Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-09
TOURISTS TURN FROM ROME
Fear Of Cholera Has Influence on
Foreign Travel.
HARD BLOW FOR MANY HOTELS
Oysters Taken from Contaminated
water said to Have Caused Epi-
demic--UndertRkers Rushed
with Orders.
HARD BLOW FOR MANY HOTELS
CLEMENT ]. BARRErr

ROME, oct ESPECIAL to The BeeD-
The cholera outbreak which threatens to
become an epidemic will be a big setba ok
TO the country IL has already Injured
business and it is feared that travellers
will avoid the country until the danger is
over. Travellers leave millions here annu-
ally. Indeed there are hotels and inns
whose existence is dependent upon them.
a number Of wealthy Neapolltans who
contemplated going TO Paris to avoid the
cholera plague had to change their plans
because Of the announcement that the
French authorities were likely to quaran-
tine them at Bercy. 1t is said that one
third Of the people OF Naples have left
that city. A number went to Switzerland
many TO London. A batch OF Italians who
had left their homes at Brooklyn, n. y
intending to pass the winter in Naples
and Whereabouts have returned to the
United states.
One reason assigned for the cholera is
that the people have been eating heartily
OF oysters, cultivated in water contaminated
by sewage. Every undertaken in the city
is busy conducting funerals and their faciIi-
ties are limited.
ObIemnn, in Duel"
Two Gcnoese noblcmen with pedigrees A
yard long aud bank accounts half an inch
in length, conversed over telephones one
night recently; each told the other what
he thought about him. the words "das-
tard,' coward" mounteback," and pol
troon." we're banded by the belligerents.
Finally the more furious one challenged
the other TO a duel. He got this reply:
II will designate my hostler to meet you. :"
Whereupon the challenger drew a revolt
yer and fired three shots into the mouth
piece Of the telephone. The following days
he staggered around in the wine shops and
declared he had met Count di Somebody
in combat and wounded him. The Count
de Somebody, who heard Of the swash-
buckler's boasting, came upon him in a
restaurant and emptied three buckets of
dirty water over him. The police had to
interfere.
Who Supports the Mayor.
The Catholics of this city announce their
Intention to find out whether the king and
his cabinet stand for the offensive con-
duct of Mayor Nathan IL he is acting on
his own initiative or II he is CARRYING out
their program. Former Premier Polloux
has given notice that he will interpeIlate
the government in reference to the guar
antees against insults 70 the Pope, which
guarantees, he charges, were violated by
Mayor Nathan In hfs recent speech and
subsequent anu-Vatcan letters,
Countess StiI Alive.
The Countess Tarnewska, who Is eagerly
awaiting the result of her appeal against
the sentence passed upon her at the Kama
rowska murder trial, reported TO be con-
templatlng marriage with a noblemah be-
longing to Turin. Count Tarnewska, IL is
understood. has appealed anew to the sy-
nod Of Kieff for divorce from his wife
The countess is in jail at Venice.
Thieves Loot Castle.
There was robbery very recently at
the historic sforza castle, Milan. A band
of thieves broke into the castle and stole
an irreplaceable series Of coins illustrating
the numismatic history of the city in the
days Of the dukedom and the Ambrosian
republic.