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accomplished by the italian. Russian
and English bluejackets. who saved
many persons who otherwise would
have inevitably persisted.
Queen Visits Wounded.
The queen spent the day in the
wards Of improvised hospitals, visit
ing the wounded, many Of whom lost
lost all that was dear to them. Her
majesty did her Lest to cheer them
with womanly words Of consolation,
often breaking into sobs as she lis
tened to their dreadful tales of suffer
ing. The king left for Reggie last
night.
Catania, the largest city nearest to
the zone Of the disaster, is crowded
with refugees, and tns continuous
stream Of %fugitives coming in, the
sight of the wounded and repetition of
real or imaginary earthquakes have
so alarmed thu population that they
are becoming uncomfortable. There
is no, longer any place where the refu-
gees may find shelter.
American Consul Dead.
The govern ment is finding difficulty
in ascertaining the fate OF the many
foreigners who we're in the earthquake
o at the time of the catastrophe.
inquiries concerning whom are coming
from all quarters Of the globe. The
commander Of the battleship Admiral
Kharoff, which arrived with fugitives
at Naples yesterday, confirms the re-
port Of the death Of the American con
sui at Messina, Arthur s. Cheney. and
his wife, who were buried in the ruins
of the consulate. The number Of
Americans in Sicily and Southern
Italy is believed to be small, and sew
eral of ther> are reported to have
been staying at Taermina, which is
on the east coast. about thirty miles
southwest Of Messina. According to
the latest reports this place suffered
no harm FROM the earthquake.
Frances Token Of Love.
All the sovereigns and the heads Of
states Of the foreign governments
have sent expressions of warmest sym.
pathy and deepest coincidence.
Frances message was especially warm
and she is dispatching five warships
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inals have been arrested by the troops
and are under close guard. Great re
lief was felt here when the announce
ment was made that the Lipari isl
ands. which were reported to have
disappeared with their population Of
$4,000. suffered little or no damage
from the earthquake. Public opinion
is seriously concerned with regard to
the safety of the king and queen and
the possible danger from tottering
walls.
Queen Refuses to Leave.
The king frequently has tried to
persuade the queen to rest or return
to Rome. but she always refused. de-
claring that it would break her heart
to abandon her husband In his labors
for the country in its anguish.
New Years day in Italy is usually
the occasion of festivities and re-
joicing as widespread as on Christ
mas. but these ceremonies and the
festival spirit were wanting yester.
day. Instead Of rejoicings. Rome is
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kings intention to sell his property
In Sicily and devote the proceeds to
the assistance of the sufferers.
WATER BolLS IN MiDocEAN.

Norfolk, Va. Jan. "a volcano at
sea and a field of boiling water of
the coast of Georgia are among the
phenomena which British officers
have reported to the photographic Of
fee here.
While the British steamer Baltic
was headed toward this coast on Dec.
IS. in latitude 51:14 and longitude 21,
First Officer Landmary observed what
he reported as an eruption appar-
emily twenty miles distant to the
westward, resembling a volcanic ac-
ton" The weird disturbance lasted
but a few seconds.
The British steamship Lord Duffer-
in on Dec. Is. passed an area of boil
ing water less than 200 miles of the
Southern coast. according to the cap
tain's report.
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A systematized effort is to be made
for the Capitalization of the many
channels Of relief through which
funds for the succor Of the hungry
and homeless of Sicily and Calabria
are now being collected.
1t is now aimed to make the Ameri.
can Red Cross society the medium for
transmission to the italian Red Cross
society Of all money collected in the
United States.
Already the society has cabled $10..
900, which was dispatched on Tues
day. In addition the executive commit
tee Of the national society has arrang-
ed to remit Immediately to the Italian
Red Cross the sum OF $50. 900. The
Christian Herald advanced $40, 200 on
a fund which It purposes to raise
shortly by contributions from its read
ers and cabled the sum owe to the
Italian Red Cross society direct.
Another remittance sent by cable
last night was $4,000. contributed by
the Italian newspaper. II Progresso.
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PERSONAL.

Matthew Mcnamara, for many
years national warden Of the Knights
Of Columbus, died at his home in New
London, Conn.
Charles F. Phelps, formerly a Judge
Of the supreme bench Of Baltimore.
and widely known a. jnrist, soldier
and author. Is dead at the age OF e v
enty-ave years.
Bishop Dennis J. O'Connell, rector
0f tis Catholic University of Ameri-
e. 1t Washington, has been appointed
bishop coadjutor Of San Francisco.
The term OF Bishop O'Connell as rec.
tor expires Jan. IL.
Rev. Father G. Lyons, Society OF
Jesus, q member Of the faculty OF
Boston (Mass.) college. has assumed
the duties Of president Of Coinage
college and rector Of st. Aloysius
church at washington.
Robert Emmett Fisk, for thirty-lve
years editor of the Helena MONTY
Herald. and confidential friend of
President Garfield and James G..
Blaine, died at his home at Berkeley,
Cal, aged seventy-one years. He serv-
ed In the Civil war, attaining the rank
Of major.
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performing prodig1es, but the task b.
fore them is almost hopeless.
Search Dust for Food.

fore them is almost hopeless.
Search Dust for Food.
Added to the difficulty of obtaining
food and water, there are no drugs or
surgical appliances. Heart-breaking
appeals for help are heard On every
side, to which only the most made
quate response is possible. Temporal
ry hospitals are being rugged up, but
only a comparatively few can be re-
lieved and the scenes of horror defy
description. The survivors Of the
earthquake are suffering cruel extrem-
tiles, and in Messina may be seen
everywhere, vainly searching in the
dust and debris for morsels of food.
Many Villages in Ruins.
Later dispatches state that the city
Of Palmi contains 1900 dead and twice
as many injured. Two-thirds of the
town was laid waste. All the villages
adjacent suffered as severely.
Dispatches from Catania describe
Messina as appearing like a huge in
candescent furnace. The fire spread
to the buildings that had not yet fallen.
completing the work. of destruction.
The Strait of Messina is now choked
with corpses OF men and animals.
eiIIaoe and Loo:irs.
The relief work now is we'll begun.
but hundreds of persons are wander
ing about the ruins like madmen. They
are being given food and clothing a
fast as it is possible.
At the ministry of marine word has
been received that frightful footing
and pillage occurred at Reggie. This
place, already overwhelmed, will have
few survivors. as 1t has been impossi-
BILE for the relief expeditions to reach
it.
Americans Respond Quickly.
New York, Jan. 1. - The work of
organizirg relief for the victims of the
earthquake, which was begun here al
most simultaneously with the receipt
OF the first news Of the disaster, Is
sumed official form yesterday with the
issuance by the mayor Of a proclama-
ton calling upon the people Of the
city for subscription for the relief of
the sufferers.
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filled with lamentations; pictured on
the ~countenance Of all is grief for the
destruction Of two beautiful regions
Of the mother country where thou
sands now lie dead.
King supervises Work.
King Victor Emmanuel has been in
de%fatigable. He has shown wonder
full activity and endurance, leaving no
point in MessiDa unvisited. He has
supervised the entire work in the fall
en- city, and the presence of his mai
esty has infused new courage and IN
ergy into the rescuers, hungry and
wounded as they are.
A touching feat"re Of the material
aid offered by all classes of the peo-
pie in Rome is tie donation of cloth
ing and bedding. which the workmen
are freely giving. Reports from all
parts of Italy indicate the same gen.
erous spirit. The king has placed the
royal palaces at Naples and Deserta
at the disposal Of the injured.
Garry Refugees Away.
Vessels loaded with refugees IN
tinue to stream into Naples and Paler-
mo, and each day sees the arrival OF
additional steamers in the Strait Of
Messina. 1t is the governments in
tention to remove all the survivors
possible to TIE various ports in Italy.
AS an instance of his quick grasp
Of the situation. King Victor Emman.
uel soon after his arrival at Messina
wired to Premier Giolitti: Send ships
and men: above all, send ships loaded
with quicklime."
Burn and Bury Dead.
So far as has been possible, quick.
line has been used on the dead!
many bodies have been burned and
others buried. In the relief work the
officers and men of the foreign war
ships have been untiring and their
courage is beyond words. The crew
OF the British cruiser Drake gave I'D
everything they possessed for the ben
eft Of the refugees, and practically
forgot rest and sleep for more than
thirty-six hours in their devotion to
duty.
Reports are published that It Is the
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NEW SHOCKS ALARM SURVIVORS
Complete Ruin Of C%runbllng Build
ings in Southern Italy and Sicily.

'Se ~ 00NN'SIO sSa'y wv o'S'J'
Rome, Jan. 3. Although graphic
stories are coming into Rome of the
horrors in Southern Italy and Sicily,
those are but repetitions OF indi-
vidual tragedies already recorded.
What chiefly concerns the govern
ment and the people is the progress
that is being made toward the relief
Of those who have suffered by the
dreadful visitation. Considerable ad-
n in this respect has been made
at Messina, where. according to Off
cial reports received here, the supply
service is beginning to work satisfac-
torily. The different regions on the
coast have been allotted to various
warships and other ships as centers
from which torpedo boats and launch
es convey and distribute rations and
water to the different villages.
More Shocks Felt.
The minister of justice has wired
from Messina to Premier Goilitti that
large bodies of troops have arrived
and are now occupying all parts of
the town. The appalling extent of the
disaster renders anything like a sys-
tematic search of the ruins impossi-
BILE, but persons are being dragged
out all day long and are quickly trans
ported to the relief ships as soon as
their wounds have received attention.
There were slight shocks felt in the
earthquake zone yesterday. complet-
ing the ruin of the crumbling build
ings. Those shocks are contributing
to the keeping up Of the alarm of the
population. Fires are still burning,
although much rain has fallen. The
latest Investigations on both sides OF
the straits make it certain that many
more than half the population of
the coast towns and villages have
been killed.
More Than 100000 Dead.
Prof. Rico, director of the observa-
tory at Mount Aetna, estimates that
the victims of the earthquake exceed
200, 600. Hundreds of dangerous Grim
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ACQUITTED OF ENLIGHTENMENT.

Fargo. Jan. l.. - In the embezzie-
ment ease against ODER Iverson of
Aneta, the jury in the United States
court acquitted the prisoner without
leaving their seats. Iverson is a sew
enteen-year-old boy. who has been a
clerk in the postoffice at Aneta, and
was charged with embezzling 81 IS.
The shortage occurred in connection
with stamp sales. and the defense al
legged it was a case of mistake In max.
ing change and not criminal intent.
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APPALLED,
At IMMENSELY OF
CATASTROPHE
In Messina and Reggie Alone
10000 Are Dead-Other
Towns Add Thousands.
AWFUL TOTALS NOT COMPLETE
Thousands of Survivors Wan
der Half Starving, Hall Naked
Over the Land.
DfSTlTUTIOy IS EVERYWHERE
Rescue Parties Are Performing Prod.
igies, but Task Before Them Is
A1unncA Ac~~l>cc
DfST|TUNOy IS EVERYWHERE
Rescue Parties Are Performing Prod.
igies, but Task Before Them Is
Almost Hopeless.

Rome, Jan. 1. - The immensely Of
Mondays earthquake in Southern
italy and Sicily can only be measured
by the fact that it is nov estimated
that $4,000 people persisted in Mes
sina and Reggie alone. A number Of
other towns have been devastated and
thousands Of victims in these places
must be added to the roll. In the
face Of these awful totals all Italy
stands appalled,.
Nor has the full death list yet been
reached. Shiploads Of fugitives have
arrived at Naples and other ports, and
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BONES POINT TO MURDER.

Chicago. Jan. 8. A murder In
which the body Of the victim. believed
to have been Mrs. Annie Raffty. a
negro servant. was burned in the fur.
mace of a fashionable apartment
building. was disclosed by the police
Yesterday by the finding OF human
The police are searching for the WON
ans husband. who is said to have dis.
appeared.
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Short in Accounts.

Marshalltown, Iowa. Jan. 3. - Not
until a note was found confessing that
he was short in his accounts and an
nouncing his intention Of committing
suicide. was = the disappearance Of
Charles d. Swick discovered yester-
day.
Swick was a trusted employe OF
President George Gregory of the
Iowa-Nebraska Coal Dealers ~associa-
ton. and handled much of his employ
ers' funds. AS far as discovered his
shortage is only 5000.
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MAINE TOWN F,REswEPT.

Skowhegan. Me-. Jan. 3.-Fire dam
aged three business blocks and burned
ave tenement houses in Water street.
in the heart OF the town, early yester-
dav. Two of the houses were dyna-
mited to check the progress OF the
flames and It was only after eight
hours work that the department, as
sisted by apparatus from Winterville
and Fairfield. succeeded In bringing
the are under control. The loss IL
500. 900.
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CASUALTIES.

While skating on a pond near Tren-
ton, N. J., Albert Blanchard and Carl
Hildebrand, each twelve years old,
broke through the ice and we're drown
ed.
Fire broke out in the Paramonoff
mine in Russia and as q result $500
miners are idle. 1t has been neces.
sary to seal up three shafts Of the
mine.
Rev. Wilbur l. Davis was stricken
blind while delivering q sermon in his
pulpit at the High Street Methodist
church at Springfield, Ohio. The burst
ing Of a blood vessel was given al the
aus
Fire, which for a time threatened
the whole business section Of One
onta. N. Y, destroyed the Arlington
hotel and seven other buildings in the
heart of the city, causing q loss Of
100000.
The fertilizing plant and tank
Of the Nelson Morris packing plant at
st. Joseph, Mo-. was destroyed by fire.
The loss is about $125.OOO. The fire
will not interfere with the working of
the plant.
w. T. B. Allen. aged sixty-seven, n
Of the best known Englishmen in
Northwestern Iowa, vas found dead in
bed at Sioux City. having accidentally
turned on the gas stove in turning of
the gaslight.
OscLr Herr ignited with a cigarette
stump a bottle containing mine pow
der at Fairmont. w. Va, and he and
three companions were probably fatal
" injured and several others were Sc
riously hurt.
Az a result OF q wild automobile
race on the Foothill boulevard, at Oak
land, Cal, one man was instantly kill
ed and another mar and two young
women were severely injured. The
accident occurred = short distance
from San Leandro.
Leo Bosworth, aged thirty, was kill
cd at Charlotte. Mich. by the explo-
SON OF q gun in the hands OF a hunt
inx COMPANION, who escaped unhurt.
part OF the barrel hit Bosworth in the
neck and severed his jugular vein. He
died In an hour.
A IRE which caused q loss Of $4,000
occurred in the Occidental hotel build
inr in Los Angeles. An explosion in
the basement. where . decorating COM
ANY stored paints and oils. caused the
Are. Two fremen were injured. The
hundred guests in the hotel escaped
without injury.
n ! collision at New York between
trolley car and an automobile George
8. Huriburt, the aged librarian OF the
American Geographical society. and
IA. daughter, occupants Of the auto
mobile. were crushed in the ruins OF
the machine and fatally injured.
Mrs. Bertha vacha and her three
vear.ol6 hoy were found dead from as
n~hyxiation Ia their home at Cleveland.
frank vacha, the husband, was uncon.
sctous but may recover Some time
during the night gas escaped in the
house. An Investigation Is being
nGa6e.
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Admits His Guilt.

Seattle. Wash. Jan. 3.-WEnted in
Chicago on a charge Of embezzlement
of money intrusted to his care for de-
post in the bank three months ago.
Herman Paley. a theatrical agent. was
arrested in Seattle yesterday by a de.
tective.
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One of the Paris newspapers states
that Wilbur Wright. the American
aeroplanist, will shortly go to Rome
to give instruction to three Italian
pilots in the work OF his a%eroplane.
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Nine. Nordica III.

Los Angeles. Cal. Jan. 3. - Nine.
Nordica Is suffering from an attack OF
bronchitis and is confined to the home
Of her sister. Mrs. Castillo.
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news Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
Digest Of the News Worth Telling Con.
densed for the Busy
Reader.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

Some of the foremost composers OF
the country are in attendance in
washington at the annual convention
Of the Music Teachers National asso-
station.
Carrying out its efforts to reduce
the number of fatalities in coal mines,
the United States geological survey is
about to establish rescue stations in
the principal coal fields of the co~n
try.
Announcement is made that the
postofice department is now prepared
to issue limited quantities of postage
stamps in rolls of 500 or 1000 for use
In stamp-vending and stamp-af1xing
machines.
Inspired by the sale of Red Cross
Christmas and New Years stamps
this year, officials Of the American
Red Cross in Washington already are
planning to make this innovation a
permanent American institution.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-19
NINE MINUTES NEARER
 TO JERSEY CITY. AND THE WEST
Second. Set of Hudson River. Tunnels
 Will Open Today.

Newt York, July 18.-Lower Broad way, Wall street, and the downtown business district, which tonight are from Is to 20 minutes distant from Jersey City on the way to the thickly settled suburban fields of New Jer- sey and the west beyond, will be brought nine minutes nearer tomorrow by the opening of second set of Hud- son tunnels. The time now allowed by the Hudson tunnels from the Man haitian terminal in Cortlandt street to the Jersey City terminal in the Pennsylvania railroad station will be three minutes with no delays by fog.
 Two weeks later, on August ?. spur connecting with the Erie and Lackawanna terminals in Hoboken will be open. Two years later it is hoped to- have an extension finished which will connect the present upper tubes, now running from Sixth avenue and Thirty-third street to Hoboken. with the Grand Central station at Forty second street. Passengers from New England for the south and west will then be able to cross the city and the North river in one continuous un- derground trip for five cents. Baggage will be checked straight through, and inbound passengers. from the south and west will find coupons attached to their railroad tickets good on all tun- mel trains.
 The entire system has been built by private capital supplied to William G. McAdoo, and will have cost when com pleted about s70.Og0,O00. Engineers and bankers are figuring on an an- nual traffic of about 100, 1000, ,O00 fares.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-19
NEW INCOME TAX suGGE.TIoN,
 oNE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT.
On All lncomes-Statement ITO the
 Congress of the United States"

New York, July 1s.-The board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers has issued the fol- lowing official statement, addressed ITO the Congress of the United States:
 "The National Association of Man ufacturers indorses any reasonable measure to secure by tax the requisite money, which, together with the tariff duties, shall be sufficient to support this government.
 We deplore the effort of dema- gogues to segregate American citizens and make government supporters of, Gne class and charity recipients of another; well knowing the character of our best grade working1nen. we understand that they do not relish att tempts to make of them recipients of any other mans contribution to their proportionate support of the govern ment which protects them and of which they are an integral part. Up right working Americans resent such imputations.
 Tt is an injustice that our working classes be subjected to indignities by patronizing politicians.
 We therefore recommend, if neces- sary for income purposes, the enact ment into law of measure providing just and equitable tax upon all cit- izens. exactly in proportion to their ability to assist in the support and re- ceive the benefits of what we esteem to be the best government on earth. As an illustration, we suggest one- eighth of one per cent. on all incomes. This would require seventy-five cents from the man who receives $500 a year and si,250 from the man who re- ceives a million a year. Every man would therefore enjoy patriotic sense of citizenship and become and be a part of this government and one of it's defenders. A condition making for up- right, sane and safe manhood and avoiding the present much to be de- plored effort to make supporters of one class and weak suppliants of another.
 We urge all citizens to write to their senators and representatives in congress at once, expressing their views on this subject, and we will will ingly abide the decision of the people at large provided they be allowed fair expression of opinion, before the measure devised by the politicians be enacted into law"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-19
oMlNous SITUATION AT soTLER
Arrival of State constabulary fingers
 Steel Go. Strikers.

{ Butler, Pa, July 1S.-Taking the striking employees of the Standard Steel Car company completely by surprise. detachment of state constabulary ar rived here from Punxsutawney late this afternoon to guard the companys property at Lyndora. The strikers, angered by the appearance of the troops, gathered around the plant yard and in a clash with the mounted troopers one striker was probably fa- tally shot two members of the crowd were injured and over ten injured. Eff teen alleged strikers were arrested by the troops.
 According to a report current here tonight, the constabulary have been expected here since yesterday, despite the statement of the car company off, fcials to the effect that outside police protection was not desired.
 The entrance of 500 employees of the Standard Wheel company, a concern manufacturing pressed steel wheels, into the ranks of the 2,500 striking men of the Standard Steel Car com pany, makes the situation at Butler ominous. The wheel company employees refused to report for work today.
 The men on strike at both plants are The principal contention of the striking men is that both the car and wheel companies are working capacity. but refuse to pay wages in to the amount of work turned out.