Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-18
Plus (. Bestows Honor on Five
Cardinals at First Public
Consistory.
MUCH Excitement PERVADES
SCENE OF The CEREMONIES
Prelates First Take the Oath in the
Sistine Cha pel-Storm of Applause
.Greets the Arrival of the POntfH
-Papal Benediction Is Bestowed on
Those Present.

his first public consistory Thursday.
Five cardinals, including the papal Sec
rotary of state, Merry del Val, received
their red hats.
The holding of the first public con-
slstory under the new pontificate and
the comforting of the red hat on the
! papal secretary of state, Merry del Val,
were circumstances so exceptional that
considerable excitement pervaded the
: whole apostolic palace, the pope himself
being about the only person who re-
NAMED calm.
At an early hour all the thoroughfares
leading to the vatican were crowded
with cabs carrying thousands of per-
sons hurrying to secure good positions
from which to witness the solemn func-
| ton, while cardinals and other prelates
| and the various personages attached to
the papal court drove up in heavy, old
fashioned carriages and were received
with the usual honors by the papa]
guards.
The day, despite the fact that it wa.
the middle of November, when rain may
be expected, was beautifully clear and
| crisp.
Cardinals Take Oath.
The ceremonies began at 10: 80 o'clock
when the five cardinals who were to re-
ceive the red hat, Mgr Merry del Val
Mgr Callegari, the archbishop OF
Padua; Mgr. Ajuti, the papal nuncio at
Lisbon; Mgr. Taliani, TIE papal nuncio
at Vienna. and Mgr. Katschthaler, the
archbishop of Salzburg. Austria, went
| to the Sistine chapel to take the oath
| before Cardinals Oreglia. Rampolla and
Macchi, heads of the three orders OF
the sacred college. Mgr. Merry del Val
and Mgr Callegari wore their red robes
for the first time, and all the group o1
! prelates formed most striking picture
the effect being heightened by the in
comparable singing of the Sistine choir
directed by the Able Perosi.
Cheers for the Pope.
Meanwhile the corridors through
which the cortege had to pass and the
| Sala Regia, where the consistory was
held, were filled to overfowing. When
the audience had begun to feel the strain
of waiting a distant murmur, gradually
charging into distinct phrases of &C.
clamatiOn, advised those who occupied
the Sala Regia that the pope was ap.
preaching. A moment or so later the
whole gorgeous picture burst upon their
view, arousing perfect storm of ap.
plause, and cries of Long live Pope
Pius,' and Long live the pontiff,
which were continued until the pope
had descended from the sedia gestatoria
in which he had been borne by eight
! scarlet-clad sediaria, f1anked by thu
great feather fans
The pontiff seated himself on the
throne at the end of the hall, while thu
| cardinals went to their stalls on either
side, with the bishops at the left. In
tense silence then fell over the assem-
bled throng, and then the new cardinal:
were introduced by the master of cere
monies, who, while they knelt one b,
one before the pope, held cardinal:
hat over their heads. Thereupon thu
pontiff, with real emotion, repeated thu
usual formula, in Latin, used on sucl
occasions, after which he embraced tn,
five cardinals tenderly.
The newly honored prelates the,
arose and went to each of their brothe
cardinals and gave and received tn
usual fraternal embrace, the choir il
the meantime singing softly.
When the ceremony of the exchang
Of embraces was ended, the pope rose
| bestowed the papal benediction on al
present and then withdrew, the hall
and loggias echoing with reclamation
as he passed on his way to his apart
ments.
Among the Americans who were pres
ent at the public consistory were tn
students of the American college, witt
Vice Rector Murphy, Bishop Labrecque
of Chicoutimi, Quebec, and Father Mey
err assistant general of the Jesuits.
President Extends Sympathy.
Washington, Nov. 13.-Immediatel
upon hearing that Emperor Willia1
had been obliged to submit to surgica
operation President Roosevelt dis
patched personal cable message, ex
pressive of his sympathy and of hi
earnest hope for his speedy conva]
escence. The emperor has returne.
a-personal message. thanking the pres
iGent in warm terms for the exhibitio
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