Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-07-30
C0NClAvf UN AUG.l
CARDINALS WILL ENTER THEIR
CELLS THE EVENING
BEFORE.
CARDINAL COTTl MAKES GAINS
CHANCES IMPROVED IN CON-
PARIsoN WITH OTHER
CARDINALS.
AGAIN VIEWED BY THOUSANDS
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
AGAIN VIEWED BY THOUSANDS
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
PASS BEFORE LEo's
cATAFALQUE.

Rome, July 26.-Again the body OF
Leo xii. lay in state in the basilica
of St. Peters and over 10000 people
passed before the catafalque during
the day. This is probably slight in:
crease over the number who viewed
the remains Thursday, and the aug
mentation was doubtless due to the
widely circulated reports that yester-
day would be the last upon which the
public would have an opportunity of
looking upon the body of the beloved
pontiff. These reports proved to be
baseless and the body will continue In
the chapel of the sacrament, at least
during the greater part of to-day. The
fears expressed by the Vatican author
tiles concerning decomposition appear
to have been exaggerated.
With impressive ceremonies the
body will be inferred this evening in
sarcophagus at ST. Peters, where it
will remain until taken to its final
resting place in the Church of st. John
Lateran. Italian soldiers again yes
terday preserved order inside st.
Peters, where there was repetition
of the scene and crowd which oc.
CURED Thursday.
Masses for Repose Of Soul.
The day was notable for the solemn
masses celebrated for the repose of
the soul of the late pontiff at St.
Peters and other famous churches in
Rome, which were largely attended
despite the pathetic ceremony which
was occurring at the basilica.
Interest is now largely engrossed
with the coming conclave and its re.
suit. The gossip of the day may be
summed up briefly by saying that
Cardinal Gotti's chances of election
seem to have improved in comparison
with those of othsr cardinals who
have been mentioned as likely to sue
coed the dead pontiff. although there
still exists strong feeling that some
one, hitherto scarcely talked of, may
wear the tiara.
At the congregation of cardinals yes
terday Cardinal Satolli asked when
the conclave would be opened. Cardi.
nal Oreglia replied that he thought
that on the evening of Friday, the 31st
inst, all the cardinals
Night Enter Their Cells
and be ready for the first meeting of
the conclave Aug. l Mgr. Farabulini,
the famous Latinist whom Gladstone
often consulted and of whom the Ger
man emperor requested advice con.
corning Latin, has been selected to
write the CRATIC brevis. the Latin
eulogy upon the late ponuif, which
will be buried with him.
Inside the Vatican the work of ar.
ranging the apartments for the con-
clave has been begun. The court yards
are choked with carts. bricks and
building material for raising the walls
where doors exist. making partitions,
etc. The Palatine guards and
gendarnes will be transferred else.
where as their barracks are needed by
the conceive. Yesterday afternoon
Cardinal Oreglia, escorted by the
Swiss guards. inspected the work, OBJ.
serving everything infinitely.
Cardinal Oreglia is increasing in
favoS daily, even in the government
circles, where it is remembered that
1t was through his efforts that the
propaganda of the Vatican adhered to
the request of the Italian government
to establish an apostolic prefecture in
Erithrea.