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Vol. XIX.-No. 3 CORVALLIS, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13. 1900. B. T. IRTIMB Editor and Proprietor ' -llll- "MOUNT VESUVIOUS s i r S I 1 I ! IDOBS IT PAY to INVESTIGATE? MlUUliUlUIUlUUIUUiiUUiR IN ERUPTION DESTROYS CIT IES AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES. When you want anything in the line of Clothing, come and see our line, get prices. TWe balance our quality and prices defy competition. Our clothing sales has made big strides in the past few years and this has justified a big increase in our buying. Never before has our store received such a big ship ment as this spring we have clothing Nob by clothing for sale. Investigate. Showers of Sand and Redhot Stones Mingle With Poisonous Gases New Craters Pouring La va on All Sides of Vol cano Ashes Six Feet D3ep. "The end I! X Mi MAS Corvallis, ' Oregon Great Line Mens Fine Shoes. i Chase I m No Prizes go with our atoll COFFEE In fact nothing sroes with our coffee hut cream, suar and SATISFACTION ZIEROLF. i mm uraae p. bo.e agent for Chase & Sanborn Hiih Grade COFFEE HE OLDS The Best on Earth. M. M. LONG'S HOME-SEEKERS If you are looking for some real good bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for our special list, or come and see us. We take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you over the country. AMBLER 6c WATTERS Real Estate, Loan and Insurance v 1 Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon. . - Naples, April 8. The hope that Mount Vesuvious was becoming calm was dissipated today when the volcano became more active than ever. The panic has spread to Na ples. Two strong earthquake shocks which shattered the. windows . and cracked the walls of buildings, were experienced today. The entire pop ulation rushed to 'he streets in ter ror, many of them crying Madonna has forsaken, us; the of the world has come." No trace remains of Boecotrecaee, a commune on the southern decliv ity of the mountain, where, up to 48 hours ago 1U,UUU persons lived; and Torre Annunziata, on the shores 01 the Gulf or .Naples, one mile to the southward, is almost surrounded by the invading lava and has been evacuated by its 30, 000 inhabitants. The people were brought to Na ples by trains, street cars, military carts and steamships. Similar means of transportation ate being employed to bring away the people from Torre del Greco. A telegram received trom the Mayor of San Sebastian, a village near the Observatory on the North west declivity of Vesuvius, says that lava is approaching rapidly, and that the people are terror strick en. They have been for some nights without sleep, and are desti tute and beg assistance be given tbro. The work of succor is baupered owing to delays to the railway eer vice, which is interrupted by red- hat Btooes thrown to a height of 3 000 feet falling on the tracks. An tnormous volume of Black smoke riees to a height of two miles above the crater. A continuous southeast erly wind carries the ashes over the city of Naples, Which is eo com pletely enveloped in darknees that for three days our communications by Bta have been cut on. Steam ers and large sailboats trying to reach Naples find themselves in to tal darkness several miles from shore and turn back, numbers of P9r6ons having fainted from the sulphurous fumeB. Fissures have opened far below the cone, emitting many streams of lava, one of which has completely destroyed the town of Boscotrecaz, which bad 10,000 inhabitants Yesterday I drove through Torre Annunziato to the point where the main stream of lava stopped on Sundav. The lava carried vast masses of bnrned stone and sulphur on its surface like dross on molten lead, and nothing was visible tow ard JBoecotrecaz out endless acres of dark scoriae, broken here and there by the greenish, curling emoke of sulphur. At the point we reach ed a great stone pine tree, torn up by its roots and turned to black charcoal, stuck out of the mass at a eharp angle. The air was almost unbreathable, the heat"intense. When the stream of fire threaten ed Boscotrecaz, soldiers dug a wide ditch across its patn ana threw up a formidable intrenchment in the hope of diverting its course, but ev ery effort was useless. The molten stone advanced like a colossal serpent of fire, turning its head to the right and left as a snake does, but keeping its general direction toward the fated town. It was not till it reached the first house, sending up great showers of sparks, that the people finally fled for their lives, taking such belong ings as they could carry in their arms or pile upon the creaking carts. I saw men, women and chil dren and infants, whose mothers carried them at the breast or in their aprons. Dogs, too, and cats were on the carts and sometimes even chickens tied together by the legs and piles of mattresses and pillows and shapeless bundles of clothes, all white with dust under the lurid glare. I saw one woman lying on her back across a cart, ghastly white heat aod suffonation, certainly al most gone. We, ourselves, could hardly breathe. Naples, April 11. Thousands of lives have been lest as a result of the eruption of Vesuvious, while the property loes is estimated at $80,000,000. - Towns throughout the district are being overwhelmed with ,aehes and the darkness of night hangs over the entire region, fshowers of stones as ; big 86 , hens eggs are falling upon the fleeing re fuges. while lava is again on the move down all sides of the moun tains. ... It is believed that Naples is in the gravest danger. Business is at a standstill and the people are posi tively mad. There is a wild scram ble to, get out of the city. The poor er classes re fighting madly for places in i churches to prostrate themselves at the altars. , Engin eers have refused to take out rail road trains because of the darkness and traffic is. entirely suspended. All shipping is preparing to leave the harbor. : Hundreds of tourists are marooned and: unable to leave. The number of vessels is wholly in adequate to take the people away. The passage of vehicles , through the streets of Naples is prevented by the drifts of ashes. Reports are constantly received of buildings col- apsing under the weight of cinders. Explosions are increasing in num ber and intensity. Many new cra ters are forming on Vesuvious. The instruments record the most severe subterranean agitation. This in formation comes from Mattecuci, the intrepid scientist, who still re mains at bis post on the side of the volcano, who adds to his dispatches today that he thinks the worst is yet to come. All hops for the people who in sisted on remaining near Vesuvious has been abandoned. Refuges tell of scores buried alive, and the slight ly injured doomed to death by suf focation. In many places entire families are found kneeling about the humble shrine slain while at prayer by deadly gases. The terrible beauty and magmfi cence of the eruption at night is be youd the power of human tongue to describe. The entire heavens were lighted by the glare, which was re flected hundreds of miles away. Tbe manufacturing town of Sar- do, a city 01 10,000 mnaoitants, containing castles, factories, sul phur baths, is reported entirely de stroyed and overwhelmed by vol canic ejecta. Lava has wrecked the hamlet of ban uenntro. The ejection of sand is driving the populace away from many dis tant towns. At bomma cinders and ashes are six feet deep in the street?, while fit San Guisssppa the debris reaches the third story windows. Five hundred refuges between Ot tajano and San Guisseppe are re ported to have been killed. The lava haB reached Pompeii. Poggio Marino has been completely buried under the aehes. Ffty houses and three churches collapsed this afternoon at Soojma and the city hall is threatened with destruction. Refuges say houses continue falling in at Ottajana. In all towns in that neighborhood buildings are either in ruins or tot tering. From the volcano an enormous mass of black smoke riee3 for miles above the crate". Molten lava and masses of redhot stones are thrown thousands of feet in the air. Ashes are fallen as far south as Sec ii v ;ni for loo mile3 north in Italy. lnrougnout tne stncKen region thousands of persons have perished from the sulphurous fumes. Even in Naple3 numbers of persons have been overcome from the poisonous gases. All roads to Naples are choked with refuges, though the heavy tall of ashe3 is rendering walking difficult and making it al most impossible for wheeled vehi cles to move. The stream of lava which started from a fissure far below tbe cone and completely destroyed tbe town of Boscotrecaz has started in a new direction toward Torre Annunziata. reached the cemetery of that place, and now is pouring down upon Pompeii. Another stream has reached Torre del Greco. Thous ands of acres of cultivated land with houses and livestock have been swept away. K m ' -T M !?":w.:y Uj y SYSTEM Clothes wear as well as they loo k and there's style in every line quality in every thread. The Bell System Spring and Summer styles show the very s newest fashions for men and boys the most attractive ; and best-wearing- fabrics at reasonable price. The Bell System clothes will fit any form. Be sure to inspect trie new Bell System garments before making your selection. Designed and made by Stern, Lauer, Shohl&Co., Cincinnati, O. SOLD BT , J. H .Harris NOT DAMAGED YET. Signs Favorable for a Bountiful Prone Crop The Big Orchard. Up to the present the signs are favorable for a bumper prune crop this season. The big prune or chard is now snow white with blooms, being in the height of the blossoming season, and the sight presented is worth traveling miles to see. A frost of a few mornings ago is not supposed to have done any damage. Manager Johnson was out to examine conditions in the big orchard Jednesday even ing, and could discover no sign of injury. Ihe bees were working industriously, and every thing fav orable for abundant fertilization. Unless something unpropitious hap pens hereafter there should be a tine yield of prunes in every or chard in the vicinity. Of course the acreage of prunes is consider ably reduced in later years. A number of orchards in this section, as well as elsewhere, have been dug up, while others have been aban doned to San Jose scale and other pests so that their usefulness as producers is practically nothing. The prospect in the big orchard now is for the best crop in its history. TO ADORN IT. Gty Hall Park Many Hands and Hearts in the Work The Plans. The grounds about the city ball are to be adorned and cared for. They have always been neglected. The sidewalk on the west side cf the grounds looks like a cow pas ture. Tne dilapidation in the rear resembles the wrecked conditions in the vicinity of Vesuvius. The grounds proper resemble anything but the fringe for a fine $12,000 public building' in a thrifty and growing county seat. But all this is to be changed. Men are working there every day under plans for a beautification. There is to be a properly kept lawn with clover and irrigation, in sea son. There are to be beds of flow ers. There are to be people to care for them like the door yard at the best family home. Such at least is the scheme as it is on paper. It will be a tragedy, as the Times has often pointed out, if all the details do not materialize. Who is doing it? Newton Wil- kins has a hand in it. The street committee of the city council is a factor. The whole city adminis tration smiles on the work. The Coffee Club donated $10 for pur chase of flowers and plants to be pnt in the beds. The Village Im provement Society appointed a committee to aid in the work. The committee is Mrs. M. Elston Lee, Mrs. Rose Selling and Mrs. John Smith. Let the good work go on. When it shall once be in motion, the won der will be, why was it never done before? Among other adornments said to be promised, is a cement pavement on the west side of the building. It should be put there, and at once. Embroidery Lessons. Mrs M. P. Burnett will give les sons in Eyelet Embroidery Wed nesday and Thursday afternoons at her residence. Ind. phone No 202. Bell phone No 135. A Favorite Kemeily For Babies, lis pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a fave ite with ;he mothers of small children. 1. quickly cures their coughs and colds and pre vents any danger of pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only CGTc. croup, but when given as eoon as the cronpy cough appears will prevent the attack. For sale by Graham & Wortham. If you knew the value of Chamberlain's Salve you would never wish to be without it. Mere are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable: sore nipples, chapped hands, bums, frost bites, chilblains, chronic sore eyes, itching piles, tetter, salt rheum and eczema. Price 25 cents per box. For Does your baking powder contain alum ? Look upon the label. Use only a powder whose label shows it to be made with cream of tartar- NOTE Safety lies in buying only the Royal Baking Powder, which is the best cream of tartar baking powder that can be had and, if not dead already of fear and sale by Graham & Wortham.