The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18
D0NS At ROME.
- or RECENT AnOnA10-
sso6L WORK N THE Y'onUn.



7.sf remains OF the Forum Maxnum.
E1 ~ the wsli-known enthusiasm Of
S-.Sv naeelH for ali that belongs to the
s7f.sw a Rome would be sufficient TO
Ss..e the OBJECTIONS certain 10 Be
sssn1 = the score Of expense
: Ssssnomber waking around the Paiatsne
- - hot morning in July and hearing
- soeeusat}on. OF The guardians and
xs.ssi - b what could be done IL SsGnor
Csefk had his way. had enough money
| S:SS Msposai and remained long enough
~ 1900 II carry through his pIsns-
- naceil. did not disappotnt expect
- nj great proportion OF the credit
~ 80 discoveries lately made II due
- Bons Venetian engineer and
1sSiseet who Ia animated by a passion
- errhaeoiogy in general and the Forum
q sarstepjAr The means at his disposal
- suali. being only 5.eoo lire dsss than
- Ard when II In seen what SignoF
- haa done for that amount, In con-
foefipa with the fact that the Gilt let
- eiaeed on the Pantheon during Signor
nseilIrs last term Of office cost fo90 It
- y admitted tina; on the present occa-.
~M Ttaly has obtained good results at
49, price and with an absence Of job
NJ
p1ue u sil, below the moor OF the Tenn
= q vesta four brck walls were fis-
eosefed iprobab.y built In the tine of
Ha1rtAal which form a kind OF chambef.
o1asehers for marble in the sixteenth CEN
nm nay have spoiled one OF the walls.
~ chamber h supposed to have served
= depodtory for the ashes OF the sacred
81, whteh we're taken from the temple
- year.
- discoveries. properly no called. were
nA1e On this site, which stands 4. the
n1elheest corner Of the house OF the ves-
hld but the Inscribed friexe with the cap
III ard bases OF columns and ptlasteFs
vsss replaced In their original positions
8 the neighborhood Of this monument
~ really important discoveries began.
. eeuat Of the temple was q wall built
4 tufA- Between that wall and the hem
irycje Il the front wall OF the temple was
band the core Of the base Of the honorary
esiumr. which. after Caesars murder. was
Il 70 parenti patriae. This column was
hxit # the marble known as gallo antico.
~ core Of the base Ia made Of concrete
ismed With chips OF gallo ant.co and Of
eny carrara marble. The fact OF this
Nm being In concrete seems 10 show. ac-
cxdiua to some archaeological authorities.
tAst the fragments now found must be
leeonstruction and not the original one.
y concrete was not used at the time OF
julius Caesar.
several fragments Of the reconstructed
tsn,pis Of julius Caesar have been found
b retaining wall which forms a kind OF
smbAnkment TO that side OF the Forum.
Taey seem TO have been built Into the wall
hdicrtmtnately. az were also several
reess Of the Basiiica Emilia. One OF these
hagmenis. nearly a cubic yard in size.
b very finely decorated with a bulls skull
n boucranion The wall or emhank menf
IN which these blocks have been found
must be made up In great psrt OF SINH
lary Interesting remains. but excavations
hsse had to be suspended on account OF
protest lodged with the government by
The aWeliers in the wretched little houses
which stand on the brow OF the embanh-
meat Itself. The only way out Of the iif-
arulsy would be 10 have money enough
70 appropriate these tumbie-down build
inss ana remove them Here Is chance
~ wealthy arcaaeologists 10 Intervene.
NV the wrcsched novels. and make pres
81 Of them 10 the archaeological authori-
IT,
Niger Lapis In Comitio locum funestum
H&nideat VI all Rousuli morti destInaium."
vFofs Fessus. the commentator OF the
tfanEs OF Fiaccns The Comitium vas a
nnd Of open-alr lobby or Sale dos Pas
rsfuus for the Roman senate. Near the
entnitun Agner Bon! found a black stone.
q rather pavement of black marble.
shfce metres seyen,y-five centimesres by
fosf metres IN extent. The slabs OF black
Hone Are very thick. The pavement Itself
vas protected by a curb of ,ravcrsina. or
ordinary Roman stone. and ia the fourth
o. nfth century a marble fence was erect
= around The curb. which evidently i'm
paes that some tradition OF sanctsty hung
aeous TIE spot. AS the use OF black mar
- TOR such purposes IL most unusual.
saese can scarcely be any doubt that this
eseek stone IL what MAS called i'm the old
eeH The Tomb OF Romaius." The origin
% TIE stone IL sun uncertain. In order
- srtsle the question as 10 It's geological
s'ass'neattcn, SSnor Bont has had one
Hssmeni Poltshea~s process which has
.shsvrea It perfectly evident tina, the stone
- nsarsie, Whether n came from Greece
VI 'raan tue psrenees IL uncertain. hi. In
many chateaux IN savoy remember hav-
ing seen chimney pleSrs made Of marble
tf0in quarry ia the Savoy Alps Of pre-
ssseas similar black marble with veins ar
lsaeed IN exactly the Same way except
saAs they were yellow I'm color instead Of
esiax White. Ike the veins OF the Niger
1Ap's Explorations are being carefully
mss~ under the Niger f.apiS In the Forum.
ana Signor Bort - convinced that con-
saseslenR at some k!n! exist beneath II.
"aas they are - not vet certain ha, we
sasii Know before }cug. Quite close ta
sae NiseT Laps have been found numey-
eSs nsed.s~sat wells. which are being
Eamesa cat These wells are tired with
fragments - marble. much - il ninth
sasasy ~ork probably taken from the
vssstnai Eaarga II Sergio ana Eaeeo.
aAese wells shew AcN saSr. tho sapp.y
= ~sser nast have been IN nledta evai
Asfne. Tie TsoSr was nutrid. the aQue-
aaess had been sat. ana wells were sunk
epse to iha C3oaess Aaxtnsa. she main
SEVER az Rou,e.
pafing the operations In the Foram a
wa ~aica sounded The north side ~ she
sessm Aas eses lAi3 hare Tssts roaf WAS
ssaen - SKja5. bat FAD nefer tsea sx-
used s.suaT Eanl ia Inclined 10 think
vat u Is ihe original hsa SacYa, and ira,
- siscaSfry w&i neceSsttAie important,
Fernsn
"a stttsson - those Important aisssv-
res msea Nefk has Neen done. The base
a.sH' ~ tao Heatpse 81 Saturn has been
etseAs'hesie1 wiFh iFxsa bars watch ware
a'aaa hs~~ss3 one of she complementary
neaessFS columns has bean SCI up agsn.
49, another oa~ Viii sa1n 80 erected.
IN" cErnsna $3.50 zee stseasa MAMMA has
Wy ~fsssls h<vu eiassd TIE entrance 10
sas feFana kAs aesa changed and IN sa-
s.3e Visitors 49, ~ sengsr aoSeeG3 ever
80 SssEfVEtr ~ the [ensgtp ~ Castor a nd