The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-27
FOTIV-FiVe Present and Funeral
 Ceremonies Criticised,
.CONCLAVE WILL BE BRIEF
Portion of Leo's Will Bequeathlns Family Patrimony to Relatives Is Made Publc-count Ludovieo
 Pecei Is Principal HeIr

Rome, July 26-At the sixth meeting of the congregation of cardinals. held today, forty-five cardinals were present. Cardinal Della volpe. voieing also the opinions of some of his colleagues. criti- cized the ceremonies in connection with the interment of Leo XIII last night. he- cause the cardinals did not participate In the entire procession. and complained generally of the lack of order. Cardinal oregiia replied that he had already mo- uced this and that he would punish those who were responsible. Monsignor Merry del Val communicated to ths car- dinals the report from Santiago. ChIH. of the incident which occurred there during the celebration of the reouIem Tor the late pope. which was attended bv the president of the republic and all the authorities According to the repovt Monsignor Uguarte, in deliverinp tba eulosy upon the late pontiff, protested against the usurpatlon of papal terri tory by Italy. whereupon Count Cucchi Boazzo left the church and lowered the Italian flag, which had been hoisted as a sign of mourning. The incident cre- ated an unpleasant impression upon the sacred college, being the first discordant note in the universal mourning.
 The ceremonial of the conclave estab- lished by Gregory KY is to be followed at the coming meeting. The cardinals have decided during the conclave to eat in common in order to facilitate their work A local paper quotes the response of Cardinal Svampa to a question as to whether he believed the eonelave would be of lengthy duration as follows:
 conclave to be Short.
 'On the contrary I think il will be very short. l believe that two days will suffice to reach an agr@ement" Another paper quotes Monslgnor Fran cisca Maya as to the possibility of the election of a pope who would reconcile the vatican and the qurinal thus: NO pope ever hated Italy. The government must reconcile itself to the pope Ger tainly Italy, on the occasion of the death of Leo. showed herself well disposed for a reconciliation"
 The will of the pope was read today af- ter the meeting of the congregatfon of cardinals. That portion which deals with the material life of the personal estate was made public. The religious testa- ment was not disclosed. The will is writ ten on large sheets, in small, clear hand writing of the pontif presenting no trace or uncertainty. It was opened by Cnrdi- nals Rampolla, Moeeni and Cretoni, the executors. The benehciaries of the late pontin were not present. although invited. Ihat portion made public is as follows:
 Leo's Will.
 Tn the name of the Father. the Son and the Holy Ghost, as the end of our mortal career is approaching, we put in this holograph will our last desires Be- fore all we humbly supplicate the infinite bounty and charity of the blessed Lord to condone the faults of our life and re- ceive benlgnantly our spirit in the beatihc eternity for which we specifically hope. through the merits of Jesus the Redeemer. trusting to his very sacred heart, an arr dent furnace of charity and a fount of spiritual life and humanity. We also inn plore as mediators the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and our own much beloved mother and that legion of saints whom in our life we venerated in a special way.
 Now, coming to dispose of the family patrimony which Is ours according to the deed of division drawn up byl the notary Curso Franchi, December IT. 1882 we appoint as heir of this patrlmony our nephew. Count Ludovico Peeef son of Giovanni Battista, our deceased broth CT. From this property must be deduct ed that already donated to Count Ricar- do, another nephew, on the occasion of his marriage, according to q deed of Feb ruary l3. lss6 by Notary Franchi Equal ly from this property must be deducted all the estate in the Carpiueto Romano belonging to the holy see. according to the declaration in our chlrograph of February 8, 1900.
 Other Relatives Remembered.
 Tn this our testamentary disposition we have not thought of our other nephew, camillo and our nieces. Anna and Maria. son and daughters of our brother Giovanni Battista. For them we have in life proper and decorous main tenance on the occasion of their mar riages. We declare that no one of our family can claim any right in anything not contemplated in the present docu- ment, because all the other belongings of whatever nature which have come to us as pontiff, consequently are. and in any case we wish to be. the property of the holy see. We confide the exact execution of this, our disposition. to Cardinal Mariana Rampolla. our secre tary of state. Mario Mocenni and Sera- fino Cretonl. This declaration is to be our last will.
 The vatican, Rome, this the sth day of July 1900. GIACHINO PECCI.
 Leo P. F., XIII"