Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-12
DECORATIONS ARE FAINT
Rain Of Ashes Over The MsditeTTa-
mean Side Of the Volcano Has
Diminished.
THE MAIN CRATER IS ENLARGlNG
Naples Slowly Resumlne lts
Normal Life.
KINGS PRESENCE ACTS AS A TONIC
Alloelalsd -. nlsrateh nl snneIal VIC.

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires
Naples. Italy April l2-l0 a. m.--
Viewed ms a whole. the conditions through
out the area affected by the eruptions of
Mt Nosuvius are better this morning as
compared with those OF the earlier hours
of yesterday Frequent detonations are
heard. but family. The main crater is
gradually onlarging. The rain OF ashes
over the Mediterranean side of the volcano
has diminished. Tho heaviest fall IS
over Somma. Santa Anastasia Ponti-
cclli aud other villages in n section oppo-
site and distant form this city. Large
contingcnts of troops have arrived, afford
ing % military force sufficient to meet
cvcntnltics. The garrison has been
doubled and sailors ordered from the
squadron IN the bay will help 20 restore
and maintain public order. For a time
after midnight the erupuons were some
/ what more acute.
From all quarters come reports that
/ the situation las amcliontcd but ashes
are falling everywhere, houses are COLI
lapsing and hurying their occupants and
roads near the volcano are no sooucr
opened than they are closed again by
falling cindcrs Tho inhabitants of this
city are enduring the yellow gray atmos-
phcre of yesterday which d. oven more
oppressive than before The popular
costume of those who can afford 10 com
sists of automobile coat, cap and goggles,
which enables the weafcr TO maintain a
scmhhnce of cleanliness but the people
generally have to be contented with paper
masks and raised umbrellas. The drivers
of trolley ears are wearing masks of some
transparent material under tho visora
of their caps.
More shops were opened today, and the
city Is slowly resuming its normal lie.
The people having recovered from tho
panic of yesterday are less sullen and
downhoartcd. The presence OF hing
Victor Emmanuel in Naples, which always
produces good effect, has acted as a
ionic on the Neapolitans, who have @
siperstitious voneration for the King
From early in tho day crowds gathered
before the palace whore men were heard
TO eNclaim.
Gle comes. but the Pope stays at homo
, Long live the King"
This feeling. however, does not inter
fere with the Neapolitans' veneratoi
for their saints. A woman IN the croWo
before the palace was heard TO conlid'
in friend as follows.
/ "AIv daughter, who lives at Tore de
Greco. is a refugee. She has been received
. into the royal palace, lives like a Princes
: and has been spoken 10 by the Queen
Nav the saints protect Her Majesty" q
The King left Naples early this morn
ing for San Giuseppe, Ottaiano and Ter
zigno. in order to ascertain personally
the actunl situation OF these towns. hl
' hoped to be able to continue his journey
Ia Sarno and Castellamare. The hlnl
=, inspected all the camp hospitals, In whicl
; the troops arc caring for suffering refugees
speaking 10 the injured, comforting then
=, in their mislortunes and asking them wha
he could do to relieve their distress. Ol
receiving q reply indicating a sufferer
desire that something be done immedlatel
in his OF her behalf, the King gave order
to have the desire iulhlled. inns gay
rise TO many heartrending scenes q
the King bent over poor man, with toi
hardened hands, whose right leg had bee
amputated, the sufferer, replying 20 II
Waiegtv's question regarding his I'M
mediate necessities, said, with tears
his eyes:
S "send me my son, who is serving as
soldier"
The King was visibly affected claspe'
the mans hand and exclaimed;
"Mv poor fellow, / can do much, b.
10 grant your request would mean hrea
ing the laws, which ] must be the hr
10 respect. would give anything ha'
were Il possible by so doing to send yo
son TO YOU, but cannot do SO.
There we're tears in the King eyes
ho turned away from the sorrowng tathel
bedside.
Inc Queen. while the King was ava
r, visited the charitable institutions he
Ne and inspected the places where Z
gh refugees are housed.
eA In spite of the fact that many COVER
ment officials have arrived here 70 rel
force the local officers, the congestion
the telegraph bureaus IS indescuoao
II A telegram sent from Paris az g p.
= Yesterday was not delivered until ~ clio
" this morning.
M, The most consoling news this morni
Oh is that the lava is cooling.
some extraordinary escapes from dea
95s have been recorded A man and his 10
l.si children were rescued after having be
., LOST In the ash-covered wilderness for
30 hours. They were terribly exhaust
0oO and seemed more like FIVE skeletons Oh
500 human beings.
942 and other places to the villages In &
-. vicinity which have suffered the ml
- from the fall Of ashes to assist IN remoVi
ga the ashes from the roofs and relieve 7
exhausted soldiers. Camp kitchens ha
600 been established at a number OF plac
o % and free meals have been distubui
wherever possible to those IN need
| them