The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-07-11

SATURDAY, JULY II, 1908.
How "A Pope Is Chosen.

In tho natural course of things the
interest of millions of people III every
part of the world will now be focused
ON the mysterious conclavc OF cardin'
ala which will meet In the SiEtlne
chapel TO elect new pope. me
world outside the walls OF the chapeI
can catch no glmse OF all the mNsttr
Ious and quaint cercmonials that at.
tend this oloctioni bat they can all b'
graphically pictured from the owl
dcnco of man who has been lrivil-
oged to witness them
On the eleventh day after the dealt
of the pope, IL previous customs arr
followed, the cardinals walk, two an,
two in solemn procession to th'
Chapel of st. Gregory, escorted 10y a.
armed guard aud singing 'Nom
Creator" Enoh cardinal then takc'
formal possossion of the cell which
mnst loo his homo until the election OF
a eucccssor to the dead pontln relcas
I
ed around the walls of hall adloin
ing the Sistino chapel are small,
rough structure OF boards, cnrtalnco
on one aide aud bearing the arms "
the cardinals wAu occupy them. Fact
cell contains the harvst and plaiucst
furniture, consisting OF bed, table
and a chair.
After the cardinals have inspected
and lakon possession OF their cells,
they arc at liberty to return to thcn
homes on condition that they ar,
back at the vatican before . u'oloCk
ia the evening, for AT THIS hour all
doors are locked and are walled nj
on the inside with masonry, with ih,
exception ct a single douhly locked
door Tor cgress in case OF illness Amy
cardinal, however, who passes throuEl
this door may not return again
With the immurcd cardinals are
locked ny two doctors, surgeon aud
mn apothecary, Two BARRIERS, q mason
and a carpenter, in addition TO q
email army of personal attendants, ut
whom each cardinal is allowed two
Twice day meals are handed in to
the imprisoned cardinals through %
temporary opening made in the ma
sonry, which is quickly built NJ again
aud each and every article Of food
carefully examined, that no Commuu
cations from outside may I've convey
cd la it.
The election is held in the adjoining
Sistiuc chapel, around which the car
diuals thrones, drsped IN green auo
violet cloth. are ranged, each cardyn
M occupying his own seperate throne
ON the alter are two massive gold
chalices, and on a loEg, low table ID
front OF the alter are silver bowls ioi
use in the scrutiny of votes,
Voting papers are handed around
in turn 10 each of the cardinals, oi
which they write the name OF iheu
favorite candidate, each voter s,gulns
the paper and atllNiug his seal Eavt
Curdina the folds,his paper and walk
ing to Il q after, falls ON his knees ot
its lowest step, and after taking IN,
oath that his vote is Tree from an In
tlucnce or merely personal bias, ht
drops the paper into one of the gold
en- chaliCes.
when all the votes have been re-.
corded and the mass 81 the HOLY
Ghost sung, scrut,ueer counts iht
paper, and when he has ascertNueo
that ihcre are as many papers As vot
ers the chaHco rs brought by Nlryt
cardinals and deposited on the table
nj which the scrutiny IL made The
halloing papers arr poured from the
Chalice onto the table, and each paper
: caref ully examined 10y one ot the
scruuaeers. passed on to another, and,
finally. to a third who reads aloud
the name on it. The cardinals keep a
record OF the voting on lists with
which they are provided
m no cardinal has received the re
qulsite number of votes one more