ELECTION OF A POPE PROCEDURE AT THE CONCLAVE HOW NEWS IS PROCLAIMED
... TO WORLD A thin plume of light smoke Issuing from a stove-pipe at tne Vatican, will give the signal to the people of Rome that a new Pope has been elected. Days may pass before one the Cardinals receives the necessary two-thirds majority of votes from his colleagues. Twice a day vote is taken, and each morning and evening the used voting papers are' burned In stove set up in one corner of the ...