Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-02

ne can suggest. Meanwhile the Roman
Catholic church is making numerous
converts each week in the eastern
provinces, and in Cr1mea Mahometan
fanaticism is manifesting itself. Only
a few days ago whole Christian family
was murdered by band of Mahometans
because the son had married Tartar
girl. who had, in consequence, adopted
the creed of the Orthodox church. The
procurator of holy synod has his work
cut out for him.
The misery of the peasants is SO great
that the various acts of cruelty commit
ted in the agricultural districts on the
persons OF hOrse-thieves can be under
stood, and in a certain measure con-
doned. In many cases to rob peasant
of his only horse is to ruin him COM
pletely; to give him his death blow. A
terrible scene took place at the begin
ming of this week in the village of Der
novo in the south OF Russia. A farmer
in this village, recognizing in the per-
sons of Saline, a retired soldier, and of
DavIdoff, a young peasant, the two rob-
bers Of three OF his horses, had them ar
rested by the mayor. The peasants, in
furiated against the prisoners by reason
of having suffered similar depredations,
broke into the Jail brought the prisoners
out and beat them to make them confess
all the thefts they had committed. In
short time both prisoners were left
dead. The farmer, Drutcreiif, could
not even then let them be.
II am sure" he said, that this old
fellow is shamming."
With this he thrust pointed stick
into Sazine's eyes, and drove'it in sew
eral inches. Dructreiff has been ar
rested, but is not likely to receive
heavy punishment.
A Jew dealer in bric-a-brac, OF the
name OF Krowchikosi, resident in War
saw, won the big prize of 200, 900 roubles
in the drawing of the Interior Loan,
which took place on the Sd of this
month. On the morning of the 4th
Krowchikosi was discovered hanging by
the neck in his curiosity shop. He had
been very happy as poor man, but the
SHOCK OF SUDDENLY BECOMING RICH
had been too much for him.
The teachers in the municipal schools
in Moscow had proposed to hold gem
eral meeting last Saturday to discuss
various questions of interest to the cor
poraJion. AT the last moment an order
! came from st. Petersburg forbidding
the meeting to be held. The Russian
government cannot tolerate discussion
with view to common action in any
shape or form.
The German cOlOnists in New Russia
are returning home to the fatherland
en- masse. The reason OF this is the re-
cent decision OF the government TO sub
iect the German coionists to the same
forced military service as the Russians.
A peasant, aged seventy-hve, hanged
himself on Tuesday in village near
Sempheropol. His motive was that,
being unable TO earn his living, he did
not want to be burden to anybody.
Isolated, this occurrence would be with
out Importance. Unfortunately, in
many recent cases, suicide has been
traced to the same motive.
In the town of Saratotf-on"Volga there
is living man who is l05 years OF age.
His name is Sanis. M. Sanis Is a French
man, and came to Russia in 1910 with
Napoleons ill-fated army. He is
in excellent health and spirits,
and enjoys talking of the
war, which took place seventy-seven
years ago, and OF now General
February" checknated the Little Cor
poral." II may be noticed that upward
OF twenty thousand men OF Napoleon s
army remained OF their free will in
Russia after the war, and it Is to them
that Russia owes the origin OF many In
dustries which were formerly unknown
in that country.
A scandal took place on Wednesday
last in the church of Schekisch, in the