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WILL NOT CONE THIS WAY
Prospects Not Favorable for American
Cardinalate.
COLLEGE NOW EIGHTEEN SHORT
Italian Bishops Continue 20 Make
War on the Fettered skirt
some Recent Astonishing
RObbHries.
COLLEGE NOW EIGHTEEN SHORT
BY CLEMENT BARRETT.

ROME. oct Especial to The Bee)-
There is but little prospect that any Amer
lean archbishop will be raised to the car
dinalate The friends Of prelates who have
been most frequently discussed in this
connection have been saying the most com
plimentary things about them while in this
city. but without producing any result be
yond reviVing the rumor that Pope Plus
intended to promote them. The rumors EN-
brace the pontiff and the prelates in Ques-
ton.
The college Of cardinals is now eighteen
short of its full complement which is
seventy. 1t is said rather definitely that
II the pope should decide to increase the
! number that he will not promote more
than ten The pope says there is no spe-
cial reason for creating new cardinals. As
for America, he has said on more than
one occasion that he would be delighted
to honor it by raising a number of Amer
lean prelates to the Cardinlate, but has
hesitated because there were so many Of
them equally deserving OF recognition.
Queens Work of Charity.
The queen, who is anxious to train her
daughters in the work of charity, some
time ago gave Ioanda a cottage which
overlooks the sea at Santa Marinella and
which is known as the Princess Ioanda' 3
seaside colony"
Here thirty poor children are maintained
| and educated by her majesty. They are
! popularity spoken of as the children of
| the queen" and her majesty not only
! takes a motherly interest in them, but she
| makes her little daughters do the same.
lolanda sends the colony a gift of her
| own needlework, generally useful garments,
at frequent intervals Acts like these,
which are done unostentatiously, have en-
deared the reigning family to the people.
The Italian bishops continue to make war
| in the churches against the fettered skirt.
This comes, it is claimed in the dress
making houses. of the queen and queen
dowager having set their faces against
modes imported from Paris.
Duchess "a Traveller.
The queen of Portugars sister, the
! Duchess d'Aosta, has in the press vol
ume describing her expedition in the Congo
regions.
The Duchess d'Aosta stood a good chance
OF being the future queen OF England. In
the days when she was the most beautiful
princess in Europe King Edwards son
| the late duke of Clarence, fell in love with
| her, and the resources of diplomacy were
| exhausted in the vain attempt to gel
round difference OF religion.
| A correspondence on the subject between
Queen Victoria and Pope Leo may be
found at Windsor. The young princess
herself came to Rome to try the effec
| OF personal persuasion at the Vatican. The
| princess submitted to the inevitable like d
dutiful daughter of the church, but hei
! royal English lover was never the sam,
again, and when he died her name. 1t il
said, was on his lips.
Queer Work of SwIndlSF.
An astounding series OF robberies has
been discovered at Messina, where a post
office employe has been swindling LEADING
jewellers out Of jeweiry valued at nearly
$2OOO00. The postofflce has a system
whereby goods can be ordered at dis
lance, payable upon delivery. Marullo
who is employed in this department, tam
pered 50 cleverly with the detachable
coupons that his doings at the expense o
the government have gone on unsuspectet
for two years Meanwhile he is alleged L
have been keeping young woman of q
who had been abandoned by her lover II
the United States. The young woma
passed as an American girl and was in
stalled in an aristocratic villa in the en-
virons Of Messina, with servants. car
riage and other evidences OF wealth.
AS soon official suspicious had bee
aroused Marullo sent her onward with
maid to Florence, where she was arreste
at a first-class hotel The police on open
ing the baggage disclosed to view guam
lily Of stolen jewels and glitterng gem
, and banknotes. Marullo had also been al
rested. Both mistress and maid ar
, charged as accOmplices.