The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-22
RUSSIAN NEWS AND v1xWs.
rh,nrs of Istsrsst Iror. Russian Jour..


when the coronation OF Emperor Alexander H. tool
place the merchants OF Moscow applied for the r,r
mission to rive banquet to their new Monarch. The
permission was granted them and banquet WA rre
pared at the Exsrshaus for $500 guests 20 which N,
highest nobii y and military diEnitarss we're invited
Among tho invited guests OF course was the Governor
General OF Moscow, Count ZakrevskJ, Arriving a
the hall he found ct the door number Of merchants
ready receive him. and to oer him the honor OF pre-
siding at the table But as he noticed them hs
asked;
what are you DOING hsrsr
we have como TO our monarch. your illuItriou,
| EXcelency," answered the oldest man the com.
| mittee
what ~ said the Governor You have paid for this
banquet; that will do for you. Now DO OF with you
The merchants disappeared. This extrRvGgsnt sally
OF the General was brought TO the cosuIans
OF the Emperor the same day He was very diSpeased
with the department Of the ofneiaL He Immediately
ordered that tho merchants who had been 80 sighted
invited the dinner of the Court Marshal the next day.
on that occasion he banqueted together with them.
paid them compliments for the affair they had given ia
his honor the previous day and pronounced a toast
wherein he spoke in natterInE terms OF the patriotism
and usefulness OF the Moscow merchants
Anuinber Of persons manufacturing and trading with
counterfeit money and bonds arrested in Sara,or
Large quantities of countorfets were found on the
persons and IN the houses OF the implicated pArteA
and numerous letters disclosed the fact that hand
was largely distributed throughout several Govern
menta hnu tntt tney nhu uperhtou successfully Ter
many years. Their counterfeits were produced by
scientific methods that none but the best experts
could detect them.
On June 27 quarantine measures against tho cholera
enacted by tho Government on Spanish vessels
arriving In Russian ports on the Black Sea
Great pronarations are made at the German Embassy
in st. Petersburg for the reception of Emperor William
on his visit TO Russia. The entire building will be rene
vated and gorgeous architectural ornAmantAonb will
DO made in the front Of the hotel and In the new
which will be attached toit
In Bakhmoot Goverument.of EkaterlnoSlav, q curl
Gus accident occurred rock was blasted in the ala
baster factory OF Noyikon Co Fully two hours afera
charge had bsen eKnloded while the workngmon we're
engaged clearing the debris produced by the eIplo
sion. a piece of rock about fifteen yards in diameter
broke down and killed all the laborerS that were work.
ing underneath.
An old superstition with specially Russian charAo
terstics has OF late been manifested In KishevA vii
age in the Government Of Moscow. At the beginning
Of June two peasants dug up spring Of water At that
place. An old woman dreamed tnat the newly dis
diScOvod spring possessed curative proporsS and she
told her dream to the laborsr' Of factory near BY
Thoreupon mabses Of people, mostly women and chill.
dren began docking around the healing waterL As the
spring did not yield enough water to satisfy them all
fence built around 1t and cross was erected
the spot Several peasants Of the village stand inside
OF the fence and deal the water in bottles to the
appcanA each of whom deposits coin at the foot Of
the Tho money Ia collected by the elder Of the
village every evening and kept for communal pur-
poseA" A. the foot Of the there stands bottle
with two dead froRs in IL who had come to their
timely end in peculiar manner Before the
couse of sick persons around the spring was great
some of the peasants caught two perfectly healthy
women. told them that they were dangerously
ILL., and, pnninE them 70 tho ground made than drink
the healing waters until they tainted Whsu the poor
women picked up from the ground tho two frogu
found In their Rarments and declared TO BE-
devils driven bv the virtue OF the holy water. They
exhibited in the bottle sign Of the vondTouQ
properties of the spring Tho rush Of people TO that
place great that the authorities have great
difficulty keeping them in order. An attempt on the
part of the authorities to cover the sprnG uet
with loud protests by the vii ayers and the duped
around the place. and had therefore to DO abandoned
It WAS related time ago that the district Al.
BOmblies In several parts Of Russia trying e.
tablsh drug stores for the distribution Of medicine
gratis to tho poor and at cost price 10 those who are
able to pay Bnt seemA that Such benevolent edoTtS
cannot be pursued without trouble N that muchG
orned land. The Medical Inspector. Government Of
nca having visited the village of opotchk In the
eminent Of Pskov and, having examined the communal
drug there declared that that drug btara
give out medicines to patients who treated by .
physican at their homes in the town Of opotchk It
bestow its dement's only the visiting patients Of
tho hospital. II It desires to give out medicine
TO private patientA 1t must procure the license
OF private institution Thereupon the Comma.
nal Assembly applied to the Governor General OF PskoV
for license But the Governor said that he could nos
grant it them since there sready private drug
in the OF Opotchk. and the law did mot allow
than one Establishment OF this kind to exist in
place of less than TO o Inhabitants He admonishsd
moreover the District Assembly 10 abide by the ordsrS
OF tho medical inspector and not to give out any medt
cines to patients in town The patTict Assembly were
not satisfied with the decision of the Governor, and
brought their before the judiciary authorities The
Jury decided In their favor the ground that the town
10 but part of the district and sinco the lat
ter allows the communal institution to operate
in the whole district the town Ia included
in the permission Beside this many villagers OF the
district might fail sick their coming TO town and
they should surely not be deprived u the benefits
which tho Communal Assembly provides for them
With this judiciary decision the District Assembly Np
Piled again tho General the Minister Of The
INTERIOR and the Senate for permission in behalf Of
their sanitary institution to operate. No answer has
as yet been received and the suspension OF the com
munAi drug felt very kssply by the poor popa
lAtion of the entire district.
This Ministry of the Interior hsA Issued law pro
hihtinR the so.cRed VengeTtzy TO their trade
throughout the empire of Russia The VenEsPrEy are
German and Austrian subjects hawking and Psddng
with various articles OF trade in the villages and smAd
towns OF the empire
The Ministry of Public Education has Issued new
rules and regulations for the conduct Of FREQ public
libraries established by churches communities litSF
societOs or pryA!e citizens Among them are tnS
following; livery such library must stand under the
direct supervision of 4 committee appointed BY the
civil religious and Rtonai authorities Of The place
catalogue OF books and periodicals allowed to be cir
culated in such libraries will be issued annually
by = commtASion appointed by tho Ministry 81
Popular Education and the Holy Synod The
local committee shall have the power 70 close
the library and TO Coh1scate the books ~
soon As they discover any departure from the new
rules No book OF . religious tendency beside that Of
the orthodox Church and no book on history social
philosophy or descriptive foreign life save those that
are approved OF by both the general and tho religions
csnsors should DO contained IN the catalogues OF the
free public libraries tbs managers OF library desir
ing purchase books must make out list OF those
books and present for approval to the local commit
toe and having obtained thsT approval the list mus
be submitted to the highest Government ofciai Of the
place without whose sanction the purchase cannot ~
made.
Among tho centennial oTationS OF the city q
Odessa there will be the establishment 81 medical de-
partmsnt OF the EoyorosSySky univery Of that city
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