The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-03
SMOKE OF BALLOTS
SHOWS NO CHOICE Of
POPE is YET MADE
Two Attempts to Elect Result
in No Choice-No Intimation
Comes From Sistine Chapel.
Though Thousands Surround
Vatican Waiting for a Sign.

ROME, Aug. 2.-No successor to Leo
Kill has yet been chosen. From the
smoke which issued from the little
chimney on the Sistine chapel tonight,
a. vast multitude gathered around st.
Peters learned that the second day OF
the conclave had been fruitless. The
conclusion is drawn that the strength
of the leading candidate-re remains un-
broken and that no compromise can
6idate has yet appeared. And there IS
no indication of how long this cond1-
ton of affairs will continue. The pro-
longation. of the contest has aroused
tremendous public interest If, indeed,
1t cannot be called excitement. Every
trace of that apathy which followed the
death of the late pope has Vanlshed,
and instead there now exists burning
interest in everything pertaining to the
election of his successor. Tonight this
eliminated in the appearance OF
great crowd which packed the square
of ST Peters and presented a spec
tacle seldom seen even at the site of so
many historic ceremonies.
The impenetrable seclusion which
shrouds those engaged in determining
who shall be at the head of the Catho-
lie church heightens the feverish Curl
osity of those who await their decision.
Princes, princesses, arehbishops, bish-
ops monsignors, priests, well-to-do
~ eLn from
every walk in life from that of noble
man to street beggar talk of nothing
but la fumata (the smoke from the
burning ballots). Both this morning
and this evening this was the lodestone
which drew tens of thousands to the
square of st. Peters. There for hours,
with strained eyes and craned necks,
they waited in the hope of seeing
tiny little stream of smoke so in
significant that it was almost impossi-
BILE to realize that great issue was in
volved in its fieeting appearance.
Fifty Thousand Watch.
The scene at st. Peters tonight was
by far the most impressive that has oc-
Cured in Rome since the late pope be-
came i'll. After the fruitless morning
ballot a belief spread that new pom
tiff would surely be elected this even
ing. All roads during the afternoon,
therefore, led to the Vatican. Car
riages and vehicles of every descrip-
tion ratified into the piazza of st. Pc
ter's. The regular Sunday leisure was
forgotten in the anxiety to see the new
occupant of the Holy See. The streets
converging into st. Peters were black
with the thousands who entered the
square with the ceaseless regularity of
ar incoming tide.
From the barracks came large re-
Inducements of troops, who marched
across the piazza and lined up at the
foot of the steps of the basilica, leav-
ing only small spaces between the
companies in order to prevent a sud-
den rush to get inside st. Peters to
witness the new pope give his blessing
to the Catholic world. A strong force
of cavalry was picketed near by in
case of riot, and over 1900 soldiers
were posted in the square. But the
troops made only an insignificant thin,
blue line compared with the vast null
titude around them. By o'clock it
was estimated that $4,000 people oc-
cupied the vast amphitheater. From
the steps of the basilica, which were
black with those standing or sitting,
across to the opposite side of the
square, there stretched, as far as eye
could see, an undulating sea of .hu-
manity, with every face rivetted on the
Sistine chapel waiting for the smoke of
the ballots.
Expectancy Is Intense.
Almost encircling this great audi
ence rose the stately pillars of the col
onnade, beneath which many rested
and waited Near by hundreds of cabs
were drawn up, their occupants earger-
ly scanning, through glasses, the lit
tie snokestack of the chapel. Stretch
ing away for over a quarter of mile,
distance from which it would have
been absolutely impossible to see the
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