Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-02

Rome, Jan 2.-The financial con-
tributions for the relief of earthquake
sufferers are coming in 80 generously
from the United tSates that Ambas-
ssdor Grlscom, who has been noti-
fled of these donations. is today TAX
ing an active part in the relief work
whiCh is being organized in this city.
The work Is well under way now and
with in few days the condition of
thousands of starving and suffering
SUI vors will be aIleviated.
Exact statistics of the dead and
surviving are impossible to secure
because all the dead bodies buried
under ruins have not yet been recov-
cred. 1t is equally impossible to make
any accurate count of the survivors
for they are today scattered from one
end of the country TO another.
The only figures that can be OBJ
tanned are reached by calculating the
total population before the disaster
and subtracting therefrom the num-
Der supposed to have survived. The
result shows that there were prob
ably $4,000 victims. This number
Is increasing daily, not only through
the deaths of injured, but also by
many suicides of those despairing
survivors whose minds have given
way under the terrible strain and the
horror through which they have
passed.
American GunbOat There.
The American gunboat Scorpion
will arrive at Messina Monday and
the commander will place his vessel
at the disposal of the American en-
bassy officials and consular author
tiles for the assistance of Americans
and the protection of American in
terests in Italy. The Scorpion, like
all the other foreign vessels here,
will assist in carrying survivors from
the devastated districts and will CO.
operate with the authorities in all
possible ways in the affected dis
tricts.
If. meantime, the bodies OF Ameri-
can Consul Cheney and wife are
sound the Scorpion may transport
them to Naples, whence. they will be
shipped to the United States.
Work Wen Under Way.
Returning from a visit to the Gala
brian coast north of Reggie, King
Victor Emmanuel sent the following
telegram to Premier Gioletti here:
"I have visited Cannitello, eight
miles north Of Reggie, and found il
literally razed to the ground, The
villa of san Giovanni was also de-
stroyed As at Messina the rescue
work is well organized The fires at
Messina have now been reduced to
small proportions. Three other
British and three French warshipsI
have arrived al Messina."
In compliance with the order of
the king that the royal palaces at
Caserta and Naples be placed at the
disposal OF the wounded one hundred
injured persons from Messina are al
ready occupying a portion Of San
Rerdinando palace, the royal huusr,
and everything is provided for them.
The Duchess Aosta has transferred
the large hall Of her palace at Cape
Dimonte into a hospital and is there
caring for many injured. An early
morning train brought in from Reg
sio hundreds Of passengers manv OF
them badly injured.
Will Abandon Cities.
Almost all the people Of Reggio
and Messina. il is said will abandon
those cities. They fear a repitition Of
rhe disaster and are not willing TO
remain amid the scenes OF such hor-
ror as they have witnessed during
the past week.
Nobody I'm italy envles King En-
samuel on his errand to the devast-
ated regions more than does Pope
Plus. who felt that his place Is with
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