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Show In tl.e l-'atliilie Districts. St. Pftcusiu no, Jan. 8H. Matters in the famine-strieken districts are growing worse. In many Instances the ignorant peasantry, exasncratcil by hunger and sickness, have turned against the doctors on account of the hitter's fuilure to effect cures, and the physicians phy-sicians are fleeing in terror, in some cases, where the governors of the provinces have threatened; to call out the militia to preserve order, the peasants have plainly told the governors that if the military are called out they (the peasants i will kill the governors. In some instances the peasants have attempted to de. rail passenger trains by tearing up portions of the track. The men of a regiment stationed sta-tioned at Viilnn have been displaying a mutinous mut-inous spirit, and today refused lo salute an artillery officer. The officer thereupon drew his revolver and shot two of the noncommissioned noncommis-sioned otlicers, As ne was about to kill the third Hie men complied with the regulations and saluted. |