The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-21

emnly confided the interests of the
 church has now become the exponent of
 the cardinals until the pope's successor
 has been elected. This has brought
 forth Cardinal oreg1ia as the striking
 personality of the hour.
 The cardinal is the exact antithesis of
 Pope Leo, having none of the late pom | tiff's sympathetic and benevolent char acteristics. He comes from noble
 Piedmontese stock and his nobility is
 shown in his naughty and austere bear 1 ing. He is not popular among his col
 leagues or the Romans, and his brusque manner has earned him the title of ''The Piedmont Bear."
 I He is tall and robust, and his seventy
 four years are shown by the whiteness | of his hair. His race has the tawny
 hue of old parchment and is deeply lined. Despite his austerity, the cardi- nafs learning and piety are universally recognized. This is the man who for
 the time being is practically pope. It was he who issued the orders to clear | the vatican from intruders and brought tranquility out of the confusion innme-
 diately following Pope Leo's death. The death of the pontiff occurred at
 a time when all was singularly calm about the vatican, as people had been
 so long expecting the final summons
 that their sensibilities were well nigh
 numbed. Outside St. Peter's the empty trolley cars swung slowly round the loop and across the square into the cool
 shade of the great colonnade which for
 over two centuries has been the pride | af olS, ,of
 the car bells was the only noise which
 dispelled the traditional peacefulness of
 an Italian afternoon. Now and again
 one of those little open carriages on
 which all Rome rides rattled across the
 baked Vesuvian stone with which the I square of St. Peters is paved, and took I it's place on the cab rank which lies within the shadow of Michael Angelo's four columns. A few half-naked UT chins dawdled in the spray which I light breeze blew from the fountain that plays unceasingly beside the huge olelisk, brought to Rome from Egypt I by some conquering emperor.
 A few yards away, beside the broRze .l doors which lead to the vatican some 4 twenty or thirty men and boys and a I handful of gendarmes lazily awaited the news. Inside the Swiss guards lolled on bench and complained of the l heat. Scarcely a soul passed up the I marble staircase and the courtyard of I San Damaso was deserted except for I the heavy black carriages of the cardi- inals and their coachnen, who were jawaiting their masters. It was the hour of the Siesta. Nothing could have been Il 1tr,f more energetic among the watchers l ventured into the sun to take another I glance at the pope's room, which, kept closely shuttered, was in perfect har-
 mony with the quiet scene it over-s l looked.
 At twenty minutes past four a man dashed nadly across St. Peters square, then quite empty. A second later an- other followed on a bicycle. Within a few seconds, as if by magic, newspaper 4 men, gendarmes and messengers, run l ming, driving and gesticulating, dashed to and from the portals of the vatican. Like a wireless message there flashed around the words The is dead.' Rlb- l ping the afternoon sleep from their eyes bare-headed men and women, many
 carrying babies, emerged from the darkened houses and cafes and besieged the door of the vatican. The trans formation was complete. The quick
 movement and tense feeling of the rapidly gathering crowd now permeat- led where few minutes before there had been no sign of life. The French ambassadors carriage drove furiously I from the vatican and drew up at a lnear-by telegraph office Without wait. l ing for the horses to stop the annbassa-
 dor jumped out and notified his govern lment of the pope's death. There soon followed the cardinals, who, with set I faces, drove slowly homeWards. Behind the shutters of Pope Leo's room, which still remained closed, all was over. The I heavy bronze doors were swung to and entrance to the vatican was only ob- l tainable by knocking at little wicket ] which was closely kept within by the Ipapal guard and without by the Italian police. The latter had been slightly re- j inforced, but had no difficulty in con ltrolling the crowds, who were allowed to remain in the square, just as they were accustomed to do before the death, but not to enter the vatican itself. Car riages kept rattling up, their occupants
 mostly holding in their hands extra edi- tions announcing the pope's death
 which the local papers quickly got out. On the steps of St. Peters sat a group
 of young Roman princes discussing the situation. Near by was gathered al
 most every type of peasant and work ing women who make Rome so pictur- lesque. A few entered the Basilica itself and there offered up prayers for Pope
 Leo's soul. Among the suppliants were
 prayed long and earnestly at the gates
 of the dimly-lighted shrines.
 Point for Edna Wallace Hopper.
 l Victoria, E. C., July 2O.-The full