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The Omaha-; Daily Bee, .1 OMAHA, THURSDAY MOUSING, ECEMBEtt 31, 1008 TEN PAGES. VOL. XXX VIII NO. 1G7. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. in V i it- : t jds ol i l Exhibit at Poultry Showv of Promoters' Expectata TmETY-rrvE hundred s. New Classes Created to Accommodate the Many Exhibitors. SOME AWARDS ARE BEING MADE 3eneral Manderson Among Those Who Make Entries. CHILDREN MUCH IN EVIDENCE Take as Mnoh Interest la the Illsk Ured Fowl and Don mm Their KldersSonae Finn Sport - la a- Dos. Three thousand, five hundred fowls are now on exhibition at the Poultry show. This is 600 more than the directors antici pated. The fact of the large patronage given the enow by exhibitors and specta tors places this show on a parity with the blf annual events of Omaha and encourages the management to greater effort next time. Many of the higher classes of birds have been filled and new clusse have been created to accommodate other high-grade birds. Following are some of the awards made yesterday: Buff Wyandottes-J. A. Pease. Port Podge, la., f Iret pen, second cock; first hen. second cockerel, first pullet, fourth and fifth pullet. . . tMrA H. B Iay, Fremont Second and third and fifth pen. third cock, fourth cock, sec ond hen. third hen. first cockerel, third cockerel, fourth hen, second pullet, third J. W. Bartholomew, Tennant, la. Fourth '"Henry Hess, Winona, Minn. First cock, D. B. Frailer, Omaha Fifth cockerel. Some of the exhibitors. Ave Bros, of Blair, are among the larg L-st exhibitors of Barred Plymouth Rock fowls. This firm la making a shipment of cm and Reld's Yellow Dent corn to Mcx ieo, through Zcfcrlno Domlngues, agent for the Mexican Experiment station. J. A. Pease of Ft. Dodge. Ia., Is making a Urge exhibit of Buff and Columbia Wyandottes. Mr. Pease Is president of the Iowa Poultry association, and has entered the shows in Bloux City and Chicago. He Dronounced the TransmlaslsslppI Poultry show faf and away ahead of either Chlcagj or Bloux City. "Especially. 1 the Wyandotte display here fine." he said. . The youngest exhibitor of poultry Is Deforrest Osy of Essex, la. He la s..owing several coops of beautiful Uoudons. Young Gar la 13 years of age. J. M. Maher of Fremont, who originated the White Langshans and Smoke Ball duck is among the exhibitors. Mr. Maher is eat of the best known breeders in the state. Oenersl Oiarle- .Ms"derson xhJb Hlng some ailver laced Wyandottes In which ,h takes great pride. Three years mo a soldier of General . Manderson's old regiment sent, him a cage of these fine birds and they were so pretty that uen- eral Manderion was at once Interested and baa looked after his birds until he now has quite a number of birds. Bert Dixon has a beautiful pointer on exhibition. ' He Is called simply James, and Mr. Dixon had him sent from his ranch In Oklahoma especially for the show, James Is a blg, powerful pointer, and is snow white. The smallest dog at the kennel show Is a diminutive lap dog belonging to A. D, Brandels which Emit Brandots brought from Egypt. The dog goes by the ordinary name of "Puppy" and weighs but four and three-quarter pounds. Conrad Young Is showing his champion "Young Vic" a big, strong pointer, a son of Champion Young's Rip Rap, who la a descendant of some of the leading English dogs. Mr. Young's dog is broke for field work and Is entered In some of the big field trial events or the country. Days for Children. Tuesday and Wednesday were children's days at the show and large numbers availed themselves of this opportunity to learn of chicken and fowl culture. One of the most Interesting exhibits to the young folks is that of the George II. Lee com pany, which has chickens batching In the Incubators. These began to hatch Wednes day morning and later in the week will be used to demonstrate the brooders which this firm manufactures. go successful has been the experiment of adding the exhibit of the Nebraska Ken nel club to the show that the directors are already planning to expand next year and offer special Inducements for cats and pigeons. Liberal purses will be hung up for these side lights and It la hoped thereby to secure a large number of exhibitors and thus add to the attractiveness of the show. Many beautiful cats are now shown, but these tame as post entries and no special provisions were made for them. Next fear they will be made one of the features t the show. rKASB B(A9T THE OMAHA SHOW Winner mt Thro First Predicts Blgr Fntar for It. J. A. Fease, winner of three firsts In the Buff Wyandottes class resides at Fort Dodge, la., end is president of the Iowa Stat Pountry show which will be held at Fairfield, !.. January 11. IS, 13. It and IS. Mr. Psase has secured a large number of the exhibitors at the Transmlsslsslppl show to also take their birds to the Iowa show. "This Omaha show far surpasses any thing ever held in th west and It will grow larger every year," said Mr. Pease. ' W have a splendid show, but only about 1.500 birds against the S.500 which are now on exhibition in Omaha. The classes are large in number and are well filled and the competition Is moat keen." UOU COMES FROM DOWX gOCTH fixity's Captain Unities Old MlMlsalp. Vn from W. A. Pixley received a wire that his famous dog. Captain, was on th road from MUmlstippI to be shown at the Knn I how la connection with th poultry show. Captain has been south In ths hands of Trainer Jones and Is entered in th big fU-ld trial events of th esst. Death In the family of Mr. Jines baa made a change of plana for Mr. Pixley and he wired Monday for Captain to be sent north that he may be shown at th Omaha show. In response to several requests from dog lovers In th state for an exhibition of the field work of some If his dugs. Mr. Pixley has con sented to giv an exhibition later In th tkvB ..UMMARY OF HIE BEE Thursday, Deer m be r 31, 100. i90S rDremum- 1908 7X W 7721 nta imf Tft- ST 1 2 3 4o5 Gr Z 8 9 10 11 12 IS 14 15 16 1Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2Z 28 29 SO 61 Til WSAT3UB. FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL. BL,lTFF8 AND VICINITY Fair Thursday; continued cold Thursday. FOK NEBRASKA-Fa r and colder, wltn cold wave In east portion; Thursday fair witn rising temperature. rDR iowa f air, ana corner in ensi portion Thursday. Temnernture at omana yestcraay: Hour. leg. 3tl 31 32 28 25 3. 23 24 26 M 27 25 23 21 19 IS 17 DOMESTIC. President Stlllman is about to retire from the position he holds in the National City bank. Pag 1 The newspaper transportation cane may soon be taken up in the United States su preme court. Page 1 The Halns case was adjourned over yes terday because of the Illness of one of the lawyers for the defense. Fags a Thirty-eight men will die from the ex plosion In the Lick mine in West Vir ginia, 'are 1 The senatorial fight in Ohio has grown warm and an open rupture exists be tween the forces of Charles P. Taft and Congressman Burton. Page 8 A fierce snowstorm rages In Canada and Minnesota with xero temperature. Page 1 Missouri democrats are beginning to fear that 'the result of contests in the legislature will seat enough republicans to elect a senator. Page 9 romxxax. Princess .Helle De Sagan has been al lowed possession of her children by the decision of the French court. Page a Negotiations are about to begin between the United States and Venezuela. Page a The death list in the earthquake In southern Italy may reach 160,000 people, with a loss of thlrty-f Ive cities In Cal abria alone. Scene of lndoscribable hor ror are witnessed by the relief workers, who are so few that hundreds perish pin ioned under fallen walls. . Page 1 X.OCAL. Peru Plow company decides ;to. move from Council Bluffs to Omaha.' Pag 10 Street railway company to 4ulld Its new car -barns early In the spring. Pag T Omaha Italians will raise money to aid their stricken countrymen. Par 1 BPOB. Restriction against tn-flghting Is to be Imposed on contests. In Sydney hereafter because of the brutality of the Johnson- Burns mill. '"' ' COMMXBOIAXi AX XXTBUITBIAX. Live stock markets. ag 7 Grain markets. ag 7 Stocks and bonds. ag7 MOYSMZCTS Ol- OCXAJf STXAKgXXrS. Port. ArrlTea. Rllptt. NEW YORK California KoUardam. OUA8QOW Columbia a LONDON Minnehaha BUCHANAN - WELL RECEIVED Nearotlatlona With Veneiaela Are Abont to BearlnCastro Burned In Bfllsy. CARACAS, Venezuela. Dec. 29.-Vla Wll lemstad, Curacao, Dec. SO. W. I. Buchanan, the special commissioner of the American government to the government of Vene suela, arrived In Caracas today from La dualra. He was given a cordial reception by the officials of the new government. It has been decided to begin at once a series of conferences on the question of re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Venesuela and for mulation of a basis for settlement of all pending questions. The students of Caracas today paraded through the city. Carrying a large doll dressed to represent former President Castro. They were followed by a hooting and shouting crowd. The effigy wss finally burned In the Plasa Bolivar. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao. Deo. SO.-It Is reported here from Porto Cabello that General Mariano Garcia, governor of the Venexuelan state of Falco, declined to recognise Guan Vicente Gomes as president of the republic. He was at once thrown Into prison. STEPS TAKEN FOR RELIEF Pop Pins Aathorlse General Collec tion In Chlcwsio Diocese for Earthqnako offerers. CHICAGO, Dec. 80. The work of provid ing Chicago's share of rollef to the earth quake sufferers went forward with a bound tiday. Anhblshop Qulgley expected a cablegram from the pope permitting him to order a general collection throughout, his archdiocese next Sunday for the benefit of destitute S'cillans. Orsnn Smith. IllinoU treasurer of the Red Cross society, r ported a flood of letters containing contributions; Italian societies In Chicago and vicinity continued the gathering cf funds and sev eral newspapers stmounced that they would receive contributions. Among th Chicagoans believed to be, or have been. In the danger sone are the fol lowing: Mr. and Mrs. O. Fixer. Paul Barber, Dr. Charles A. Logan, Mlas Magdalena Hernley, T. A. Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baur, who were on their honeymoon trip. Mrs. Baur before her recent marriage was M.ia Bertha Duppler, secretary to Postmaster Campbell and said to have been th highest salar ed woman In the government employ. SNOW AND COLD IN NORTH Fie re Stoma, Aeeonapaaled by Drop to lero, Hapaonlnar la Minnesota. FERGUS FALLS. Minn., Deo. 30.-AIlerce snowstorm Is raging her today. Th mercury I down to aero and going lower every hour. WINNIPEG, Man., Doc SO. -A severe blis sard Is raying all over western Canada today, .1'. I a. m dL I m''.'."'.'.'.'..'.... I c i?m : ni Ltl!w) lft m (ZpZf, J m-y jj"' p- m 'jMJf. I ft mi::::::::::::: yCZl P- FIRST HOMESTEADER DEAD Daniel Freeman Passes Away at His Home in Beatrice. HAS BEEN ' SICK OVER YEAR Still Owns the Land, Seven Miles from Beatrice, Taken I'p by II Ira, and Which Is Covered by llorae ' stead Certificate No. 1. BEATRICE. Neb.. Dec. 30. (Bpeclal Tele gram.) Daniel Freeman, the first home steader In the United States, dlod at his borne In this city this evening. Daniel Freeman, th first homesteader In the United Slates, was born In Prebelo county, O.. April 28. 124. When 10 years of age he removed with his parents to 1 1 11 nols, where he grew to manhood. He was married In Illinois to Mis. Elisabeth Mil ler, a native of Ohio, who died In Rock Island. III., In 1S61, leaving three children. Mr. Freeman was married a second timo to Miss Agnes Suiter of Scott county, la., February S, 1863. who, with nine children, survive him. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman located In Gage county nearly half a century ago, making the first filing under the homestead law. The farm Is located about s?ven miles northwest of Beatrice on Cub creek. In an early day Mr. Freeman took an active part In the upbuilding of Beatrice and sur rounding country, and always seemed to take considerable satisfaction In knowing that as the first homesteader he lived and prospered in Gage county. For years he was active In politics, and has always been a supporter of W. J. Bryan. Of late years falling health has forced him to retire from active business life. During the last few winters Mr. Free man has been located at Searcy, Ark., leaving Beatrice in the early fall and re turning In the spring. A year ago he suf fered a severe spell of sickness at Searcy, and was removed to his home near this city. Mr. Freeman has long been a leading member of the Old Settlers' association of Gage county, and also of the Nebraska State Historical society. During the golden anniversary celebration held here last fall he was one of the leading features and appeared In the parade with a float repre senting the log cabin built by him on the first homestead. Mr. Freeman, who was a soldier In the civil war, was In Nebraska on a furlough when th homestead law became operative and filed on the Gage county land. His homestead certificate Is marked No. 1, and has always been one of his proudest possessions. GOLD COIN SENT TO DENVER Two II a ad red and' Twenty-Five Mil lions Tnken from Paeldo Coast for Safety. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 80,-rAccordlng to a story printed in this morning's Exami ner. 1222,600,00 In gold coin has bcro ship ped from the local mint to the mint at penver since last August. X'Js) said '..that the shipment was made as a measure of precaution against a possible Invasion of the Pacific, coast hv a. hostile dovpt. The ,,pment of the treasure, was In charge of ! lTnltd Rtatns Marnhal' E.lliitt ajmlxt.d htf a number of Wells Fargo special messen gets. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. Moving $225,500,- COO in gold coin a distance of more than 1,000 miles without accident or without loss of a dollar Is the feat Just successfully ac complished by the Treasury department of the United States "under the supervision of the director of the mint. Owing to the fact that all the principal vaults of the San Francisco mint had be come filled with gold coin and the basement and other less secure vaults of the mint had to be used to store this add'tional ac cumulation of gold it was deemed desirable to move this amount to the new modern vaults of the Denver mint, which are the largest and most secure of any In the United States. Secretary Corlelyou. .there fore, ordered Its transfer. The movement of the coin was begun August 15 and was completed December 19. NEWSPAPER CASE UP SOON Publishers May Have Early Decision on the Newspaper Trans portation Issne. WASHINGTON, Dec. SO. Whether news paper and magazine publishers may legally accept transportation over the railroads In return for advertising, probably will soon be decided by the supreme court of tho I'ntted States. The Chicago, IndlanapolU A Louisville Railway company, generally known as the Monon route, has brought to that court a case involving this ques tion, and It Is probable that the court will find In it a subject of such general Im portance as to Justify it In advancing the hearing. The ault originally was Instituted by the government in the United States circuit court for the northern district of Illinois. That court held that such a transaction would In all probability result In dis crimination and therefore decided against the company. If th case should be advanced tt will be possible to hear and . decide It bef or the final adjournment Friday of the present term of the court. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL A amber of Minor Appointments An no need In tho Depart ments. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. (Special Tele gram.) On recommendation of Congress man Conner, Dr. Charles Enfield has been reappointed pension examining surgeon at Jefferson, Ia. L. C. Waller of Dubuque, Ia., has been appointed dork In th War department and located In Texas. George Thompson has been appointed postmaater at Olaf, Wright county, Iowa, vice, T. H. Benson, resigned. STILLMAN ABOUT .TO RETIRE Head of National City Bank Said to Bo on Point of Yleldlna HL Ofleo. NEW YORK. Dec JO. -At th annual meetng of the stockholder of th National City bank of this city en January U It Is expected : that James Stlllman will retire from the office of president and will be elected chairman of th board of directors. It is expected that Frank A. Vanderllp. now vice president, will be elected president. The National City bank has deposits of more than S2O0.9O0.S00 and capjtal stock of S2S.000.00. DEATHS MAY REACH OMAHA ITALIANS WILL AID Distressed at Calamity, They Plan to Join in Relief. MOST FROM STRICKEN DISTRICT Grief and Anxiety t Pathetic Anton the Local Peonie and They Grab for Nrwi of tho Earthsjaake. Omaha Italians wilt Hold a mass meeting to raise funds for their stricken fellow countrymen and relatives In Italy and Sicily. Th unparalleled disaster which has be fallen the heel of Italy end the adjacent Island has thrown local Italians Into an anxiety and anguish hlch can be easily understood because of She 1,000 or 4,000 who live in Omaha nearly fell are Sicilians or Calabrlans. Mothers land brothers and even in some cases Wives and affianced sweethearts live or old live In the af flicted provinces. , Accordingly, although the Immediate concern Is now of the fate of their relatives, yet steps are being taken to raise funds here for' the relief of those who have survived th appalling catas trophe. The mass meeting, the date of which has not been settled, but which will be some time this week, Is bolng projected by Joseph Seeto, Tonl Venuto of the Italian consular agency, Sebastian Salerno and L. J. Plattl. Some prominent residents other than Italians, will also be asked to speak at the meeting. A preliminary meeting was held at Joe Calabria's saloon Tuesday night, and tt was determined to co-operate with other Italians. Local telegraph offices have been be- From the New York World. sieged all day with Italians asking If cables have come for them and themselves send ing messages of Inquiry to their former homes. Their anxiety Is paralleled only by the days following the San Francisco disaster, when hundreds of Omaha resi dents were worried about the fate of rel atives or friends In California. Only In this present rase the greater distance and and the fact that this Is still a strange country to many of the Omaha Italiaus makes their uncertainty all the greater and their angulah the more keen. Pathetic Effort to Read. Many have bought American newspapers who are hardly able to read English, and their attempts to decipher the strange prints border on the pathetic. Hundreds of others have sought out men of their nationality whom they look up to and have begged them to tell them something. The situation is, in fact, as bad as when the wive and daughters of miners confined In a shaft or mine tunnel after a dlaaater, assemble at the surface and wait long hours for news of the imprisoned. "My brother lives In Messina," cried Grarla Failla as he fairly burst in the door of Sebastian Salerno's office on Tenth street Wednesday morning. "You telegraph at oace for me, please, and find out If he is alive yet." Failla was only one of many who called on Salerno, Venuto or Plattl on a similar mission. Mr. Salerno himself returned only a few weeks ago from a pleasure trip through the strkken provinces. 'The whole country was smiling then," said he, "and the oon traat now must be awful to look upon. The papers continue to report larger and larger lossea of life and the disaster become al most too awful to cont.-mplit even at this distance, and think what it must be like to those at hand." Sa'.erno came himself from Pa'ermo and beliovea that his cousins there are prob ably safe. "The end of th world Is coming sure," said Raffaelo Bonnet, a little Italian news boy, at L'nlon station Wednesday morning. "He start In Italy and end In New York." Th boy, who spoke In childish earnestness, has evidently anglicised his surname. Plead e for th News. An Italian of the laboring class waiting for a train at the station, spying a news paper In the pocket of a fellow traveler's I 1 h (Continued on Pag Two) INDESCRIBABLE DISASTER King Tlctor and Qneea Keleaa of Italy arrived at Messina today and fonad what was said to b th moat Indescribable disaster la the mem ory of living nil. Th oondltlon resulting- from so many dead bodies war such that th qneen faltered, but mustered up ooarag and re mained at th king's side. Tea thousand oldlra will be needed to bury th dead. Th city of Beg glo 1 praotloally obliterated, a por tion having sunk below th sbor line and being covered by th sea. Th loss of life, It Is estimated, may reach th total of 1SO.OOO. It 1 reported that th shook oaussd the wreck of eltl on th As Hon Islands, near molly, having a popu lation of 10,000. Bobber have been utilising th terror of th populao to loot th possession of th dead. Th Bank of Italy believes It ha sustained a loss of fa, 000,000 in this way at Messina. "ALL INHABITANTS ARE DEAD" This 1 Report Received of Fate of Town of Ten Thon aaad People. CANTAZARO, Calabria, Dec. 30.-A re port received here early this morning says that the town of Ragnarn, on the coast to the north of Regglo, has been completely wiped out, fire finishing the work of de struction. Th report says that "all In habitants of Bagnara are dead." The town counted about 10.000 people. In a few days lime will be scattered over the heap of ruins which alone mark the site of a once populous town. THE NEW MEMBER. NOTABLE EARTHQUAKES. Place. Year. XUves Lost. Oataala, kUolly 1137 15,000 Syria 1158 80,000 cuioia iaea eo.ooo Naples 145S 4O400 Lisbon 1631 30,000 Bapie iea 70.000 Bagus 1667 0,000 Bohamakl 1673 80,000 Port Boy el, Jamaica .. 1693 3,000 Sicily 1693 100,000 Aouila, Italy 1703 6,000 Jeddo (Toklo) 1703 800,000 brusxi, Italy 1706 16,009 Algiers 1710 80,000 Palermo 1786 6,000 China 1731 100,000 Maple 1733 1,800 Idma aad CaUao 1746 18.000 Orand Cairo 1764 40,000 Xasohan, Persia 1755 40,000 Lisbon 1756 60,000 Pes, Moroooo 1758 18,000 yria 1768 80,000 Saartlnlco 1767 1,800 Taurts 1780 45,000 Calabria 1783 86,000 Bolivia 1787 40,000 Baples 1806 6,000 Kutch, Zed la , 1816 8,000 Aleppo 1883 80,000 Murcla, Spain 1838 8,000 Canton, China 1830 0,000 Calabria 1838 1,000 Martinique 1839 700 Cap Kaytlen, B. Bo'go.1648 6,000 Polnt-a-Pitre, Ouad'p 1843 8,000 Great Sanger 1856 3,000 Calabria, Italy 1867 10,000 Quito 1868 8,000 Xrseroum, Asia Mtaor.1868 8 ,000 Mendosa, 8. Amr....l881 7,000 Manila 1863 1,000 Mltylene 1867 100 Peru aad Xaaador. . . .1887 86,000 Sataadr, Colombia. .1878 14,000 SclO 1883 4,000 Cshmr 1888 3,000 Th Blvler , 1887 8,800 Yaaaaa, China 1888 4,000 St. Pierre 1908 80,000 Valparaiso, Chile ....1908 1,600 Saa Presets co 1906 468 Kingston, Jamaica.... 1907 1,100 Total., i 1.18,883 J MORE D-FIFTY CITIES LUOK LIKE POMPEII Reports from Regrgio and Messina Tell of Obliteration. SURVIVOR TELLS TRAGIC STORY Lower Part of Tlepralo Sank and Was Covered t p hy tho "ca People Lire In Open In "plte of Rain. CATANZARO, Calabria. Dec. 80.-Such fragmentary news as has been received from Regglo goes to confirm the previous report that the city has been practically obliterated. A ' laconic telegram from some operator In the sone of which Regglo was the center says: Regglo has been almost entirely de stroyed. The local director of telegrams and the operators are dead. Messina and Regglo look like Pompeii." The perfect of Regglo, Slgnor Orso, who was thought to have, been killed, has reached a coast point in safety after twenty-four hours of fearful experience. The man could hardly talk, but he said Regglo had been almost entirely devas tated, that the numbfr of dead ran Into thousands, and that the surrounding vil lages ialso have been destroyed. The region between Rocella, Jonlca and Caulonla, not far from Regglo, Is flooded. Part of City Subsides in Sea. A laborer who escaped from Regglo re lates that shortly before daybreak a deaf ening noise like the roaring of a hundred cannon was heard. This was followed by the subsidence of the entire lower portion of the city. At the same time the sea swept over the water front. The cathedral, all the municipal buildings, and the barracks and th beautiful palaces that lined th Corso are now heaps of ruins. Screams of terror could be heard above the crash of falling buildings. The mayor of Semlnara, In the province of Calabria, telegraphs that his town has been practically destroyed. Seminar had 4.000 Inhabitants. Up to the time of re porting the rescuers had unearthed 100 bodies. Reports from Pizso, thirty miles west of here, declare that the death list In sur rounding villages reaches a total of 3.32J. Many wounded persons ore still under the wreckage. Th survivors are camping In the open air. Most of them are without clothing, and food is lacking. Panlo from Second Shock. The section around Pixxo experienced an other earth shock last evening, throwing the people into a state of panic. The re mains of the church in Pizso collapsed. A score of people within the building had a miraculous escape. It Is raining hard, but In spite of this the entire population persists In living In the open. air. A report received here from Bant' Eufe mhx. a town of 6.000 people, sixteen miles northeast of Rjegglo, declares that the dead there number 1,000, the wounded ex ceeding that figure. The houses that were not destroyed are now in flames. It is impossible to send In supplies becaus of the lack of means of communication. SLIGHT SHOCK ADDS TERROR I'ndnlatory Dlstorbaac Causes New Alarm Am una; People. PALERMO, Dec. 30.-A relief train dis patched toward Messina In the hope of aid ing the earthquake sufferers was forced to return here, being able to go only within . ten miles of tho stricken city on account of demolished tracks. The engi neer said that all houses along the route showed effects of the earthquake. There was a slight, short undulatory shock of th earth at 7:30 o'clock last even ing, which. In view of the disastrous re sults of the earthquake, was sufficient to create a terrible panic. There was a gen eral rush to the squares and open places, accompanied by lamentations and shrieks of fear. Although late In the day. the population Invaded th churches and car ried out th Image of th saints and sacred (Continued THOUSAii Disaster in Southern Italy Most Ap. palling in History. THIRTY-FIVE CITIES DESTROYER Calamity Grows With Receipt ol Every Fresh Dispatch. ROYAL PARTY REACHES MESSINA wamasaskasaasaa Queen Falters at the Sight, but Re mains at King's Side. REGGI0 SINKS INTO THE WAVES Refugees Tell of Mad Acta of Terror Stricken People. UNITED STATES CONSUL IS DEAD Report Confirmed that Arthur F, Cheney and Wife Are Missing. NEW TREMORS FELT AT SYRACUSE Fresh Earth Shocks Increase Frenzy of Sufferers. AELI0N ISLANDS OFF THE MAP Italian Possessions Near Sicily May Have Disappeared. BANDITS DESPOIL THE DEAD Robber Bands of Messina Get Illrb Treasure by Looting- Bank of Italy's Vaults In Mes sina. ROMH. Dec. 30. The details of one of the most appalling disasters recorded In the history of the world aro being un folded In the dlxpatchea coming In today from Calabria and Sicily. It. is a story of Indescribable horror and calamity. The earthquake of Monday morning wrought havoc and destruction that cannot be esti mated. Italy Is stunned by a visitation, described as the greatest dlBaster In tho memory of living man. Yet the full meas ure of the cutastropho has not yet heen , taken. The calamity grows with the re ceipt of every fresh dlnratch from tho south. Calabria Is dotted with small townn and villages and new localities are report ing almost hourly casualty lists that run from the hundreds Into the thausands. Death I.lat May Be IBO.oOO. - It Is still Impossible to reach any accu rate estimate of the dead, but tho total number Is placed anywhere between 100.000 and 150,000. In some quarters it Is de clared that the final numbers will bo a high as 200,000 persons. One-half of tho population of Calabria and eastern Sicily apparently has perished. Countless thousands of wounded men, women and children are lying In the ruins. It Is Impossible to succor all. Numberless wounded of the survivors who have made their way to other cities are still without medical attention. The facilities for proper care even in the cities that did not suffer, are Inadequate. Tho devasted district Is still filled with half demented survivors, starving and wandering, aimlessly in the ruin. Th ruins are still burning. King Victor Em manuel und Queen Helena arrived In Mes Bina this morning. They both personally went to work to aid the injured. Their ex ample has been a wonderful Inspiration to the whole country. Every possible thing Is being done to forward the work of re lief, but the railroads In the afflicted sec tions have been put out of operation. Bagnara Annihilated. Bagnara, a town of 10,000 people north of Regglo is reported as annihilated. The population is said to have perished. Reg glo, a city of 60,000 people, has beon prac tically demolished. The detailed stories of the refugees only add horror upon horror to the calamities of the fateful day. Fresh earth shocks were experienced hint night at Pizxo, In Calabria, and Palermo, Sicily, last evening. They wer not severe. Cable communication with the Aeollun islands, twenty-five miles north of Sicily, is Interrupted. It Is evident that the line Is broken and It is feared that tb Islands also have been devastated. The largest of the group Is the Island of Llpaii and ths capital town has a population of 12,000. It Is feared that vast treasures have been looted at Messina. The local branch of the Bank of Italy had $2,000,000 on deposit there and other banks had large amounts of money In their vaults. There were also countless treasures and articles of value In the sumptuous palaces and prosperous shops of the city. Injured Clin to Rained Home. Many terrible stories are related In con nection with the rescue work. Th rescuers had to contend with a superstition so deep rooted in the Sicilian mind that in many inxtances Injured men and women clung to crumbling walls, refusing to let go their hold and seek a safer position. As further facts concerning stricken Messina become available they corroborate in every detail the worst fears heretofore expressed. The cathedral, municipality buildings, barracks and prisons are all de stroyed, and presumably all th smaller buildings shared the same fate. Of 2M railway employes In the station at Messina only eight aro known to have survived, while at Regglo the silence of death still reigns, leaving to the Imagination the ter rible havoc wrought by the catastrophe, with the horrible inrush of the sea, the swallowing up of boats, the crushing ol ships and the destruction of bridges and wajls.' The sea became almost Instantly covered with debris after the upheaval, containing refuse of every description and dotted with human bodies. When tho day dawned the entire sliors line of the surrounding country was utterly changed in appearance. The coast line was greatly altered, ' while of sll th mag nificent houses along the shore only a few tottering ruins remained. From these ruins from time to time there sprang jets of flame and smoke. King Victor Emmanuel and th queen, who loft yesterday for th scan of the disaster, have won th heart of their sub- 1