Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
FROM |TALYS CAPITAL
Dukes Matrimonial TangIe in
the LimeIight.
ROMEO AND JULIET STORY
Queen Helena Heroine in Hunting
Incident.
THE ITALIAN RAILWAY SERVICE
Many Complaints About Discomforts
and Annoyances-Clever Woman
Surprised Officials at Trial.
THE ITALIAN RAILWAY SERVICE
Special Cablegram to The Star.

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ROME, March 2.-The matrimonial tan
gle of the Duke de la Sale has been taken
up by the Italian poet, Lucien Dambra, who
has made of it a modern Romeo and Juliet
story He has interviewed the Greek girl,
Mile. Karousos, who states that young De
la Sale fell in love with her at first sight
and declares that several cardinals favored
her cause. AS she could not obtain a pri
vate audience of the pope she, contrary to
etiquette which prevents anybody from
speaking to the pope in public, boldly &C
costed him and told him her story.
She asserts that the pope has decided that
the wedding is legal one and she will go
to Paris to fight her cause before the
French courts, as the procedure of the Vat
lean courts is hindcred by the refusal OF
the Archbishop of Athens to pronounce
Judgment. The child of the marriage was
legally baptized the other day in ST. Peters
as the daughter of the Duke de la Sale.
Only the other day a pretty little hunting
incident of which Queen Helena was the
heroine leaked out. She accompanied the
king to CaZtel PorZiano to shoot. The
weather was intensely cold, so big bon
fire was built around which the royal party
gathered. Suddenly the Marquis Calabrni,
a royal equerry, joke jumped over the
flaming pile. His garments took fire and
all present lost their heads except the
tore the burning parts of his clothes away,
unheeding the danger to herself, and
choked the flames with her skirts By spe-
cial order of the queen this was kept
secret, but one person struck by her cour-
age and GOODNESS could not forbear express
ing his admiration. and thus the story of
the incident leaked out
Complaints About Train Service.
The stream of complaints about the in
convenience and deficiencies of the Italian
railway service is increasing in volume.
Foreigners are loud in their denunciations
of the discomfort they are suffering from the
late and unwarmed trains, and in particu
lar they complain Of being aroused from
their sleep several times during the night
for the examination of their tickets. This
deplorable state Of things has been aggra-
waited during the recent cold days, when
the traffic was entirely stopped Thus there
was no coal at Milan, while at Genoa there
was half million tons.
Not long ago newspaper correspondent
was challenged to a duel because he dis
cussed the lncivility of the staff Now
even Signor Giolitte has acknowledged
this want OF attention, and has promised
to punish severely any one who Is guilty
in this respect.
San Marino Isolated by Snow.
In consequence of the recent abundant
snowfall the little republic Of San Marine,
perched on the summit of Mount Titano,
few miles from Mount Himini has for
many days been isolated. All traffic and
work has been compulsorily suspended
several times recently The Inhabitants,
who have always gained a more or less
precarious livelihood, are now quite desti-
tute.
All the wealthy people have Quilted the
republic, where there now remain only
peasants and workmen. The historic in
dependent state, which claims to be the
oldest, as well as the smallest, in Eu-
rope, is passing through an economic
crisis, and to assist her finances lottery
Is contemplated. San Marine, in spite of
interesting features, no longer attracts
visitors.
The evidence given during the last three
days in the case Of the pseudo Marchesa
Zenezia has further demonstrated the
woman's extraordinary astuteness.
Pseudo Marchesa's Methods.
1t appears that while during Signora
Monachesi's visit to Trieste she pretended
to defray the latters expenses, she was
obtaining money from the lady's husband.
The testimony of several important wit
nesses tends to exculpate Padre Ciarchi
from the charge of fraud. The priest
pleads with a considerable show of reason
that, by his ministration, he has largely
benefited the funds of his monastery. He
declares that he had intended to repay
the money he had obtained from the bur-
sar of the order.
BY the death of Senator Graziado Ascoli,
who recently passed away In Milan, Eu-
rope lost a man who was noted for his
extraordinary knowledge of the relations
Of languages to one another. In the course
of his studies he had made known the
great Importance Of the ancient Irish
language. Years ago he published the
manuscript Psalter, now in the Ambrosian
Library of Milan. This Psalter came from
the renowned monastery established at
Bobbio by Irish missionaries, under the
direction Of st. Columbianus in A. d. 612.
Apart from the great antiquarian interest
in this manuscript, which was written on
strong parchment in double columns and
with remarkable clearness of outline in
the characters, it is especially valuable as
a linguistic document. Between the lines
and on the margins words and explanatory
passages, written in the Celtic tongue and
character, are numerous.