Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-19
Political and Social News by Correspondence
SKULLS SHOCK AN AUDIENCE
Thester Manager in Rome Carries
Realism Too Far.
GRAvE-DIGGER SENT TO PRISON
Plus f. TO Close the vatican
Galleries and Museum to
General Public.
BY CLEMENT ]. RARRErr.


ROME. Feb. lS-Cspecial to The Bee)-
A tale of stage realism run mad comes
from Florence. There Is a mixture Of the
CHASTITY and the humorous in the narrative.
Signor Antonio Buonvino Is the director
Of the Naples Touring company wishing
10 make "Hamlet' as realistic as possible
he persuaded a grave digger TO exhume a
couple of skulls from the local cemetery
When the specter, wierdly Illuminated. ap.
peared on the stage to the prince Of Dem
mark some of the audience began TO
scream and fled from the building
A prosecution followed and the Comedy
King" was fined and sentenced to a
months imprisonment. The magistrate
agreed to treat him as the first offender
but insisted that the grave digger should
80 to prison. The digger left the dock
complaining bitterly. He asserted that his
reward for digging the skulls consisted OF
a couple Of francs and half dozen tickets
for the show.
SANDER on vatican.
II has been enormously announced that
beginning in March next the pope will
close the Vatican galleries and museums
to the public, so that all those who come
to rejoice in the occupation Of this city
will not be permitted to see these treas
ures of ancient and renaissance art II Is
a falsehood invented by the enemies Of the
pontiff. The pope. in consideration of the
safety of Catholic pilgrims during this
year when the anti-clerical and anarchic
elements will flock here. has discouraged
pigrimages. That has been found fault
with by the promoters of the exhibition
to be held here this year. They are in
great dread that the celebration is doomed
TO failure. as the rieh travelling foreigners
are not likely to come, dreading a return
of the cholera.
The people here do not trust the veracity
of the medical reports concerning the mall
ady in this city, declaring that the extent
of the disease was minimized in order to
induce the travellers to come and fill the
hotels.
Revision of the VuIgate.
The pope is giving every announcement
to the work Of the Abbot Gasquet o. 5. b.,
in the revision of the Vulgate Bible. In the
audience which the abbot had with him
the pope was particularly pleased with
the results of the work so far. The chief
drawback Is the abbot's want OF funds,
but he is hopeful. He announced to the
pope that the photographs and reproduc.
tons Of manuscripts that he has made
would Il put up for sale, realize $1,000.
gt saId he hoped suchsa misfortune
might Be avoided and sooner than they
should be lost he. would himself purchase
them. The abbot has discovered manu-
scripts Of intense interest.
Battle Between Families.
Giuseppe Brancia. student of good fam
lily, was attacked in Nicatera by two
brothers, Michele and Amedeo Gelanze,
belonging to a hostile family After a
few shots had been exchanged young
Brancia fell dead. Reused by the shots a
crowd assembled. Among them were the
parents of the dead youth, two of their
sons and friend, all armed. The assas-
sins fled. One reached his home, but the
other struck In the knee fell to the
ground His brother. his father and others
in the house fired from a window on the
Brancia family, who returned the fire In
the battle more than 200 shots we're ex>
changed. The fight only ceased on the
arrival of soldiers, who entered the house
of the Gelanze family and arrested the
original assassin as he was firing from
the window. They also arrested the elder
Brancia. Several members OF both families
were wounded. girl named Angelina
Ferraro. who was watching the battle from
a doorway. was shot in the stomach and
will probably die