The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-28
Almost All the Cardinals Have Arrived for the GIeat
 COncIaVe
CARDINAL GIBBONS HAS I
 MOST CORDIAL WELCOME
Cardinal Logue Says No American Would Care to Spend the Remain der of His Life Within the Pre-
 cncfs of the Vatican.

Rome, July 27-Almost all of the car dinals of the eonclave have now arrived. Their time today was mainly occupied with lengthy meeting of the congrega- ton which was notable for the cordiality with which Cardinal Gibbons was re- ceived.
 After the meeting the cardinals received numerous visits at their various resi- dences. In well-informed circles Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro, prothonotary of the late pope, Is being talked of as compromise l candidate. in the event that Cardinals Oreglia, Gotti. Rampolla or yannuttelll are unable to secure the necessary vote. Should Dipietro be elected pope, he would, 1t is said, be the representative of the Rampolla-Go faction, and yet would be | fairly acceptable to all. Cardinal Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh. with the exception of Cardinal Gibbons, will be the only English-speaking cardinal in the con- clave, and arrived today from Ireland. 1 He said he believed that the successor to Leo would be quickly chosen. In his case, perhaps. the hope is father to the thought, as he said, he did not look forward with a l in the vatican during the present hot weather,
 Tribute to Cardinal Gibbons.
 Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons. the Irish cardinal paid him a glowing tribute, though like all the prelates here, he held out no hope that the American cardinal had the remotest chance of election. | Indeed said Cardinnl Logue, T think Cardinal Gibbons would be a subject for commiseration If the selection should 1e- volve upon him, for no American would care to spend the rest of his life confined within the precincts of the vatican
 The cardinal expressed the opinion that the question of sending a note to the powers protesting against the treatment | of the vatican by the Italian government, should be left to the next pope.
 Tomorrow Cardinal Logue will pay an official visit to Cardinal Oreglia and then formally join the congregation.
 Only Two Cardinals Absent.
 It is now practically certain that all the cardinals will be present at the con clave except Cardinal Moran, archbishop of Sidney. who will not reach Rome in time, and Cardinal Celesia. archbishop of Palermo, who Is too i'll to attend A proclamation was posted in tho streets of Rome tonight inviting citizens to the | annual commemoration of the death of | King Humbert, which will take the form of a procession through the streets of | the Pantheon Early in the morning of July %, under the auspices of patriotic 1 and other societies, the Italians will visit the tomb of Humbert at the Pantheon and decorate it with flowers. Commemo- rative addresses at the capital will fol- low. For this event King Victor Emanuel will return to Rome on Wednesday,. Queen Margherita will arrive tomorrow. The ecclesiastics view the approaching ceremony with some alarm, believing that the anti-clericals may take advan- tage of the opportunityq to make coun- ter demonstration against the sympthy exhibited all over Italy in connection with the death of the pope.
 Resembles an Ant Hill.
 The vatican resembles an ant hill so feverish is the work of preparing that part of the building set aside for the con- clave Before 1870 conclaves were held in the quirinal palace, one long wing of which was always ready without any spe- | cial preparation But in the cate of the vatican, apartments of three or four 1 rooms for each cardinal have ,tr be spe- | cially prepared, and as there are sixty 1 four cardinals, the amount of work in- | yolved is great. The section destined for l l floor of the vatican, the three suites of | rooms which surround the famous court | of San Damasco, the rooms under the | late pope's apartments and the tower with the rooms about the Sala Ducaie. 1 On the second floor, the rooms about the Loggia Raphael and the pontifical offices, | comprising all the apartments formerly occupied by Cardinal Rampolla, who has | left the vatican altogether. will be used. The whole will furnish commodious lodg i ing for about five hundred persons.
 In the Sistlne Chapel.
 The Sistine chapel as in the case of the last conclave, will be used for the | meetings of the cardinals and the ballot | ing. There after three solemn funeral | services which begin Tuesday, will be | erected throne for each cardinal. Over the thrones will be baldacchinos or can opies, attached to the walls behind.
 The Pauline chapel will be used for the celebration of high mass every II arning of the conclave. while in the sala BneaIe will be movable altars for the masses O be l celebrated every morning by each car- | dinal. ] The gensdarmes and Palentine Guards l will be transferred to the building in the Belvidere court yard. where the poor pill grims were lodged during the last iuhslse, | the gensdarmes barracks being transferred into kitchens. pantries. etc.
 The BeIvider court yard will be convert ed into general quarters for the carpenters | and other workmen The court is quite l unrecognizable. The long line of glass windows of the Loggla Raphael have been painted up to certain height as a pre- caution, and shades have been put on every window to better insure secrecy. | Assurances have been given that every | thing will be in readiness for Friday night. but there is yet much to be accomplished. l The cardinals at their meeting todey again discussed the advlsability of fad- | ing d note to the powers regardir the | condition of the holy see. Some of them 1 insisted on the necessity of not allowing