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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12

Naples. BY Cable.-The hope that
Mount Vesuyius was becoming calm
was djssipated Sunday when the vol
eano became more active than ever.
The panic has spread to Naples.
Two strong earthquake shocks, which
shattered windows and cracked walls
of buildings, were experienced. The
entire population rushed to the streets
IN terror, many persons crying: "The
Madonna has forsaken us; the end of
the world has come
No trace remains of Boscatreaz, q
commune on the southern declivity of
the mountain where up to IS hours ago
10000 persons lived and Tore An
nunzlata, on the shores Of the Gulf
of Naples, one mile to the southwark,
is almost surrounded by the invading
lava and has been evacuated by its
10000 inhabitants. The people were
brought to Naples by trains, street
ears, military carts and steamships,
Similar means Of transportation are
being employed to bring away the peo-
pie from Tore del Greco. The police
and earbineers are guarding the
abandoned houses and several mem
bcrs OF the government also are there.
Work of Succor Difficult.
\ telegram received from the mayor
Of San ,Sebastiano, village near the
observatory on the northwest declivity
of Vesuvius, says the lava is ap-
preaching rapidly and the people are
terror-stricken. They have been for
nights without sleep, he says, are des-
titute, and beg that assistance be
given them.
The work Of succor is hampered ow-
ing to the railway service, which is
interrupted by red-hot stones thrown
to height of 5000 feet falling on the
tracks.
lightning Flashes Binding.
As yet it is impossible to count the
craters that have opened and from
which streams of lava have flooded the
beautiful, prosperous and happy land
lying on the southeast shores of the
Gulf or Naples. The atmosphere is
heavily charged with electricity and
now and then the flashes of lightning
are binding, while the detonations
from the volcano resembele those of
terrible explosions.
The churches were open all Satur-
day night and were crowded with
panic stricken people. Members of
the clergy are doing their utmost to
calm their fears, but the effects of
their arguments for almost naught
when renewed earthquake shocks are
experienced.
Roaring and Smiling.
With the danger and horror of the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
LIKE END OF THE WORLD

Vesuvius Roars Like Titan Pos
sesged With a Legion of Devils,
Vomiting Rivers Of Fire on Cities
Within the Reach and Terrifying
Naples, Across the Bay, With
Violent Earth Shocks, Hot Ashes
and Sitting Fumes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
Gods Peace.

Gods Peace.
Drop Thy stin oews OF quietness,
Till ali our strivings cease.
Take from our souls the strain and
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of thy peace.
Breathe through the hearts Of our desine
Thy ccolness and Thy balm:
I1et sense be dumb. let flesh retire:
sneak through the earthquake, wind and
fire,
O stu. small Voice Of calm!
II O. Whittier.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
CONDITIONS IMPROVING
Streams of Lava From Vesuvius Are
Now Almost Stationary, but Guam
tity of Ashes and Cinders Thrown
Up is Unprecedented and Has
Caused Complete or Partial De-
struction of Numbers of Towns and
Cities.

Naples. BY Cable-Reports OF fata-
htIes consequent upon the eruption of
Mount NesGvius are coming iu- Ac-
cordin-. To information received late
. Monday night, more than 800 perish
ed IN the district of San giuseppe.
while from the ruins nf "A church
which collapsed owing 30 the weight
ashes on the roof. 10 eorpses were
extrlcated. and il is asserted that
at Sorrento, 81 persons were killed
by tsllinc houses
Cavalry proceeding TO tIle succor of
the Inhabitants Of the devastated sec
ton have been unable 10 make prog
ress, the rain falling OH the ashes a
foot deep having made Ii impossible
for the horses TO travel.
The sea is greatly a2itatcd. The
sky has cleared. but heavy clouds
hang over the east. threatening n fur
'H'i WV
The streams Of lava are almost sta
tionary. Troops are erecting barriers
Ill the direction OF Pompeii 10 pre-
Vent further danger in that quarter.
Situation More Hopeful.
This has been day Of terror fol.
the cities, towns and country about
Mount Nesuviu.. AT midnight the
situation appears more assuring, the
lava streams having diminished In
volume, and i'll some directions having
stopped altogether, while copius
rainfall is cooling the lava where it
lies stationary.
Almost equal with the devastation
wrought by the lava is the damage
done by cinders and ashes, which in
considerable quantities have been car
ried great distances. This has caused
the practical destruction of San Guies-
eppe, a place Of 5000 inhabitants.
All but 200 Of the people had fed from
San Guiespee. and these 300 assemb-
led III the church to artend mass,
while the priest was performing his
sacred office the roof fell in. and
about 60 persons were badly injured.
These unfortunates Were for hours
without food Or medical attention.
The only thing left standing in the
church was a statue Of St. Anne. the
reservation Of which the poor, home
less people accepted as miracle and
promise Of deliverance from their
DeriI
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
FIRE RAINS FROM VESUY|US
Thousands Are EnguIfed By Rivers of
Molten Rock and Earth

situation aside, Vesuvius presents one
OF the most splendid sights imagin-
able. The mountains of fire, whose
speech IS by detOnation and whose
acts are destruction, seem like an en-
ragged giant determined to make the
pig1nies Of earth feel the might of his
wrath. Here and there on the noun
tain side stand the blasted trunks of
pine trees, their bare branches out
streached as though in protest against
the devastation the volcano has
wrought.
The Duchess Of Aosta, who always
is to be found where misery exists, is
not sparing herself in her efforts to
alleviate distress. The people call her
an angel of mercy. Sunday she took
several children from their weary
mothers and i'll her carriage conveyed
them to the royal palace, where they
will remain until conditions are
bright.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12

Horses play an important part -
shrimp 6shing along the Belgian
coast.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
Hard to Breathe in Naples.

Breathing is momentarily becoming
more difficult because of the poison
Gus fumes and smokes, while the hot
ashes, which are still falling, tend to
make life burden.
The observatory has been destroyed
and Signor Matteucci, the director,
and the employees had narrow escapes.
They passed last night in the dark
ness, save for the frequent flashes of
lightning, as the gas works and cleo
trio lighting plant were destroyed.
The restaurant of the funicular rail-
road, too, has been obliterated.
Prisoners III jails on the mountain
side went mad with terror and mu-
tinted and were only partially quieted
by being brought here. But their
fears have been communicated to the
prisoners here, who may rebel at any
moment. The situation is critical.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
Sea Not Yet Affected.

Contrary to expectations, the sea
has not yet shown signs of being af-
fected by the phenomena, but fears
are entertained that tidal waves may
yet come and many crafts have put to
sea. Visitors to Naples are avoiding
the hotels on the sea front and those
living there are beginning to leave for
higher attitudes.
Though there is much misery, up to
the present time there have been no
fatalities, except at Portiei, where an
old woman died, supposedly from
fright. .......
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-04-12
Roaring and Smiling.
Swift, the Packer. Dead

With the danger and horror of the
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11
A GARDEN PLOT==BY w. w. JACOBS

George English said that, knowing the man, ne
afraid . 'adn't come by It honest. but any
way his friend John Biggs wanted It, and wot was
more 'ad asked i'm In the letter to get II for tm
"And wot I'm to do about II, BILL he ses,
don't know. All the directions he gives is' tnat
e thinks IL the tenth cottage on the right-and
side Of the road, coming down from the Cauli-
flower. He thinks it's the tenth but 'e's not quite
sure. Do you think ia better mako It known and
offer a reward OF ten shillings. say, TO any one
who finds it7
"No. Bill, shaking rs cad. I should hold
BIT II I was you. and think 1t over.
shouldn't tell another single soul, II was you.
"T believe you're right ses George. John
Biggs would never forgive me If lost that money
for I'm. You'll remember about keeping IL secret,
BIl%
"Bill swore he wouldn't tell SOUL and . went
off ome and ad his supper, and then e walked up
the road TO the CaulIhower and back and then up
and back again. thinking over what George 'ad
been telling I'm, and noticing. what g d never
taken the trouble to notice before, that rs very
house the tenth from the Caulifower.
Mrs. Chambers woke up at o'clock next morn
ing and told Bill 10 get up further. and then
found e wasn't there. She was rather surprised
at first. but she didn't think much of II. and
thought, what happened to be true. that e
busy in the garden It being light night. She
turned and went 10 sleep again, and at 8,
when she woke up she could distinctly ear Bill
working rs 'ardest. Then she went to the winder
and nearly dropped she Bill in his shirt
and trousers digging away like mad. quarter
OF the garden was dug up. and she showed open
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

place. Then his color heightened and his dim eye
oGshed
Tits the people about ere as changed more than
The place 'ss," he said. with sudden ferceness;
-'th.res a set o. msn about here nowadays as are
no good 10 anybody; reglar raskels. And II you've
the mind 20 listen tell you OF one or two as
couldn't be beat IN London itself.
There's Tom Adams for one. He went and
sts-ted vot e called Benevolent Club. Three
. pence a week each paid agin sickness or acci-
Gent, and Tom was secretary. Three weeks arter
the club started he caught a chill and was latI
I'D for month He got back 70 work q week and
then e sprsined something IN is leg. and arter
that well is inside went wrong We didn't
think much OF II ct first not understanding fig
ures. but at the end o six months the club hadn't
got fsrthing. snd they was IN Toms debt one
pound seventeen-and-slx
He isn't the only O. that sort in the place
either. There was Herbert Richardson. He went
20 town and came back with the idea of a Goose
Club for Christmas We paid tvopeDc. a Ixee,
into that for pretty near ten months and then
Herbert went back 20 town agin and all we ear
OF I'm. through his sister, IS that he's still there
and doing well, ana don't know when he'll be
back.
But the artfullest and worst man in this Mace
and that's saying good deal. mind you-is Bob
Pretty. Deep is no word for i'm. There's no way
OF being up 70 i'm It's through i'm that we lost
our Flower Show; and. II you'd Ike 10 ear tn.
rights o. that, don't suppose there's anybody IN
this place knows much about Il as I do
barring Bob hisself that is. but g wouldn't tell II
10 you plain as can.
wed only ad the Flower Show one year and
little anybody thought that the next one was TO be
the last. The first year you might smell the place
a mile off in the sumner and on the day OF the
show people came from q long way round and
brought money 10 spend at the Caullnower and
other places.
II was started just after got our new par.
son. and Mrs. PaWlett the parsons wife is name
being Pa~let. thought she'd encourage mel
TO love their ONES and be better husbands by Civ
ing prize every year for the best cottage garden
Three pounds was the prize. and a metal teapot
with writing Il.
As said. We only 'ad Il two years The fuet
year the garden rs got il was a pcter and BIZ
CnaIn0ers I'm as won the prize, used to say as =
was out o pocket by H. taking is time and In.
money o spent on flowers. Not as we believed
that you understand. specially as Bill DID is
very best 20 get ii the year, too Z didn',
get H. and though pTaps most OF US was glad e
didn't we was all very surprised at the way il
turned out IN the end.
'1he Flower Show vas to be 'eld on the tth a
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11
Copyright by ". W. Jscobs)
illustrations by Will owen.)

The able bodied men Of the village were at work.
the children at school singing the multplt-
cation table lullaby, while the wives and mothers
at home nursed the baby with one hand and sid
The Homework with the other. At the end OF the
village old past work sat at a rough deal
table under the CreakinE signboard Of the Cauli-
F, flower gratefully drinking from mug Of ale sup
plies by a chance traveller who sat opposite him
The shade Of the elms pleasant and the ale
good. The Traveller filed his pipe and glancing
Al the dusty hedges and the white road baking in
the sun, called for the mugs 10 be refilled, and
pushed his pouch toward his companion After
which he paid compliment TO the appearance of
the village.
1T amt what II was when 7 boy" ouav-
cred the old man. filing his pipe with trembling
fingers Il mind when the gTindstone stuck
3ust outside the wnder o. the forge instead o. be-
ing one side as il now is; and for the shop
Ninder-its twice the size II when I was a
young 'un."
He 1T his pipe with the scientific accuracy Of a
smoker Of sixty years standing. and shook his
head solemnly as he regarded Lis altered birth
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

the wtnder and screamed out to know what e was
doing.
"Bm stood up straight and wiped Is face with
his shirt-sleeve and started digging again. and
then his wife Just put something and rushed
downstairs fast she could go.
What earth you adding OF, BlT she
screams
Go indoors Bill. still digging.
" Have you gone madT she ses, half crying.
Bill Just stopped TO throw lump OF mould at
her. and then went on digging IL Henery Walker
who also thought e 'ad gone mad, and didn't want
to stop i'm too soon put is cad over the edge and
asked i'm the same thing.
ASK no questions and you'll ear lies. and
keep your ugly face your side of the edge
Bill. Take II indoors and frtghten the children
with it. he don't want It staring at me-
"Henery walked off offended. and Bill went on
with his digging. He wouldn't go work, and e
ad his breakfast in the garden and his wife spent
all the morning in the front answering the neigh
bors' questions and begging of 'em TO go in and
say something to Bill One of 'em did go, and
came back most directly stood there for hours
telling dffrent people wot Bill 'ad said TO 'er, and
asking whether g couldn't be locked up for it.
by teatme Bill dead beat and that stiff he
could ardly raise rs bread and butter his mouth
Several o. the chaps looked in in the evening but
all they could get out Of i'm that 1t a
way o cultivating is garden 9 'ad just card
Of and that those who lived the longest would see
the most. BY nighttime ed nearly finished the
job and lis garden was just ruined.
"Afore people 'ad done talking about Bill, I'm
blest If Peter Smith didn't go and cultivate is gar
den in exactly the same way. The parson and is
wife away their 'oliday and nobody could
say a word. The curate who 'ad come over TO take
is place for time. and who took the names or peo-
pie for the Flower Show did point out to i'm that
he spelling is chances but Peter was so rude
to i'm that he didn't stay long enough TO say much.
When Joe Gubbns started digging up is garden
people began think they all bewitched and
/ went round to Henery Walker 10 tell i'm wot
a fine chance ed got, and to remind i'm that I'd
put another ninepence on i'm the night before. All
e said was, More fool you and went on digging a
ole In his garden big enough to put 'ouse I'm.
In q fortnight's. time there wasn't garden
orth looking at in the place and it quite
clear ;hered be no Flower Show that year, and o
all the silly. bad tempered men in the place then
'ad dug up their pretty gardens the wust.
1T was just Il few days before the day fixed fol
the Flower Show, and 1 walking up the roaC
when see Joe and Henery Walker and tive
more leaning over Bob Pretty's fence and talking
10 i'm. ] stopped. too, 10 what they were look
ing at. and found they watching Bob's TIVE
boys wedding of lis garden. IL was a disgrace
ful. untidy sort Of place l said before. with 1
I fev margolda and nscturtiums, and sioh like pu
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

July, Just Almost everything about here was
at its best On the 18th OF June Bill Chambers's
garden seemed TO be leading. but Peter Smith and
Joe Gubbins and Sam Jones and Henery Walker
almost good, and II WAS understood that
more than OF 'em had got q surprise which
they'd produce at the last moment too late for the
others TO copy. We used to sit up here OF even
ing this Caulihower public house and put money
on IL. put mine on Henery Walker and the time
I spent in rs garden 'elping I'm is a sin and a
shame TO think Of
"Of course. some OF 'em used TO make fun OF It,
and Bob Pretty the worst of 'em all He was
always lazy, good-for-nothing man, and is gar
den was disgrace. He'd chuck down any rubbish
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11
gether. He didn't seem ike to know what to do

together. He didn't seem like TO know what TO do
about !t-
while he was wondering Bill Chambers passed
He always did pass Georges 'ouse about that time
in the evening, II being is way 'ome. and he
saw George standing is gate with letter in is
and looking very puzzled
' Evenin', George ses Bill
- Evenin'. says George.
80 Not bad news. 1 opeT ses Bill noticing is
manner and thinking II was strange
" NO ses George. I've Just 'ad a very eggs
trordinary letter from Australia he ses, that's
all
'Bil Chambers was always a very induisltivs
sort o man. and he stayed and talked to George
until George arter fust making him swear oaths
that e wouldn't ten s~ul took i'm inside and
showed i'm the letter.
1t WAS more like story book than a letter
Georges mate. John Biggs by name wrote TO say
that an uncle OF hts who had Just died on is
deathbed told him that thirty years ago h, 'ad
been IN this very village. staying al this ere very
Caulihower, whose beer were drinking roU In
the night. when everybody was asleep he eot IN
and went quiet-hke and buried a bag Of FIVE hum
dred and seventeen EoveIeigus and one half soy
ereign In one Of the cottage gardens til e could
come for IT again. lie didn't say 'og he coma
py tho money and. when Bill spoka about thSt
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

IN IT: old bones, old tins. bits OF old bucket,
anything 10 make Il untidy. He used TO larf at eH
awful about their gardens and about being took up
by the parsons wife. Nobody see i'm do any
work real ard work. but the smell from rs place
at dinner time always nice and I believe that
did
1T was the day arter this I'm speaking
about the 18th O. June. that the trouble all began,
and Il about in a very eggstrordinary way
George English, quiet man getting into years.
who used when e was younger to foer the sea,
and whose only misfortin that e broth
er-in-law o. Bob Prettys. his sister marrying Bob
while e at and knowing nothing about it.
'ad a letter come from mate o. his who 'ad
gone TO Australia to live. He'd 'ad letters from
Australia before, all knew from Miss
Wtcbs at the postofice but this one upset him al
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

DOING.
Bill stood up straight and wiped Is face with
his shirt sleeve and started digging again. and
then his wife Just put something and rushed
downstairs fast she could CO.
" What earth you adding OF, BillT she
New-York tribune., 1906-11-11

dug your garden UP for,
lin that you broke your
he d talk at US for years
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-04-06
ST. JOHNS GROCERY co.
Now For The Charter.

One OF the most important mat
tors to be treated during the coming
year is the reconstruction OF OH
noted city charter. In that con
nection the editor Of this paper
who is one OF the recently appointed
charter committee. finds consider
able satisfaction in having as q
co-worker ). II. Greene, our city
attorney. He is we'll equipped toi
this task, having studied law with
that greatest OF all writers OF mu'
nicipal law. Hon. John +. Dillon,
author OF the we'll known treatise
on Municipal Corporations and
also having studied with Hon.
Charles G. Nonrse, encouragement
OF the state OF Iowa; graduating at
the law College OF Iowa State
University with highest honors;
serving as mayor OF Adel, Iowa,
for six years and in a judicial capa'
city in Portland for four years.
We feel that Mayor King made no
mistake in selecting Mr.. Greene as
one OF this important committee,
upon which now devolves the task
of creating a good, plain, working
charter for our marvellous young
city.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-04-06
To Office Here.

II is now commonly rumored
that Attorney ). III, Greene is to
transfer his law offices from Port
land To ST, Johns-in order To be
near the seat of business.
For several months Mr.. Greene
has contemplated this step-bpt
feared that it smacked too much of
a bid tor patronage To do So before
election. Mr., Greene is an able
attorney and his decisions, made
with much care aud after careful
study, are found to be strong and
we'll founded.
During the just closing admins
tration Mr.. Greeue, like all mem
bers of the council, has been
Handicapped, Each decision he
made was exploited as bad by the
attornyes of the opposing faction:
yet withal, he has kept within the
bounds OF jurisprudence, Mr..
Greene has made careful city
attorney and is now upon the COM
mittee to revise the charter,
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-04-06
FINISHING UP.
Council Endeavoring To Close All
Business Previous To End
OF Term.

All members of the city council
with the exception of J. II. Shields
were in place when Mayor King
called that body to order Tuesday
evening. Owing to illness OF
Recorder Hanks w. l.. Thorndyke
served as recorder for the evening.
Minutes of previous meetings
were read for reference only-not
having been engrossed in the record
book.
A petition to open and extend
Richmond street from where il
now terminates on the north side of
Jersey street to where il again be-
gins on the south side of Willis
boulevard. The petition was un-
animously accepted.
A petition was read from l.. o.
Magoon, agent for the Portland
Suburban Express Company asking
that the present warehouse on
North Burlington street be increased
in size: the building to be iron
sheathed and practically fireproof
Granted.
A petition for an afc-light corner
of Fillmore and Fessenden streets
signed by IS residents, was favor
ably acted upon. This, together
with one at Jersey and Polk, and
one at Willamette boulevard and
Polk, will be placed at once.
An ordinance for sloping or grad
ing property abutting sidewalks Sc
as to prevent falling earth from
obstructing the walks passed third
reading and was placed upon it,
final passage.
A Mr.. Long, of Portland, was
present and agreed to replace the
broken ladder-in fact, one was
being made for a substitute. lie
spoke of fire bell weighing ii99
pounds worth 5oc per pound, and
explained that bells of this dcscrip
ton were always expensive owing
To the quality OF the metal. He
was prepared to discount some $50
on the price OF the bell and mount
ings. The committee was author.
lied to call upon him OH Wdenes-
day aud consider the offer.
Upon motion warrants were
drawn on tile treasurer TO pay the
ten judges aud clerks of election a,
81 per day. Eight other bills were
allowed. The bill of Tux REVIEW
was referred To the finance com.
mittee for approval.
Several other matters were Wig
orously discussed after which an
was taken To Friday
evening, April o.