Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-02
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DUELISTO FIGHT, THEN KISS
4wo Fierce Roman Warriors Put On
Comic Stunt.
SACRIFICED HIS BOOK
Major ENcOmm II icntion Pronounced
by the Pope Against TWO Priests
who Were Too Ambitious
TO BE Ohedicnt.
By CLEMENT BARRETT.


ROME April 1.-(Specisl to The Bee)-
\ duel which had dashes of comedy,
tragedy and farce was recently fought at
Florence between Count Bastogi and
Count hi Bruno. though Il started tragic
ally. ended I'm kisses The counts quar-
relied oyer the murder of Princess Trgona.
The duellsts. assisted by four members
OF the nobility, assembled in the garden
of a villa lest the encounter should be
prevented by the police. The conditions
Of the duel were that swords should be
used At the first assault Bastogi sus-
tanned a scalp wound, and the doctors de-
cided that the duel could not continue, as
the wound was serious A reconciliation
was effected, and there and then the ad-
versaries fell into each others arms.
kissed and embraced with great cordially.
The duel was followed by dinner I'm which
The principles drank to each others health
FOEazznrO AbandOns Law.
NicenZa or Antonio Fogazzaro, the ia
NOUS Italian writer and poet. who dieu
recently, though trained as a lawyer, prac-
ticed his profession but little, and gave
himself up to literary pursuits.
His writings brought him into conflict
with the Vatican. where his views on re-
ligion and evolution were considered un-
orthodox. The crisis came with the issue
of his book, THE Saint. which is the
story Of mans repentance and purifica-
| tlon after previous gross sin.
This book was placed on the index.
| Fogazzaro. bowed to the will Of the church
and withdrew the book from circulation,
at immense loss to himself. lie said he
! preferred peace of soul to money. He was
| a member Of the senate
l.,
I The pope has pronounced marjor eNcom-
municatlon against three English schis'
matte priests. The priests named are Her
| bert Ignatius Bealo and Arthur William
/ Howarth. OF the diocese Of Nottingham
/ and Arnold Harris Matthew. The fact
does not originate from any doctllnal
! question but is solely the consequence OF
ambitions.
Harris is in origin a Protestant con-
verted, who entered the ranks of the
Catholic clergy, after some time separated
himself from. the church. and. after hav-
ing remained for some years in the con
! dition OF laymRn, went to Utrecht to th'
Jansenist church. asking Episcopal con
secration from the Jsnsenistic bishop HI
obtained it. t.-t
Union of Colleges. -,. .
AT last a union of the American Acad
envy in Rome and the American SchQo
l-of Classical Studies has. been affected Tn,
schooI.w was organized in 1895 and owes IT.
! support to voluntary subscriptions o.
friends and appropriations from American
universities and colleges.
Alleged killer Taken.
Another arrest has been made by tn
police i'm connection with the crime at tn
Boglio bank, where robbery was attempte,
and the, caretaker and his sister wer
murdered. The woman was strangled an,
the man was suffocated between two pill
lows. The thieves had ransacked cupboard
and drawers, but their attempts to fore
two great safes were unsuccessful. Tire
arrests were made, one Of the person
being clerk in the ministry of Marine
The latter has confessed to completely Il
the robbery, but denies any participation
in the murders.
The arrest just made is that OF an iron
smith, who is charged with supplying tn
false keys and the circular saw used &
trying to force the safes. The police
through finger-print clues hope to arres
the other accomplices.
English Royalties Expected.
The duke and duchess of Connaught ar
expected April p. when the duke will pre-
sent King Victor Emmanuel with ette
from King George, expressing his fehcita
lions on the fftieth anniversary. Of IN
, Italian unity. British, French, Austrc
, Hungarian and German fleets will tax
part in the festivities at Naples next July
; when the fiftieth anniversary of the estat
lishment Of the Italian navy will be cele
brated.