Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-19

The SNOWY Home Of NIany Of Russia,s
Most Talented Sons and Daughter

The snowy Home Of rIaay Of Russia,s
Most Talented Sons and Daughter
Special to the New York Sun.
Moscow. May 3O.-The coronation committee
the city authorities, and the governor general
all combined their efforts In order to put upon
this queer old city the best holiday attire. They
removed from here everybody who would not
smile during the coronation festivities, or throw
his cap in the air and hurrah most heartily For
that reason they emptied nearly all the city
prisons. and the political prisoners were hurried
on their dismal march, Among the latter was
o. Schigaleff, one of the revolutionary poets
The cars government could not silence him. so
they sent him. like many Others to the place
where, as they believe, no mortal can sing.
Schigaleff, in his cell, composed poem, called
Revolution" which is now being circulated
here among the cars guests. The poet says:
From tho hidden spriags Of life there runs an eternal
current which ike an earthquake viii upset and de.
as sr M IT I stir the
Peep WI rise AND Ike yocan9 WIN 6grs; and tear
fun q rain: but they can never e.tnsuish volcano:
a life as sass
burning among the peope Lava shall break forth and
gaudy purple and your shining crown.
l have heard that many of the cars guests
intend to preserve copy of this poem, along
with the imperial ticket, as memento of their
Moscow visit
''What will become of the author of Revolu-
tioni'" l asked Moscow journalist.
IAN early snowy grave" he answered. ''is
worst. Many Russian genius has been swal-
lowed up by the Icy soil of Siberia. When Rus
STA becomes free to erect monuments on the
graves of her best sons and daughters I am
sure Siberia will have most of the monuments"
1t seems it is a family tradition of the Roman
fO of fO hov
have always feared such men. Catherine I'LL,
the czaritza-authOress, banished to Siberia the
two best Russian authors of her time.
Alexander l.. "a republican," as he used to
call himself, could not suffer the distinguished
statesman Speransky to admire the laws of
republican France. and SO the republican"
car sent his best statesman to Siberia in order
to cool his republican ardor.
Nicholas l. used to say. mot professors but
soldiers are what need" And so professors,
marched and marched on to Siberia during the
thirty years reign of the czar-soldier. Among
others, Hertzen and Bakunin of EurOpean
fame were christened in the Siberian SHOWS.
Alexander H.. the liberatOr, far surpassed all
his predecessors In pOpulattng Siberia with men
of genius. No man in Russia ever had such
powerful influence on his contemporaries as
ENTHUSIASTICALLY had. He proved that the pen
OF a genius is mightier than the scepter of
car. Alexander ruled his officials and Tchern-
could not be suffered, and so Internationally
was sent to Siberia, where he had been kept
already ten years over the time prescribed in
his sentence
The fate of the Schapofs, husband and wife,
Is exceedingly touching. Athanasy Schapoff,
self to the study of RaskOl, or Russian PrOtes-
tantism. He collected abundant facts proving
that the RaskOl was popular protest against
the autOcracy both of the car and of the
church, and that the Raskolniks of to-day are
the representatives of pure Russian democratic
principles. The Russian academy Of sciences
crowned A. Schapof with the laurel wreath.
but the car rewarded him with iron chains, and
exied him to Siberia for life The learned exile
ZealOusly investigated the Siberian sectarians.
and wrote q book on the subject which
created a great sensation in Russia. Then
the real tortures of the SchapOffs be-
gan. 1t was ordered that no ink or paper
should be given to him. But Schapoff must
either write or become crazy. The gendarmes
who looked after him were secretly Instructed
to furnish Schapoff with plenty of fiery vodka.
Under these trying circumstances, Mrs. Schapoff
proved to be guardian angel tor her husband,
and for long, long years she cOurageOusly de-
tended him against madness and delirium
tremens Every sheet of paper and every piece
of pencil that she procured for her husband
cost her endless tears, sufferings, and humilia-
tiOns AS soon as a sheet had been written
full. she again faced endless troubles in order
to send it to publishing house. In spite of
these hardshps. there appeared series of
books by A. SchapO1f In no age and in no
country have books ever been written in such a
manner. WORKOUT man was writing on a
stolen piece of paper with stolen pencil, while
on one side stood his guardian angel and on
the other the devil in the shape of a gendarme
offering him glass of vodka At last SchapOff
died, and his wife soon followed him to a snowy
grave.
Among the Siberian graves there are two be-
longing to the MichaelOffs. One of the Michael
offs was a poet, whose poems are known by
every educated Russian of to-day, though there
greeted Young Russia in poem which ended
in these Words
let your battle be more successful than ours let
us pass by YOU"
The other Mchaeloff was the author of a very
singular book, called "Otschepentzi," or Schis-
MATES, in which, basing his argument on the
Bible and on the works of the Christian
Fathers, and the biographies of Christian mar
tyrs. he tried to prove that to revolt against
the cars autOcracy was holy deed.
In Siberia also persisted Ivan Prijoff, the ia
nous author Of the "HistOry of the Vodka
Shops" in which, from official documents, he
demonstrated that for. many centuries the gov
eminent had cOntrived various means to induce
the people to drink, SO that it finally came about
that excise duties constituted fully one-half of
the states income.
Invasion Of the Holy Land.
From the London Railway News.
The latest proposition Is to build maritime
canal through Palestine, and an English company,
with the Duke of Marlborough at it's head has
been formed for the purpose Of making investi-
md v,~xi,o iv,ou O. Co.,