New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-25


camping out AT night All day long suffer from co d.
hunger and fatigue or lose your in binding snow,
nut me anticipation OF the bright evening campfire
bcs You 10 hold out until nght. We
together, 50 az to make little ncosure about zen Ieet
square. The snow all shoveled out OF tue interior
ana panked up around the sides IKE % ,I.
hre built az the open end. THIS nttls -nnWcellalr
twigs Of trailing pine; shaggy bear--1ns were spread
down tO make so carpet, and or fur si'epng
nj 1T In the middle stood low table. improylsed
ont OF candle box, ON wnich one 1 oa
of steamng tea. few pieces OF frozen rye bread and
some dried ish Then stretching ourseyts out ~ ~" ~
the tire aud our ks against pillows we sm@keu' Ut ma
sg4 ana toid so r 10 PT Ty broncbes Of trail
cop of a1 zen e in bei,bt and then squatting
in their ayorte pos around the blaze they sang Tor
hours the wild. melancholy songs OF X me lalaiS ana
told never ending stories Of harships and adventnr on
tae coast he ley At last The great constellation
Of Orion marked bedtime. Our stocaigs were ak. On
and dried 0y the mr. the dogs FED their daily ailo"
ance Of one dried lisa each anu pulling on our G ,Ss
fur coats We criweI teet-ust mo our WolisAh DAA''
TIE EXILE SYSTEM
Ever since the publ cation OF Madame Collnss
Elizabeth The whos civilized world has taaen deep
and painful interest in the fortunes and faIe
OF Siberian exiles Again and again In books
in magazines and in newspaper lealers through
out the world. the subject has been taken up
times with prejudice, hut always with Ignorance Now
ests and drtmatist- have used the supposed facts az
themes OF stories and plays political Writer'S Ike Gren
vile Murray have used them to inhame prejudice
against Russia. In fact, since the tlnean ar ~ MA
been almost impossible 10 read article on RUSSIA
which did not refer 10 siberian exile. fnr
The Pa lIaV Ga-el and the English Tory papers gn-
orally have been printing heari-rening accounts q" ne
ts,d uppn excs in the siberian penal Sc Elements TIE
Pal HGl GG-ete recently said: The eXiles VINO i've IN
Of he
political offenders OF the best. Inc Tur-
dcrcr for mis- vliainy and the Intelligent toLs9
the punlshment Of slow death They live IN the mines
extracting quicksilver under the ewes 81 Iaskma-ters
VINO have orders not to spare them Prince LuDOmTsHl
who visited these mines, saws tnnyctS were rached
win the JOINT pans WHEN & ~ u,n
bofni.a The T1gGon Ssgndard relates that winter
asts eight months Of the year. period during which
the surrounding country presents the appearance OF
voiceiess f - frozen marsh and the ex!es either 60
mad. commit suicide die Of dcliriWm tremers.'
In first place there II not quicksilver NINE IN al
Siberia nauchier and further ~ the country where
there are rails q every summer ouOo pounds ~ tobacco
/ Will briefly give review Of the exile system Ex-
lice beg b. sent tn siberia soon an r o. discovery
about the middle o. the scy'htrnth century.
Tie frs Gar who sent exIes there was Alexander
tlIchae1vch in lG4S ~ not n that time regar ed
punishment In Itself, hut af means 81 gel-Iis
criminals. who mad tadF brc pun cue 9i OF lnt way
The Russian criminal code was then incredibly crurI ana
ha'bIfour Men we're haugeu ava re4,I'u TOT cIl,l,H
which would nor now DE- reg Iu cdpaI II iiu9 y''.H
try: they logged branded ana Llt'l1iti ana 'r-
pended the by passed under wv OF lHcI
un they died lingering and miscr. bic deatI. After
undergoing all these pni-hneuts but death its'l,
soerai o., isn wal or crnins a. The cnnaI cole
has sine. been amcEIrIt-d. ard tAe pro-
gressye development OF 7i"era il-tI grad ,,iE
% ouILl "'pi. IL Ia -, 49, -, -., Ia, rli11
prosperous part 0t ITS Territory AZ the close "l me
seventeenth ccuury several uk ises were Issued aou-
Ed f- III , ,l' ,.'l bra,r o a-rrlci the
H #.| 90 o. IN. Hri
rDt EliI- "a punishment began t0 m eyte nded 10
, nur,b,r .f cr1,- which had prcyiou-ly been uun-
-urI U other W.vs-a.-crIIUu RON tu- Army. assault
with intent 10 kill ami ya-rancy when Che Ya7rdut was
In 1852 narm sion was given ~ FL individuals nd
corpora owning srr- - hand them over 20 ihc local
al.u0ritc- for bans mont to = IBERIA whrncvcrtuey
rgo.. Clpi.a uuu4u mrut wa, abp i-Ied bog Russia
lT53 and an criminals VINO woult formerly have been
D.rp.tHai exile win hard labor in siberia
in the reign ~ Catherine IL. the demand Tor
LABOR r, n siberia became lorf an NOR, imperative by
reason of the discovery of the mpor ant mines of tka
erincbLr-, and he opening Of llt-e maulaclnrlt- az
which sent oheuders 10 siberia. Jews were cHil
without rn sson aud Army liIc'r- or ihoI "nyAc IS
Lxics were then furnished VII good s. co. -I'ul."r
implements ana horses TO enable ia M 20 begin lle anew
TEN undergone gradual and stealy amcl'ratIoh
The old features wuch contained cruelty nave d. en-
done away WIN inc aL-l"7 ,S lot si a
o % I,1 a. N s'rtc fr M III ~ uart t. criminals
Nj ON we would iupr-on for life hanz dog-ug with
me kuOut has long been ab1i -Ied; eiIer- a"d CHAINS
Are ,crc, lv ever seen and on accession o. every
new Emperor thousands OF c1Ilr7 have been wholly
al present mn and women are sent in exile for
al kinds u crime from mdr.c. To- L4tc n,, and
from twenty years w.th hard laN"r' Wuch Is
the minimum sentence, down 10 slmpl i-uh nl
for 0Jr years. The -'vercr -.n encr7 involve the dIrF-
alton ~ all civil rights. forfeiture OF al prop-riy'
WIch dccenas 10 the criminal heiIS rs tions- Hr "'
dead, ard the severance 90 al family r,ld IONS, u4ee7
lis family Voluntary accomp4hies Nm 10 ns lCG o.
abode. l. cIihllI- VIZ az - 49,, ~ ~, 80
with him they are allowed io 90 So ana l-lc
Government furnishes them with transporiauon
not the aulloiIy % We SI1i'-l"' w. ,iTTo
family ceases WITH his eNI-. EAies cdi on4l
auce viii law. rom - 90 4Stt INT il, 5i va l7
sem across the Russian border l5J,IJJ OF whom
r; one fourth Of thcu for burglary aid 1900 Tor
murder and homicide. one would tllk 10 READ the ar
lies were sent there for political reasons, ana
that they were high Dorn men anu women.
I'm the twenty yeas mentioned only ti5 we're eAleu
for political offences and oI thit sndl A4iiOer Isd!
the cnruon peOpe are little disturbed by the political
1t' Non GOO eyiles e-cape every year and re-
ontHcts' , aDo t.: ~ nI.uarl! Nearly 1000 rcr-
a nolti.al ttil. ilt r.n. ind n being common frious
out Der cent are condemned % hard abIr me rest
being simply hanlsIrd ~ ire tOl0n.sts ENGy l. Oo
men are 1ic0uplued by 400 women and children, VINO
20 vgllut iri!y "a tue Government expense. Al the
exes are sen the fertile zone OF -OuA -lDtrId, IN
places which lie one degree south OF their native
towns A criminal, therefore, rather has
better home than before he was eAAtu Inc
celebrated convict settlement OF Aercansk lies eight
degrees south OF 1t. Pc, ersDurs and lour en- de
,r.ra south MOSCOW, and corresponds III attitude al
uOst 10 that OF Ii true mat the eN 90 are
..uf IL a bleak de.Odte uIin Aabed Arctic Waste Take
for instance the siberian province OF the IfanH-Bak
which contains two VI the largest oI inc SAIIe
mining settements-the mines OI NercAinsk ana the
mines Of Kara II has an OF 10000 square miles
and population Of 100000, OF WHICH AOo'OOO are hu
slams II has 667 towns. villa and settlements, ana
,y4 churches and places OF WORSHIP Ihe Inhabitants
own 10000 horses, 24OOOO catle, 4JOOoo shetp an
100 camels Ia year there we're grown oVVOoO
bushels Of grain and ZOO pounds o tobacco IN recent
nook RE Russians OF To-day" wittcn aud published
la England and again published III TINS ciy, two
caules are devoted the AOrrOrs OF rlDcfIAn eINe
II refer- 10 lie terrible egiOns beyond IOmsk.
ana the Yenesei" is the Government Of ISkuisk
Inn which there ait uuct scyen large Manufacturing cs-
t0b.Unput5 have no doubt tlaJ the exile systems,
Ike any other penal system, has It's bad features