Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1900 — Page 6

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LETTER FROn ROHE, Rome, Italy. “Thou art in Rome! The city that reigned absolute, the mistress of the world.” Yes, we are here and the charm of her beauty and interest is upon us. Each day we are so busy we can scarcely tell at night what we have done, but we know we are very tired. Still we do net get things as much confused as you might imagine. The great things make the impression anti the little things slip from the memory. We have’a splendid guide and it would be easier to enumerate what we do not see than to tell what we do see. He is well educated, speaks six languages, has studied archaeology, art and literature and can tell us anything we want to know. And one wants to know so much here. One must remember the history of Rome for the last 2700 years, the history of the early Christian church, and know something of art and literature, to really enjoy Rome. I have heard people say “oh travel is better than education." But the best of guides cannot supply an education in a few hours or days. He must have a foundation to build upon. Rome is a place where you feel you never before knew so little, though you may have studied nearly all your life, and where you never before wanted to know so much. History. Latin, Art, Literature and Sacred History are called upon at every turn to aid us to comprehend and enjoy what we see or are told. Rome has been called “the museum of all ages.” Once it was a monarchy and had kings for rulers. It became a republic and was first governed by consuls chosen by the citizens, and later by triumoirates, three men.rulers of all the people. This was followed by an empire, with Octavius Ceasar as first emperor. In course of time this great empire fell. Foreign enemies, pestilence, famine and quarrels among their own people made sad history in Rome for many centuries. In the fifteenth century the Pope gained control and remained the king of Rome for a long time. A hundred years ago the French conquered Italy. The Congress of 1815 restored the old order of things, but from that period of French rule, dates a new sense of nationality among Italian people. It was caused by the military service of recruits drawn together from all districts in Napoleon's armies, the blotting out of old boundaries, the dethronement of foreign and unloved principles, by the equal administration of one code of laws, and by the spirit of the revolution which was felt in all French institutions.

But it was not until oiir time that the Italians have had political unity, independence and an organized existence as a nation. In 1870 the French and German war occurred, and the French soldiers who had peen assisting in maintaining the power of the Pope, were needed at home, and they left Rome. Before this time, as you know, all Italy, which was divided into many little kingdoms, had been having revolutions and evervwhere the people were driving out the kings or princes who ruled them, and uniting under one king, Victor Immanuel. On the 20th of September, 1870. Victor Immanuel, with an army, inarched into Rome, and the next December Rome was declared the capitol ot United Italy. How proud the Roman people are of that day Victor Immanuel came into their city! The street throngh which he came is called “The 20th”of September,” in perpetual memory of ihe day. Everywhere we heard the people sjieak of their improved condition and prosperity under the united kingdom. Rome alone has grown in less than thirty years from a population of 200.000 to over 400,000. But it will be long l>efore the Italian people will be united into one union, like our Ameri-

can union. Thev never formed one nation before, and now each city, which was the capitol of a little kingdom, feels it very hard to lay aside her little honors, and bo only one of a great nation. . , . The flag of Italy is a beautiful green, white and red flag, with a.shield on the white ground, bearing a cross and crown above it. , r Each large city retains the flag ot the little kingdom or state she once was the capitol of, in addition to the Italian national flag. Hence on a national holiday the flag of a city floats over the houses and sometimes the green and white ol Italy beside it. As if Indiana had a flag of her own, and on the Fourth of July you would raise that over your homes and sometimes put beside it the national Stars and Stripes. The people are very loyal to the government but it is hard to sink their old individuality. Then again the people do not call themselves Italians, but Florentines, Romans etc. In January, while at Naples, I made the ascent of Mt. Vesuvius with some very pleasant people whom I asked if they belonged to Italia. “No, no, not to Italia’ they said, “to Bologna.” And Bologna, you know, is a city in northern Italy. In another instance, a gentleman in Rome, a native of the city, speaking of this peculiarity, laughingly said: “Now I am not an Italian, I m a Roman.” So you see they need some great danger from without to cement them together and make one people of them, as well as one government over them. Rome is twelve miles from the Mediterranean Sea and occupies a central position in a plain, called the Campagna, whose green fields extend all around the city. She was early called the city of seven hills the Palatine, Capitoline, Esquiline, Caelins, Aventine, Quirinal and iminal. It was on the Palatine hill that Romulus founded the city 753 B. C. The river Tiber, flowing with a crooked course, but in a general southwesterly direction, divides the city into two parts. On the western bank is St. Peter’s, the largest church in the world, and the Vatican, the palace where the Pope lives and where there are fine art galleries and the famous Sistine Chapel and a great library ; and the Castle of St. Angelo and the Corsini Palace. On the eastern bank are the famous Capitoline, Palatine and Aventine hills. Between them and the river lies modern Rome. In the valley bounded by the Palatine and Capitoline hills on the one side and the Quirinal and Esquiline hills on the other, was the ancient Roman Forum, the heart of the City of Brutus and the Caesars. Here stood the ancient capitol upon Capitoline hill. Not far distant are the ruins of the Coloseum, and the palace of the Caesars, and the bath of Caracalla and the Pantheon. Thus by the river and hills, Rome is divided into three cities—ecclesiastical Rome upon the west bank, modern Rome on the east bank, and ancient Rome on the hills ajid valleys farther east.

The old Flaminian Way is now the main street of the city and is now called the Carso. Here are the chief stores and all of the carnivals are held on this street. Friday morning we left our hotel and drove through the bright, crisp March sunshine, out the Corso with its beautiful stores, to the ruins of the Roman Forum. Enough yet remains to make the place very interesting. This old Forum (there are ruins of the Forums of Augustus, Vespasian and Trojan, but this is the oldest) was an oblong space 200x70 yards. Around this small space were grouped the most important buildings of ancient republican Rome. The temples of the most venerated gods, the Senate house, the Comitium and the Rostra. Within the space were the statues of a legion of national heroes, while on the hills around were the palaces of the senators, and later of the emperors. Among the ruins are the temple of Vesta, of Castor and Hollux, the Basilica Julia, the house of the Vestal virginsand the house where Julius Caesar slept the night before he was assassinated. The triumphal arch of Septimus Severus is adorned with scenes from his vietorous battles, cut in the stone. We saw men digging where the grave of Romulus has recently been ■ found. You know we used to think I that even the name of Romulus was a I mere tradition. But this grave was identified by an inscription on a tablet found in the tomb.

A few years ago in a ravine near the! ruins of the house of the Emperor Constantine, stone slabs were found, on which were cut the streets and buildings of the citv of ancient Rome. M e saw them in the National Museum where they are preserved. They i form a perfect map, cut in stone, and are of great value in making excavations. They show the exact spot where each important building stood, ; and from this map the people know just where to dig to find the ruins they are seeking. Rome is very proud of her ancient history and her people are carefully searching for anything which will explain or prove the stories of her glory. Near the Forum are many ruins of ancient buildings of great size and importance, but the most important of these, and the largest ruin in the world, is the Colosseum. It was built for a public theater in the first centurv of the Christian era. The principal amusements at that time were fights between wild beasts, between gladiators, magnificent gamesand occasionally a representation of a naval battle. Later, during the persecution of the Christians, hundreds of Christian martyrs were cruelly put to death in this place. The building covers nearly five acres of ground. It is not round but like an ellipse—a little

longer than round. It is four storms high and roofless. The building was begun by the Emperor \ espasian in 72, A. D., and completed by Titus, A. I). 80. It was called the Flavian | Ampitheatre. The work was done by twelve thousand captive Jews brought from Jerusalem when the Romans I captured that city. The Colosseum. seated 87.000 people, It had eighty ; entrances and could be emptied m | ten minutes. Its circumference is 1(528 feet, or it is over a quarter of a mile around its base. Its height is 156 feet. The seats are of stone ana arranged iu tiers, or rows, one above the other. When the heat or ram made it necessary, a cloth covering was spread over the top. The ma terial used in building the Colosseum was mainly white limestone, but bricks and tufa or blocks of lava were also used. We saw the dens where the wild beasts were kept, and the dungeons where Christians were con fined while waiting martyrdom. These dungeons were cells underground, fifteen or twenty feet square and the same height. Solid stone walls with no opening except an aperture in the ceiling, about eight feet long and three feet wide, through which the poor victims were thrown down. These fights with men and beasts ceased about 500 A. D.. and about UOO A. D. the work of destroying the Colosseum commenced and the material was used in constructing new buildings in Rome. That has been stopped and part of the old building has been restored and is now most carefully preserved. Enough of the original building is still standing to make you realize that you are looking on the' mightiest, the grandest ruin the world has ever known. Charles Dickens said of it "It is the most impressive, the most stately, the most solemn, grand, majestic, mournful sight conceivable. Never in its bloodiest prime can the sight of the gigantic Colosseum, full and running over with the strongest life, have moved one heart as it must move all who look upon it now, a rum, God be thanked, a ruin!” Across the street from the Forum, and hemmed in by modern buildings, stands the Mamertine prison. It is very old, and tradition says St. Peter and St. Paul were both confined there before their martyrdom. It is still used as a city prison. Another old building on which the eyes of St. Peter and St. Paul no doubt rested when they were in Rome is the Pontheon, then a heathen temple. It was built by Marcus Agrippa, 37 B. C.. and is the best preserved pagan edifice in Rome, and the only one still in use. It is circular in shape, with a broad portico in front, and lighted only by a circular opening in the dome, twentyeight feet in diameter. In 60 A. D. it was consecrated for Christian worship, and twenty-eight wagon loads of bones of martyrs buried in the catacombs, were removed to the Pantheon and placed under the altar. Since that time it has been used as a church. The artist Raphael, who died on his 37th birthday, in 1520. is buried in the third chapel on the left of the altar. Victor Emmanuel is buried in a vault at the right of the high altar. Fresh flowers were on the pall which covered the tomb. A soldier paced before it. This is only a temporary resting place for his remains. A great building of marble, beautiful and lofty, is under construction at the head of the Corso to serve as a final resting place for the body of the first king of United Italy. Several times our drives are along the banks of “Father Tiver,” as he rolls in his crooked course through the city. The water is yellow and turbid. We often crossed the beautiful bridges. They are of stone and some are adorned with statues. One was pointed out to us as the Ponto Rolto, which, according to history, and as poetically given in Maculay’s "Lays of Ancient Rome,” was so bravely defended by the Roman hero, Horatius Cocles. “When the good man mends his armor. And trims his helmet’s plume; When the good wife’s shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom; With weeping and with laughter Still is the storv told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.” For instruction and amusement, Rome is almost without limit. But her ruins, her churches and her works of art first receive our attention. This letter does not cover one day’s interesting sight-seeing, but, as I said at the beginning, that it is harder to tell what we saw than what we did not see, the rest must go over to another letter. Though we did not visit a good proportion of Rome’s 390 churches, and numerous art galleries. The list is long and the places of absorbing interest. Hattie Studabaker. 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ST DID NOT COME OFF FILIPIXO INSURGENTS PLANNED IO HAVE AN UPRISING Al MANILA. day OF LAWTON'S FUNERAL Was the Time Set For the Outbreak, but the Authorities Were Apprised or the Aflair and Were Prepared For It. Manila, Jan. 1.- Four explosive bombs, a few firearms and 500 rounds of ammunition were discovered in a house in the center of Manila yesterday while the police were seeking Recarte, the insurgent leader, who was said to have come to Manila in the hope of effecting an outbreak Saturday by taking advantage of the mobilization of the American troops at General Lawton s funeral It developed yesterday that the plot included the throwing of bombs among the foreign consuls attending the ceremony, in order to bring about international complications. These, it seems, were to have been thrown from the Escoltas high buildings, but the avoidance of the Escolta by the funeral procession spoiled the plan. The populace, it is thought, had been prepared for the attempt by a rumor circulated widely among the natives that Aguinaldo was iu Manila and would personally lead the outbreak. The American authorities, h aving been advised of what was brewing, prepar ed for all contingencies. An Advance In Cavite. Au American advance iu Cavite province, south of Manila, is expected shortly. Reliable reports from native spies show that there are upward of 2,000 organized insurgents under arms within a mile of Imus. They are strengthening their entrenchments and possess artillery. At Novaleta, the Filipino entrenchments have been much strenghtened since General Schwan’s advance. A thousand of the enemy are in that vicinity and there are 600 at San Francisco de Malabou. From 12 to 100 garrison all the towns in the southern part of Cavite province and the same may be said of the towns in Bataugas province.

The provinces of North Camarines and South Camarines hold quantities of hemp, which the people cauuot market. As a consequence the population in that part of Luzon is suffering from lack of food. Rice now costs four times its normal price. It is estimated that 1,000 insurgents are entrenched at Calamba. Reports havo been received that 2,000 insurgents are massed at Mount Arayat, having strong positions which command steep and narrow trails, aud that they ar& prepared to roll boulders down upon advancing troops. Life along the coasts of the provinces of Cagayan and North aud South Uooos is resuming normal conditions. The American troops occupy the important towns and patrol the country road< The natives implore the Americans to continue the occupation, to establish a settled government and to terminate the uncertainty, abuses and confiscations that have characterized the rule of the Tagalog revolutionists during the last 18 mouths. Vast amounts of tobacco, estimated to be worth $2,000,000 are ready for shipment to Manila. The opening of the ports of Dagupan, San Fernando, Vigan, Laoag and Aparri today will permit the resumption of trade, bring, ing relief to communities greatly in need of food stuffs. Many vessels have already cleared from Manila for these ports. Incoming Spanish prisoners declare that Aguinaldo has ordered the release of all Spaniards now in possession of the rebels. The mountain passes of Cagayan and the two Iloicos provincr 1 are still guarded, in the hope of catching the Insurgent General Tinio, whois still a fugitive. It is asserted that Lieutenant Gillmore is iu Tinio's custody.

WOOD’S CABINET Havana Press Speaks Favorably of the Appointments. Havana, Jan. I.—Now that General Wood has appointed his secretaries he hopes that officeseekers will, for the most part, transfer their attentions to those officials, giving him time to attend to necessary business. The entire press speaks favorably of the appointments, aud the secretaries themselves are confident of a successful administration. Senor Tamayo says: “I am firmly convinced that, under General Wood, the secretaries he has chosen will be able to do e great deal toward laying the foundations of Cuban government. If they had not had entire confidence in General Wood's ability and sincerity they would not have accepted office.” Christian Political Union. Chicago, Jan. 2.—The national committee of the Christian Political union, the new civic organization formulated by the conference of Christian men aud women, which has been iu session here, has issued an address calling for a national assembly of lepresentatives of the new party to meet at Rock Island, Ills-, May 1, 1900. The number of delegatos to be named by each state or territory is left to the discretion of the constituents therein. $25,000 Fire at Brazil. Brazil, Ind., Jan. 2.—A disastrous conflagration occurred here yesterday. Fire broke out in Plumbs’ restaurant aud before being cheeked destroyed a shoe store and saloon. Tne loss is" 125. - 000.

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