Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-09-10
ITALIAN CARDINAL
DELLA CHESIA is
ELECTED AS POPE

Rome, Sept. cardinal Giacomo
Della Chiesa, who was created arch
bishop Of Bologna. Italy, May 25, 1914,
was today elected supreme pontiff OF
the Catholic hierarchy in succession to
the late Pope Plus X, Who died August
20. He will reign under the name Of
Benedict XIV.
The conclave of the sacred college,
whose duty it is to elect the pope, went
into session the evening of Monday,
August 81. The announcement of the
outcome of it's deliberations was made
this morning shortly after II o'clock.
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and
Carolina! O'Connell, of Boston, are on
board the steamer Canopic, which is
not due at Naples until tomorrow. on
sequently neither of them participated
in the election of the new pope.
Cardinal Farley, Of New York,
reached here several days ago.
AT 20 minutes past II, Monsignor Mis-
%ciatclli, sub-perfect of the sacred places
and governor of the conclave, received
q communication from the new pope
asking that the %gratings of the basilica
Of st. Peter be opened because he pur-
posed in a short time to issue his proc
lamation.
opFeaQ neC SaFpet.
At this same house, 11:2O, the master
of ceremonies appeared on the central
balcony of st. Peters and spread out
the red carpet. The crowd below, which
haG been waiting for hours in the
square in the expectation of an an
nouncement as to the outcome of the
deliberations of the sacred college I'M
derstood that a selection had been
reached. The people applauded vigor-
ously.
At Is minutes before IL Cardinal Della
Volpe appeared on the balcony with
Moasignor Capostosti, bearing the
pcpe's cross on the right and, pro-
noullced the ritual announcing the cleo
ton Of Cardinal Della Chiesa. To this
he added that the new pope mad chosen
the name of Penedict XIV.
Again the crowd of several Thousand
persons clleered and at once began to
make their way into the Basilica to
hear the kenediction of the new pom.
tiff.
1t Is asserted on good authority in
Rome today that the new pope will ap-
point Cardinal Dominica Ferrata his
secretary.
BIOGRAPHY OF NEW POPE.
The choice falls on a cardinal of
Italian birth, as was expected from ira
dition and also from the disturbed con-
oiSiOi1o ~ LaiopC. IL was dl I1c age OIL
"a that the new pope was ordained in
the priesthood. He soon attracted the
attention Of Cardinal Rampolla, later
secretary of state for Pope Leo XIII.
When Cardinal Rampolla was made
nuncio to Madrid. he took Monsignor
Della Chiesa with him as secretary of
nunciature. On Cardinal R%ampolla's re
turn to Rome to become secretary of
state for the vatican, Monsignor Della
Chiesa, entered the secretariat of state
as n of the "minutamti' or minor Of
ficials until 1901, when he was appoint
ed substitute Of the secretariat.
He was born at Pegli, in the diocese
Of Genes. November 81, 1854, and was
ordained a priest December 81, 1878.
He served as secretary Of the Nuncia-
ture in Spain from 1883 to 1887, in
which year he was appointed secretary
to the late Cardinal Rampolla. He
was appointed substitute secretary of
state in 1901 and in 1907 he was elected
to the post Of advisor to the holy Of
flee.
In 1907 he was appointed papal
nuncio Of Madrid in succession to