The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-04
NO POPE CHOSEN YET
s1x BALLOTS FAIL TO GIVE
NEEDED MAJORITY
or THE CARDINALS VOTES.
PEOPLE WATCHING BEGIN TO
GROW DERISIvE.

less Efforts to Elect That Are
shown by the Curling Smoke
from the BmIIOts-CardinaI Her.
zero Reported GraVeIy Ill Within
the ConcIave-NOt Known When
ThereII BE an Election.
Rome, Aug 6.-After three full days
of elaboration, during which six bal
lots have been taken, the members of
the conclave still remain shut up in
the Vatican, without having selected a
successor to Pope Leo XIII.
The futility of both the ballots taken
to-day was evinced by the smoke which
arose from the Sistine chapel. This
mute signal this evening was watched
bv 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
puft of smoke appeared there were
loud cries, not only OF disappointment,
but even of derision.
Rome is becoming extremely impa-
tient over the delay in the selection of
the new Pope, concerning which there
appears to be no definite explanation,
owing to the rigid secrecy with which
the proceedings within the conclave'
are being guarded. To-day practical
" the only news which came from the
Sistine chapel was that of the extreme
ly grave illness of Cardinal Herrero.
1t is presumed, however, that the other
aged cardinals are also suffering from
their prolonged incarceration and the
intense heat.
How Long VIII 1t Last!
Among ambassadors and ecclesiastfcs
there exists a general opinion that, If
only for the sake of relieving the aged
cardinals, much may be sacrificed with
in the conclave to arrive at a speedy
conclusion.
On the other hand. there are those
who are oesslmistic enough to believe
that the hostility among the factions
in the Sacred College is SO bitter that
the struggle may be continued for sew
eral weeks. This view. however. finds
little credence.
In the hope that over night some
agreement might have been arranged,
the foreign ministers. many other per-
sonages, and two or three thousand
of the general public went to St.
Peters this morning to await the de-
velopments. They were doomed to an
other disappointment, for at 11:16
o'clock. 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 light breeze.
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the crowd, which Immediately left the
piazza
The. sixth ballot was held this after
noon and also proved fruitless. The
smoke announcing, that fact was seen
rising from the Sistine chapel at 6:25
o'clock this afternoon.
Cardinal Herrera is being treated
by DIR. Lapponi and nursed in turn
by his fellow cardinals, besides mis-
conclavist. The cardinal mas heart
disease.
Strict Watch Maintained.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press visited the inside of the Vatican
this morning and found that all around
the precincts of the conclave 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 together. The antagon-
ism existing between these bodies is
the best guarantee that nothing under
hand will be allowed. Besides, the
captains of the conclave in their cock
ed hats and uniforms embroidered with
gold lace, assisted by the Wallets of
Prince Chigi, the marshal of the con-
clave, in gorgeous liveries, are con-
stantly on the alert.
\ The only thing known from inside is
that the cardinals rose early to-day
and Individually celebrated mass in the
Pauline chapel. They took breakfast
at o'clock. going shortly after to the
Sistine chapel.
Caravan of Peasants Appears.
The piazza of ST. Peters this morn
ing bore the usual appearance of the
three past days. The Italian soldiers
occupied two colonnades and stood
ABOUT in groups, vainly trying to keep
IN the shade, the sun being scorching.
A new note to the scene was given
by a caravan of peasants from the
surrounding province, composed 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
o. SCOuS III NeleNI KNEE DIceCiCS, Win
gold buttons. The group camped in
the shadow of the Obelisk, eating
watermelon and making so brilliant
picture that all on the piazza, es-
pecially the foreigners, Toasted their
eyes on the characteristic scene.
May Mean Foreign Pope.
Out of all the rumors and gossip
which is afloat concerning what is
transpiring in the conclave, the most
persistent report is to the effect that
me Rampolla and Serafno Vannutelli
factions have remained compact, and
mat the attempt of one faction to press
onward new candidate in the hope
vi breaking the strength of the other
had failed.
The Italia says that matters have
Ieached point which presages the
feasibility of the election of a foreign
rope, and that Cardinal Kopp, Bish-
w OF Breslau. who is most frequently
nehtloned in this connection, has the
support of the German Emperor. II
ms IS true, the Italia interprets it as
move on the part of the RampOlla
l"cuon to win over the Austro- German
yralnals from Serafino Vannutelli.
ne Osservatore Romano. the organ
the Vatican. officially announces
nat Cardinal Herrero y Espinosa, be-
s sfsNely ILL., has received the last
oHIluhion- Monsignor Boniface Mar
~. the wear general Of his arch do
sc, tNalencia). was admitted to the
tVniNe to-day, the door being opened
mat purpose with all the prescribed