| Show FAMINE IN RUSSIA REPORTS from russia ruesta state that a dreadful famine prevails in that country A few da day sago in the province of the government was petitioned for a loan of to furnish the suffering ering people with seed and bread breadstuff stuffs s the london telegraph says that since serfdom was first legalized by Gu Ou donoff hunger and famine had bad not been so intense and widespread as they are likely to become in 1891 early frost destructive hail bail and continued drought have ruined the crops black rye bread has risen in a few days one kopeck kopecka a pound inless in less than twenty four hours recently rye flour we went ut up one ruble a quarter the russian minister of finance has issued a report on the condition of the country this report states that near ly iyall all the central and western parts of russia bunts and in a large part of southern russia there is no prospect of a crop this harvest A russian correspondent writing to his paper from castroma Ka stroma says bays he was met everywhere by men women and children looking haggaret hag gared andwan and wan their faces fleshless and drawsand draw nand their eyes red their food is bread made of a mixture oi of oatmeal and tree bark the misery suffered by them is intense the cedelya Ae As delya a russian paper says among the indigent persons who received tickets for gratis dinners during the week were noblemen and 76 ecclesiastics another russian paper says the jews too are suffering acutely the members of the jewish colony of opol in the government of yeka terin are practically du dying in of hunger whick tie the shifts to which the people are reduced are incredible the newspapers contain advertisements from parents offering their children tor for sale one 8 uch such advertisement offers a little girl of 6 to be sold I 1 but the taxes are being collected with the rigor and regularity which has always characterized the ministry of finances those peasants who are unable to pay have their chattels if they possess any di strained 11 |
