Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-23

upon again received into favor and ad-
mitted to the recognition OF the car,
who had just then aRx ed his assent to
the Infamous resolution of the committee
Of ministers. May 5, 1882.
But the wretched Leah still loved her
faithless husband. One day she was
missed from her fathers dwelling. In
what disguise she contrived to travel be-
yond the pale TO which Russian law con-
fines the Jewish race is not known. Her
beauty may have been her passport or
the noble name which she still had the
right to wear. On the morning OF De-
cember 4. 1882, woman was found
dead In the snow in front Of Prince OBJ
lensky's palace at Moscow She had
Jewish features and she bore in her hand
letter addressed to the Baron Otlensky.
II was the unhappy and deserted Leah.
What that letter contained has never
been made public, although the fact of
the death of the baroness could not be
entirely suppressed. The Baron Obleu-
sky IL now an exile from Russia. The
sad fate of his wife emblttered him
against the court and the knsmen who
had separated him from her, and he is
devotins himself to his children at a
pleasant villa near Leghorn.
The wholesale 6ep0pu of the in-
baDitants OF the district adjoining Smiev,
a small town in Little Russia about fifty
miles from khardov, is most fragrant
instance of Russian brutality. The
Jews had large agricultural settlement
in the vicinity of Smiev and largely con-
tTolled the trade of the town Soon
after the prom ulgaiion of the May laws,
the governor of the khardov notified the
Jews that they must give up their farms
and go TO live in the town. AS many of
the families had lived on these farms for
generations they were lo8th to abandon
their homes aud begged for respite.
The only way of obtaining an indulgence
in Russia is by bribery and a considerable
sum was raised and sent to an OIL cial
who was supposed to have some influence
with the governor.
THE MONEY DISAPPEARED,
and the Jews assumed that il had gone
INTO the proper channel. Hearing moth
ing more, they paid no further attention
10 the decree ordering them to give up
their farms, assuming that the governor
was satisfied. The day passed on which
Inc order was to have taken effect, and
Two days more elapsed without any sign
Of trouble. Suddenly on the morning of
the fourth day force of 5000 infantry
made their appearance in Sinisv, accom-
panied by considerable number of cav
llry. The troops we're divided into de-
small number of cavalry
jeing assigned to each body of infantry.
Then they spread over the country in
Inherent directions, taking within their |
'lr2uit all the Jewish farms near Smiev |
Men, women and children were hurried |
rom their homes in Indictment weather |
ana without opportunity for preparation. |
They were all gathered into Smiley, the |
aid being over by evening. All night |
ong, husbands, wives aud children, in |
'iuding many ten er babes, lay |
N the ground, exposed to chill |
torn that swept from the distant
teppes. In the morning about q score
we're found dead, having persisted of ex-
'osure. The remainder, several hundred |
n number. were drawn up in line re-
:ardiess of their lamentations. husbands
their fainting wives and
aughters, and mothers pressing their
fspring to their breasts. About fifty
t the leading men were detailed off for
iberia AMI shackled in the presence of
heir lamenting families, from whom
hey were imme diately separated never
D meet again. The scenes are said to be
lmost heartrending enough to touch the
ceilings of a Russian Official. But or
ers were peremptory and no mercy
ould be shown. Those destined for ST.
eria were started at once on the road,
agons being provided for such as were
nable to move. The remainder of the
multitude of several hundred men,
omen and children were driven before
10 troops toward Southern Russia and,
fter the line had been passed, they
ere turned loose in desolate country,
ithout food or refuge, but sternIy
armed under pam OF death not to re-
ace their steps toward Smiev. The
ronser made their way TO the towns,
ores
persisted OF PRIvATIoN,
1t the object of this terrible lesson has
'en brought home 10 way not TO be
and after that the Jews who
ere ordered into the pale never dared
disobey.
That the coarse. brutal nature of tho