The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-07

to witness their death agony. This,
too, in spite of the fact that every
effort is being made to reach these
people and life is being sacrificed
to the treacherous ruins In the un-
deItaking.
Gr1scom Delays Trip.
Lloyd c. Griscom, the American
ambassador, has decided not to go
to Messina at present. He will await
the expected arrival of the Amer
lean battleship feet now approaching
Suez from the Red Sea, in the strick-
en- district. The warships probably
will get to Messina next week. Mr..
Griscom will then go to the south.
The Ambassador sent to Messina
Major ]. r. Reynolds Lands, the
American military attache; Bayard
Cutting, Jr., the American vice con-
sui at Milan; Winthrop Chandler and
the interpreter Of the embassy with
full instructions concerning the
methods to be adopted In the search
for Americans supposed to have been
In Sicily and Calabria at the time
Of the earthquake.
The Ambassador has communica-
ted to the government the receipt
Of a contribution for the sufferers
of $4,000 from the American Red
Cross, as we'll as a first contribution
of $4,000 from the Christian Her
aid.
Despite the first assertions that
William H. Bishop, United States con-
sui at Palermo. was not in the Island
of Sicily at the time of the earth
quake, the American Embassy now
believes that he is there. All eff
forts to communicate with him, how
ever. have been fruitless.
Lipar Islands Safe.
The first cheerful news of the devas-
tation of Calabria and Eastern Sicily
by earthquake and tidal wave was
received by the minister of marine.
dispatch from the commander of
the torpedo boat sent post-haste to
verify the report that the Lipari,
or Aeolian Island had been engulfed
and all the population, some $4,000
people, annihilated, brought the
grateful information that while the
Islands had experienced the earth
Quake only few buildings have been
demolished and that no Hives were
lost.
The King and Queen of Italy con-
tinue their pious pilgrimage along
what was once the beautiful and
smiling. Southern Coast of Sicily, but
which now Is a desolated region
strewn with unsepulchred dead, and
where thousands are dying in an
guish, amid the ruins OF their homes.
The Duke of Aosta is on the scene,
devoting himself to the succor OF
his countrymen. The Duke has
visited Palmi and all the surrounding
villages. This section, after Messina
and Reggie. suffered more heavily
than any other. The Duke said to
one of the aides with him:
The catastrophe, indeed, is a
scourge from God. The time has
come when II Is no longer time to
think about those buried beneath the
ruins. All hope of saving any OF
these unfortunates after the four
days that have elapsed since the ais
aster must of necessity be abandoned.
All our efforts must be devoted to
caring for the wounded survivors,"
The colossal emigrant steamships
that for years past have been en-
gagged in transporting the surplus
population OF Calabria and Sicily to
the $ur corners OF the world, but
especially to the United States, are
employed in removing survivors and
refugees to places of safety. Messina
and Reggie, the two typical southern
cities OF Italy, are no more. The
fury of land and sea has compassed
their ruin and what little remains
heaps OF shattered masonry covering
countless dead bodies-is now to be
covered with quicklime to prevent the
outbreak of epidemies.