The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-16
RUSSIAN NEWS AND views.
ThInrs of Intere.t IRON Ku-slnr nonrnl

to abolish scrfdom in Russln Jan - lF,n q, 1881
Tho identity OF the pen is atesied by the sgN,ure OF
Count Lanaki. who was at that timo member OF the
Imperial Council
In tho noighborhood OF Novon,rgcroi in the GOV.
eminent Of Rhcrson a layerof brDu,uite was dAcoy.
cred which promises to yield larss supply ct ills
valuable kind Of granite
Tho chief Police of the city OF has procured
for his men new kind OF rifle, wlich shoots without
| producing any nose, for destroying warrant dogs
Amidwfo OF odessa sued certain Mr. viuchcr for
her fee as size lad assisted his wife tho dollvcryofA
child BemR questioned by the Judge why no refused
to pay his bill NJ Ncher said that he di not feel 40
though lie owed the midwife anything, because the
| baby wasagirl.
| Tho drostkv drivers Of Knrsk have invented n new
kind OF strike they will carry passenger through
astrcct that Ia not paved AZ most of the streets of
that town arc not paved, the public IL III trou-..
| pecally on rainy days when the inns Is kno deep
| The droShky driver will take them only the
| pavement goes, and lot them wade through the mira
Two officers Of tho Russian artillery have made thetr
| way from kovno to Mimi Nuvgprod, distance Of
! 2,oJO vcrSts, on veiocipedcs In twenty-five days
During tho international Prison Congress recently
held at St PetergDurg the weekly paper Nd OF that
CITY called attention to the atrOcious disorders that
prevail On the island of ShHhalien In 1879 when rus
STA obtained full possession OF that island she trans
formed 1t into penal institution, transporting her
crmiuals thither for colonization. The families ofts
criminals also transported there and law was
enacted that person. either Of the criminals their
families, should he allowed to return to Russia But
the for the reception Of tho criminals In
SaRhaen were very poor; man, women and children
were hudded together In small barracks, whore they
had to sleep rromiscuously tho floor At last such
OF AFFAIRS developed there that only tho
crminalS but officers of the military posts and
teachers appointed to establish schools were guilty
of crimes which tho law Furnishes with imprisonmont
hard labor for life" This situation continues there
still Tho paper from which quote shows that
better order OF things could easily DO ESTABLISHED In
saEhaen by the appointment of honorable onicsrs 70
govern tho unfortunate population.
The Minister Finance granted the Russian AF-
ricultura Trading Company OF London tho permission
to operate throughout Russia The company will eSnb
sh ain elevators and houses for the picking
the central railroad stations and seaports of Russia
with view to preparing those articles for expectation
to foreign countries
On the steamer Alexander H., which plies between
orenburg and St Petersburg, passenger became in
and wounded his wife and several fellow travel
lerS with butchers knife. The Captain and three
sailors, who tried TO check him, were also severely
wounded At last of the sailors hit the maniac with
piece Of iron and feled him to the deck whore he died
within hour. The body of the unfortunate man and
his wife who also appears be insane landed IN
Riga and handed over to the police authorities
Tho sale of raw wool has fallen of greatly in the
market of Kharkov for tho last few Tho reason
Is that the importation duties wool have been raised
in Germany and Austria and foreign manufacturer
find profit in buying Russian wool Russian facto
reA too have learned to make cloth of woolon
nantH which imported ct very owlduty and they
refuse to purchase the native material
party Of scholars from Austria hungary have az.
rived In vlAdikavkaA to make historical ographcal
explorations in tho region of tho Argoon River all
along its down to the point whero It Joins the
Terek. Tho ancient Huns their migration from
CircasHia left their In those rcRons Marks Of
their presence are imprinted on various localities ana
recoectons preserved in the legends of Tartar
trbea Tho Austro- Hungarian Gavants intend max
Ing thorough study Of these traces of antiquity They
will give year toit
Tho Novovo Vrenayd that the health of Count
l. N. Tolstot Is considerably improved His aversion
medicine has been conquered and he take
the prescriptions Of the doctors and to follow their ad
vice He will take kumys euro during the summer 10
will be administered to him by specialist invited for
the purpose from sAmar lie s feeble; all sorts OF phys
zeal exeron have been forbidden But he s'digently
at work writing He has finished book entitled AN
Bpiogue to the Kreutzor Sonata"
Tho Ministry of tho Interior has appointed special
commission to frame measures for tho prevention OF
accidents in factories and to devise plans for tho build
ing of cheap dwellings for laborerS
An agricultural colony for idiots has been established
near Kharkov piece OF land OF about 100 acreA
which tho citizens council of that government has
bought for the purpose from tho Counoss shoovalova
Two large pavllions have been built for the accom-
mediation of forty -nve and thirty women Seventy
two patients have already been received there. The
land is laid out IN gardenS Orchards and nelds for
sowing grain and the patients will be trained to Gull
uvate them. The outside appearance OF the place 10
that of wealthy farm and the pAvilions lifted onb
with all that required for tho and comfort OF
tho patients Bosdes agricultural work thoy will be
trained to take of cattle and fowls and to Light
manual work. such as spinning and weaving Of baskets
in the winter time star Of three physicAnS and mon
and Ruperintendents has been engaged to tAkO
care Of tho institution
On June TO- early in tho morning It was discovered
on tho Moscow Brost Railroad that at distance Of
about 1000 from Moscow several rails had been
displaced and the ground dug to cause tho wrecknE
OF train. High olcals who take the early train for
Moscow. Bummering in tho villas the piGoO
where the mischief was done A squad Of CoSSaokB
has been detailed to catch tho would DO train Wreokea
Several cases Of cholera have occurred in odeaA
Tho waters OF that city have fallen to the low max
early which they reach before the middle
July. This Ia said to Sign OF the spread Of
cholera In that place
Tho Ministry of the Interior Is at work on plan OF
sequeserng tho land of tho district OF yakootA in the
CrimeR and apporuonng It to tho TGrtGrs OF tho place.
Tho VUntk OF Riga reports that early in June there
arrived in Riga Dr. l.. with his wife, from st. Peters
burg. Tho doctor of feeble health. and by tho Rd
vice OF his wife intended to spend tho summer IN
MsrianhoGer. in Dubelna Tho pair stopped at hotel
in Riga Mira L. who has an old widowed sister in that
city very Absented herself from tho hotel Every
now and thon she tried to draw the hotel walter into
her confidence and to persuade him to testify that her
husband noisy and that he treated her badly But
the waiter would since no had never noticed such
depor part Of tho doctor Ono day she
In a carriage to tho hotel accompanied by stranger
whom she introduced TO her husband old friend
who would take them for drive In tho suburbA The
doctor refused TO take drive Tho stranger madoA
sign in tho window, and two strong appeared who
ntad 10 Ia i'm In A
noise that ensued tho proprietor OF the hotel in
with OF his clerks The stranger told him that he
was the superintendent OF asylum. and thaI
no had take the demented doctor into custody
But he allowed to do this Notice sent 10
the police headquarters Captain and two men soon
appeared and instead of the poor Doctor his schonR
wife and the supeEntondGnt of the insane asylum were
arrested ON examination found that tho doctor
was perfectly sane and that his wife and ssterinAw
were planning to put him in an insane asylum with
xnM nf pntiInR nossnssIon of hlA Tho most