The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-01

LONDON, June 3o.-ISpeciall-The
Telegraph's st. Petersburg correspond
ent declares the harvest in Russia this
year is likely to be the worst on record.
lie draws narrowing picture of the
results OF the drought. Prices of cereals,
he says, are rising hourly. Rice has
never before been so dear.
Throughout the central and western,
and the greatest portion of southern
Russia, the outlook is dismal. Minis
tarial reports say that the winter crop
in south and east Russia persisted by
frost. Famine is already visible in the
faces OF the peasentry. In kostroma
disease has broken out. The only food
is oat meal mixed with tree bark or
similar ingredients.
In Kasfo among indigents re-
ceiving meals gratis are LAG
noblemen and &C priests. In
other districts similar conditions are
reported. In the Jewish colony at
Rovnoholc many people are dying of
hunger and hundreds have to huddle TO-
gether, several families in one room, for
the sake of warmth. Some papers have
advertisements of children for sale.
The government is taking precautions
against expected revolts. Taxes are
collected with the usual regularity and
the failure to pay is visited with severe
hogging.
RrsSIA's POPULATION.
ST.. PEEEIsBURG, June O.-TSpecialI
Il he central statistical society of ST.
Petersburg announces that in December
last the inhabitants of thc-cmpirc num-
M
100000. In the cities and large towns
of Russia an annual average of five
times rs many Illegal children arc born
as is the case in the rural districts of
the country.
TIE PRINCES POPULARITY
LONDON, June 30.-.l Special As evil
dcnce OF the popularity of the Prince OF
Wales, it may be stated that the levee
held by the Prince on Saturday was one
OF the most brilliant ever held in Queen
Victoria's reign, and was attended by
more than the usual number OF the bet.
ter class OF nobility. Tho Prince ap-
pearcd in the best of spirits, and had
evidently made up his mind to he more
democratic in the future. He smiled in
his winning way, and there was an utter
absence of the stolid hautcur which the
Prince used to wear to such effect
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE RENEWED.
LoNDoS, June 3O-TSpccialI-A Der.
jim dispatch says that the renewal of
the triple alliance is no longer matter
OF speculation. Italy's formal adhesion
has been received by both Austria and
Germany. The French government
appears TO have had an inllling of what
was going on, and the result has been
an increased irritability in the foreign
policy to France and renewed efforts to
exact pledges of Il cooperation on the
part of the Car by agreeing to use her
fleet in tho NJ ,rditerranean TO uphold
the existing status. England has prac-
tically joined the triple alliance, and
this fact is also recognized with deep
chagrin in Paris
AN EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
ROME, Juno 30 Especial The in
habitants of 4 large portion of the pro-
vince of Verona were thrown, last night,
into state of wild excitement and fear
caused by a series of severe earthquake
shocks The people were SO startled
and alarmed that they rushed out OF
their houses in tho middle of night and
ran into open fields, expecting that their
dwellings were upon the point OF falling
upon them. Houses were so shaken
'hn III oc'cld l cases tne Walls coll2pScu,
and in others the chimnoys fell through
the roofs or large cracks appeared in
the walls In spite of the damage done
there was 10 loss Of life, but some time
elapsed before the tc.'ror-swayed in
hGbitants would return to their homes
A SCHEME OF TIE KAISER.
BERLIN, June 30 Especial = The
Kaiser has on foot a scheme to intro
duce into Alsace- Lorraine 4 strong Ger
man element by inducing wealthy Ger
mans to buy large estates offered for
sale in these provinces and settle them
with German tenants.
STOLE AWAY TO WED.