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Stalls Fer CaE1ia3is Erected
Erected in SjstI1e Chap:
REQUIEM MASS HELLO
Elaborate Plans Ea&e 20 Insure s.
crecy During Conc!ave 10 Select New
Head of Church.

Nome, Jan. 3l.--E'ina. prepare, ions
>yere begun for the rAnEenil.@ ON
Thursday of the solemn conclavr al
winch the cardinals Of the Roman
Catholic church will choose ii pope to
succeed Benedict Nv
The last-minute ccremonialS Will hr
preceded by solemn requiem MASSES,
the first of which took place with the
cardinals participating.
The mass furnished Il scene of UNI
usual pomp, with all the cardinals who
have arrived in Rome participating.
The Noble guards acted as guard of
honor for the improvised tomb of the
late pOntiff, and the Swiss guards com
posed the escort Of honor for the
solemn procession of cardinals, arch
bishops and bishops as they came from
the Sala Regale through the Sala Du-
Gale to the chapel
The tomb, erected in the center of
the chapel, was Octagon in shape with
a cOpious array of candles burning on
all sides and up to its summit, on
which reposed a replica of the ponti-
ical tiara resting on a red plush cush-
ion. Two services of the octagOn were
adorned with the pOntifical arms and
he others with phrases eulOgiZing the
i:fe OF Benedict Nv. The Sistine choir
assisted in the solemn ceremony.
Cardinal De Lal was celebrant.
while abSolutiGn was impaired by Car
!inalS Vico, Ompili and Gagliero.
The beautiful and historic Sistine
chapel. in which the conclave will
meet. has already been fitted with
the long stalls in which the cardinals
viii sit while the balloting proceeds.
Minute Instructions have been given
out for the performance of the cere-
iHonals. and the dress and depOrt-
mont of those participating in them.
It has been prescribed that all pre-
l3teS excepting cardinals will wear
black vestmentS.
All those who remain within the
Inc beginning of the election have been
summoned to meet in the Sala Fe~ia,
adjacent 90 the Sistine chapel. on
Thursday to take The oath of secrecy
for the duration of the sittings, and
the Sacred College has appointed a
commission TO examine the credentials
of all the members. attaches and sec
retarieS.
This commission is also charged with
selecting guards for the cOnclave and
the appointment of BARRIERS, plumbers.
plastererS, carpenters and such other
workmen and attendants as may be
by chance needed before the doors
are again opened to the world.
Devices have been installed at the
entrance of the courtyard of st. Da
masco so that any articles needed may
be sent inside, but their operation must
be only in the presence of two wit
nesses. These devices are in the form
of cylinders placed vertically. Open
ing one of the vertical sections, an
object may be placed within and trans
ferred to those in the courtyard by re
volving the cylinder until the opening
is on the inside.
This method of communication Will
only be allowed between and II y
N. and and P. NJ. Any communica-
ton, whether Of word or object. must
ne in the presence of the two witness
s. No reference to these communi-
atoms must be made TO members OF
he ccnclave, aid any violator Of the
&c If secrecy is subject 10 e1com-
.l,n.ctIiOn.