Evening journal., 1903-07-30
SAID MASS FOR
POPE AND KING
One Celebrated in the Vati-
can and the Other in the
Pantheon
CARDINALS INSPECT THEIR CELLS
Ballots to be Used in Voting For Pope
Distributed Among cardinals-su.
perstitious People Think Rampolla
Will be Elected.

persttious People Think Rampolla
Will be Elected.
Rome, July 3O.-Rome was the scene |
of one of those dramatic contrasts !
which are now so characteristic of the |
Eternal City. While at the Vatican, in |
the Sistine chapel solemn requiem |
mass was being lntoned with all the
solemnity the Catholic church can i'm /
pose. for the repose OF the soul OF Leo
Kill. the spiritual monarch who
claimed Rome as his capital, another |
and no less solemn requiem mass was |
being celebrated in the magnificent |
Pantheon for the repose of the soul OF
the late King Humbert. the temporal
monarch. the capital of whose king
dom was Rome King Victor Emman.
uel and the Dowager Queen Margaret
came here on purpose to attend tthe
annual mass which Is celebrated on
the anniversary of the assassination /
of King Humbert, which occurred
three years ago. The king drove to the
Pantheon and arrived there in time
10 meet Queen Margaret. who was
dressed in deepest black. After a ten.
der embrace. mother and son entered
the Pantheon. heard the mass and
placed wreaths on tthe tombs of King
Humbert and King Victor Emmanuel.
The second requiem mass in the Sis
tine chapel was termed the foreign
mass. The cardinal who celebrated II
was Cardinal Kopp. bishop Of Breslau,
a German, assisted by three foreign
cardinals - Goosens, archbishop OF
Mechlin-Gruscha,a archbishop ofVienna,
and Perraud, bishop Of Autun, and one
Italian cardinal, Di Pietro. The beau
tiful chapel overhowed with the faith
| full.
From the estimates made, the cost
to the holy see of the various ceremo-
nies from the death of Pope Leo to the
election OF MS successor n IL takes
place within a few days,will be 100000.
In the evening there was a public
procession through the streets TO the
tombs of King Humbert and King Vic.
tor Emmanuel It passed of quietly.
though thousands of persons witness
ed the demonstration and the process
sion itself was over a mile In length
/ Throughout the route the piazzas and
streets were thronged with orderly
spectators, who heartily cheered the
red-shirted Garibaldian veterans and
other representatives of Italian lib
erty All the shops were shut and
there were more outward signs of
mourning than have been seen in
Rome during recent years. The vet
Grams corps carried many banners
and Italian flags draped with crepe,
besides hundreds Of wreaths, which
thoy laid on the tomb of King Hum
bert and Victor Emmanuel at the Pan
theon.
During the meeting of the congrega-
tion the forms to be used in voting at
the conclave we're distributed among
the cardinals in order that each might
be able to learn how to employ his
ballot. After the meeting Cardinal
Oreglia requested the cardinals to
visit their cells and be prepared to
present any complaint which they
might have. Superstitious people
here find an omen in the fact that
Cardinal Rampolla drew apartment
No 5S, which in the book of the lot
terry stands for pope, and consequent
ly they come to the conclusion that
fate has marked him to be the next
pope Cardinal Agliardi has relin-
quished his cell. near the Sistine chap
ell, 10 Cardinal CretOni on account Of
the latters illness. Over the door of
each of the cells has been placed the
coat of arms of the cardinal who is to
occupy IT, Should all the 62 cardinals
now in Rome enter the conclave IL
will be the most numerously attended
in history. The conclave which elect
cd Leo was attended by 81 cardinals.
In the past popes have been elected
by as low as nine.
The ecclesiastics who are to watch
the sliding doors, which win be the
only means of communication between
the conclave and the outside world
have been requested to be present at
t the Vatican at o'clock tomorrow az
ternoon TO assume their duties. The
3 sliding doors will only be opened be
, tween and 11.30 o'clock in the morn
I ing and between and z in the even
ing. At all other times they will be
, locked.