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VOL. XXV. NO. 76.
ASHEVILLE, N C, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 190!).
PlUVE FIVE CENTS.
KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY
ARE RETURNING TO ROME
For a Few Days
PLANS TO SHOW
NUMBER OF THE
DEAD TOLD BUT
HALF THE STORY
Many Kpaivd by Earthquako
SufiVml More Than Those '
Who Perished.
SSafce
EFFICIENCY OF
FROM RUINS OF THE SOUTH
ARMY SERVICE
Their Noble Work of Rescue
and Relief of Earthquake
Sufferers."
FLEET REACHES
SUEZ TWO DAYS
StM'ioa of Army Maneuvers
to Rival Those of Great
Foreign Natious.
THE 'MSBEY1LLE
' f H ,e-l
NIX..Y0tnE S' v
"V.
PILLAGERS AND
POLICE IN FIGHT
Difficulty in Protecting Sur
- vivors and'Treasures
From Thieves.
f Bv Asseclstsal Press.) ' "
ROME, Jan. . Having done all
that It was possible, to do n the dis
tricts laid" waste by the earthquake,
the kins and queen of Italy are re
turning to Home. They have, spent
the last four, days among the ruins
of Sicily and Calabria, the king dt
reeling the work of rescue and relief
and the queen ministering to the in
lured. There is a feeling of relief In
Italy that their majesties are coming
home. ' - , v
The American ambassador, Lloyd
C. Grlscom,; has appointed a commit
tee of Americans, to which will be
entrusted the work of utilising the
money from the United. States to the
best advantage- .
' Both at Messina and Regglo the
guard are having difficulty In pro
tecting the survivors and the vast
treasure In the ruined buildings, from
bands of thieves. It is reported that
six Russian sailors have "been shot
by looters at Messina, and that 1
criminals have been killed ' at the
same place within the last 24 hours,
Six hundred persons, engaged In pil
laging have been arrested Since yes
terday. In an engagement at Reggio
between the police 'and bandits, two
of the police were killed.
Reports still reach here of the con
tlnuance of earth' shocks. According
to these reports new shocks yesterday
at Pellaro precipitated the entire
population Into the .sea. Including
both, the dead and living victims of
the first quake., At Reggto the .peo
ple are -becoming more calm and aid
to that city is now being systematical
ly forwarded, ,"c Military gone have
been established throughout Calabria.
ROME, Jan, Premier Qioletti to
day received a telegraphic dispatch
from King Victor Emmanuel, dated
Mess! pa, saying -that he would leave
tonight for Rome. As to conditions In
the earthquake district, the king said:
"Today I visited the Calabrlan coast
south of iteggio. I found Pellaro lit
erally destroyed, but Mellto seems to
have been but slightly damaged.
"It has stopped raining. At Messina
the municipal archives were burned.
Troops are arriving and little by little
order Is being restored and the public
services re-established.
"As I have seen, the worst damaged
points and have arranged for the work
of rescue and as the wounded requir
ing attention are diminishing In num
bers, I shall leave tonight for Rome.
With me come Minister of Marino Ml
rabello and ex-Mlnistcr of Public In
struction Orlando.
"I again recommend to you the iso
lated villages on the Calabriun roast'
Mr. Grlscom, the American ambas
eador, in order to be ready In case his
suggestion as to the manner of con
ducting the American relief work for
the earthquake sufferers Is accepted,
today selected a committee of Ameri
cans here to which will be entrusted
the work of carrying out his plans.
Mr. Grlscom himself will be president
of the committee and its other mem
bers Will bo George Paste, treasurer;
Nelson Gay, secretary; Samuel Parrish
of New York, William Hooper of Bos
ton, and Lieutenant Reginald R. Bel
knap, naval attache to the American
embassy. If Mr. Grlscom Is provided
with 1160,000, the committee will be
able to charter a large steamer, equip
It with nurses, doctors and supplies of
all kinds, and keep it running as a
hospital and relief Bhlp for two weeks
between the stricken cities in the
south and those points where refugees
can be received and Accommodated.
Italians who have hVar.l of the plan
of the American ambassador pro
nounce It most praiseworthy.
Count Taverna, president of the
Italian Red .Cross SdMetyr- to which
Ambassador Grlscom presented 70
000 from the American Red Cross, ex
pressed the most grateful sentiments
toward America for the aid It i send
ing. RESCCE WORK.
CATANIA, Jan. 3. The system of
rescue work in Messina has been
greatly augmented by the arrival of
troops, who are to be seen all over the
city In squads of twenty and thirty,
VWAnAnLfxnjyu'iJu'L ' ' iV" 1
(Continued on page six.)
SKELETON SIXTEEN
SAID TO
(By Associated Pre" )
FAIRMOUNT, Ind.. Jan. 3 Prof.
'Allen D. Hole, , of Earlham college,
who recently made a trip to this city
to examine the skeleton of a prehis
toric animal, found on the farm of
' Frank Mart, says the bones are those
of a giant beaver, a very rare specl
cles of extinct mammals. The speci
men flf an unusually large one, meas
uring about sixteen feet tn length.
On account of K rarity It la of
great ralua, and a number of the
larfa museums of the east ar nego
AHEAD OF TIME
Loss of Seaman Only Aeci
dent to Mar Voyage from
Colombo.
ADMIRAL SPERRY
RECEIVES WELCOME
Ships Will Be in Position to
Go Quickly to Messina
if so Ordered.
(By Associated Press.)
SUEZ, JanPrha United States
Atlantic battleship fleet, completing
two days ahead of its schedule time
the next to the longest run of Its
world-girdling cruise, arrived here this
morning from Colombo, a distance of
1,440 knots, from which place the
fleet sailed on December 20. The loss
of a seaman from the battleship Illi
nois, who fell overboard and "was
drowned, as previously reported, was
the only accident to mar the voyage
from Colombo. ' The Illinois remained
on the scene to search for the, sailor.
and Is a little behind the fleet.
Despite their long trip, the war
ships looked as smart and trim as
though turned out for a naval review.
When the ships had come to anchor
the Egyptian and canal authorities
went aboard the flagship Connecticut
and welcomed Rear-Admiral Sperry,
He regretted that he was compelled to
curtail his stay In Egypt, and spoke of
the Australian visit of . the fleet; as a
special feature of the trip,
Proceed to Messina. ,
The converted -cruiser Yankton en
tered the canal this evening and the
supply ship Colgoa will probably pass
Id tonight. - The latter has" a oarge
supply of provisions and stores, and
the former has a large number of doc
tors on board. Both will proceed to
Messina at full speed.
Arrangements were made by wire.
less for the ships to pass through the
canal as quickly as possible and to
coal at Port Said, where 25,000 ton!
are stored. At Port Said the crews will
coal the battleships with all speed, so
as to be in position to go quickly to
Messina If it is officially determined to
send them there.
New Tear's day was passed by the
men of the fleet in a continuous round
of fun. There were athletic contests,
boxing and foot racing, culminating in
the evening In a grand entertainment
on board the flagship Connecticut.
The news of the disaster In South
em Italy was received with profound
sorrow by officers and men. In a re
ply "fo a message from the navy de
partment, Rear-Admlrad Sperry said
that he had supplies available for dis
tribution to the Italian earthquake
sufferers as follows:
PasHago of Canal.
The American fleet Is the most pow
crful ever to pass through tho Sues
canal and will give a new test of the
capacity of the great artificial water
route. Great Britain often has sent
strong squadrons to the East along
this route. but none have been more
than one-half as large as the Ameri
can fleet.
A member of the staff of the Intel
ligence office of the British admiralty-
called attention some weeks ago, when
war In the Balkans was under discus
sion, tTiat the United States would
have a force In the eastern Mediter
ranean in January, holding the bal
ance of power in tho event of naval
Europe being divided. Tho passage, of
the canal Is regarded as a safe one
even for 16.000 ton vessels such as the
Connecticut class, which will ho the
heaviest fighting ship that ever has
gone through. Tho canal was origin
ally provided for vessels of draughts of
24 feet 7 Inches, has been deepened to
somewhat more than 2S feet. Vessels
of the Connecticut class require 28
feet Inches. When the present plans
are executed the canal will have 21
feet depth, over a floor of 120 feet
The width Is ample. Tho Dewey dry-
dock, 135 feet wide, got through with
only two feet In breadth to spare at
one bad spot. Tho Dewey was the
widest craft ever taken through the
canal, and the Connecticut classes will
be a precedent so far as draught is
concerned.
FEET LONG
BE GIANT BEAVER
tiating for Its purchase. Already a
sum has beenoffered Wge enough to
purchase many acres of the valuable
boggy land on which the skeleton
was discovered. So well did the pecu
liar formation of the soil preserve the
animal that the bones are in excellent
condition, and there still remain evi
dences of the ". large dam built hy
the. bearers centuries ago. While
I some of the bones ar missing, enough
jhave been found to make a most Inter,
eating skeleton. , ' '
HOW AMERICA
CAN AID ITALY
IMMEDIATELY
Cablegram From Griscom
Presenting First Feasi
ble Plan.
CHARTERING OF
SHIP AT GENOA
Could Be Loaded With
Clothing, Food, Medical, A;
-4 , fJlilJt'"vof J-".
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. J. To assist
the American people In their efforts
o extend relief to the Italian earth
quake sufferers. Secretary Root has
made publlo a cablegram receivea to
day from Ambassador Grlscom, pre
sentlng the first feasible plan of meet
ing the present great emergency,
There Is no time to spare in await
lnr the arrival on the scene
of battleships now In the Sues canal,
or of navy supply ships crossing the
Atlantic. The need for help Is lmmed-
ite and how that help ran be rendered
Is told in the cablegram, dated at
Rome, which follows:
January 2. I. have today drawn
on you for seventy thousand dollars
and paid equivalent to Italian Red
Cross, In two sums fifty thousand
from Americas Red Cross and twenty
thousand from Christian Herald.
"I have today seen President of It-
llan Red Cross, who desires me to
inform American Red Cross as fpl-
lows:
'Problem of relief very vast: In-
ludes feeding, clothing destitute, on
scene immediately and quickly re
moving nearly whole surviving po
pulation from stricken district to other
parts of Italy. Transportation in
volves difficulties. Much money Iff
needed, but If American desires to of
fer practical aid Immediately a ship
could be chartered by telegraph at
Masselaa, or Genoa, and loaded with
blankets, clothing, linen, preserve
meats, condensed milk, medical sup
piles and similar useful materials. One
or more such ships under tho direc
tion of the Italian Red Cross would
be useful as transports and at the
same time could deposit stores where
needed along the coast. Tho Italian
Red Cross has not yet clearly worked
out how all the difficulties of rellof
are to be solved. Supplies are now
eeded In Welly and Calabria, but In
bout two weeks, when the destitute
have been removed, will be needed In
eTapIes, Rome. Florence, and other
Hies, where the sufferers arc being
distributed.'
'I will bo personally glad 'to co
operate with our Red Cross to carry
out any plans. There are many Am-
rlcans In Rome anxious to assist In
ellef measures.
(Signed)
"ORISOOM."
TO TRY TO SETTLE
SENATORSHIP
(By Associated Press.)
JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., Jan. .
The Missouri legislature which con-
enes on Wednesday will undertake
the task of the settling the United
States aenatorsbip, and the question
of a lieutenant governor. There Is
much Interest attached to this office,
sa. It is said Governor Hanley con
templates retiring from office before
the completion of his term. It is'
said to be Mr. Hartley's desire to have
Place on the federal bench.
The legislature most decide wheth
er a democratic or republican was
elscted for lieutenant-governor last
November, ths matter hanging on a
question of not mora than 49 votea
YUAN SHIKAI'S
INPEACHMENT
IS INTIMATED
V'v-'I,:' '"" f "'
Foreign 'Ministers in China
Agree That Peace is
Endangered.
i
"REGENT'S ACTION
AFFRONT TO POWERS"
Liang Tun Yen's Appoint
. mratjjrea
',. at Legations.
, (By Associated Press.)
PEKINO. Jan. 3 Following the
dismissal from office yesterday of
Yuan Bhl Kal, gmnd councillor and
chief In command of the forces, and
ths appointment of Na Tung as grand
councillor, an edict was Issuud today
appointing 1-la.ng Tun Yen, customs
tao tal. to the position thus mudn va
cant on the foreign board-
The British and American ministers
at the conference held hint night at
the HritiHh legation reached an agree
ment that the dlsmlsal of Yuan Hhl
Kal should not pass urinotl I. The
American, lintlsh, German anil Jap
anese ministers met again at the
American legation' this morning. The
ministers disagree, on the question as
to whether tin: welfare of foreign In
terests Is technically Involved by the
regent's recent action, but they ugree
that peace it- endangered. The rop
resontatives of Great Hrllaln. tin- Uni
ted Wales un l Germany view the re
gctrt's action as tantamount: t an af
front to tie powers on account of
Yuan Shi . K .l's position abro.nl, lie
being recoKfnwd as the medium of iner will vary the nrdcr of his exam
fair and ciu hie. treatment towa rd llie1 IimHoiih ho HikI il will be Impossible
nations. ; f,,r hunk officials to know when to
I ear of Plot. .expect a visit fi on him. Placed upon
The court action of a fortnight! a x.-ilitry basis also, It Is believed that
ago In Incrr., sing tho palace troops
and forbldd'ug tho entrance to th
palace, even of the lilgh-sl offlclaN
without pan-- t, was taken an an In
dication at hat time of the alarm
felt In court Irclos, and It l now be
lle'ved that ti,ro was fear also of an
anti-dynast i plot. Today the go -
ernment In!
mailing pul
ing detail
Intrigue up.
was based
The. for. i
Ylian HIil K
nated Its Intention of
the lmpcnrhrn'"nt. K'
Yuan Shi Wat's albirci
which his dUmiK'ia!
0 ministers agree thai
i's restoration Ih impos
t the action of th" gov
Imlnatlng him from or
cannot I,,- r call' ,1
1 en's appointment tins
serves to Incrcaso tin
slmlsm at th" legation
Kal ex'i'ined an an
the vleeroyM arid gov
was his al'in", ami
reign board, no matter
slble anil ih
ernment In
ficlal r ,j i "
Liang Tun
evening on!,
feeling of ,
as Yiinn S '
thority, wi:
ernors whi. '
which the i
what IU cm position, cannot now n
tain. Yuan Shi Kal mus-t leave 1'- fcinr
within four or five days, but h"'h
ing Is kno'.Mi of his plans. i'nit,-r-
natlon amot.g tho Chinese Kiirpf'
that felt b. the foreign resident
Many of I he supporters of the former
viceroy arc ; anlc-strickr n.
WAHtNCTO?f. Jan. . Forecast
for North Carolina: Partly cloudy
Monday and Tuesday, moderata to
fresh south wlndsb - . ,
RECOMMENDS
ABOLISHING OF
FEE SYSTEM
Wants National Bank Ex
aminers Put Upon Salary
or Per Diem, ,
MATTER TO GO ,(
REFORE CONGRESS
National Monetary Commis
. 'iion ;Will -Transmit'v
Suggestions. ?
, (By Associated Prsss.)
WA8HINOTON, Jan. I. National
Rank examiners will be put upon a
salary or per diem, and expense basis,
and the present tee system will be
abolished, If recommendations made
by Secretary Cortelyou, Comptroller
Murray and Deputy Comptroller Kane,
of Ihn treasury department are car
ried Into effect. Members of ths na
tional monetary commission, who will
transmit the suggestions to congress
for enactment Into law, believe thai
the proposition will meet With favor.
I'ndei the fee system tho comptroll
er does not direct the routes of the
examiners. According to Deputy Com
troller Kane any bunk on the list of a
certain examiner, may loruto him at
any time on tho route and anticipate
about when ho will reach that bank
r,r cxamlnatloln. I rider a per dlein
IiiikIm, It Is the theory Hist an exam-
he tendency toward supernolalness in
ruinations will ln removed
llMllks' I'ohIIIoii,
111 spite of th'- Increased cost to
hanks under r t , bangfl suggested, a
great many I, auks have recommend-
. .1 I ,. I II.., U-unn auM
that there was some advantage to be
derived from 'hanging an examiner
tioiu one section of the country to an
other, but that li' believed they would
I,, outweighed I.,, the disadvantage.
It take an examiner some little
tin., to (jet thorough knowledge of
rh paper lhai te handles" said Mr.
Kane. "Je incomes acquainted with
tin- financial responsibility of the bor
rowers and the Hcriirltl.es. On the other
hand some tioicH where an xanilner.
I,,,;, rife of his long stay In one dis
trict heroin-" too we acquainted with
r hi- hank'fH tic lakes too nni'li for
granted.
Members of the monetary romrnls
f'iori recognize the nefd of law whl'-h
villi enable the treasury department
to deal with violations of law whore
Hi- infraction Is insufficient to warrifnl
the closing of the Institution.
S' retary Cortelyou has suggest'-d
intermediate) penalties.
CORBETT SINCERE
ABOUT FIGHT
(By Auoclatsd Prttt )
liENVKIt. Jan. 3. Apparently,
James J. Corhctt is sincere in his an
nouncement that he will re-enter the
prize ring and endeavor to bring back
to a white man ths world's heavy
weight pugilistic championship won
by Jack Johnson of Oalveston, who
recently defeaUd Tommy Burns In
Australia for the title.
Given six months in which to train
properly for the contest. Corbet today
said that he felt supremely confident
thst he could defeat Johnson. Corbett
Is now 42 years old, but appears to be
In perfect physical condition. Since
ths night in August, 10S. when Jef
fries knocked him oat In tna rounds,
Corbett has bad on a boxing glove
only once.
URGENT NEED OF
FIGHTING FORCE
Contended That tho Prescn
Standing Army is Inade
quate in Case of War.
(y Asseelated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. . -Now that
the United States navy has demon
strated to tha world Its ability to meet
almost any test ths army authorities
are consider! nf plans to show tha (II
ties of that branch of tha service to
rise to a sudden emergency such as
would follow a declaration of war,
Thee plans Include a series of army
maneuvers which promise to rlvat In
magnificence, If not. in tha number of
men and munitions Involved, the great
yearly army maneuvers of aermany,
Prance and England.. These manauv
ers will ba' far more than a reoetl
Hon of those of a year ago. In that
they will assemble a greater number
or men and from a spectacular stand
point will resembUi tho popular con
caption of what would follow If this
country ?ra called upon to repel inn
attack of a foreign power whose
troops had , already landed on - our
shores. Thy will be held net
spring In several parts o the coun
try, and the several states wherein
they are held and those adjacent will
be asked to furnish national guards
men to swell ths number of partle.
tpants and share Ik the benefits of
the training, '
All fhla Is part of a general plan
to stimulate Interest In ths army and
Impress congress anr ths people with
the urgent need of Increasing ; the
fighting force of, ths United Btates to
a peats footing , exceeding - lJO.fltIO
men.' Ths present standing army; of
bout' 4,onn men. it s eonteflded fc
prentawna- Roosevelt, - Msj. tlen.s.JBell,
chief of staff, ami In fact ty most
army men, Is wholly Inadequate In
meet anything approaching a war
emergency. There Is something, too,
In the dealra of tho army authorities
to share lit the prominencs -Which
the navy has enjoyed and profited by
since the promulgation of th presi
dent's "greater navy" policy., (This
prominence to the navy has been
elghtenud since the departure of ths
battleship fleet on Its world-round
rulse, and In consequence army men
are eager to show lust what thclt
service IsTripsblo of doing.
"Naval Hrntlini-nt,"
There has always been something
bout the navy and naval life and
rvlce that has appealed strongly to
th sentiment and Imagination of the
American people, and In such a way
as to reinforce and make effective the
solid reasons which exist for the
malntalnence of an sdcipiato navy.
There Is romance and picturesque
nous about everything connected with
the navy, and there has been besides
a magnificent record for dash, brav
ery, devotion to duty and iiriHurpaawed
achievement which have endeared
the navy to all classes and secured lis
unvarying support for whatever It
asks for
This Is not always the portion of
the army, though Its personnel are
In no sense less worthy than the navy
of the country's praise. In time of
peace, except In Just, such maneuvers
as urn proposed, the army has little
or no opportunity to prove Itself able
to meet a tcKt, This service, In short,
Is Just everyday, prosaic, nt ady-golns
hrd work. Its requirements, from
the nature of Its doth", are writtered
over so wble an area that there Is no
where any conHblerabl'- force, imrl in
consequence. It does not Impress the
Imagination of tho people as the navy
does, and. us its frlrndH have long
contended, ro-N not secure the sup
port to which II Is entllh d.
fien I'cll recently made a. sis-'-cb
In whl'-h li" lulked plainly of this
country's unpreparedm ms for any
thing like war. He declared Hint hie
obscrva t lorn bad led him to trt-llev
that hud th- I riite, Mates Msn at
war with 'icrrnany or KriKland. In
stead of .Spain, in llr'ix. we would
have suffered lb'- worst l feat In our
IllHtorv. II'- jplVfK riterl a plan to in
crease the urmv to al least I'iOMio
men lmm"'llal'v, with lb" Idea of
gradual!' doubling the number
These proposed maneuvers are the re
sult of fieri. Hell's Insistence f,n bring
ing th" armv more to the front He
has twice heen a spectator at Cerrrian
and Krerc h armv maneuvers, .and hK
Ideas may be said to have had their
Inception from what ho saw in those
c untried-
B. F. AKRIDGE WITH
REFUSES TO
(By Attoc'sted frt.)
THOMAHVIU.B, Oa.. Jan. I R T.
Akrldge, who lives at Rale C'l'y. Q-,
mar h re, was found this morning
near Thomasvllle, with his throat Cut
from ear to ear and with numerous
bruises on the body. Us will probably
recover. "; "-
Akrldge sayf that b left Thomas
vllle Saturday afternoon to walk to
SURVIVORS TELL OP
AWFUL EXPERIENCES
Many of Towns Destroyed
Were Tourist Resorts But
Few Americans Lost.
II Y TAV.
(Special Correspondent Ths CI t lien.)
WASHINGTON,. Jan. J.Ons bun-
drad thousand dod I Thess four
words, which cam to 1 ths national
capital from poor, calamity-stricken
ttalla'arKt were hurtled on over ra
bid and wire to all tho civilise na
lions of ths earth, did not half toll
tha story, - - ; -
As. tupsnddus and awful as wars
tha figures, they described only ths
number of dead, They "merely Indtoat-
d ths carthouaks In Italy hsd csus
d a loss of Ufa beyond any calamity
n venturle. . - "
nut the number of dead Is as noth
ing to tha Indescribable terror of tha
survivor 500,00ft people tiervs-rack-
ed ,to tha point of, madness, ' Only-
those who have passed' through an
earthquake can really appreciate tha
iltftwsnca between (loath 4 and life In
thostt hellish hutment when tha earth
trembles and convulses beneath you
In a serie of waves, and then with a
violent spasm throw you square on
your face on tha pavement; and when
you try to get up and -ran somewhere
to c-utK the death that is all around
you, you urn' unable t And a single
quint spot to pls.cn you foot, and you
fall back terror-stricken and lay
watting on ths quivering ground for It
to open and swallow you. i-
Even ths air you treath ana ths
ky overhead are In harmony with
tha weird, unnatural, mKiklrtg, earth-
motions.; Th air J tlpksnlngly chum
and suffocating, and o deathly qiilat
to maks everything you, see, and
feel, and hear and think of,, unesnny
ndtipematiirsl. The clouds hover
ver the ssrth In puiliipus. formations,.
and sbnv the stratigs stillness there.
I a distinct rumbling that, la so awe
inspiring in Its suppressed thunder a
to frees your blood;
".'XuHn Kclsed All.
Tn stKiKa tlm only unnatural men
are hralve. The strongest and) - most
nhcllrvfng fall to their knse In tha
street, lit ths presence of companions
who hava never seen them pray, and ,t
beg for nnrry, Tha fear that seise
ths survivor is such M to drain him
of hi faat lota of personal confldsnce. '
The earth, the on thin man ha al
ways dependent to keep Its place, Is
movitng no mysteriously Jerky It la 1m- '
possible to walk, and an unseen hand
a higher power than earth mau
ls moving It,
If hn apeak the truth, ninety-nine:
out nf one hundred survivor of a
severe utiake will tell you that during
tho period ths earth actually vibrat
ed he had one conviction which stood
out in his mind over all realisation -of
his utter inability to save himself
and that Ills safety depended Wholly !
on the compassion of th omnipotent
Moat mrr vivors describe thslr sensa
tion eirnply by saying they believed
the end of the world was at hand.
The stillness that follow th res
mtlon of the earth's vibrations I '
eearcely I em terrifying than the stirg- ;
Ing up and down of tho ground, and
the accompanying heart-sickening
roar As terrifying as were the exper
ience of Americans In tho Han Fran
cisco earthipiake shared by the writ
er how much more so must have
been thone of the superstitious Blcl
llnns, where every sign Is considered
a good or an ill omen, and the dread
of a Ho'lrl'-n arid expected visitation
of an imaeen hand la the one that .
rub- and terrifies the poor Italian
from blr th to death.
It i ioipo.-Hlble to explain some of
the ooecr tblrriH persons that have
pitxMcd through earthquake) do after
I tie immediate danger has passed.
Manv I.e. orne half hysterical, and lay
awiil'i niiihiH for weeks or month.,
rcadv i'i "nrlrig nut of bed at the
MllUhfetft rioiMe
Toiirlat IUt"r1.
Man .- of the cities destroyed by (ha
arthifrrnkc m Italy were well-known
to many Americans, as they Were at
tractive tn American tourist on tha
continent been nan of their rich his-
torhal lo'ereKl.
The i..t city of Regglo, called Tteg-
Kio dl al,ibrla, had a hltrtory dat
ing back ? years, and was a
handsome an1 prosperou placa.
It wii- originally an KJiittoean eolo
fContfnusd on psn twe.)
THROAT CUT
NAME ASSAILANTS
his home and that at OchlocDne
river be was met by a crowd of men
from hi own neighborhood who at
tacked him and, inflicted th Injorle
which ho bears, lift say that torn
of thorn held hint hnd others of th
crowd eovered him with Hncs while
one man ct his throat. He refused to
glv the names of hia assailant '