The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-04
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the conclave has ended and no pope
has been elected. Both this morning
nd this afternoon all the members of
the sacred college. except Cardinals
Herrero Y Espinoza, Crettoni Lagen-
ieux and Coultie, who were confined to
their cells by illness entered the sis
tine chapel, where, after the solemn
ritual appointed for the occasion, they
dropped their ballots into the chalice.
That these gave to no candidate the
necessary forty-two votes was made
known to Rome and to the world by
the smoke of burning ballots which is
sued from the sistine chapel Tomor-
row the cardinals will vote again. both
in the morning and afternon. but
what the chances are of their arriving
at a decision, before Monday no one
can tell.
1t was reported this evening that
dant, but this cannot be taken as any
indication of the final result, as the
vote Of Pope Leo's secretary of state
may be split up or given in it's entire
ty to some other candidate. Apparent
ly reliable information which. how
the effect that Cardinal Rampolla re-
ceived at the first ballot this morning.
twenty votes. Serafino Vanutelli. II:
Gotti, 4; Oreglia. 5; Dipietro. 4: Cape
colatro 4. and Agleradi. 3, the remain
der being scattered. RumOr generally
assigns Monday as the most likely day
upon Which an election will occur.
No one here seriously expected the
! cardinals to select a pontiff on the
| first ballot; hence this morning few of
| the populace were present in the piaz-
| "a Of st. Peters. though in the i'm
mediate neighborhood thereof a thou
| sand troops and gendarmes stood in
| the shade of the colonades. In the
| morning the sun blaZed down and st.
| Peters at O'Clock was Just as desert
ed as on the day Pope Leo died.
Soon after four however, crowds be-
gan to gather. First came the priests
| and monks of all denominations in
| their queer colored cassocks. and wo-
men from the poorer parts of the city
| carrying or dragging children with
| them. By 5 o'clock several thousand
persons including many American
| tourists, bands of priests anxious
| Romans Of all classes. gathered at the
steps of the basilica and along the side
of st. Peters square, from which points
| only was the sistine chapel visible
| Every eye was turned toward the
| long, narrow tin tube, with a conica'
top which rises crookedly from one
| end Of the chapel. 1t might we'll be
an improvised smoke outlet for a hovel
| instead Of the world watched beacon
which alone can give the sign awaited
| by some millions of people.
| AS evening drew near the crowd in
| creased and Roman princes and prin-
| cesses drove UP and watched from
| their carriages through opera glasses
| the tin smoke stack which gliStened in
| Ia Prinpn M
the Roman nobility who shares only
with Prince COllona. the hereditary
right to a stand next to the papa
throne. sat on the steps Of st. Peters
beside an old beggar woman. Like
her he watched intently for the smoke
| signal but no smoke came.
| The bells Of the baSiltca rang, bu
the call to vespers. but none went in
The priests pacing the steps of st
| Peters prayer books in hand muttereC
the evening office with an ever watch
full eye on the sistine chapel.
The suspense became intense: ever
the street urchins who had come ir
large numbers began to gather dis
Carded ends of cigarettes thrown away
| bv the nervous crowd. stopped theil
work and gazed toward the chapel.
Several false alarms of ''ecco la efU-
mata. CThere is the SMOKEY caused
thrill of excitement. Then came a ru
|
many persons rushed to the basilic;
in order to get good seats when the
announcement should be made Tht
| impression that a choice had beer
reached was heightened bv the ap
pearance upon the walls OF the vati
can of few officials in full uniform a:
: if for a great ceremony.
When s o'clock doomed out from tn,
big clock of st. Peters there was a Sc
Of upturned faces focused with intens
| anticipation. on the sistine chapel
; Chooked smokeStack. Three minute
2 later came another cry of "ecco |;
efumata." This time it was true
From the conical top OF the stack o
the chapel curled out a tiny streak o
smoke so light, so faint that it wa
| scarcely distinguishable. even agains
| the deep blue of the cloudless Italian
| sky. From the crowd came a sigh o
L relief. Still watching with crane,
necks they saw the smoke thicken an
5 | die down. and in two minutes all trac
| of today's futile voting had vanishe
l | into air.