The Mena weekly star., 1906-04-19
ASHES ARE STILL FALLING
pu+ the Situation in the Vicinity or vesuvius Has Considerably
 Ameliorated.
THE LAVA IS COOLING ON ALL SIDES
x, victor Emanuel Earning 'ns
 .na Gratitude of SIS subjects by His Active inisf Their suaerings-Napies h"S covered From Its Panic

Tbeir suaerinss-Naples h"1
 covered From Its Panic.
 Nanles. April 13.-From all qua ,ol a.rna raports that the situation has ameliorated but ashes rom Nou vesuvius are falling evefs"n.ie' bouses are collapsing ana pui' their occupants and roads near 'n vo,cano are no sooner opened than they are closed again by faillns o,n ders The inhabitants of this o'' are enduring the yellow gray a'iiioo phere of Wednesday Wnlch ID poors oppressive than before. me nopular costume of those Who oan afford 1t consists of automoplie ooa1 cap and gggles, which enables 'ne wearer to maintain semDiaFce VI cleanliness. but the people generally have to be contented with paper masks and raised umbrellas. me drivers of trolley cars are wearing masks of some transparent materlai under the yisors of their caps.
 More shops were opened Thursoay and the city is slowly resuming itS normal life. The people having re- covered from the panic of Wednesuay are less sullen and down-hearted. The presence of King Victor Emman- uel in Naples which always pro-
 ices a good effect has acted as tonic on the Neapolitans who have superstitious veneration for the king. From early in the day crowds gathered before the palace, where men were heard to exclaim: "He comes, but the pope stays at home" Long live the king"
 The feeling, however, does not in- terfere with the Neapolitan's venera- tion for their saints. A woman in the crowd before the palace was heard to confide in friend as follows:
 My daughter who lives at Torre Del Greco, is a refugee. She has been received into the royal palace, lives like princess and has been spoken to by the queen May the saints protect her majesty.
 The king left Naples early Thursday for San Giuseppe, ottajano and Ter zigno, in order to ascertain personally the actual situation at these towns. He hoped to be able to continue his jour ney to Sarno and Castellamare. The king inspected all the camp hospitals" in which the soldiers are caring for suffering fugitives, speaking to the in- jured, comforting them in their mis- 1 fortunes and asking them what ne receiving reply indicating a sufferer 5 desires that something be immediately l done in his or her behalf, the king | gave orders to have the desire fulfilled l This gave rise to many heartrending scenes. As the king bent over a poor man, with toil-hardened hands, whose i right leg had been amputated, the snf- ferer, replying to his majesty's ques- tion regarding his immediate necess. ities, said with tears in his eyes: 'Send me my son, who is serving as a soldier
 The king, who was visibly affected l clasped the mans hand and exclaimed 1 My poor fellow: I can do much, but to grant your request would mear | breaking the laws, which must be the l first to respect I would give any, | thing l have were 1t possible by SC
 doing to send your son to you, but | lA crD ha- 4. kings eyes as he turned away from tho
 sorrowing fathers bedside. The queer
 while the king was away visited tho | charitable institutions here and in
 spected the places where the refugee. 1 are housed
 The most consoling news Thursday
 morning is that the lava is cooling or
 all sides. Some extraordinary escape. from death have been recorded. A man and his four children were res | cued after having been lost in the ash-covered wilderness for 56 hours. | They were terribly exhausted and seemed more like five skeletons than human being.
 Fireman have been sent from Pal ermo, Sicily, and other places to the villages in this vicinity which have suffered the most from the fall of ashes to assist in removing the ashes from the roofs and relieve the exhausted soldiers Camp kitchens have been established at a number of places ant free meals are being distributed
 wherever possible to those in need oi | them