The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
PREPARATIONS
FOR CONCLAVE
Make the Vatican Look Like a Beehive
departments for Cardinals
Being Prepared.
TEMPORAL POWER OF PAPACY
Expressly Mentioned in the Oath Requir-
ed of Each Cardinal Who is to Vote
in the Election of the New POpe.--A
Note to the Powers is Spoken OF.

Rome July 28.-The vatican re-
sembles an ant hill, SO feverish is the
work of preparing the part of that
building set aside for the conclave
Before 1880 concaves were held in
the Quirinal Palace, one long wing of
which was always ready without any
special preparation. But in the case
of the vatican. 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 great.
The section destined for the con-
CLAW 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
pope's apartments, and the tower with
the rooms about the Sala Ducale. On
the second floor the rooms about Log
gia Raphael and the pontifical offices
comprising all the apartments former
ly occupied by Cardinal Rampolla,
who has left the vatican altogether,
will be used. The whole will furnish
commodious lodging for about 500
persons.
LOCATION OF THE CONCL AVE.
The Sistino 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
funeral services, which begin today,
will be erected throne for each card
inal. The thrones will be baldacchinos
or caropies attached to the wall be-
hind. The moment a new pope is
elected he will lower his baldacchino
as token of his new dignity thus
silently announced. Paulin chapel
will be used for The celebration of high
mass every morning of the conclaae,
while in the Sala Ducale will be NOV
able affairs for the masses to be cele-
brated every morning by each cardi-
nal.
The gendarmes and Palatine Guards
will be transferred to the building in
the Belyidere courtyard, where the
poor pilgrims were lodged during the
last jubilee, the gendarmes' barracks
being transformed into kitchens, pas
tries, etc. The Belvidere courty ard
will be converted into general quarters
for the carpenters and other workmen.
The court is quite unacceptable.
The long lines of glass windows of the
Loggia Raphael have been painted u p
to certain height as precaution, and
shades have been put on every win.
dow to better insure secrecy. AS
surances have been given that every
thing will be in readinesss for Friday
night, but there is much yet to be &C.
complished.
TEMPORAL POWER QUESTION
The cardinals at their meeting to-
day again discussed the advisability
of sending note to the powers re-
garding the condition of the Holy See
Some of them isisted on the necessity
of not allowing the occasion to pass
without again protesting against the
eizure of Pontifcal territory by Italy,
thereby showing that the Papacy is
determined to maintain it's claims un-
abated. Others said they thought
that such note would not add any
force to the many protests of the same
kind already made, while it might in
terfere with the policy which the fu-
ture pope may desire to follow, and
added that the best thing to do was to
leave the successor of Leo XIII, en-
tirely free to choose the course which
he may consider the best for the good
of the faithful and the general inter
ests of the church.
No decision of the subject was ar
rived at.
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