Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31
Mass of the Holy Ghost Attend
 ed by Them To-Day
IN CHAPEL OF THE VATICAN

Mgr sardi Read the Latin Grafton
 Exhorting the Cardinals to Make a
 Wise Selection-Each Cardinal Has
 a Guard At His Service-Cardinal
 Gibbons Will Be Attended By Cadet
 Count Dolla Portals There Are
 Not Enough Full Pledged Soldiers to
 Go Around Some of the Cadets Were
 Chosen.
 Rome, July 31.-The ceremony of the entrance of the cardinals in conclave, which is always given as solemn character as possible, was inaugurated this morning with the celebration of the mass of the Holy Ghost in the Paulin chapel of the vatican. Before 1870 this mass was celebrated in the chapel of the choir at St Peters.
 The sacred college, numbering sixty two cardinals, the diplomatic corps, the Roman aristocracy, the Knights of Malta. and few outsiders especially invited were present, with a profusion of guards who to-day had taken off the mourning emblems they had been wear ing for Leo XIII.
 As is always the case at such cere- monies, there was so much color in the picture that one felt as though witness ing an exhibition of series of living pictures until awakened to the grand reality of the religious ceremony by the singing of the Sistine choir.
 Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli ofh- ciated.q After the veni Sancto Spiritus had been intoned, Mgr Sardi, from the pulpit (which was draped in red and stood in the choir), having before him the pontifical cross, read the Latin ora ton Pro Eligendo Pontifce Maximo, exhorting the cardinals to make a wise choice in the task before them, so that the one elected to the supreme dignity shall be a worthy vicar of Christ on earth.
 Printed copies of the oration were handed to all the cardinals present
 After the mass of the Holy Ghost, the cardinals assembled. as usual, in congregation, in the hall of the con- sistory, where, contrary to usage, the rules of. the conclaYe were read and each cardinal took the oath to obey them. This ceremony generally occurs in the Sistine chapel in the evening, just before shutting up the cardinals for the conclave, .
 After this ceremony the cardinals g fa 4J,.l 4o turn later with the more or less numer- ous articles which they deem necessary for their attendance at the conclave. Some of them have made preparations as though for year's absence, while others were content to prepare for a few days sojourn at the vatican
 The discomfort which the cardinals will experience by being shut up in the vatican is somewhat 1essened by the exceptional weather, which Is cloudy, cool and windy, the thermometer only reaching 75 in the shade while, gen. erally. at this season the mercury reaches as high as 100 in the shade at noon
 The confusion which ensued from the loss of the temporal power of the papacy made it necessary to cut down expenses, and among other things the numbers of the noble guard were much . reduced. so that now there are only about forty of these soldiers
 As it is customary for each cardinal to have guard told off for his service in the conclave. and there are sixty two cardinals. 1t has been decided to press into this service the cadets. The latter are not full f1edged soldiers and were drawn by, lot. The question of which cardinal they fall to is a matter of serious import to them, as each guard congratulates his cardinal and wishes him good luck in the coming election. for which good wishes he re- ceives. if his particular cardinal is elected pope. the sum of $10,O0O or lucrative employment The excite ment over the drawing of the lots is intense, as the soldiers do not usually get such a reward for few good wishes.
 The guard of Cardinal Gibbons will. be Cadet Count Do1la Porta.
 The marshal of the conclave, Prince Chigi-Albani, having insisted that the number of people who are to enter the conclave must be reduced to really indispensable number, there will be only about 275 persons present.
 The Messagero says that among the petitions for relief out of the money left by Pope Leo is one from Counts Mastaf and Ferreti. nephews of Pope Plus TX, who are in extreme poverty
 It is rumored in vatican circles that some of the cardinals, especially the foreigners. having announced their in tention of voting for Cardinal Ferrata, the latter has been induced to with draw his candidacy. after having5been promised by Cardinals Rampolla Gotti and Serafino Vannutelli that if one of them is elected pope he will appoint Ferrata secretary of state.
 Rome. 4:25 D. m.-The cardinals in their carriages are now arriving at the vatican and are going to their cells. They will not leave again until new pope has been elected.