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Most Destructive li eration V WHOLE CITIES DESTROYED Harthqiiake Followed By Tiial Wave, / Destroys City After City in South Italy and Sicily and Obliterated Smaller Towns and Villages With out ?fumber. One of the most disastrious earth quakes in the world's history occur red on Monday in the lower portion of Italy including the island of Sicily. The news of the appalling disaster was not adequately conceiv ed whee; the cables first brought *he message. No tongue or pen can de pict the horrors of the awful calamity that has fallen upon that region. Later details covering more fully teh horrible occurrence are given in the following dispatches, and show" that the first news of the disaster came nowhere near giving the full ex tent of . the devastation wrought. The immensity of the disaster in southern Italy and Sicily can only be measured by the fact that it is now estimated that 110,000 people perish ed in Messina and Reggio alone. A score of other towns have been de vastated and thousands of victims in these places must be added to the roll. In the face of this awful total all Italy stands appalled. Nor has the full death-list yet: been reached. Ship loads of fugi-j tives have arrived at Naples and other ports and the vast majority of i these are sorely, injured. Other! thousands remain near-the ruins of, their homes or wander haif-starved, | half-naked over the land. The forces j that on Monday overwhelmed the ??ties also destroyed the means of subsistence. Telegraphic communi cation has been established with Mis :Bina, the apparatus haring been in stalled in a railwajr van, though'they nave been meagre in detail, show that hope is gone. Nothing remains of the city but a mass of ruins that have been swept by fire. A mere handful, of survivors are being cared fox by the rescuing forces, but their distress is great and it has been in creased by the violent icy wind that followed the deluge of rain. Desti tution is everywhere and appalling. There is little fcod and less water. Of Messina's 90.000 population it is believed that fully 70,000 persons perished. .Forty thousand' people died in Resrgic. Despatches state that the city of Pa?mi contains 1,500 dead and twice ?SL? many injured: Two-thirds of the town was laid waste. All tho vil lages adjacent sufferied as severely. The commander of the battleship Admiral Makharoff, confirms the re- j port of the death of the American, consul at Messina, Arthur S. Chaney j ?and his wife., who were buried in the : ruins of the consulate. ? The British consul at"Messina is! reported injured and his wife and, children dead. This disaster has resulted in a j .greater loss of life than anv of our wars for independence. Indeed the | situation is much worse, as, while war is always preceded by a period of preparation, this has happened withoin forty seconds. While war only affects the young end strong among the people, the present calam ity has mowed down women and chil dren, old men and youths. While in ; 'war the armies are followed by the | most complete camp hospitals, the I numberless wounded ia Calabria and ? eastern Sicily have been left in many j . 100 Minera Entombed. Mabury, W- T?? Special.-Mors than 100 .mirers are believed to bei hopelessly imprisoned in a local mine j of the Lick Branch Colliery Company;] as a result of a terrific explosion. All night long rescurers worked tireless ly. Up to an early hour 42 men had {been removed from the mine, 12 of th era dead. Only the main part of the mine has been explored. Sling and Queen on Scene. Catania, Special-King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena arrived nt Messina on board the battleship Vic toria-Emmanuele. They disembark ed and made their way into the ruin ed city. As soon as it was known that the Eng and Queep had come crowds of the terror-stricken popu lace swanned around the royaK party, prostrateing themselves in the mud and crying aloud for pity. This re ception was too much for tho Queen who almost fainted. Again at-the Breaking Point ... Loudon, By Cable.-Bulgaria .and Turkey are again at tb<? breaking point. Incensed at what he considers the unreasonable indemnity demands of Turkey and the "Insult offered to Czar Ferdinand in the Sultan's speech' at the opening of Parlimeiit," Bul garia has sent a note to all European Chancellors warning them that unless they use their influence to curb Tur key's defiant attitude, a serious breach may occur A Big Increase in Shipbuilding. Bath, Me., Special.-That the ship building industry in Maine is gradu ally increasing in volume so that its former great proportion will be reached within, a few ycar?:, is be lieved to be indicated in the statis tics of thc Maine yards during the past year, which show an incrase of 3,000 in the tonnage of the vessels actually launched. The toncage of those projected or now on the way would greatly swell this amount. i tfaje ?sitS: Jthty to house th$ having been of care and resent Gen? case3 4$ boiirs without assistance. Even when i-cscaed, it is impossible m, everything available filled by the dead. Lack starvation will complete the worlT that the forces of nature have leftt undone. The Kling and Queen of Italy has tened toi the jscene and disregarding the dangars ppopopfW ?,'?1*, :" " ' cuing trojse I injured beneath th? .ruins. Ajn aged mau aita, bUw? abandoned under a beam that appar ently badi crus hed out his life, reviv ed for a j mor :ent at the shouts of greeting ti the royal pair. He stretch ed out bia har d and raised his head long enough to call out: "Now ll can die happy. Long life to the King." ! He then fell back and expired, i It was learn ed that General Colli lost his lif-3 at Massina. The troops ; nd sailors have been obliged to !shoi?t down rohbers who persisted in lo< ?ting. . The rescuers at Messina are rapid ly becoming ?shausterL The fires have not yet be en put out and there is no "water ?witt which to combat the flames. Maiay c f the people still re fuse to leavfc the ruins of their houses. A dispatch Received here from Deputy Felice at Messina says: "Organize a squadron of volun teers for rescue work. Send us food for we are dying of hunger. A num ber of the survi vors are leaving for Catania. Refceiv e them with love and fraternity, ttt is the duty of every family in Catania to shelter a family from jlestnna." Only two n?embers of the munici pal council o? Messina survived- the disaster. j L Grrea-t. Earthquakes in History. Guatemala, (Central America, found ed in 1524, destroyed by earthquake and volcanic eruption in 1556; the second Guatemala, established near the site of the I first, almost destroyed hy earthquake in (1773, .^^?eeded by th? construction of the present town. Lisbon, Portugal, aImosr"*destroved by quake and j accompanying tidal wave, November 1, 1775, with the loss of 60,000 lives, t Caracas, capital of Venezuela, de stroved by earthquake shock in 1S121 Aleppo, destrbydjd in 1822. Naples, severely I shaken, with ac companying emption of Vesuvius, 1857. Many buildings in Quito, capital of Ecuador, shaker to pieces. 1859. Manila, severely s ;hocked, 1S63 and 1SP0. Valpariso, 1380. . Earthquat ern counties Cbarlestoi 31, 13S6Yby shook down, ed los?; of I disturbance section of tuc cuairy. St. Pierre and rather towns of the Island of M.irtiniou<\ destroyed by eruption of Mont Pelee May 8, 1902; earthquake skocks Ithrough the "West Indies and more fyhan 30,000 lives lost. San Francisco and neighboring towns shaken Wednesday, April 18, 1006. fire swept the ruined districts of the citv and the propertv loss ran into the hundreds of millions, with hundreds killed. Valparaiso and other towns in Chile ruined bv earthquake Amrust 16. 1906. and 2.000 killed. Kingston, Jamaica, partially de stroyed Monday, January 14, 1506; SOO 'killed. British Steamer Taaken by Chinese. Hong Kong. By Cable.-The British steamer Tai On was captured by two Chinese cruisers, near Kum Chuk. The reason for the. capture is ne-, Heved to lie in the fact that the steamer several months ago ran down a junk and drowned a theatrical com pany which was on board. Further developments from the capture are expected. Labor to Suspend Unfair Catalogue. New York, Special.-Notwithstand ing the unanimous protest against the jail sentences imposed. On Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell! and Frank Morrison, the Central Federated Un ion here received from iir. Gompers a letter ir. which helnotified the unions that ?he had dis<rntinued on the advice of counsel, thea''We Don't Patronize" list in the flture issues of Tho Federationist. the labor ortran. Upon hearing this, the Central Fed eration vnion, also decided upon the advice of the chairman to suspend its unfair list for a while , No. 35 Wrecked. Washington, D. C., Special.-A mis placed switch caused the derailment of mail and passenger tranvNo. 35 on the Southern Railway at Sjtukesland, Va,, six miles south oft Danville Tuesday at 8:15. Enrinejer Satter field was killed and Fireman Davis, colored, and three postal clejrks were injured. No passengers, a? far as is known, were injured, feneineer Satterfield was from Spencer^ N. C. President ExpreEssa Condolence. Washington, Special.*- President Roosevelt sent a cable .of condolence to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy expressing his sympathy and the sympathy of V?hc American people with the earthquake sitirerers. The ?mericajx National Red Cross has issued/an appeal for contributions to akVuie sufferers and will communi cate with the Italian Red Cross. CARING FOR TBE VICTIMS Rations, Clothing, Tents and Othei Supplies Are Pouring in and thc Hungry and Injured Are Being Cared For. / Rome, By .Cable-What chiefly concerns the government and the peo pie is the progress that is being made towards the relief of those who have suffered by the dreadful earth quake in southern Italy and Sicily. Considerable advance in this respect has been made at Messina, where, ac cording to reports received here, the supply service is beginning to work satisfactorily. The different regions on the coast have been allotted to various warships and other ships as centres from which torpedo boats and launches convey and distributo' rations and water *o the different villages. The Minister of Justice has wired frjm Messina to Premier Giolitti that large bodies of troops have ar rived and are now occupying all parts of the town. The appalling extent of the diaster renders anything like a systematic search of' th?N ruins is impossible, but persons are being dragged out all day long and are quickly transported to the relief ships as soon as their wounds have receiv ed attention. The appalling message came on New Tear Day that the Ripari Is lands which lie just north of Sicily had gone down with its 28,000 inhab itants, but a messenger boat sent to learn the facts has returned with the news that the islands are, but little in jured. Only the cracking of build ings make any real damage. Estimates of Death List. Rome, By Cable.-Estimates of the death roll of the earthquake now cease to concern the Italian people. It is enough to know that the catas^ trophe is overwhelming - figures would add nothing to the grief of the stricken nation, nor move to greater efforts those upon whom the work of relief and rescue has fallen1. Every channel open to the govern ment has been utlizcd to this end, and other nations have been quick to come to its assistance, even before the cry for aid went up. Shiploads of fugitives have been carried out of the stricken zone to Naples, Palermo. Catania and other ports, and accord ing to the Minister of Marine, rescue vessels to the number of 36 are now centered in the Strait of Messina, and 5,000 soldiers are being landed on the two coasts. Most important of all now is the question of the living. Thousands of those who escaped the falling walls servatory at Mount Etna, states that his instruments have recorded 42 dis tinct shocks after the first,- but that during the last 14 hours they have been almost motionless. Etna and Stromboli are now quiet and he .is certain that the earthquake was not of volcanic but of geographical orig in, similar to that of 1875. The horror of the situation at Mes sina and Reggio grows with every frech dispatch. One of the correspon dents places the death roll through out the entire territory as high as 300,000, but this appears to' be ex treme: Others make their estimate 200,000, but the official estimate as made by the Minister of Marine still bolds to 115,000. The tidal wave lasted much lonsrer than the earthquake. During all the time vessels shivered intermittently, as though shaken by some huge ma rine monster. A naval observer of the destruc tion of Messina says there were fonr tidal wpves, ranging in height from 12 to 30 feet. Thirty minutes elaps ed between the rolling in of the first md the destructive onslaught of the last wave. Thousands of hali nude individuals of both sexes have gathered along the muddy be?ches on either side of the ruins of Messina seeking food or trying to get away by sea. Many ?hildren have died from exposure md the cases of madness are increas ing. During the night the warships in Messina harbor throw their search lights on the ruins to enable the res cuers on shore to continue their work. The work of succor is going on fe verishty but the forces are still woe fully inadequate. The stench from decomposing bodies is becoming over powering. A frightful scene occurred here ?Thursday amid the ruins of the cus toms bouse. Bands of famished in dividuals were groping among the debris in the hope of, discovering food. The first of the searcher who were sucessful were attacked by ethers with revolvers and knives and were obliged tb defend their finds literally with their lives. The strug gle was fierce. The famished men [brew themselves upon each other like wolves and several fell disem boweled in defending a handful of 3 ry brans or a few ounces of flour Line ol' (he unfortunates was pinned to a plank.by a knife, while clinging to his hand was his little child, for ivtiom be had sought food. The United States supply ship Celtic wi'l go to Messina, after a ?rief stop at Gibralta to give a mil lion and a half of navy rations to :he earthquake sufferers. New York on Thursday made up t fund of nearly $.100,000 as a relief fund. Chicago's contribution fund iggregate $30,000. The American Red Cress is co-operating with the [talion Red Cross fer thc relief of Ib? suffering. STROMBOLI VIOLENT Emptions Attended by Earthquake Citizens in Panic But Little In jury Done-Bascue Work in the Stricken Begions as Seen One Week Later. Borne, By Cable.-A violent earth shock running north-southwest and east-northeast, lasting three seconds, Sunday and during which the Strom boli volcano began eruption, occurred in Stromboli island Sunday. The phenomenon was accompanied by prolonged dull rumblings. The houses on the island were badly dam aged and the populace fled to the streets in panic, but no one was hurt. . The weather is intensely cold on Stromboli island. The system of rescue work in Messina has been greatly augmented by the arrival of troops, who are to be seen all over the ruined city in squads of twe?ty and thirty, pat rolling day and night. Bodies of them also are working in the ruins by dav and until weli into the night. The movement of refugees from the villages is daily increasing in volume. Of the victims buried under the ruins few have been rescued alive. It is now clear that'the enormous number of casualties in Messina was due to the suddenness with which the first shock came, giving ,but little time to the people .to escape from their homes.' The tidal wave was not so high as was at first reported, and would have done little damage had it not been preceded by the earthquake. The damage done by fire was com paratively insignificant. The first earth shock last Monday morning literally threw down tb?? city and almost every street was pompletely buried under the walls that had fallen, furniture and other debris, practically cutting off every avenue of escape. Then came the tidal wave to in undate the city and the living and dying were caught like rats and drowned or had their brains dashed out hy being thrown by the rushing waters against piles of masonry and rubbish. Far greater havoc was wrought in Messina than was believed when the Associated Press correspondent first passed around the '.; outskirts with Frank Perret, of Brooklyn, N. Y., assistant director of the observatory on Mount Vesuvius. During this tour a most critical examination was made of the American consulate. It is a complete ruin-nothihg but a heap of crumbling and crushed stones, without semblance of its original shape. It is most doubtful if the res cuers will be able io recover the bodies buried beneath the debris for a few days, but every effort to do so will be made. The French and Turkish consulates also were razed completely, and it seems almost im possible that__anv_of their -inmatoc . "_ ..... ?ac vuiifiress for additional aid and that he bas of fered the use of the battleship fleet to Italy. Bi? Fleet at Suez. Suez, By Cable-The United States Atlantic battleship fleet, completing two days ahead of its schedule the next to the longest run o of its world girdling cruise, arrived he>2 Sunday morning from Colombo, a distance of 3.440 knots, from which place the fleet sailed on December 20th. The ' loss of a seaman from the battleship 1 Illinois, who fell overboard and was the only accident to mar "the voyage from Colombo. Fire Still Burning in Hold of Steamer . Texas. Savannah. Ga., Special.-Tho fire in the hold of the steamer Texas, that put into ?the Savannah river Friday 1 morning, leaving her course from : Norfolk to Havanna, is still buming i in the vessel's Cargo. It is now ap- \ parent that the vessel will be saved < though she is already badly damaged < by the fire. Most of the cargo in her ! after hold is a dead loss. ( Married in Comity Jail. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Miss Jessie Collar, of Adamsville, Ala./ ? was married to Chester A. Linn, in . the county jail here. Bev. Thomas , Eeard, Episcopal minister, perform- ] lng the ceremony. A/liuraber of wit- . nesses, including relatives of the couple; was allowed by the sheriff to ! attend the wedding. Linn is being , held as a deserter from the United ! States army and was taken to Fort ' Oglethorpe, Ga., Wednesday where ; he will face a courtmartial. \ ] Scientists Working For Humanity'J Good. Baltimore, Md.. Special.-That (lu influence and efforts of the leading scientists in the country will be con centrated in the effort to establish s national organization,. with regula tions and rulos of its own, for thc conservation of disease generally was demonstrated in the symposium or public health of the American Asso ciation for the Adyancemcnt ot Science Wednesday, j Alabama Girl Dies of; Hydrophobia Moulton, Ala., Special.-Miss Rub.v Green, daughter of a well-known far mer living near Newburgh, died Sun day afternoon from hydrophobia con tracted in an unusual manner. ? rrnd dog recently bit a horse ownct' by Mr. D. Grc?M. father cf the you::': woman. Thc l:crce later wen* ma and was shot. Mir? Grrc-n had .. slight sbras/ch rp. her left wrist an; ri soma manner Urs ijty.ar.'?.? infecte' v while she was erc-.:r..H . j.?,- l.orse. WILL COVER k CONTINENT Convention Called to Meet in Wash ington February 18. Washington, Special. - Announce ment was made at the'White House Sunday of a proposed plan for a con ference looking toward the conserva tion of the natural resources of North America, to be held at the White House February 18 next. Letters suggesting the plan have been addressed by President Roose velt to the Governor-General and to the Premier of Canada and to Presi dent Diaz, of Mexico. They will be delivered to the officials in person by Clifford Pinchot, chairman of thc Nat ional Conservation Commission and Chief Forester of the United States, whom President Roosevelt has chosen as his personal rrpresentative to con vey the invitations and to confer with the authorities of the two Govern ments. Mr. Pinchot will first visit Canada, leaving Monday. He will then carry the invitation to President. Diaz at Mexico City. The proposed North American con ference is the outgrowth of the two conservation conferences held in Washington, in which the Governors of the States and Territories were the principal conferees. At the sec ond .conference, on December S, rep resentatives of the Canadian Govern ment were present and expressed their interest in the movement. Out of this grew the idea of a North American conference "to consider mutual in terests involved in the conservation of natural resources and to deliberate upon the practicability of preparing a general plan adapted to promote the welfare of the nations concerned. The representatives designated by the Canadian and Mexican Govern ments will, under the proposed plan, consult with representatives of the State and other departments of this Government and with the National Conservation Commission. The main object of the conference, as announc ed will be to point out that natural resources are not limited by the boundary Unes which separate na tions, to develop a better knowledge of the natural resources of each na tion on the part of the railroads and to invite suggestions for concurrent action for thc protection of mutual interests related to conservation. College Building Burned. Front Royal, Va., Special.-The handsome three-storr brick building of Eastern College, containing the reoitation rooms, art studio and dor mitories, was totally destroyed by fire Christmas afternoon. The orig in of the fire is supposed to have been from the overheating of a stove on the third floor. On account of lanie nf ucalAJ- tko -1- *" * only one of the four. Practically no interruption will result. To Call Cuban Congress Together. Wasington, Special.-The War De partment Saturday cabled Governor Magoon authority to call the new Cu ban Congress together for organiza tion at any time prior to January 28th. . It is stated that the Congress probably will be assembled soon after Kew Year's Day. The Congress after receiving the electoral college, the credentials of Senators and Repre sentatives, considering possible con tests, and other details for organiza tion, provided for by the Cuban con stitution, will take a recess until January 2Sth. Did the Wrong Killing. Hopkinsville, Ky., Special.-Brood ng over the fancied disgrace to his family because his father had been vhipped by night-riders, Roy Rogers, :he 20-year-old son of Pressley Rog ?rs, a prominent planter, committed suicide on Monday. The mother on .chiming from a visit found the boy load with a revolver by his side. "Sugar King" Dead. San Francisco, Special. - Claus Spreckels, widely known as the 'Sugar King" of the Pacific coast, ?lied at 4:30 a. m. 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