Electing the Pope.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 22692, 4 August 1903, Page 2

Electing the Pope.

THE CONCLAVE OF ELECTION CONSTITUTED. ALL THE DOORS LOCKE 6 365 PERSONS HE MAIN. A CARDINAL TAKES ILL CARDINAL RAMPOLLA WILL RETIRE. DIFETRO’S CHOICE FAVOURED Rome, August 1. The oonolare for the election of the Pope has been constituted with many quaint ceremonies. The Cardinals assembled in the Sistine Chapel, and took the oaths of secrecy to observe the apostolic constitutions in the election.

At night fall Cardinal C imerlingo and Swiss Guards, preceded by torch bearers, minutely examined the building to see that no strangers were present.

Then the doors were locked by Cardinal Camerlingo on the inside and the Marshal of the Conclave on the outside, 365 persons remaining within, comprising 62 cardinal#, each with his secretary, valet, and one member of the Noble Guard, 40 archbishops and bishops, besides cooks and porters. Cardinal Herrera was taken ill almost immediately after the doors were closed, and Doctor Lapponi was summoned to attend him.

Ic is expected that Caf-dinal Rampolla on the fivst ballot will secure 20 votes as a mark of esteem of his political service*, and he will then withdraw his candidacy and support that cf'Gotti.

Dipietro’s chance is still considered the best.

MEETING OF THE CONCLAVE.

BALLOTS WITHOUT REBULT.

Rome, August 2 • The meeting of the Conclave in th e Sistine Chapel opened at 4 o,clock. At 11. 15 dense whit* smoke issued from the chimney connected with the stove where the voting papers were 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 six, had a similar result. Ten thousand persons assembled in the square awaiting the result, but they dispersed half an hour later.