The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-07

| Troops OF Iea5ants CRYING and iioW!tns
tor Hread-Chiidren Submitted to Cen.
-agious Diseases to Save them f:onl
Death by Hunger.
ST PETERSBURG, Sept. Cox.
tremely unfavorable reports are received
Lere regarding crop prospects through
out the Empire. Six provinces reports
probable failure ofcrops, while in sew
eral others they will be much below the
average. Moscow adyiccs say that a
destructive worm has made its appear
ance in that province. Unless these
accounts are exaggerated there IS ever
probability Of a return OF famine reNt
year.
Our St Petersburg correspondent
writes: While the horizon OF The Em-
pire is black with war clouds. more
subtle and persistent foe has entered he
Cars kingdom and is making sad haToc
with his speople. The failure, Of the
cropsls every day increasing the distress
of the poorer classes; and many are The
harassiug tales which are told Of the
misery they are forced TO endure.
The Zemstyos (loca! legislatures CT
more than twenty provinces have ap-
pealed to the relief fund OF the Emp re,
but the answer has not been one to in
spire hope. Their demands were placed
at the lowest possible amount, but act
in one single instance were they ccm-
piled with. In some cases but tenth
Of the sum asked was gwen, though II
others the dlsbursers Of the fund were a
little more generous. Still the sums
granted are so utterly al variance with
the requirements the destress people
the Zemstyos finds it q difficult mat
ter to discriminate as to the most needy.
The peasants in the stricken districts
are grouped so closely that 1t IS lmpossi-
bic to relieve the wants Of all on the
limited supply OF money allowed. The
relief fund IS already exhausted and The
Government refuses to render further
assistance. The ukase which came into
force on August -, and which was
promulgated to prevent the export Of
rye, instead Of bettering The condition Of
the peasautry only tended to Increase
their misery. The price ofrye has since
that date risen rapidly. In fortnight
the price rose from 60 to 10 kopevks
per pood. The Russian people com
plaln that in issuing the edict sufficient
time was permitted to elapse to enable
the spectators to fulfil their contracts,
and that when August 81 dawned all the
rye which had been on the market had
been exported. This %as cruelinjust-
ice, and it has been followed by the most
serious consequences.
OUTBREAKS OF THE PEAsANTEY.
Numerous outbreaks have occurred IN
several uf the provinces. In tie tcTn
of Shawl, which is the corn mart OF he
province Of Kovno. the maddened poHu-
lace took possession Of the railway s:a-
ton, while others formed themselves
into bands and went cut on the hi;h-
ways to intercept all carts containing
corn. The police attempted to arrest
the ringleaders, but the crowd interte:cd
and rescued their companions. The
chief of police then called upon the Mill
tary to assist him in restoring nrG"r.
Through the efforts Of the latter the ::ot
was suppressed, but we have not been
informed if violence was resorted to.
Nearly all of tie provlences have
passed through similar eNperloE@e.
On the 18TH of August a town in The
province Of Wilma was the scene G.
wild outburst OF fury on the part OF ,he
populace. 4 crowd, headed by ni,m-
Der of Jews, took possession Of L quartz
ty of corn stored at the station ready for
export and emptied 1t into a field al"nE
line of railway. The crowd watched
over the precious commodity until night
closed about the scene.
In this latter riot the women were the
most active participants. After me
arrival of the police the railroad officials
attempted to start a train, but the leo-
PIE prostrated themselves On the rails,
shouting: we would rather die IS
Siberia than starvc heren
The people in the provinces OF Great
Russia bear their suffering with greater
fortitude than those Of the western l'art
of the Empire, but when riots DO occur
they assume more serious proportions.
The people are OF more phieymatc
temperament, but wheu once aroused
they are more violent. In several places
the grain repositories We're raided aud
deprived Of their coveted store. la each
case the peasantry not only overpoweced
the police, but also the military IN their
mad struggle for the life-sustainlng gram.
In the kuban Province the officials Or
dered the cattle to be destroyed, al!eS-
ing as an excuse that they were dis
eased. This the people denied, saying
that the animals, like themselves, were
slowly starving. The military Se:e
called out to enforce the order. but the
peasants attacked them and many OF The
rioters were killed.
DREADFUL SCENES CItRoNICLED-
In some Of the iamlne-stricken dis
tricts the scenes witnessed are beyond
description. Troops OF peasants wan
der from village to village. he9einS
yiteously and crying, Give us bread:
lOl Y lllIlS Siht. IiS
is always vaia one, for the condition CT
one peasant is no better than thar OF
his fellow, and The applicant turns away
mutterlng, "It is always the same--no
bread"
In some of the villages small Quan-
titY Of flour is doled out to each family.
1t is of the poorest quality. and the brad
made from it is scarcely. fit TO cat. lu
many Of the homes no food has been
cooked since Easter, the people subsist-
Ing on the small portion OF bread wl:jch
mas been supplied to them though CHAR
ity.
In some instances mothers. craze@ by
starvation. have subjected their chliHren
to contagious diseases. hoping thef oy
TO hasten the end, believing that death
by that means would be preferable to he
linegring one of starvation. Taosc OF
the peasants who are able 10 make L elr