The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-04
Smoke Puffs From the Sistine
Chapel Evoke Derisiye
Cries.
IRRlTATED BY SUSPENSE
While The Imprisoned Cardinals Continue TO Vote
The Piazza of St. Peters Presents Bril-
liant Show of Peasants From the
Provinces.
(By the Associated Press.l

Rome August 3.-After three full days
of deliberation, during which six ballots
have been taken, the members of the con-
clave still remain shut up in the Vatican
without having selected a successor to
Leo XIII. The futility of both the ballots
taken today was evinced by the smoke
which arose from the Sistine Chapel. This
mute signal this evening was watched by
another large crowd which partly filed
the square of San Pietro, and which IT
was estimated numbered about $4,000.
Great disappointment was manifested
and when the little puff of smoke appeared
there were loud cries, not only of disap
pointment, but even OF derision.
Rome is becoming extremely impatient
over the delay in the selection of the
new pope, concerning which there ap-
pears to be no definite explanation. owing
to the rigid vigilance which the proceed
ings within the conclave are being guard
ed. Today practically the only news
which came from the SistiEe chapel was
that of the extremely grave illness of
Cardinal Herrero. 1t is presumed. how
ever, that the other aged cardinals are
also suffering from their prolonged incaE
ceration and the intense heat
Among Ambassadors ard ecelesiastics
there exists a general opinion, that. If
only for the sake of relieving the aged
cardinals may be sacrificed within the con-
clave to arrive at a speedy conclusion.
On the other hand there are those who
are pessmistic enough to believe that the
hostility among the factions in the Sacred
College is so bitter that the struggle may
be continued for several weeks. This
view. however, finds little credence.
In the hope that overnight some agree
ment might have been arranged, the
Foreign Ministers, many other personages
and two or three thousand of the general
public went to st. Peters this morning
To await the deelopment. They were
doomed to another disappointment, for at
11:16 a. m. like the broken out pennant
of a ship the smoke, announcing that
the fifth ballot had been fruitless, rose
from the chimney of the Sistine chapel
and was borne away by a light breeze.
1t was a homeward bound pennant for the
crowd, which Immediately left the piazza.
The sixth ballot was held this afternoon
and also proved fruitless. The smoke an
nouneing that fact was seen rising from
the Sistine Chapel at CPS D. M
Cardinal Herrero is being treated by Dr.
Lapponi and nursed in turn by his fellow
cardinals, besides his conclavist. The car
dinal has heart disease.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the inside of the Vatican this
morning and found that all around the
precincts of the conclaye the guards had
been doubled and wherever there is the
slightest possibility of communication
with the conclave the Swiss Guards,
gendarmes and Palatine Guards watch to-
gether. The antagonism existing between
these bodies is the best guarantee that
nothing under hand will be allowed Be
sides the captains of the coneave in their
cooked hats and uniforms embroidered
with gold lace. assisted by the valets of
Prince Chigi, the marshal of the conclave
I'm gorgeous hveries, are constantly on the
alert The only thing known from inside
Is that the cardinals rose early today and
individually celebrated mass in the Pau
line chapel. They took breakfast at nine
o'clock going shortly after to the Sstine
Chapel
The Piazza of St. Peters this morning
bore the usual appearance of these past
days. The Italian soldiers occupied two
eolonnades and stood about in groups
vainly trying to keep in the shade, the
sun being scorching this morning. The
scene was enlivened by caravan of peas
ants from the surrounding provinces COM
posed of men, women and children, who
have evidently come to Rome for the
Pope's blessing. The women wore bright
red skirts, with colored corsets outside,
spotless white handkerchiefs on their
heads, and sandals laced with leather
thongs to the knee. The men were less
gorgeous in velvet knee breeches with gold
buttons. The group camped in the shadow
OF the obelisk, eating watermelon and
making so brilliant picture that all on
the piazza, especially the foreigners, feast
ed their eyes on the characteristic scene.