Evening star., 1903-08-03
NO CHOICE At ROME
Sixth Ballot Fails to Elect
Pope.
GUARDING CONCLAVE
EXTRA EFFORTS TO PREVENT
NEWS LEAK.
arrival of Picturesque Group of Peas
ants From the Provinces in
Bright Costumes.
GUARDING CONCLAVE

ROME, August g. 6:35 p.m.-The sixth
hallO. was held this afternoon and proved
fruitless The smoke announcing tni't 1ac'
was seen rising from the Sistne Chapel at
G:2J pm.
Though this Is the third day of the card
inals imprisonment, they have not yet ar
rived at a decision. In the hope that over
night some agreement might have been ar
ranged. the foreign ministers many other
personages and two three thousand of
the general public went to st. Peters this
morning To await the Developments. They
were doomed to another disappointment
for at 11:16 am. like the broken out PEN
nant OF ship, the smoke announcing that
the fifth ballot had been fruitless rose from
the chimney of the Sistne Chapel and was
borne away by n light breeze. 1t was a,
homeward- bound pennant for the crowd
which Immediately left the piazza. Many
expressed regret at the failure of the bal
lot.
ConcIave Guards Doubled.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the inside of the Vatican this
morning and found that all around the
precincts of the concave the guards had
been doubled and wherever there Is the
slightest possibility of communication with
and Palatine guards watch together. The
antagonism existing between these bodies
is the best guarantee that nothing under
hand Will be allowed. Besides. the cap
tains of the conclave in their cooked hats
and uniforms embroidered with gold lace
assisted by the Wallets of Prince Chigi the
marshal of the conclave. in gorgeous liver
les, are constantly on the alert. The only
thing known from inside IS that the car
dirals rose early today and Individually
celebrated mass in the Pauline chapel.
They took breakfast at 8 O'Clock. going
shortly after the SiStine chapel where
they remained until about II 80 am.
The piazza Of st. Peters this morning
bore the usual appearance of these past
days. Italian soldiers occupied two colon
nades and stood about In groups vainly try
ing to keep in the shade, the sun being
sc"rchinR this morning
Peasants Coming for Blessing.
A new note to the scene was given bv a
caravan of peasants from the surrounding
children. In costume, who have evidently
come To Rome for the pop-'s blessing The
women wore bright red skirts white bod
ices with colored corsets outside spotlcss
white handkerchiefs on their heads and
sandals laced with leather thongs to thu.
knee The men Were less gorgeous in vel
vet knee hreeches with gold buttons. The
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eating Watermelon and making So brilliant
Ilctur" that all on the piazza especially
the foreigners. Toasted their eyes on the
characteristic scene.
One Cardinal in Extremis
According Ia reliable report from in
side the conClave hut one which IL is i'm
possible to verify. Cardinal Herrero v Es-
pinosa grew worse to such Il point that the
last stcramentS were aGminis:e cred to hin
Ihe news leaked out by those outs de hear
ing through the wicket procession and
the recital or prayers, as the communion
was being taken to the sick cardinal
II Is stated that on the request of Car
dinal Herp.ro himself the vicar general of
his archdiocese of Valencia Spain who
accompanied the card to Rome WAS
allowed to enter the conclave and visit
him. The cardinal is affected with heart
disease. 1t is reported that artificial !es-
piration Is being resorted to-