Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-02-05
THE CARS DOMAIN.
Statistics Showing the Terrible Condition
of the Russians,

Statistics Showing the Terrible Condition
of the Russians. ,
The Yearbook issued by the Statisd!
cal Central Committee of the Russian
Ministry of the Interior is an interest!
ing publication, throwing much light on
the condition of the Russian people. Ac-
cording to the work, the estimated pop
ulation of Russia is 10, 62S, 676 souls, of
which about 100, 900, 5000 inhabit Eu-
ropean Russia without Finland) and
the Caucasus. Marriages are constantly
on the increase, their number in 1888
being 81, 476. In the same year 1885,
al births were registered, against
only 2,953, 116 deaths. The in
crease of population is con-
sequently 14.s per 1000, this per-
centage being exceeded by no other
European state. The number of vio-
lent deaths, however, is very high, and
on the increase, being A, 427 in 1887,
against 42,9S5 in 1856. Of these 2,575
and 1855 respectively were suicides and
3,73S and 3,60S respectively homicides.
The victims of intemperance in 1887
numbered 4,517. In 1886 and 1887 a.
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frozen to death, and 1,472 killed by
lightning. OF all diseases typhus ex-
acted the most victims, and ragged
throughout Russia. The numbers of
1887 showed 2S9, $50 cases of disease and
15.SJS deaths. Of cholera nostras there
were 1859 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 yearbook estimates the
total loss by fire in 1886 at SO, 500, 900
rubles, and in 1887 at 6S, 7S2, 700 rubles.
In 1882 it was as high as $4,000, 900
rubles. From 1870 to 1887 the loss by
fire was 1,O60, 900, 900 rubles, which is
about so copeclks per annum per head of
population. About 90 per cent. of the
fires were due to incendiarism, and four
fifths of the damage was caused in the
country. The consumption of spirits is
proportionately small-only 81 vedro
per inhabitant in 1887. The remarka-
BILE spread of drunkenness is explained
by the admixture of fusel oil to spirits.
The consumption of beer has
increased, notwithstanding de-
crease in the number of breweries.
According to a table containing the
prices at Moscow of a pood of brown
bread, a sack of -four of the first quail
ty, and the bread made of sack of such
flour, they have doubled during the last
ninety years. In 1887 there existed 49,
$50 manufactures with a productive ca
pacity of over 1000 rubles each. They
gave employment to 763, 261 persons, of
whom 1873, O64 were women and 25, 746
children, and the value of the goods
manufactured amounted to 9S2, 600, 900
rubles. Astounding details are furnished
in the day-book of the indebtedness of
landed property. 1t is stated that
26.S per cent of such property
(24,54s,s 13 dessiatines) are mort
gagged to the extent of $50, 154, 71S
rubles, the annual interest paid being
no less than fl, 400, 324 rnbles. For pub
lie instruction 1000, 900 rubles, and for
sanitary purposes $500, 900 rubles were
expended. Education is still much neg
1ected. In 1886 there were only s97 in
termediary schools, with 1925 boys
and so, 900 girls. In 3O,OO3 elementary
schools, 1,57O, lis boys and 49,, 167 girls
received instruction There has been
somewhat of an Improvement in these
figures during more recent years; but, |
according to Western nations, the Rus
sian Empire is still as far as ever from |
assessing q proper system Of sduca-
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