Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-06
Smoke Still ASCENDING.
Third Day of Papal Conclave Ends
Without Choosing a Successor
to Pope Leo.
RAMpOLLA REGARDED AS LEADING.
Smoke Seen Again Issuing From the
Stove Pipe Shows That the Third
Day of the Conclaye Has Passed
without "a Selection-six Ballots
Have Been taken without Result.

Day of the Conclaye Has Passed
without a SeIectiOn-Six Ballots
Have Been taken without Result.
Rome, Aug. 3.-After three full days
of deliberation, during which six bal
lots have been taken, the members OF
the conclave still remain shut up in
the vatican without having selected a
successor to Leo XIII. The futility OF
both the ballots taken to-day was evil
denced by the smoke which arose
from the Sistine chapel. This mute
signal this evening was watched by
another large crowd which partly
filled the square of San Pietro inc
which it was estimated numbered
about $4,000. Great disappointment
was manifested, and when the little
puff of smoke appeared there were
loud cries, not only of disappoint-
ment, but even of d%erision.
Rome is becoming extremely patient
over the delay in the selection of the
new pope, concerning which there ap-
pears to be no definite explanation
owing to the rigid secrecy with which
the proceedings within the c%onclave
are being guarded. To-day practical
ly the only news which came from the
Sistine chapel was that of the ex-
tremely grave illness of Cardinal Her.
zero. 1t is presumed, however, that
the other aged cardinals are also suf.
fering from their prolonged %incarcer-
alton and the intense heat.
Among ambassadors and ecclesiasti-
Gals there exists a general opinion
that if only for the sake of relieving
the aged cardinals much may be sac
rificed within the conclave to arrive
at a speedy conclusion.
On the other hand there are a few
pessimistic enough to believe that the
hostility among the factions in the
sacred college is so bitter that the
struggle may be continued for sew.
eral weeks.
No Possibility of II Foreign Pope.
Out of all the rumors and gossip
afloat concerning what is transpiring
in the conclave the most persistent re-
port is to the effect that the Rampolla
and Serafina Vannutelli factions have
remained compact and that the at.
tempt of one faction to press forward
a new candidate in the hope of break
ing the strength of the other had
failed. The Italia says that matters
have reached a point which pressages
the possibility of the election of a
foreign pope and that Cardinal Kopp,
bishop of Breslau. who is most fire.
~quently mentioned in this connec.
ton, has the support of the German
emperor. If this is true, the Italia in
terprets it as a move on the part OF
the Rampolla faction to win over the
Austro-German cardinals from Sera-
fino Vannutelli.
One of the daily sights at the vati'
can now is the arrival of the Il
whom Cardinal Naszary, prince arch
bishop of Gran and primate of Hun
gary, brought with him from Hun
gary to act as his cook. Cardinal
Naszary is the wealthiest of the car
dinals, and is reputed to have an in
come of $500, 900 annually. He desired
to have his cook enter the conclave,
but the presence of women being for
hidden by all the rules, he arranged
to have her cook his dinner outside
and bring it daily to the Sistine
chapel. She m in a cab escorted
by two Hungarian soldiers in uni
form.
1t is reported that when Cardinal
Sarto, patriarch of Venice, received
the good wishes of his friends, he re-
piled s%milingly: "Oh, no 1 pur'
chased a return ticket when / left
Venice"
Those who are superstitutous are
saying that as the conclave opened on
st. Ignatius Leyola day it will proba-
bly, close tomorrow, the day of St.
Dominic, one of the fighting saints in
the calendar, thus fulfilling the
prophecy of St. Malachi, who predict
ed that the motto of the next pope
would be: "Ignis Ardens."
some Believe Pope is Elected.
There are those who profess to-
night to believe that a pope has al
ready been elected, but that the fact
is being kept secret. They recall that
in August, 1740, Cardinal Lambertini
benedict XIV.) was elected pope in
the evening, but that the conclave
postponed the proclamation of his
election until the next morning, keep
ing the fact of the election secret
even from the conclavists. On that
occasion the head which was to wear
the crown was uneasy. Cardinal Lam
bertini could not sleep, and his con
clavists hearing him moving restlcssly
several times inquired the cause Of
his nervousness. At last the cardinal
no longer able to contain himself
shouted:
Il am pope. Now can you sleepf