Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-14
CONDITIONS NORMAL
Eruptions of VesuviuS Have
Now Ceased.
REJOICING AT NAPLES
In Sad Contrast With Mourning in
Wrecked Village.
PEOPLE RETURNING TO HOMES
Busy Repairing Damages and Clean
ing Streets Of Cinders and Ashes
immensely of Disaster.
PEOPLE RETURNING TO HOMES

NAPLES April II $40 am The news
from the Vesuvfus region continues to be
satisfactory. the sun IS shining brightly this
morning. and the last vestiges of the erup-
ton disappearing from Naples.
The work of cleaning and sweeping is
etill going on here but the city has about
resumed its normal appearance. while the
reports from the villages and towns In the
region of Vesuvlus say that the people are
gradually returning to their homes: that
the stores are being reopened, and that the
Inhabitants OF the towns which suffered
the least are actively engaged in repairing
their damaged homes and church and in
opening up the roads, in which they are
assisted by the troops and government en-
gineers.
This being Sabato Santo, or the Saturday
before Easter the churches OF this city are
overcrowded with worshipers of all classes,
from the lady In an elegant velvet gown, ar
irving in a magnificent carriage, to the
humble beggar girl who finds 1t difficult to
AFFORD the cheap handkerchief on her head,
as the churches in Naples particularly are
common meeting grounds for the princess
and the peasant.
Pro-Easter Services.
Every religious function today was-a
thanksgiving for the danger passed, while
requiem masses were celebrated for the re-
pose of the souls of the victims of the vol
canic disaster
Near the statue In the cathedral of the
patron saint OF Naples. San Gennaro a
child was engaged in specially earnest
prayer. Afterward as she left the cathe-
dral looking particularly happy she was
questioned as to what was the boon she
had been asking of San Gennaro, to which
the girl replied:
That the saint will cause the queen to
come and live In Naples. as she brings good
luck. The volcano is afraid of her"
The feeling OF joyous thanksgiving in
naples contrasted strongly with the mourn
1ui scenes witnessed in the desolated dis
fricts. relatives weeping over their dead
and priests going from house to house bless
ing the homes of the bereaved while above
them was Mount Vesuvlus still retaining
a threatening appearance.
The work Of dsinterring the bodies of the
Killed continues at Ottajano San Giuseppe
and Santa Anastasia, but at the other
stricken towns 1t is believed that all the
corpses have been recovered
Prof. Mattucci, in a bulletin issued this
afternoon. said
The instruments in the observatory are
relatively calm. The crater continues to
discharge sand, but with less violence 7
am awaiting information regarding the
streams of lava toward Boscotrecase to
which spot cannot go in person. The con-
ullionS IN the zone surrounding me indicate
that complete cessation of the eruptive
phase is near"
French Sympathy Acknowledged. .
The Duke of Aosta today boarded the
flagship OF the French squadron in these
waters He was received at the gangway
by the French commander, Admiral Mon
cerau. whom the duke warmly thanked in
the name Of King Victor Emmanuel and of
the people of Naples for the sympatbv
SHOWN by France with the sufferers from
lne recent disaster. The crews of the
french warship, in addition to rendering
all the assistance possible ashore contrib.
nted $1,000 to the fund being raised Tor the
relief Of the sufferers.
The British armoTed cruiser I,eviathar
arrived here today to express the sympathy
OF Great Britain with the sufferers from
the outbreak.
Inc Duke of AbruzZi, who arrived here
yesterday and who visited the afflicted dis
trlct' Is hurrying the preparations tor his
AFRICAN trip. He expects to leave Naples
Monday for Zanzibar, to penetrate into
central Africa and make the ascent at Mt
BuVentzari in Uganda, after which IL is
reported. he will make another atternpt TO
reach the north pole
Sir Thomas Upton arrived here during
the day on board his yacht Erin He WIS.,
lied the devastated towns and villages and
was most impressed by the immensely of
the disaster