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sersity, which is attended by 600 stu
dents, and a municipal hospital
The outskirts and environs are de-
lightful, affording magnificent views
of the sea, as well as of Mount Etna.
On the west rises the former fort Of
Castellaccio, and not far away to the
south is Fort Gonzaga, on historic
spot The new Campo Santo is beauti-
ful, with its graceful Greek colonnades
and wonderful views The TELEGRAPH
the summit OF P pass near Messina
lis much visited for its scenery. Here
was supposed to be Charybdis Of the
familiar legend, opposite Scilla, on the
Calabrian coast
Founded 500 3. c.
Messina is town of great antiquity,
its foundation being ascribed to pi-
rates from Cumae in the eighth CEN
tury B c., when it was known as Zan-
Gle "a sickle), in allusion to the shape
of its harbor.
At the end Of the fifth century B. C.
the town was occupied by fugitives
from Samos and Miletus, and it soon
after passed to Anaxilas. the tyrant of
who introduced there Mes
senians from the Peloponnesus, by
whom the name of the city was
changed to Messana.
After the death Of Anaxilas Messana
became a republic and maintained that
status until its destruction by the Car
-haginians during their wars with
Dionysius Of Syracuse at the begin
ling Of the fourth century B. C. 1t
vas rebuilt by Dionysius. but soon fell |
lgain into the hands Of the Carthagin.
ans, who were finally expelled by Tim.
,leon in B. c. 34S
Once Belonged to Rome.
Dnring the war between Agathocies
Il Syracuse and Carthage, Messana
ided with the Carthaginians. The
irst Punio war left Messana in the
.ossession Of Rome. and the town sub.
equently attained considerable COM
nercial Importance.
In A. D. S31 the town was taken bv
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King Victor Emmanuel Succoring Vic
Tins Of Calahrian Earthquake OF 1906
would not give up her pm, lege Of
sharing her husbands dangers. The
queen explained 10 a member of her
encourage that she considered it her
duyt to do an in her power to comfort
and help her afflicted subjects.
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and half of cheerful, reckless people
lived there. The Appenine mountains
run through the region for a distance
Of l60 miles, considerably reducing
the area amenable to tillage, but the
valleys and plains are among the most
fertile anywhere in the world, yielding
IN abundance a variety of crops. The
neighboring fisheries are important
In respect of the property damage
inflicted and the number of lives ex-
tinguished, as well as in respect of the
extent of the disturbance, the earth
quake far eclipses the great disasters
Of its type, such as that which de-
stroyed Lisbon in l755 and that which
visited the western coast of South
America in August. 1906
Region Always in Turmoil
Probably no part of the earth OF
equal fertility. population and historic
note has suffered more severely from
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
than this part of the Mediterranean
basin. From the beginnings Of record
ed history Stromboli has seldom been
quiet. Vesuvius has been frequently in
eruption, and Etna is always growing
and periodically is in violent action.
With or without eruptions from |
these volcanoes the region has felt
disastrous earthquakes in almost
every century since history began to
,e written. The eruption OF vesuvius
which overwhelmed Pompeii and Her.
'ulaneum in 70 A. D. is most spoken
u because of the relics OF antiquity
which it so strangely preserved. but
within the last eight centuries there
lave been many earthquakes there
bouts which caused great loss Of life
nd property.
For instance, Catania. which is again
listed, is said to have lost $4,000 peo-
lie by earthquake in 1137 and to have
cen wholly destroyed, with a loss OF
5000 lives. in September, 1898. By
his earthquake 81 Sicilian cities and
owns and 800 villages were reported
'recked. with a total loss Of 100. 900 /
YES
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pipes; the museum contains antioui-
ties in pottery, bronze and marble.
medieval armor and natural history
specimens; the library contains %. 600
volumes and 300 MSS; and the o.
seryatory is associated with that on
Mount Etna.
Foundation Ascribed to Greeks.
The classic Catania was founded By
Greeks from Chalcis about B. c. 72s.
and soon became prosperous. Here. in
the sixth century. B. c., died stesicho-
rus, who created the chorus Of the
Greek drama, and the situation OF
whose tomb is said to have given
name to the Piazza steslcorea.
Reggie, across the strait Of Messina
from the city OF Messina, IS the can
ital OF Calabria. The city suffered 60
verely in the earthquake OF three years
ago, and appears to get the full force
OF every tremor that shakes the r.
gion Of Calabria.
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Of the strait, must have been more vio-
lent, for scarcely one stone remains
on another in that hourishing city Of
only two days ago.
Where a few days ago stood the
homes and works Of men and busy
streets there is nothing but chaotic
rocks and earth.
The city had vanished as complete
ly as Aladdin's palace under the ma
gician's spell.
Country Of Many Languages.
Calabria has one and one-third mil
lion inhabitants. The inhabitants
speak Grecian or Albanian dialects or
an antique Italian.
Visit Stricken Subjects.
AS King Humbert won the admira-
tion Of his loyal people by his visit to
the hospitals OF Naples during the
cholera epidemic, so has Victor EN-
manuel, through his emulation Of his
fathers act of bravery, In 1905 Vic
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RIGA, Australia, Russia, Siberia, Scan
dinayia and Canada AS a rule, where
earthquakes are most frequent they
are most severe. But to this general
statement there are exceptions, In
dian shocks. though less numerous, be-
ing often very disastrous. Loss of
life in many cases depends, however,
on the intensity of the earth movement.
Numerically. also, France has regis
tered more seismic tremors than Spain
and Portugal, but France in historic
times has experienced no earthquake
disaster approaching the havoc
wrought by the one calamity at Lis
bon
Ancient and Modern Times.
Perhaps the most striking difference
between the antique and the modern
worlds appears in their differences of
social and governmental attitude to-
ward such disasters. We really know
more. thanks to the Younger Pliny's
account of his uncles death, about the
destruction OF Pompeii and Hercula-
neum and what was done about 1t
than we know of any similar disaster
for 1000 years afterwards.
The elder Pliny was a man of
science. who happened to be in com
msnd of the naval station near Naples.
He got out a vessel and went as near
Is he could to the lava flow to observe
t-so near that he was suffocated by
he fumes. Incidentally he picked I'D
'ome fugitives from the water and
llong the beach. His nephew records
hat as an evidence of his humanity.
3ut he does not appear to have
hought of exerting his large official
'owers for relief of suffering. He
vent to his death not to aid distress
ut to add to his own knowledge.
To-day any public official who did
ot exert himself to the utmost to re-
.eve distress would be forever dis
raced. That is the difference between
Christian civilization, with all
s faults. and one which. With an
IS merits. was not Christian.
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by thousands Throughout the prov
ince Of Calabria the ravages were
frightnl
All Completely Destroyed.
Messina and Reggie are in ruins.
The towns of Marc. Scilla. Maletto,
Belhoso. Riposto and Baguaro have
been destroyed. as has the town OF
Gazari in Calabria, Cantllo has been
wiped off the map Nearly every
town along the coast Of Sicily for
miles south of Messina was engulfed
by the sea
The earthquakes titanic might
transformed the face OF Sicily; rivers
were dried up or their course changed;
hills disappeared; vast crevices are
yawning in the earth the country is
desolated
The destruction OF property cannot
be as great as at San Francisco. for
Messina and Reggie. the two principal
cities destroyed. We're not rich or mag
nificent from the metropolitan point
OF view. AS a great cataclysm of ma
ture. however. this disaster is on
far vaster scale than the California
phenomenon.
Face Of Country Altered.
The whole face of the country and
the coast line have been altered. Even
Scylla and Charybdis have changed |
the positions they have occupied since |
Aeneas' legendary voyage
The three provinces where the 4
greatest damage was done were Mes.
Eina and Catania, in Sicily. and Reg
gio di Calabria, on tie mainland. They
comprise about 4,4OO square miles. The
rock Of Charybdis now blocks the en-
trance to the strait OF Messina.
Several hundred persons perished
Gnd much damage was done outside OF
these provinces, but within them the
devastation was so complete that
scarcely = human habitation remains.
All accounts now agree that the
time occupied by natures gigantic
Epasms was but 80 seconds.
Some minutes later a great wave
the havoc in the Inflated
coast towns.
Shock Fearful one.
The violence Of the shock seems TO
iave been unprecedented except by
Folcanic eruptions within a limited
lrea.
The buildings of Messina were not
merely shaken down-their founda.
ions literally we're ysnked from be =
eath them 10 one side or to the
ther. until they toppied from the per. :
endicular and fell IN ruins along y
ide their original sites. :
That was the experience Of Messina. d
That OF Reggie, on the opposite side a
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STRICKEN MESSINA A PLACE
OF GREAT NATURAL BEAUTY
Said to Have Been Founded in the Eighth Century B. c.
Has Been Frequently Victim of the Vcissitudes
of War---Was FIourishng Town in
Middle Ages

the Saracens, and in 1861 was CON
quered by the Normans. The town be-
came a fiourishing seat of trade in the
middle ages, and received important
privileges from Charles T. of Spain.
which added greatly to its prosperity.
During the struggle between the aris-
tocratic faction, or Merli, and the dem
ocratic faction, or Mavizzi, the senate,
in 1874, appealed for aid to the French,
who occupied the city, but soon abaH-
doned it, after having defeated the
combined fleets of Spain and Holland.
Left in the hands Of the Spaniards.
the city was deprived of its political
liberties and soon lost its commercial
Importance. The plague Of 1743 ana
the earthquake of 1888 carried off
considerable part Of its population. In
1860 the place was occupied by Carl
baldi and in 1861 it became a part Of
united Italy.
catania Third City in Sicily.
Catania is the capital Of the prov
ince OF Catania, and the third largest
city in Sicily, being outranked In
population by Palermo and Messina. II
has $4,000 inhabitants. In front OF
the cathedral is a fountain with an an
cient statue of an elephant made OF
lava, bearing an Egyptian granite obe-
lisk.
The chief attraction is Mount Etna.
which may be seen to good advantage
from the tower of San Nicola and from
the Villa Bellini.
The Ienedictine monastery Of San
Nicola, formerly one Of the most beau
tiful in Europe, was destroyed by an
earthquake in 1893 and rebuilt by 1875.
The institution was suppressed Ia
1866
It's grand baroque church contains a
famous organ by Donate del Piano,
with five keyboards, 72 stops, and 2.916
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The portion Of Italy affected BY the
recent earthquake is in the most con
vulsion-smitten region of the globe.
The main area Of disturbance was in
Calabria, though cities on the island
of Sicily were shaken and a tidal wave
inundated that islands sea coast.
notwithstanding the fact that since
the beginning of history the ground of
Calabria has been known to have the
habit of opening as if to swallow up
its inhabitants, the region has always
been well populated Nearly a million
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Unfortunate Messina, the victim Of
the recent frigntful catastrophe, is
thus described by a traveller:
Messina, Sicily, population 100000,
is, next to Palermo, the most impor-
tant city in Sicily. It is situated in
the northwest corner of the island on
the Strait of Messina.
Among the leading buildings are the
Municipal palace, the convent Of San
Gregorio, which contains a museum Of
valuable relics, buildings Of the uni
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tor Emmanuel despite the protests of
his ministry, FASTENED to Calabria
personally to console the survivors of
The earthquake. As soon as the mag.
nitude of the present disaster became
apparent the king and queen made
arrangements TO 80 at once to the
scene of the calamity
Queen Helena refused to allow her
husband. the king. to 90 alone to The
scene of the disaster 81 . said she
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1t viii be noticed that Sicily, for
which the records go back 5000 years.
has been shaken very little compared
with its neighbor Italy
Seismic Commissions.
The most shaken countries of the
world are Italy, Japan, Greece, South
America (the Pacific coasD, Java,
Sicily and Asia Minor The lands most
free from seismic convulsions are At
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cALAMlTlES WHICH HAVE
HAPPENED TO MEsslNA.

3. c.
! 493-captured by fugitives from
Samos and Miletus.
\ 472-Surrendered to Athenians.
! 3e6-EntireIy destroyed by carta-
ginians.
4 27o-seized by Hannibal.
\ A. D.
11se-Attacked by Richard coeur
de Lion.
12s2-5esieged by Charles, duke
of Anjou.
1672'78-Scene Of a great revolu-
tion between Democrats and ad-
herents Of Don Juan Of Austria.
f67s-Abandoned by the French.
Population reduced from 10000
to 10000.
/ f74o-Vsited by fearful plague;
10000 people died.
1783-Almost wiped out by earth :
quake.
1s54-choIera carried away 10000
inhabitants.
19oa-Earthquake again felt; great
damage.
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ITALIAN CITIES WHERE LOSS
OF LIFE WAS HEAVIEST.

& Cities in which loss of life was
s heaviest were as follows:
Z messina, population 100000;
5 wrecked by shock and swept by
Z tidal wave.
5 Reggie, population $4,000; de-
Z stroyed.
s catania, population 100000; in
cassano, population e,7oo; in
ruins.
! cosenza, population $1,000; nearly
all dead.
seminars, small village, de-
stroyed.
seilla, population 1900; in ruins.
| Paterno, population 24,ooo; in
ruins.
! vittoria, population $4,000; badly
wrecked.
! Marc, population 12,soo; half de-
stroyed.
Riposto, population 1000; in ruins.
All, Mineo, Patti and castroreaI,
Sieilian towns; all badly dam
aged, with heavy loss of life. ]
Palmi, 5agnara, San Giovanni and
canniteIIo, caIabrian villages;
all in ruins.
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AMERICAN EARTHQUAKES OF
THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.

December, 1se2-cuatemaIa; 15o
Z buildings and IA churches de-
stroyed.
Nov. 20, fs7o-ouebee; slight dam
age.
I March 2s-27, 1s72-californIs: so
! lives lost.
Aug. 1o-if, 1ss4--Distinet tremor.
! Washington to New York.
November, 1s93-Montreal: sIioht
damage.
March 7, 1s93-New York city;
distinct tremor
sept. 3-17, 1se9-LandslIde and
earthquake in Yakutat. Alaska
Nov. 1914, isof-Utah: slloht
damage.
April is, 1so2-cuatemaIa; eight
towns destroyed; 600 lives lost.
FEB. 5, isos-slieht shock. West
Jamaica.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-05
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.
English Davis Cup Team Has Good
Practice on Elmwood Courts.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September =
Messrs j. c. Parke c. p. Dixon and W.
lC. CrawIey, who will represent England
in the Davis cup tennis matches against
America at Mannheim next week, were
the guests of 4. l.. Hoskins, president of
the Belmont Cricket Club and secretary
Of the United States National Lawn Ten
mis- Association. at Elmwood today. Sew
eraI sets were played and quite a large
gallery watched the play with keen APP
preciation. The Englishmen showed
greatly improved form over that which
they exhibited at Mannheim on Wednes-
day.
Parke has apparently recovered from
the strain of which he complained at
Mannheim on Wednesday,, and showed
beautiful form at both the short and long
game. His volleying was wonderfully
accurate and his play from the back
court was absolutely first class.
Dixon showed to great advantage in
every department of the game His serv-
ice was extremely puzzling. and he uses
his head with great judgment. and fire.
auently compelled his opponent to hit the
ball either into the net or out of court.
Crawley. too, played good all-round
game and was particularly strong on
overhead volleying. He hit tremendously
hard and frequently scored with clever
cross-court shots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-05
Jes <amine. "a:
NIGHT WATCHMAN
POUNDS TY COBB
Special Dispatch TO The star.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, September f.
Manager Hughey Jennings of the Detroit
Tigers came within an ace of being with
out the services of his star player, Tyrus
Cobb. for several days, but the usually
fine machine known as the law slipped a
cog and the fiery Georgian is now with
the Tigers in ST Louis
\ warrant was issued for the arrest of
Cobb, the night Waterman at the Eu-
clid Hotel, where the Tigers stopped
while in Cleveland, charging assault and
battery. According to the story that was
circulated around the hotel ana at the ball
park Cobb mixed it up with the watch
man about o'clock Saturday morning
1t is said that Ty got his dates mixed
and got on the wrong floor looking for
his room. The story goes that the watch
man asked him what he was doing there
and Cobb replied that it was none of his
business. One word led to another and
the two soon mixed it up. Ty was get
ting tire upper hand of the guardian of
rest at the hosiery when the watchie
pressed his billy into service, and the
clever diamond athlete soon knew how
a poor base ball must feel when 1t comes
into contact with the champion slugger's
bat.
The billy landed once. twice, and a
few dozen times on Cobb's head. He was
that the trainer of the Tigers was called
into service to dress the injuries of both
men. Cobb kept his head swathed in
bandages all day, removing them just
before he left for the ball park. Few of
the fans knew that Cobb had been in
a fight.
Manager Jennings and Secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-05
TIGERS SORE ON MAPS.
Players Nearly Come to Blows After
Yesterdays Double-Header.
Disnatch to The StaI

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. September r.
There Is no love between the Maps and
Tigers This was evident when after to-
days double-header several of the players
of the two teams almost came to. blows in
the clubhouse.
1t was necessary for the Tigers to make
close train connections for st. Louis and
the Maps extended the courtesies of the
clubhouse TO the visitors. The Tigers
were in anything but pleasant frame of
mind after the loss of the second game,
and they no sooner got inside the club
house than they started in to berate the
Maps for losing four straight games to
the Athletics on the occasion of the last
visit of the Mackmen to this city.
McGure's men thought the Tigers were
kidding at the start but when they real
lied they We're in earnest they started TO
hand back a hot line of talk. The argu-
ment soon waxed warm, and when sew
eral of the Tigers openly stated that the
Maps had deliberately laid down to the
Athletics, Trainer Doc Payne threatened
to throw Bill Donovan and several of the
other players outside.
1t was all Managers Mcguire and Jen-
nings could do to quel the uprising. The
Tigers left for ST. Louis more bitter
against the Maps than ever before.
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THREE FAVOR|TES
WIN AT P|ML|CO
Missouri Belle Only Outsider
to Land the
Money.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 4.-The pro-
gram at Pimlfco today was an excellent
one. bringing the best horses at the
track together. and to pick the winners
was a difficult matter Nearly all the
winners. with the, exception of Missouri
Belle. were well backed. and the books
suffered Three favorites, two second
choices and one outsider captured first
money
Queen Mary opened favorite in the
first race. but heavy play was made
on Sheridan, and his odds were backed
from 4 TO l down to to , The Queen
led until the stretch, when Sheridan
overhauled her and won by length.
The bookmakcrs reaped a harvest in
the second race, which was won by Mis-
souri, Belle, long shot Sparkling
Wave. Race Brook and Sally Savage
were heavily backed.
Peoples money was burned up when
McCabe tumbled out Of Sparkling
Waves saddle.
The third race was great race be-
tween Young Bitten and Peter Young.
The former was the OddS-on favOrite,
but was beaten on the fiat by the lat
ter.
The fourth race was easy for Cum
ming. He led from start to finish, win
ming by seven lengths.
Belle of Jessa mine, splendidly ridden.
won the fifth race in a driving finish
from Miss Perigold. Escutcheon, the
well-played favorite. finishing third.
The books, however. were hit, as the
Belle was heavily played.
The last race was nothing but a romp
for TouchWoOd
The summary:
First race. one mile-Shcridan. 147 ,Mr. NJ.
\ >
Mary. 141 tMr j. Tucker, TO !. TO ana
out second: Exact, III tMr. f. Tucker to !,
TO ) and ont, third. Time, La 30. Inc
Captain and Barson finished az named; ,oo
I.cwisl TO l. = TO l and even. won; ally
Savage, 100 Shoemaker, $ 10 >. to > and out,
second: Racebrook. 100 IF. Hayes. to >. to
Bay and Swaset finished named Sparkling
Wave lost rider shortly after start
Third race. Steeplechase about two and hall
miles-Peter Young. IL; iGrantlandl. > TO :, ]
TAYLOR. / to and out, second Time 5.54.
Topright. the only other entry. fell and did not
finish.
| Fourth race mile and onceighth selling-Cun-
Lady Cav Spsnker Ill Swain. TO l. to
and even second; King of Bashan. Ill Gala
ham. :: to l. 8 to ) and ont third. Time.
- 4-5. Satram, Pearl Point. Brighton Jack
and Sam Fudge finished named.
Fifth race one mile-Belle of Jes<amine. IA:
tMr. f. Tucker, I to ). l to :; and out. won:
Miss Peri2ord. H.. tAir. Il. Taylor. to J. to
! and out second; Escutcheon. 1ia tMr r..
A. Linncpce and Recruit finished as named.
Sixth race. selling: Steeplechase; about two
miIes-Tnuchwood. las tSafelD. ! to :; and out.
won: Ny Grace. l5l Cwilliamsl, 3 to l. to =
l. even and out. third. Time 4.42 30. Double
o fell.