St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-26
FROM THE CZAR's DOMAIN.
Throwing Calcium Light Upon
the Condition of the Russian
PannIe
People.

People.
London Times.
The yearbook issued by the statistical
central committee of the Russian min
istry of the interior is an interesting
publication, throwing much light ON the
condition of the Russian people. Ac-
cording to the work, the estimated pop
ulation of Russia is ITO. 62S. GIG souls,
of which about 100, 600. 900 inhabit
Europe N Russia without Finland)
and the Caucasus. Marriages are con-
stantly on the increase, their number in
1888 being S71,476. In the same veal
1855, TAI births were registered, against
only 1858, 116 deaths. The increase of
population is consequently AS per
1000, this percentage being exceeded
by no other European state. The num-
Der of violent deaths, however, is very
high, II increasing, being 44,427 in
1887, against L, 1885 in 1886. OF these 2,575
and2,5S5 respectively were suicides and
3,73Sand 3,60S respectively hOmicides.
The victims of intemperance in 1887
numbered 4,517. In 1856 and 1887 A.
SS1 persons were drowned, 2,027 were
frozen to death, and 1,472 killed by
lightning. OF all diseases typhus ex-
acted the most victims, and ragged
throughout Russia. The numbers for
1887 showed 2S9, $50 cases of disease and
Is, S5S deaths. Of cholera nostras there
were 3,759 cases, and 800 died. The
chief center of disease in Russia Is the
government of Kieff.
Immense damage is done to property
by fires. The year book estimates the
total loss by fire in 1886 at SO. 500, 600
rOubles, and in 1887 at 6S, 7S2, 700 roubles.
In 1882 it was as high as 5000, 600
rpth1nc From 1870 fN 1907 tho loss ~,
fire vas LOGO, 000. 600 roubles, which is
acOut so cOpecS per annUm per head of
population. About 80 per cent of the
fires were due to i~ncendiarism, and
fOur-fifths OF the damage was caused in
the country. The consumption of spir-
its is prOportionately Small-Only 81
vedro per inhabitant in 1887.
The remarkable spread of drunk
enness is explained by the admix-
ture of fusil oil to spirits. The con-
sumption of beer has increased, not
outstanding a decrease in the number
of breWerieS. According to a table con-
tanning the prices at Moscow of apood
of brown bread, a sack of flour of the
first quality, and the bread made of a
sack of such flour, they have doubled
during the last ninety years. In 1887
there existed 1856 manufacturers with
a productive capacity of over 1000
rubles each. They gave employment TO
763.261 persons. of whom 1873, 564 were
women and %, TAG children, and the
value of the goods manufactured
amounted to $50, 900, 900 rubles. As
founding details are furnished in the
yearbook of the Indebtedness of landed
property. 1t is stated that 26.S per
cent of such property (24,54S,S13 dessia-
tines) are mOrtgaged to the extent of
632, 154, 719 rubles. the annual interest
paid being no less than Al. 409. 1924 rubles.
For public instruction 10000 600 rubles,
and for sanitary purposes $500. 900
rubles were expended. Education is
still much neglected. In 1886 there
were only 1917 intermediary schools,
with 130,2S7 boys and -S0,099 girls. In
S9,003 elementary schools. 1870, lis boys
and 455. 167 girls received instruction.
There has been somewhat of an i'm
provement in these figures during more
recent years; but, according to Western
notions, the Russian empire is still as
far as ever from possessing a proper
system Of education.