The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-08-06
BAL0T1NC FOR POPR
No Successor 10 Leo XIII Has Ysl
Been Chosen.
ROME 10 eucomiNo IMPATIENT

ores, disappointment Was Manifest.
ed ana There Were crles of plssp.
pointmsnt and perislcr - Cardinal
Herrsre pyine VI Heart Failure.
Rome. Ass. t--Aft.r three full days
OF delibefation. during which sis bal.
lots have been taken. the members of
the conclase still remain shut up In
the Vatican without having selected n
successor 20 LED XIII. The u,ility ~
the ballots taken was evidenced bs the
smohp which atose from the S,st'ne
chapel. This last mute signal was
Matched by another large crowd, which
partly N,led the sonare Of San r'e,ro
and which Il was estimated numbered
about $4,000 eree, disappointment, was
was manifested. and when the little
pun vi SMOKE appeared there were loud
cries, not only ot disappointment, but
even " dcrision
Rome Is becoming extremely 'mpa-
uent over the delay ,n the selertion Of
the new pope. toncerninR witch there
appears to he no deanite explanation.
owing TO the Meid secrecy with which
the proceedings Within the conclave
are being guarded Practically the only
news Witch came from the s's''ne
chapel VAS that of the extremely grave
fitness OF Cardinal Henc,o II "a pre-
pumed however. tina, the other NJ 4
vardmals ARE also suNerinR trum thett
prolonged incarceration md the In
tense heat
Among Ambassadors md ecclee,as,ics
there exists n general orinion that, n
only tor the sake VI relieving the aged
cardinals. much may be enrNNced
within the concla,e 80 arrive NJ \
speedy conclusion
ON the other hand, there are those
who are ressimistic enough 20 believe
that the hostility among the factions
in the vacred college IL 40 bitter that
the struggle may be continued for sec'
ernl weeks. This view. however ands
little credence.
out OF all the rumcrs and wossiy
which IL afoat concernins what Il
transrtrins in the conclave, the most
persistent report Is To the effect that
the Rampola and seranno Nannu
telli factions haze remained compact
snd that the attempt cf one faction ts
press forward a new candidate In the
hope OF breaking the strength OF the
other had failed The Nalia says that
matters have reached point whicf
presases the possibility N the election
OF foreign pope, and that Cardina
Kopp, bishop OF Breslau, who is mos
frequently mentioned in this connec
ton, has the support of the German
emperor II this is true, the Italia in
terprets Il as = move on the part OF the
Manpolla faction to win over th'
Austro-German cardinals from Serafnt
vennsSell
Those who are superstitious are pay
Ing that as the conclave opened on st
Ienatius Loyols day 1t will probaol.
close today. the day OF St Dominic
one az the fighting saints in the cal
endar. thus fulfilling the prophecy o
ST Michael. who predicted that tn,
motto Of the next pope would be "lg
MS srdens"
Cardinal HeTre>e s Es7inoss grew
worse u such & point that the last
sscrsmentS we're administered 10 him
The news leaked out by those outsid,
hearing through the wicket process
sior and tire recital OF prayers, ss tn,
communion was being taken to tn,
sick cardinal
:; i stated that on the request q.
Cardinal Hsr-ero himsel. the vicar gen
sra O. his archdiocese Of Valencia
Spain. who accompanied the cArdina
u Rome, was allowed 70 enter the con
clsve and visit him The cardinal il
affected with heart disease. Il is re
ported thai a-tI5e!al respiration is BE-
s-{ -e5o-1a6 70.