Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-27
CARDINAL GIBBONS IN ROME ]
Cardinal Oreglia Administered
 Oath of the Gospels to Him

Cardinal Oreglia Administered
 Oath of the Gospels to Him
 The American Cardinal Was Kindly
 Received by His Coleagues-All Is
 Hurry and Bustle Preparing for the
 Conclave.
 Rome, July 27.-Not many people as assisted to-day at the fifth of the novem dials, which was celebrated in the chapel of the choir at St Peters. Mgr Constantini, the papal almoner, pontificating, as attention was cen tered in the solemn funeral mass at the church of St John later, where the Pecci family, the diplomatic body, the Knights of Malta and the Roman aris- tocracy were present.
 Cardinal Gibbons, who, after a nights rest, felt perfectly well. cele- brated early mass in the private chapel of the Sulpicians and then drove to the vatican, where he participated in the meeting of the congregation of cardi- nals. He was most cordially received by all his colleagues, and the membeis of the sacred college appointed at the last consistory were presented to him. Cardinal Gibbons then took the oath of the Gospels, administered by Cardi- nal Oreglia, to maintain strict secrecy on all questions discussed at the meet ing of the congregation, to defend the rights, prerogatiyes and temporal claims of the church, 4Usque ad ef- fusionem sanguinis," adhering to all the protests formulated by the defunct pontiff against the occupation of the pontifical states and against the laws passed to the detriment of the church and apostolic see.
 When the meeting of the congrega- tion was over Cardinal Gibbons went to St Peter's and prayed before the blessed sacrament He then knelt be- fore the resting place of the body of Pope Leo, and prayed for about fifteen minutes.
 Cardinal Gibbons has appointed P. c. Gavan as his conclavist, besides whom he will take only one servant into the conclave.
 Rome, July 2T.-The vatican resem- bles an ant hill, so feverish Is the work of preparing the part of that building set aside for the conclave. Before 1870 conclayes were held in the Quirinal palace, one long wing of which was al ways ready without any special pre- paration. But in the case of the vati- can, apartments of three or four rooms for each cardinal have to be specially prepared and as there are sixty four cardinals the amount of work involved is very great indeed. The section des- tined for the conclave comprises, on the ground floor of the vatican, the three suites of rooms which surround the famous court of San Damaso. the rooms under the late popefs apartment and the. tower with the rooms about the Sala Ducale. On the second floor the rooms about Doggia Raphael and the pontif1cal offices comprising all the apartments formerly occupied by Car dfnal Rampolla, who has left the vati- can altogether. will be used. The whole will furnish commodious lodging for about 800 people.
 The sistine chapel, as in the case of the last conclave, will be used for the meetings of the cardinals and the bal loting. There, after three solemn fu- neral services which begin Tuesday, will be erected a throne for each car dinal. Over the thrones will be bal dacchinOs, or canopies, attached to the wall behind. The moment a new pope is elected he will lower his baldacchinos as a token of his new dignity. thus si. lently announced
 The Paulin chapel will be used for the celebration of high mass every morning of the conclave, while in the Sala Ducale will be movable altars for the masses to be celebrated every morn. ing by each cardinal.
 The gendarmes and palatine guards will be transferred to the building. in the Belvedere court yard, where the poor pilgrims were lodged during the last jubilee, the gendarmes' barracks being transformed into kitchens. pan- tries, etc. This courtyard will be con verted into general quarters for the car penters and other workmen. The court yard is quite unrecognizable. The long lines of glass windows of the Loggia Raphael have been painted up to a cer. tain height. as precaution, and shades have been put on every window to bet. ter insure secrecy.
 Assurances have been given that ey- erything will be in readiness for Fri day night, but there is much yet to be accomplished. #
 The cardinals, at their meeting to- day, again discussed the advisabiIity of sending note to the powers regard ing the condition of the holy see. Some of them insisted on the necessity of not allowing the occasion to pass with out again protesting against the occu- patton of pontifiical territory by Italy, thereby showing that the papacy is de- termined to maintain its claims un. abated. Others said they thought such a note would not add any force to the many protests of the same kind al- ready made. while it might interfere with the policy which the future pope may desire tn fn1lnu and addad