THE PONTIFICATE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 181, 3 August 1903, Page 3

THE PONTIFICATE.

CONCLAVE ASSEMBLED, QUAIMT OtfRBMONIES.

A CARUINAL TAKES ILL,

PEB P3E33 ASSOCIATION, KeseiveJ 2, IUS a.m

Kome, August 1. Tho Corel tve fi.r ilu wecdon of a P.-p > was constituted with many quaint; ceromon.es.

The Cardinals assembled in tho Sis ine CuspeS, whtre they tojk oatha of t-ecrecy to observe the Apostolic coustitutbn in thy election.

At n gh. f .11 tho Caißt-rlingo and Swiss GuarJi-, picjedo'i by torch bearers, minu r e!y examined the ouildiogs to eeo that no strj.cge-.-6 wrro pr sont, Then the doors were locked by tne Oamerlingo on the i- sid", aod by the Marshal of the Conclave on the o~teide.

There aie 3615 persons remaining within, comprising 62 G-itdicals, each with his secretary, vilest, and one member of the Noble Guaid, 40 Archbishops and Bi hops, besides cooks and porters.

Cardinal Her,,-, was taken ill almost immediately the doors were closed, and Dr. Lapponi was summoned to attend him.

Tt is expected Cardinal Rampolla, on the first b lior, will secure 20 votes as a mark of esteem for his p.litical services, aud then he will withdraw his candidature ;.nd support Cardinal Golti, Oirliual Dpitlros chance is Still considered the b;et. NO RESU .T FR-jM TWO BALLOTS.

Received 3, 1.5 a.m Home, August 2. Ihe meeting of the Conclave in the Sis'ine Chapel opened at 4 o'clock. At 11.15 decsj white smoke issued

from the chimnty counecfr-d with the stova where the voting papers are burned, due to tbo addition of damp strtw, and indicating the first balloi had piov.d withe uS Wbul-.

The second bal'ot which finished at 6 o'clock had a sioai'-.-r lo.uU.

Some 10,000 perrons assembled in the fc'qiuro the result, bus dispensed half an : o ■>.- lat-.T.