Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-04-15
HOPE EAWNS AFRESH
i. IN CITY OF NAPLES
Encouraging News Is Received
|, From Nearby Cities.
KING EMANUEL Returns TO ROME
Gun Shines Brightly and the Air Is
Clear OF Ashes and 10 InVlaoratlns.
Professor Mattueel Predicts that the
Volcano viii Now Become Quiet.

Volcano viii Now Become Quiet.
Naples, April 13.-7:11 a. m.-All the
, news received here this morning Is
encouraging. For the first time since
Tuesday the sun Is shining all over
Naples and although above the city the
usual gray cloud is discernible, the fall
OF ashes has almost entirely ceased.
Ashes, however. continued to fall
throughout the night, adding several
inches to the accumulations in the
streets.
Nearly 5000 people are employed In
clearing the roofs and nam thorough.
fares. Gangs Of men are engaged In
piling the ashes in the middle OF the
marrow streets, which makes the pas.
sage of vehicles exceedingly difficult,
and adds to the discomfort Of pedes.
trians. The Neopolltans have be-
come, to a certain degree, sun.worship.
pers One day they are plunged in
the depts OF despair because the sun
@ is obscured by falling ashes, and the
next day their spirits are buoyant for
the sun shines, and no ashes are
eprinkling over Naples.
Today the inhabitants OF Naples are
particularly happy for not only is the
sun shining brightly, but the air IL
clear OF ashes and invigorating. with
the result that automobile coats and
goggles. the ash storm costume, have
been replaced by the usual gay-colored
apparel, people are arriving in open
carriages, and much color has returned
20 the surroundings that the grayness
OF the buildings, palms and other ash.
covered trees makes a pleasant con
trast.
Several men. apparently, have
braved the terror OF the Wild wastes
OF lava about the royal observatory
on Mount Vesuvius. One OF them re-
turned here this morning and gave an
account OF a most interesting CONVEX
cation which he had with Professor
Mattucci. director Of the observatory,
who was In very hopeful mood when
his visitor left him. The professor
Eaid:
Very little Ii known OF the volcanic
eorces. so one can never safety pre-.
dict what is going TO happen. But !
Nhink ! can. with some confidence. eX-
press the hope. based on my expert.
ence here. that the explosive period Of
the eruption has passed II II i'm.
possible 90 make a positive statement
20 this effect. but the probabilities
point 10 a quietinE down OF the volca'
no This, however. does not mean
that its activity will entirely cease.
Unless the crater definitely assumes
tts new shape. that Il to say. when the
ridges have been smOthered down.
there Il q possibility Of further disturb
snees. For the present. the hgh,'
~ind blowing vii In ali probability
carry the ashes 10 q direction which
Will set Naples free froEn further annoy
suee % this nature. and A. II n the
III Stnd IL blowing good To other
places. for ashes are the beat fertiiiS
~ u II possible 20 use II IL merely
question just nov % having Too
much % = good tbinE-
Professor MattHoei today eiimbed
~ VesuviRs 10 q polas aloag way
above the Observatory. at the imminent
FISK of hIs lie. snd aseertained thar
ohlsas the eOAaitiens change radical
u tAers yin b. 10 further diseaaFEe
g lava Al pseasnt We added that q
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