Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
Political and Social by Cable and Correspondence from the Old Wo
PLAGUE IS NOW STAMPED OUT
Travellers Again Taking to sightsee-
ing in Italy.
POPE oBLIGEs Old PARIsHIONERs
Talented Painter Who Took Up the
Life of aIonL is Dcyotlng HIS
Lite 10 work in Old
Churches.

ROME, Jan. cS.-(speclal TO The Beel-
The plague which recently swept over the
country Is now well under control. in fact
is has been all but stamped out There is
an isolated case Of cholera here and there.
Travellers who have boen giving the coun-
try wide berth are coming here.
Pope Kind to ola Folks.
For the first time since his election. Pope
Plus exercised the office Of confessor re-
Gently. Three old people from his native
town Of Riese were the penltents.
Etnn Quiet ARnin.
The eruption of Mount Etna Is now con-
sidered over. A slight cloud of smoke ris-
ing from the central crater is the only
sign of the volcanoes activity. Neverthe-
less, Profs Raco and Mercalli. are OF the
opinion that a further and exceedingly vlo-
lent eruption may be expected shortly.
Murderesa IL Insane.
BY order OF the president OF the Venice
court, three mental experts have examined
the Countess TarnowsFa and they have
pronounced her Wholly insane. 1t Is I'M
derstood that sha viii he removed to the
private asylum OF Frof Bossi The gov-
eminent recently Ieipsed to pardon the
murderess
Text of st. jerome.
Father Antonio Staerk a Benedictlne
monk, has nearly completed his reproduc-
ton of the original texts of St. Jerome. the
manuscripts of which are in the Russian
imperial library.
MALTA sim Active.
Another crime has been pcrpetrated by
members OF the Malta 'rganization Pas
/ al
mine at Farara. was accused Of having
betrayed the association. The supreme t,ib-
unal of the Malta condemned him to death
Vita. whilst proceeding to the mine, was
attacked and killed by six masked men
who fired fourteen shots at their victim
at point-blank range
Pisa Chimes RipE.
| The order which prohibited the ringing Of
the chimes in the lcaning tower at Pisa
has been revoked. there being no risk in
the ringing Father Alfani the noted
seismologist has concluded experiments al
the tower, with trepidometer instruments
OF his own invention which measured the
vibrations caused by the ringing of the
bells in the tower. Father Alfani ascer.
tanned that the oscillations were insignia,
cant, even when the bells were rung con,
tiRuously and that there was no danger
TO the tower.
Mustn't Works for Love.
Brother Paolo Mussini. talented
painter. who some years ago suddenly dis
appeared from his studio. was next heart
Of as Francisctn friar painting in fresc,
the walls of a poor old church. Every nov
and again the Illustrated papers gave re
productions OF his pictures or likeness o
himself I'm the habit of his order. He hai
written letter TO the newspapers asxlni
for contributions to help him in his worl
Of decoration of an abandoned church.
"on the footprints OF st. Francis I g,
about restoring poor and abandone,
churches" he says. The church whicl
Fra Paolo is decorating is the parisl
church OF Quintodecimo, the place belni
a picturesque village on the banks of tn
lTronto. He says in his appeal: "A beau
tiful house OF God is very good schoo
for the people"
CamOrra Trial Deferred.
The trial OF Chief Enrico Alfano and hi
thirty-two comrades in the Camorrs
lcharged with the murder of James Quo
colo and his wife. has been postponed I
the first week OF March.