The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-11-06

REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.

hEVIEW Ut IuE WEEks
OLD WORLD.
WHOLE FAMILIES DIED OUT.
Father FllmanOff Describes the Horrors
the Russian Famine.
Father Filnanoff, an orthodox Russia
priest In the province OF Kasan, describe
thus his visit to the starving village of Mar
dy: "In the first half hour met 16 person
In the death struggle. An old woman die
before my eyes. Most of the starving person
had not tasted bread for eight days. Whit
faced, bleareyed, the stricken men stare
strength required to stretch out their hanC
] In mute petition for bread. Only the mo-
fortunate have their prayer grated; the rel
die before help can arrive. Before the house
on the curbs. at the church door and the ma
ket place saw the pale, haggard, bent an
diseased figures. Every look meant hunge
and weakness. Some crept along In appal
ent Indifference and resignation; others acte
as II mad, and cried: Bread Bread Don
let us dle!" "The mothers whose chldre
have already succumbed to hunger lamen
day and night. Everything edible has bee
consumed. SO long as there were weeds ant
berries life was possible, but when thes
were gone all felt themselves face to fac
with death. In their despair they stripped
the leaves from the lindens, dried and grount
them, and made them into porridge. Thi
concoction stillel the pain for about IA days
but afforded little nOurishment. Then thu
lindens were stripped bare and the people be
gan to die. Starvation makes such rapid raw
ages hereabouts that In eight days In one vii
lage of 100 families Al families have died ou
entirely"
The Irish Fignt-Healy Publicly Horse
whipped.
The election for Parnelps seat from Cork
comes to-day, and as the crisis has been near
ing feeling has intensified fast. Redmond
charges the priests with an extensive system
of intimidation and challenges Dillon and
O'Brien to publish the Boulogne documents
In full. There were riots at Cork Friday and
Sunday, In which lot of people were In
jured. A line of police stood between the
Parnellite and antl-Parnelte meetings Sun.
day but they could not prevent fight which
began with the throwing OF stones from one
side to the other. There are now ~ patients
In the hospital suffering from wounds re.
ceiyed during the fighting. This number, OF
course, Is In addition to very much larger
number of persons who have been similarly
wounded and who are being treated at their
own homes. The McCarthyites were greatly
tonal Press Of Of a rumor OF plot to MUIR
der CBrien and Dillon.
Timothy Healy, M. p, McCarthyite men,
Der of the house OF commons for the northern
division OF the county OF Longford, was pub.
licly horsew hipped In Dublin streets Tuesday
by Mr. McDermott, a nephew of the
late MIR. Parnell. Both are lawyers, and
" ere In the Four Courts of Dublin when they
met. 1t was on account of bitter and bru-
tai speech which Heay made at Longf0rd
Sunday, in which be referred to Mrs. Parnell
- an English prostitute. Davitt and O'Brien
both wrote him 10 protest against such bru.
,alism. But Mr.. McDermott gave him ter.
'ihle threshing. He Is striped with broad
welts from his neck downward on the back
md hips, showing the terrible energy of the
blows. The Parneites claim that Healy was
'rying for mercy when other lawyers came
o his rescue. The Healy story Is that he was
AIKEN completely by surprise, and, stumbling,
ell fiat upon his back, his wig falling from
lis head at the same time. While Mr.. Healy
vas PROSTATE his enemy continued to remOrse-
essly and unsparingy slash whatever part OF
is body presented itself, but that did not
,st long, for Mr.. Healy sprung to his feet
nd the two men clinched.
The Japan Earthquake.
The latest news Of the earthquake In Japan |
avs that no less than $4,000 persons were kill |
j or drowned. while there nave been reports |
10000 and $4,000. The earthquake shock |
assed from east and west. The waters were
lrOwn up seething, as If from cauldron,
nd burst upon the lowlands. drowning hun.
reds of people. So sudden was the disaster
lat with the first rumblngs of the earth the
,ople were stricken with panic and were
ushed In the ruins of fallen buildings or
rown by crumbling debris. The towns of
konau, Kano and Kassamutsu were literally
iped out, but very few of the unfortunate
habitants escaped. At Gifu 5000 houses
ere destroyed, and 5000 persons killed.
ghteen thousand houses were wrecked and
90 persons lost their lives at Oragora. Fifty
lies of railroad were destroyed.
Clever Check Forgeries.
The London police have just unearthed
ng of the cleverest check forgers operating
recent years. The members of this gang
We succeeded In doing what was long
limed by experts to be impossible, namely.
ceiving from chemically treated bank paper
e figures written thereon, and replacing
wing a trace of the alteration. There Is
ason to believe that the earnings or steal
Is. of the combine have amounted to f2O,-
} week for some past.
The winter season is commencing IN Europe
tn unusual severity.
The italian cabinet ministers have unani.
,usly decided to abolish the decree against
, admission of American pork into that !
untry.
It is reported that Don Carlos, the preten. :
to the Spanish throne. pawned his jewels !
emily to buy bread. !
South Sea Islanders have murdered several
ssionares In German Guinea. s
letter dated April has been received at I
Rim from Emin Pasha. In 1t the explorer |
d that he was upon the point of starting to i
1T the king of Ruhanda, territory hitherto
explored by European or Arab. Emin did ?
mention any design to go to Wadeai. 4
8 project at the writing appeared to be to !
rich westward from RuEanda and to cross !,
continent to the Cameroons. This Is In
preted In Germany as being desertion of
German service. a
Hrs. Charles Stewart Parnell Is In very u
BILE health and II Is feared that she may not 81
vive the prostrat0n and sickness caused
her husbands death. G
'he Russian Car has issued an uhase, for.
ding the expectation of any cereals except y
eat. The governme mt has added 3200O,- "
roubIes to the distress fund. !.
he residence of the Prince of Wales at n
ndon, was totally destroyed by fire Friday. Il
he potato crop In northern Hungary IL a CT
1plete failure and fears are entertained p,
I famine will result. al
he French senate has agreed to the remov- u
f the prohibition upon the importation Of
erican salt pork. 1t has also voted In 81
or of the imposition Of duty upon that il
Gle of food at % francs. M
new nihilist association has been dscov- th
/ In Russia with its center In st. Peters,
e and branches In Charkof and Odessa. to
ny persons suspected Of membership have be
n arrested. 81!
BOnaparte, a nephew of the oN
! Napolean, is dead at Rome, aged Is tr
re-. He entered France after the revolu. Oh
- uo ard ,,yos rot,.nad to tho Constit ne