The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-31
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Y BEFORE
TIME Of
CHRIST


in the debris. was next to Palermo, the
most important city in Sicily II ls
situated in the northwest corner of the
Island n the strait OF Messina
Among the leading buildings we're
the municipal palace the convent OF
San Gregofio. which contained a mu.
scum of valuable relics, buildings +
the uniyem'ty, which was attended by
900 students. and municipal hospital
The outskirts and environs are de.
ightful, affording magnificent views Of
the sea as well as OF Mount Etna on
the west rose the former fort of Castel
laccio, and not far away to the south Is
Fort Gonzaga, on a historic spot The
new Compo Santo was beautiful, with
It's graceful Greek colonnaGes ami won
derful views
The Telegraf the summit of a pass
near Messina was much visited for its
scenery Here was supposed to be
Charybdis of the familiar legend op
p0site Scilla on the Calabrian coast.
Messina Is town of great antiquity.
its foundation being ascribed to pirates
from Cumae. in tle eighth century b.
c.. when IL was known as Zancle Ca
5icklel in alldsion to the shape a its
harbor
The town was occupied by mglplves
from Samos and Miletus. and It's soo8
after passed to Anaxilas, The tyrant of
Rhegium. who introduced there Mes
senians from the Peloponnesus. By
whom the name # the city was chang
ed to Messina.
After the death of Anaxilas, Messlna
became republic aud maintained ina.
status until its destruction by the Car.
thaginians during their wars with
Dionysius OF Syracuse AT the beginning
of the fourth century B. G. II was re.
built by Diony siils, but 3oon fell again
into the hands OF the Carthasinians
who were finally expelled by Timoleon
IN 343 B. c.
During the war between Agath cies
of Syracuse and Carthage, Messina
sided with The Cartaaginians The
first Punic war left Messina in the pos
session of Rome. and the town suhse.
quently attained considerable com.
mercial Importance.
In A. d. S3l the town was taken by
/ the Saracens. and in 1861 was con.
quered by the No.mans The town be
came tloWlshng seat of trade IN the
middle ages, and received important
privileges fr m Charles l. OF Spain
which added greatly to its prosperity
| During the struggle between the aris
tocratic faction, or Meri, and the dem
ocratic faction, or Mavizzi, the senate
in 1647. appealed for aid to the French
who occupied the city, but soon aban
doned it. afie- having defeated the
combined feet e Spain and Holland
Left In the hands of the Spaniards
the city was deprived of hs polhica
liberties, and soon lost its commercial
Importance.
The plague OF 17f3 and the earth
| quage of 1888 carried off consider
able part of its population. In 1860 tn,
place was coupled by Garibaldi an6
IN 1861 1t became part Of Unite,
Italy
| Caiania is the capital of the proyinci
OF Catania and the third largest clty il
Sicily being outraRscd in population
by Palermo and Mcssina. Il had l45
600 Inhabitants. ln front Of the ctthe
dral was a fountain with an ancien
statute Of an elephant. made of lava
bearing an Egyptian granite obolisb
The chief attraction is Mount Etna
The classic Catanil was founded b
| Greeks from Chalcis, about y. c. 729
and soon became prosperous.
Reggie across the Strait OF Messin
from the city OF Messina, is the ZAP
tai of Calabrla. The city sulfere'
severely in The earthquake OF thrc
years ago aud appears 10 gel the ful
force Ct every tremblor that shake
the region of Calabria. TIE city's poI
ulation is $4,000.
Palmi is on the southwest coast o
Calabrla, tweuty-one miles o,theas
OF Reggie.
Bagnara Hes on the Gulf Of Gioia
sixteen miles rtheast OF Reggie. I
4, 10s a population of about 1000. 'rh
city IS center OF the wine industry
which keeps the Calabrian people ,her'
IN the face g., recurrIlg earthquakes