The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-19
ITALIAN ROYAL FAMILY SCRAP

King snubbed the Queens Brother
for Attacking Alliance With
Greece.
The information published In the
Rome Tribuna, ministerial paper,
owned by a Senator and subsidized
by the Government. explaining why
the Queen of Italy did not accompany
her husband on his recent visit tc
Greece and did not go either ia Gaeta
to meet the British sovereigns or to
Spezia for the launch of the battle
ship Roma and the presentation OF a
flag to battlcship bearing her name
has excited and is still exciting con-
siderable comment An official COM
munication denied the report of a
disagreement between the King and
Prince Danilo of Montenegro, but this
denial appears to have served only
to fonfirm still more the news Of the
Tribuna, the more SO as no attempt
has been made by the Government to
prevent the story from being tele.
graphed abroad, most significant
fact in country like Italy, where
press censorship reigns supreme.
The true version of the story ap.
pears to be that the Princess Milena
of Montenegro, with three of her
daughters and her two sons Dan{lo
and Mirko, came to Rome to undergo
a surgical operation. The party was
lodged at the Quirinal in a special
apartment and the best medical at
tendance was provided by the King
for his mother-inlaw. Prince Dani,o
had caused considerable annoyance
to the King on former visit to Rome
on account of his excessive and open
admiration for nurse of the royal
children, who had in consequence to
be dismissed and whose husbands
jealousy had to be allayed by means
of large sum paid by the King. On
the present occasion he first found
fault with the Italian doctor who was
attending his mother, and subsequent
ly objected in rather strong terms 70
the increasing friendly relations be-
tween Italy and Greece.
The King is said to have cut short
conversation on this subject by
coolly asking Prince Danilo when he
intended leaving Rome. Danilo EVIL
IDENTIFY took the hint and left the
next morning with his whole family,
including, of course. Princess Milena,
who had not yet undergone the opera
ton for which she came to Rome
The departure was so sudden that tbs
party had to wait a couple of days
at Bari before a ship could be chart
cred to carry them across to Mon
tenegro. The effect of this semi-far.-
! lily squabble on the Queen was such
! that she took to her bed with fever,
and for the first time during her happy
married life she did not accompany
/ the King on his travels.
/ All sorts of conjectures are now
made, further developments are vag-
uely limited at and 1t is rumored that
the Queens father, Prince Nicola of
Montenegro, has been summoned to
Rome to act as peacemaker Hitherto
incidents relating to the sovereigns'
1 NOA1SotiS AAlC WOA = ACt Ci uloCuSSCu ny
the Italian papers, but now they have
become the topic of the day.
Freak Of a Tornado.
Attending the story of every cyclone
there is something of the nature OF
freak to be related. During the
small twister in the Highland district
recently the almost incredible hap
pened. But we must believe the story,
for it was told by truthful men. Be-
tween two cornerstones of barn (Mr
Ruthruff's barn, we believe) the feath-
ers and perhaps the foot of chicken
protruded. The stones were intact
and showed no signs Of ever having
been disturbed by man or the power
OF the elements. But the chicken was
blown in between those large stones
by the fury of the storm in some mar.
ner. It was a chicken withou. =
doubt. though pressed as thin as a :
onion peel. How did it get there? The
theory shared by nearly all who wit
messed the phenomenon is that during
the storm and sudden gust of wind
the barn and the top stone were lifted
sufficiently high to allow the chicken
to be blown into the crevice and be-
fore the fowl could get out the barn
settled down-White City (Kans.)
Register.
IN Railroad Language.
The street crossings at Hickory
street, st. Louis avenue, Mulberry, and
Santa Fe streets were blocked for
twenty-five aminutes by a train. A.
L. Anderson, the conductor, was in
police court to tell why. .
"You see, it was this way he said.
I'VE were pulling into Armourdale
when the train stopped suddenly. /
ran to find what was wrong. Well, the
engine was around one curve, the
caboose around another and couldn't