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Show ELECTION OF A POPE. Cardinals Locked Up In Their Cells While Voting. On the eleventh day following the death of the pope the cardinals hold religious services in the church of St. Peter at' Rome and then adjourn to the Vatican, -where they meet in conclave con-clave to elect the late pope's successor. succes-sor. The cardinal-dean opens the proceedings pro-ceedings by administering the oath of secrecy concerning their proceedings, and then the cardinals are permitted to receive their friends until evening, when they are shut up In their cells. These cells are carefully guarded and no person is allowed near them, except they be on business connected directly with the conclave, in order that no intruder may communicate with the I occupants or obtain information which Cardinal Rampolla. might be of value to the outside world or to persons interested in swaying the action of the cardinals. In the morning the cardinal-dean sings the mass of the Holy Ghost, at which ail the cardinals receive communion, com-munion, after which the voting begins. Each cardinal approaches the altar, and after taking an oath prescribed for the ceremony, places his ballot In a receptacle prepared for it. Three cardinals who act as tellers count the ballots when all have been deposited. A two-thirds vote is necessary to elect the pope, and, if a choice is not made on the first ballot, the cardinaiis continue con-tinue to vote until a candidate receives re-ceives the requisite number, but only I one ballot is taken in one day. Upon the announcement that no candidate has been elected, the cardinals return to their cells until the following morn- |