Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-03

Cardinal Giacono Della Chiesa, elect
ed pope today by the Sacred college, in
succession to Plus X, who died Aug. 20,
was created a cardinal May 20. 1914.
He is the archbishop of Bologna,
Italy.
He was born at Pegii, in the diocese
of Genoa, Nov. 81, 1854, and was or
dained a priest Dec. 81. 1878. He sery-
ed as secretary of the nunciature in
Spain from 1883 to 1887. in which year
he was appointed secretary to the late
Cardinal Rampolla-
He was appointed sub secretary of
state in 1901 and in 1907 he was elected
to the post of adviser to the holy office
In 1907 he was appointed papal
nuncio of Madrid, in succession to
Monsignor Rianaldini. but this ap-
pointment was cancelled three days
later. This incident had occurred Just
before he was made archbishop of
Bologna When Monsignor della Chiesa
was given this post 1t was declared in
Rome that it was mainly with the OBJ
ject of combating modern religious
ideas. Bologna being the headquarters
of the National Democratic league,
whose members advocated what is
known as modernism" in religion.
In. January, 1914, while still at Bo-
logna, the present pope issued a pas
toral letter strongly condemning the
tango.
1t has been ia years since the time
of the last Pope Benedict
On his election to the papacy in
174o, Cardinal Prospero Lambertini
assumed that title. 1t is an interesting
fact that the new pope was archbishop
of Bologna while Pope Benedict XIV.
was born in Bologna
According to a dispatch from Rome,
dated at $3.50 o'clock yesterday after
noon and received in New York early
today the White Star liner Canopic.
bearing Cardinals Gibbons ana OCon-
nell to Rome, was not due at Naples
until tomorrow Therefore, 1t is prob
able that neither of these two Amer
lean cardinals participated in the cleo
ton of the new pope.
OF Italian Birth.
The choice falls on cardinal of
Italian birth, as was expected from
tradition and also from the disturbed
conditions in Europe.
1t was at the age OF "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 Kill When Car
dinal Rampolla was made nuncio to
Madrid he took Monsignor della Chiesa
with him as secretary of nunciature.
On Cardinal Rampolla's return to
Rome to become secretary o. state for
the vatican Monsignor della Chiesa
entered the secretariat of state as one
of the "minutamti," or minor off,
Gals. until 1901, when lie was appoint
ed sub of the secretariat and also sec
rotary of the CIPHER.
AS secretary to the secretary of
state, Cardinal della Chiesa was
brought into notable prominence
throughout the Catholic hierarchy. but
his position was not at that time of
cardinalist rank. On the accession of
Pope Plus X, Monsignor della Chiesa
continued in the secretariat until Dec
is, 1907, when the pope gave him a
noted promotion to the position of
archbishop of the important see of
Bologna.
For seven years he administered the
see of Bologna with notable success
until in May last Pope Plus X named
him among 13 members of the hierarchy
to receive the red hat. Archbishop
Begin of Quebec was among other
cardinals ramed at that time, the
others being prelates of spain, France,
Austria, Germany and Italy.
The full title of the new pope, in ad-