The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-03-31

burg. 1t left Marshalltown at 8:15 a.
IA. and ten minutes later was mass
| OF wreckage, the engines having left
the track while going at the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour. The sud-
den impact drove the Pullman sleeper
clear through the smoking car, which
In turn telescoped the woman's day
coach. Many Of the dead were horri-
bly, mangled, arms, legs and even
heads being scattered through the
wreckage, making Identification diff
| ficult in many cases. Among the
dead and injured were many from
Cedar Rapids and Waterloo The
wreck is the worst in the history of
the state.
! Mount Aetna, the famous volcano in
Sicily, is again In violent activity and
great destruction has already been
wrought by the molten rivers of lava
and the hot cinders that cover the
ground like a thick carpet. The
streams of lava have surpassed in
volume those of the great eruption in
1892. The lava issues from four op-
enings and the heat from the currents
| is SO intense it is impossible to APP
proach within $50 feet of the streams.
The people are pleading for assistance,
especially for carts in which to re-
move their household effects There
Is little smoke from the eruption but
the explosions from the side craters
are terrible and liquid fire and rock
are thrown to height of 20 meters.
Panic has seized the peasants who can
be seen gathered on the hill tops look
Ing back upon the sites of their former
homes which are now covered with
lava Is feet deep. Thousands of peo-
PIE are watching the progress of the
eruption, which is magnificent,
though terrifying, spectacle.
Professor Camille Flammarion, the
eminent French astronomer, declares
that while many memorable events
have transpired simultaneous with the
appearance of Halley's comet, he does
not think that the present trip is any
more than a coincidence in arriving
when earthly matters are somewhat
unsettled. Scientists are divided over
the question OF the relationship Hal
ley's comet bears to the recent erup-
ton of Mount Aetna, the famous vol
cano in Italy. 1t is claimed that each
OF the thirty visits of this comet has
DSSA AbissA hCu ny oil important IllSIOTl"
cal event. Some of the most import
ant of these are:
240 B. C.-Punic wars.
Sc A. D.-Roman wars of Nero's
451 A. D.-Attillas invasion of Eu-
rope.
10G6 A. D,-William the Conqueror's
invasion of England.
1916 A. D.-The wars between the
Turks and the Christians.
1852 A. D.-European wars.
1883 A. D-French and Indian wars
in America.
However, a general study of history
leads one to believe that these wars
were no more the result of the comet |
than the comet was the result of theI
wars
s From Rome comes the statement
that the great preparations for re-
ceiving Roosevelt in April are being
rushed. He will be received by the |
king of Italy and the following day
he will visit the pope The Romans
have the following to say concerning
our former president: aRoosevelt's
trip through the continent of Europe
is to be one great triumphant well
come. Never since Alexander the
Great entered Babylon, with the one
exception of julius Caesar, has the |
continent been SO stirred up by the |
prospects of visit as 1t is now in ar
ranging the receptions of Americas
ex-president Kings and emperors,
college professors, scientists, soldiers
and statesmen await his arrival to pay
homage to this one strongest personal
ity in the world today He has receiv-
ed invitations from nearly every city |
of prominence in the United Kingdom
and the principal countries of Europe.
He has been asked to lecture at uni
versities. He has been invited to ban
quets and to balls. He has already |
been the guest of the Khedive of /
Egypt and will be the guest of the
king Of Greece, the king of Italy, the
emperor of Austria, the emperor of |
Germany, the president of France, the t
king of England and various poten-
tates of lesser Importance, and all the
ambassadors in Washington, except
Mr. Bryce and Baron Rosen, have been
summoned home by their sovereigns
TO act as masters of ceremonies Theo-
dore Roosevelt is today the best known
and undoubtedly the most popular
man in the world, and his invasion in
Europe has no parallel in history. No
private citizen of any country has ever
been offered the honors and the atten-
ton he will receive and he will bear
them off as CALAMITY and as gracefully
as any human being could do. General
Grant received great many honors,
and he left a permanent impression
upon every class of society wherever
he went, by his simple dignity, his re-
ticence and the prestige of his military
renown, but Roosevelt represents the
other extreme of American individual
ity, and his reception and entertain
ment will correspond"