX BALLOTS TAKEN WITHOUT RESULT. Another fruitless ballot was completed at 11 o’clock on Monday. The Spanish Cardinals were dismayed that a room was not provided for incessant cigarette smoking. ' The Camerlengo (Cardinal Oreglia) opposed the suggestion, but the Spaniards persisted in smoking anywhere about the Vatican. ILLNESS OF CARDINALS. A sixth ballot has been taken without result. Cardinal Serafina Cretoni, CarAdolphus Perraud and Cardinal Benedict Laugenieux (Archbishop of Rheims) .are ill. Cardinal Herrera (Archbishop of Gompostella), who was taken ill just after the Conclave assembled, is suffering from heart trouble, and is in a critical condition. The Viaticum has been administered to him. The Marshal of the Conclave detected two clerics signalling to out- - ' THE NEW POPE. Cardinal Sarto has been elected Pope. THE ELECTION POPULAR. The announcement of Cardinal Sarto’s election came through Reuter’s correspondent in Rome. After his election, Sarto, following the usual ceremony, pronounced a public benediction from the inner balcony of St. Peter’s. He was received with acclamation fnm enormous crowds. The new Pope, who, at the time of his election, was the Patriarch of Venice, is 68 years of age. He is described as being of a conciliatory temper, and was a favourite with the Clericals and Liberals alike. He was of bumble origin, and has risen from a country curraoy. He commanded that the gospel be read and explained in the Vernaoulor on Sundays, during feast days, in the diocese of Venice, where his firmness remedied the deplorable laxity of his predecessors’ indulgence. The election was welcomed by. the King of Italy, who is visiting Venice. Sarto has taken- the name of Pius X.