Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-03
The Two Attempts To-Day Were
 Without Results.
CROWD WATCHING OUTSIDE

Were in Hopes That To-Day's Ballot
 ing Would Be Fruitful Caravan of
 Peasants From the Surrounding
 Provinces Arrived To-Day-Were
 Present to Get the New Pope's Bless
 ing.
 Rome, Aug 3.-Todays first ballot for pope has been taken and apparent ly resulted in no election. Smoke was observed issuing from the Sistine cha pei chimney at Is minutes after II o'clock this moriing, indicating the burning of the ballots.
 Though this Is the third morning of the cardinals imprisonment they have not yet arrived at a decision. In the hope that overnight some agreement might have been arrived at, the for eign ministers, many other personages and two or three thousand of the gen. eraI public went to St Peter's this morning to await the developments. They were doomed to another disap- pointment, for at 11:16 a. m. the smoke, announcing that the fifth bal lot had been fruitless, rose from the chimney of the Sistine chapel. The crowd immediately left the piazza. Many expressed regret at the failure of the ballot. There is popular feel ing that this afternoons ballot may bring the new pope, but this does not appear to be based on any particular reaSon.
 The correspondent of the Associat- ed Press visited the inside of the vati- can this morning and found that all around the precincts of the conclave the guards had been doubled and wher- ever there is the slightest possibility of communication with the conclave the Swiss guards, gendarmes and Pel- atine guards watch together. The an tagonism existing between these bod ies is the best guarantee that nothing underhanded will be allowed. Besides the captains of the conclave in their cooked hats and uniforms embroidered with gold lace assisted by the valets of Prince Chigi the marshal of the conclave, in gorgeous 1iveries, are con stantly on the quf yive. The only thing known from the inside is that the cardinals rose early to-day and in- dividually celebrated mass in the Paul. inc chapel. They took breakfast at o'clock, going shortly afterwards to the Sistine chapel where they remain ed until about 11:30 a. m.
 The piazza of St Peter's this morn ing bore the usual appearance of these past days. Italian soldiers occupied two colonnades and stood about in groups, vainly trying to keep in the shade, the sun being scorching this morning A new note to the scene was given by caravan of peasants from the surrounding province, com poed of men, women and children, in costume, who have evidently come to Rome for the pope's blessing dressed in their best. The women wore bright red skirts, white bodices with colored corsets outside, spotless white hand kerchiefs on their heads. and sandals laced with leather thong to the knee The men were less gorgeous, in velvet knee brooches with gold buttons. The group camped in the shadow of the obelisk and making so brilliant pie ture that all on the piazza, especially the foreigners, feasted their eyes on the scene.
 The sixth ballot was taken at 6:2O and was without result. At 6:25 smoke was seen issuing from the chimney of the Sistine chapel which told of the failure of the ballot