The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-25
INTEREST IN
CONCLAVE
Cardinal GdttI's Chances
Seem to Have Improved.
THOUSANDS VIEW DEAD
Scenes Of Thursday Re.enacted in the
Basi!ica of st. Peters, Where Pope
Leo Lies in State-FuneraI
To-Day
THOUSANDS VIEW DEAD
tBy Associated Press.l

OF Leo Kill lay in state In the Basllica
OF St Peters, and about thirty thousand
people passed before the catafalque dur
ing the day.
With impressive ceremonies the body
| will be Inferred tomorrow evening In
| earcophagus at st. Peters, where II Will
| remain until taken to It's final resting
| place in the Church of st. John Lateran
| italian soldiers again to-day preserved or
| der inside st. Peters. where there was a.
repetition OF the scene and crowd Of yes
| terday.
Interest is now largely engrossed with
| the coming conclave and its result. The
J gossip OF the day may be summed UP
briefly by saying that Cardinal Gottis
chances ~ the election seem to have I'M
! proved in comparison with those of other
| cardinals who have been mentioned as
likely to succeed the dead Pontff, al
| though there exists still strong feeling
| that some one, hitherto scarcely talked
| Of will wear the tiara.
| MUCH COMMENT.
Much comment was excited at the Vat
| lean by drive which Cardinal Oreglia
took through the Vatican gardens this
(, morning. The workers in the more quiet
| precincts Of the garden were startled
when they saw the well known papal
carriage approaching, surrounded by Swiss
and Noble Guards. Their hearts jumped
| az they saw the face Of the cardinal look
| ing out at them. The camerlengo did not
| appear to be satisfied with what he saw.
He shook his head, exclaiming dismally:
What decay! What neslect could
not remain shut up IN this melancholy
p, ms. -, nv .ton 20 nardina,s has not,
80 !. nd doc cTs ,shetber the note which the
Sacred College intends to address to the
| powers concerning the situation OF the
papacy at Rome shall be presented to-
morrow when the reception Of the dlplo..
| 4 ~. &t,S~ ~
NC VA oor orc t,on today Cardinal satolli
~ ga s.,,e, ~ conc1ova would he
aranad "a rdin i c,reel,a, REPLIED that he
ehomeh+ th.+ m the evening OF Friday.
~ 3,s. 81, ~ cardinals might enter
tho,. oa,,s and ha rreadv1, for tho first
.meat, oe -, tha conc,ava Anr,,st 1st a
weer From, to.nnorrow.
Tha oonnrega tion today also heard the
u.arat ranorts iron, the nuncios at Wen
na paris Munich and Madrid. It ap-
nroved The charity beoueathed by Leo
r. he moor dividing 1t as follows: $4,000
for Rome. "a 40 for Perugia, where Leo
was for many years archbishop, and e. 900
For rarnanafo where the late Pontiff
was horn.
RAISING WALLS
| Inside the Vatican the work Of ar
ranging the apartments for the conclave
| has been begun. The court yards are
choked with carts, bricks and building
material for raising the walls where doors
exist. making partitions, ETC. The Pala-
tine guards and gendarmes will be trans
ferred elsewhere. as their barracks are
needed by the conclave.
This afternoon Cardinal Oregla, es-
corted by the Swiss guards. inspected
the work, observing everything infinitely.
Cardinal Oreglia Is increasing IN favor
| daily, even in the government circles.
where 1t Is remembered that 1T was
| throuph his efforts that the propaganda
of the Vatican adhered to the request
Of the italian government to establish an
| apostolic prefecture in Er1threa.
The nearer the conclave approaches the
more two distinct tendencies are shown
in the Sacred College, especially among
the ca rdinals of the curia-that is to say
tho.a I,i,nr In Rome hut In which the
- rdinals from the provinces. as we'll as
40 foreipn CARDINALS cannot help partici-
nat,ne These two tendencies spring.
p pau, .ha narson aiity If Cardinal Ram
III. III, Wv. ns ~ eraat struggle continues
pole az a. sne ,, %. ~ Kim r. Ram
10 pe w no "a, ~ ~. a f,.s. ~ I,ot No b,s
poila mus nia -, ~ yotas he will
co'lelus' ~ ~ $500 fan, ,otes and one
try again. ~ ne mas mas .em Sa Ill, ras
OF nus oPpoHeits mas - III hIs
nouhce ms clianoa e,r.. ' as,,.i cot,i
friends Will support, tlrst' Carainai no...
with whom he now mas come 70 sums
such agreement, ana attempt ~ ,h'so
| Gotti 10 the supreme o'Ace'. VIII tsat "
polla as an ally, This would mean the
maintenance of Pope Leo's policy on
exactly the same lines and entrusted to
the same man. But Gotti inspires great
dstrust because, as he belongs to the
religious orders. he would render the sit
nation of the papacy extremely difficult,
st NE nresent moment. considering the
! Conditions nrevailinp In France, Spain
a a,,d I've pb,i,nnines.7
''u '"o ~ pTFNTRO POSSIBLE.
tharefore almost sure that IL
- seet nrs. hol,ot T. ,s not nrobable that
a. a,, ,ne -, ~ No successfu This section Of
. Iot. oa't no,,srs viii decide on Cardinal
me me p snt,eu one er Rnmpolla's most faith
~ flu ,n one pnnnoila heinr a sicilian.
lill 1olioMeis. w. 80 s,c;lian cardinals
can cou, ,ha un h tm1 Cardinal celesia
one h o. h tme" -, paiermo is 50 old (he is
archntsnop ~. Nc raIations strongly
almost ilihetsy ..'a. poma ~ attend ne
olpose ms su''.s ,,,Ioa, raa sons ali Span-
conclaYe, ~ tnwarahIa 10 Ramnnlla