Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-07
VATICAN AT The CORONATION
Pope Will Be Properly Represented
at London Function.
UNFoUNDED REPORT IS SENT OUT
Ancient Relics of Roman Provinces
and Old EmperOrs to BE Seen at
International Exhibition
In Rome.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.

BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME May 6.-tSpeeial to The Beef
An English correspondent here has an
noyed the pope by sending out letters to
the effect that the Vatican would not be
represented in London at King Georges
coronation; that, in fact, he has been
snubbed.
This report, IL true-and the authorities
for II ought to be perfectly reliable
means that his holiness will not be repre-
sented at the ceremony, and as the usual
notification of the event has already been
sent to various countries throughout the
world, 1t looks as IL the Vatican has been
ignored by the British court. The British
Catholics here are indignant at the news"
50 read the statement. which is en-
tirely unfounded. 'Fhe pope will send a
representative to the coronation and the
king has expressed the pleasure which
he will have in receiving the Roman dele
gate. The pope feels more than friendly
toward the English king for having the
offensive part OF his ceremonial oath cut
out.
The foremost man at the coronation.
aside from the king, will be the duke Of
Norfolk, the marshal of the empire. noted
as a very ardent Catholic and who is the
man to pick and choose the countries and
institutions which will be represented.
Old Roman Relics.
Relics from every lone Of the thirty-six
provinces of the ancient Roman empire
have been got together for the interna-
tional exhibition. The exhibits illustrate
every aspect Of private and civic life in
the old Roman civilization.
King Emmanuels contribution is a
gorgeous mosaic pavement and a superb
statue OF a discus thrower.
Among the many other exhibits are
fragments of the famous Temple of Peace
Of Augustus and bronze ornaments from
the wonderful pleasure gallery of IT.
berius, fished up from Lake Nemi.
Paymaster Murdered.
Brigands recently committed a foul muir
der in the woods on the Albau hills. The
district is frequented by tourists who are
often attacked by the brigands. A couple
OF years ago the Duke of Weimar was at
tackled and robbed.
The brigands' latest crime is to murder
steward named Campagnoni, who was
travelling on horseback with 5000 to pay
a squad of woodmen. He was suddenly
confronted by highwaymen. The steward
met the demand that he should hand over
his money by squirting his horse and DASH
ing off. He was wounded by a shot fired
after him.
The highwaymen then made short cut
through the woods and waited the oncom-
ing horseman at bend in the road. As
the steward dashed by he was killed. The
murderers were to some extent foiled, for
Campagnoni had carefully hidden most of
the money in his boots. which the assas-
sins failed to search.
AErarian Tragedy.
The agrarian trouble which has been
simmering in Ravenna took form in a
serious conflict between the socialists and
republicans One man was killed outright,
and several others wounded. The cause
OF the fight was the Jealous rivalry of the
socialist and republican organizations,
which tried to steal a march upon each
other in winning edherents to their ranks
among iaborers.
MeteOrite Scares People.
Mysterious phenomena in the air threw
the people of Messina into a state OF ex-
treme agitation and alarm, recently.
There was a sudden and brilliant illuml-
nation of the evening sky, the cause of
which could not be discovered. Later there
were reports that rolled like thunder.
1t was feared that a terrible explosion
had occurred but THIS was shown to be
groundless when news came from other
places in Sicily and on the mainland that
similar occurrences had been noted. 1t is
believed that the light and the explosion
were the result OF the bursting of a
meteorite.