The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-04
NO POPE AFTER SIX BALLOTS.
ONE OF THE CARDINALS AT THE
POINT OF DEATH.
Last Sacrament Administered to Herrero
EspinOsa- kOpp OF Ger
many Receiving a Large Number OF
Votes, but Election of n Foreign Prcl-
ate Believed TO BE Impossible.

I uOME, Aug. wv hlUiC i"ehc
| is the only record available of another days
! Conclave This and the intelligence that
one of the electors. Cardinal Herrera y
Espinosa. is at the point OF death, are all
that the world is permitted to know of the
| momentous proceedings In the Vatican
II is matter of common belief In ecclesi-
astical circles that to-day's ballots showed
substantially an equal division between
| the two parties. This belief is probably
entitled to credence. Despite the opera
! tion of the law of secrecy II is known also
that Cardinal Kopp is receiving con-
siderable number Of votes in the latest
| ballots 1t is explained that the Ram
| polla party Is responsible for this manoeuvre
| desiring to cause a split in the opposing
party, Of which Cardinal Kopp is one OF
| the leaders. There Is no prospect OF sue
| cess in this direction. for the election OF a
| foreign Cardinal ia considered to he out
| of the question
1t lis fully believed by the best qualified
| judges that the present situation means
| that while the two principal parties are
| willing to make concessl ions in regard 10
| the personality Of their respective can
/ didates they are not ready to make COM
| promise regarding the policies they ad-
vocate. Hence the immediate choice OF
a Pope is hardly expected.
| Several OF the Cardinals to-day sent for
! fresh linen. Their notes were not in the
| original handwriting, for when they were
submitted to the censor OF the Conclave
| that astute functionary, while approving
| the substance Of the requests, directed his
! secretary to rewrite the notes in different
phrasing. 1t is reported that many at
| tempts to establish communication have
! been frustrated.
A clerical friend OF Cardinal Herrera
has been admitted TO his bedside. The
| last sacrament has been administered to
| the Cardinal.
At 8 o'clock tonight over ten thousand
people had assembled before st. Peters
and this crowd was constantly augmented
! by pedestrians and passengers In cabs.
| Watching for the column OF smoke from
| the Sistine Chapel has become the fashion,
| able function. murmur Of disappoint-
| ment arose from the crowd as the smok-
| sgnalized the failure Of the sixth ballot
| Only small proportion of the crowd re-
NAMED to receive possible news Of an
! election.
! The smoke which announced the failure
of the morning ballot-the ffth--appeared
| at ll:22 O'Clock. The crowd which had as
sembled numbered fully five thousand
| and included several large groups Of pict
! uresquely clad members of various sister
! hoods. The majority Of the watchers
remained until almost noon, some within
and some without the Basilica.
LONDON, Aug s--The Rome CORE
80 = ba nd 10. bost
worthy information that the non-Itahan
Cardiuas are opposed to either Ramrolla
or Vanrutelli who between them COM
mand a ma jority of the Italian members OF
the Conclave.
The non-Italians, however, are pre-
| pared to vote for any neutral candidate
who is approved by both parties
The French Ambassador denies that
France vetoed the canddature of Cardinal
| Oreglia, and it is reasserted that France,
| Spain and Portugal have agreed 10 re-
nounce the right to exclude any candidate.
| Aust ria still maint aims her reserve II il
| stated that Cardinals Langenieux and
| Perraud. who were indisposed on Sunday,
are improving. Cardinals Herrero and
| Cretoni on the other hand. are confined to
their rooms, where they are visited on the
| occasion of each ballot by commission
| appointed TO receive their voting papers
A news agency despatch from Rome
| represents Cardinal Herrera az dying and
| says that he has received the viaticum.
his Vicar-General, Mgr Marin, having been
especially admitted 30 the Conclave for
| this purpose under conduct OF Prince Chigi,
| Hereditary Marshal Of the Conclave. other
| Conclave officials and numerous witnesses.
Cardinal Herrera's death would not affect
the deliberations of the Conclave. The
ceremonial on such occasions is that the
body is laid in state in the Pauline Chapel
| All the Cardinals enter and give absoution
and subsequently accompany the body to
the door of the Conclave where il is de-
livered to the parish priest of st. Peters
1t is then conveyed to the deceased titular
church, where the obsequies are celebrated
| by the local clergy.
| Many stories are printed Of clerics and
officials within the Conclave signalling to
| outsiders, but none of these Gun be sub
stantiated The reports include assertions
| that flashes have been made with mirrors
| from windows, that carrier pigeons have
been used. and that handkerchiefs have
! been waved
| One story goes SO far as to say that Prince
Chigi, Marshal of the Conclave, caught
two clerics signalling.
Renewed orders for provisions to the
Vatican tradesmen last evening are re-
gardcd as confirming the reports Of prob
able prolongation OF the Conclave.
| The Telegrdph's Rome correspondent
| quotes a prelate who explains the delay
in an election by saying that it is probably
! due to the refusal Of the supporters of
I Cardinal Rampolla to abandon their candi-
| date.
They are quite capable Of holding out even
against such holy man as Cardinal Marti-
nelli The Italian Cardinals areprepared TO
resort to 0bstructionist tactics in their
! support Of Rampola, for whom they would
4 go through fire and water, and they are
not likely to rally to the other party's can
didate even though like Martinelli he Ia
above all things religious and neutral politi-
cally On the other hand the French Car
dnals would gladly give up any candidate
! in favor of another party's selection If re-
ligious merits recommended him
| Hence they would gladly join Cardinal
Gibbons and the other foreign Cardinals
in supporting Cardinal Martinelli.
The Teiegrdphs correspondent submits