Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Political by Cable and Correspondence from the Old Woc
THRILLED BY DEAD BISHOP
Disinterment of Body and No Sign
of Decay.
TOMB IS PLACED UNDER GUARD
NesuviuA Gains Additional Ugliness
by the Collapse of a Huge Cone
on Main Crater-New Car
dinaIH Proposed.
BY CLEMENT BARRETT.

ROME, April ESPECIAL to The Bee)-
What is considered a miracle is the fact
that the body of the bishop Of Sodo, which
was buried seventeen years ago at Ceretto'
Sannta, and recently dislnterred, was
found to be as we'll preserved and free from
signs of decomposition as when ii was
placed in the coffin. The public has been
flocking to the spot from miles round, and
Is filing past the body as it lies in the
coffin, and many OF the more emotional
are giving way to religious fervor The
tomb is guarded by police to prevent the
devotees carrying away relics.
NesuvIus Cone COIIapses.
The huge cone on the main crater Of
Vesuvius collapsed the other night, and
the volcano has now an uglier appearance
than ever over 1000 feet OF it's former
majestic summit was blown off by the ter
rifle Easter eruption of 1906, and now an
other 200 feet has been shoTn off its height
on the Naples side, and the mass which
has tumbled into the crater has left huge
rent 1850 feet long and close upon 900 feet
wide. leaving the upper station Of the funi-
cular railway recently opened standing on
the verge OF the abyss.
A party of thirty tourists was nearly
overwhsIme by landslide which followed
the cones disappearance. Ashes rained
down on the inhabited area around the
Volcano and the mist was so great that
the director of the observatory was unable
to gauge the extent Of the damage.
| Last Monday night the observatory on
vesuvius registered shocks and prolonged
rumblings Director Mercalli does not an,
ticipate any eruption. He attributes the
rumblings and shocks to the continuation
of the internal caving-in Of the sides OF
the crater
Proposed New Cardinals.
The Vatican proposes to confer the rank
| of cardinal on the patriarch OF Lisbon II
Is even said that serious consideration is
being given to a proposal to confer a
! similar honor on the archbishop Of Oporto
who was deprived Of his post by the gov
eminent of Portugal for having ordered
the reading of the pastoral which had beer
forbidden by the government OF that coun
try.
Had Gang Rounded Up.
The police have succeeded in capturing
a large gang suspected of being concerned
in the murder of the caretakers of thu
Bosio bank, in the Piazzo di Petra, Th'
chain Of evidence is said to be complete
1t would appear from all accounts tina
the prisoners belonged TO a dangerou
criminal association responsible for othe
burglaries some of whose members ar,
now on trial at Viterbo for the assassina
ton Of Cuoccolo and his inoffensive wife.
Father Benson breaches.
Rev Father Hugh Benson. son OF tn
late Episcopal archbishop of Canterbur!
and now Catholic priest. began serie
OF Lenten sermons on sunday last in 81
sylvester in Capite. The church wa
crowded The preacher has a style tina
i fixes attention on his words and his eTun
citation is fascinating. There Is a fervo
in his manner and expression which i'm
presses his audience, and his manner o
presenting old truths is new and fresh
Amongst the audience was the well know
Abbot Casquel o. s. b.. and it was in
teresting 10 think that the preacher, VIII
is also writer of historical novels wa
preaching to the author Of the work whic
he utilized in his famous novel 9TH
Kings Achievement"
To Probe Marriage MIxup.
Since the debate in the English House
! of Commons and Lords the Congregatio
of the Sacraments is examining the situa
, ton caused by the legislation of thre
years ago by which the marriage of
= Catholic with a non-Catholic is invali
unless contracted before a Catholic prizes
, and two Witnesses. An English prelate ha
been delegated to put the facts before tn
papal authorities to enable them to decid
whether or not il may be advisable to ir
troduce notifications in the law. As tn
, question is as important for America a
for England owing to the frequent mike
marriages which take place and which al
at present invalid in the eyes of III
2 Catholic church It is likely that America
! prelates will be consulted.