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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28
.rthur hired a bow % help keep the

Arthur hired boy 10 help keep the
track clear of stones.
A plank was nailed across the track
at Watson-st. corner, bat the conductor
pried il OF with q switch hook.
A crowd of toughs collected on the
corner of East Fulton and ffont-sts.
and tried 10 take the horses and Car
from the driver and conductor, but
were fnghted away on the arrival Of
the patrol wagon.
j. +. Emmer and John Jackler were
arrested last night for placing large
stump on the track On the Shswmut-
ave. line.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28
orHrn LEAGUE eamrs.

NAyToxAI--Piifsburg. ]. Boston, 8.
Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia. 6. Chicago
]. New York, ~, Cleveland, 4, Brook
lFn. ?.
ASFE1css-fsncinnsti, u, Boston, :,
Columbus. 2, Baltimore. = Athletic. s.
Louisville, 5; 81. LOUIS, 10, Washing
ton. Q.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

KkLAwAzoe. Mich, May z7--Er-
Chief Justice Sherwood vas STRICKEN
with paralysis ~ his residence here last
night and todsy - n = cfItcsi o0ndi-
ton. Judge Sherwood sss been fer
health slncs be leff tfs supreme bench
year sgo ead has been active ln hs
practice.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

Earned runs-Grand RAPIDS !. Fort Wsvne 4.
1wo-hase hits-koussey. katz. Breckenridge.
O'tonnor. Brietenstien. Holland, keeder.
keefsr
Home runs Briggs.
Sacrihce hiis-O Rcurk e. Feeder.
Bases on called bslis--ssraBd Rapids &.
TT. Wayne. 1.
stolen bases-Boland 2 o'Rourke. Rsffeit.
Strike outs-ftrand Rapids 8. Fort WAYNE 4.
Passed halls-Rolan.
Time of game 81
tmplre-Dunn.
Attendance
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28
DR.. GRAVES is ARRESTED.
He is Sued by Gammage for $500 for
Alleged Malpractice.

DR.. Schuyler {. Graves was arrested
yesterday on capais, 10y Deputy sher-
If Pulyer upon the complaint of
Arthur f. Gammage and released on
bail placed at 5000, with Drs. Edie and
Baxter as sureties. Suit has been in
stituted to recover damages to the
amount of $4,000 resulting from the
action of DR.. Graves in the alleged
treatment of Arthur +. Gammage, the
complainant, at ST. Marks Hospital.
The facts III the case are Identical with
those in the Peterson case.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28
DRIVEN our OF TOWN.
striker. Force Railway Gusrds 10 Leave
Their Posts Of Dnty.

Their Posts Of buty
CRAwFoRDsvuLE, Ind. Way 2T.-The
Midland Railroad strikers At Wavelsnd
this morning. gave FIVE men VINO had
been lett 10 guard the property ten
minutes to walk out of town. ard they
walked strikers have possession Of
two locomotives and trans and say
that not a wheel shall turn til they are
al pald Threats sre made sgsinst the
officials Of the road should they be
captured.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

SAGINAW, Mich, Nav z7.--Carrie
Frler attempted 70 commit suicide by
drowning last night. The police and
her husband rescued her. Cause, dis-
sapation.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

EHeF Hfff- Eff iIfT f"I TiffT0If Y
Fffors Bay fyts Detroit y
Batteries -ia1diioe aHa fitzsimmons dor
risen and Arundel.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

Base Hits-Irrre Haute =; Peoria H.
Efrars-Ierre Haufe, p Peris, j.
Batteries -W1ringfon and Nils BnctlsF
ana 1.rrfen.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

TERRA HsuTr. Ind, May 27.-Terre
Haute had an amateur in the boz to-
day whoproved al easy mark for Peoria
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

EvASsvIIIE, May 27.-Dsyton batted
out victory in the eighth inning after
the home team bad the game won.
2a4 61sq
Evansville -.......-3 q @ Z & O. s
Dayton .............--..0 q @ Ill
Base Hits-EeansYilie. @. Dagton. q
Errors-EvansFllle 8s DayfoB. a.
Observation-Disclosures Sommers aud Shell
hasses keenan, and Weich
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

BAY CRY. Mich, May 27.-The local
team gave Detr0t another defeat today
hv hard hitting.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

LANSING, May 2T.-The Senate COM
mIttee on Finance and appropriations
made the report already Published OF
It's investigation OF the Industrial Home
for Girls AZ Adrian. The report was
adopted without objection. The sub
stiGute Senate bill torelieve the justices OF
the Supreme Court was passed this morn
ing by lsyeas 10 7nays. The house bill TO
appropriate s92 $40 FOR the state normal
school for 1912 was favorably reported
and made tine special order tor Friday
next Al 10 AIN.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-28

Ihe eonlmlttse snloyed the dlvernon
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VOORHEES, or INDIANA.

Dining the dark period Of recon
stfnetion and to the present day Seia-
toT Voorhees, has ever been 4 steadfast
friend of the South. and the speecl,
which le made tie ether aay il nf;Tao-
With " ~ il4. Tule~ hI1l shaved JIlaf III
possessed tie same fire which made HIS
niatory blaze twenty Years ago. II
the course Of his powerful argument
against the bill le took occasion Il
call attention IL tle fact that it was
the nial.t+isffy XII t'4t :icil crops &c tha
south, wLislt the Force hi1l N intend
- - destroy, that prevented tae coon
tlv from being rni:ed III financial
@ifatIS.. SafisSfnr Voorhees, sa;tl.
Iile iEt.ta of ntiI,ian* ;elp II, tsats ist
now, as M@HI ~ ilsrn with E4Hf2hie
~mnEtgassea homes, ami tlla zeal 4ntI
anxiety fir l1fc relief, suddenly an;s35z-
a.te1 ~ eeTfRist Haalfsss~. ~ v:EfsE@sEH5
~ behold snd Hitt convex an iaf#:ar=
tant lesson tn plain minds. n;i1 III t'e
midst vi Business apprehension :ss3a
alarm, with ali business t,zsfs4ae is:+t Nh:
t'1e skiil11i*ll !iiHe.as II Wt.;*, HI tAA
contiass r;tiic, "tE5. wlEset shame ;4ssei;
I@.altittia. itt4G5fSH ,ssezS sE@a.litcel. oi
t}a South :s4JE9t hesa+ il T~#:aala.#.ezt
every day ,fsstl ~ tvs-r,s lal.E. 'taaf
bat far isni- l.la.,HitirenE ;t.sF Maplt4t-
dantea 1afG+;a etos, this Ftaa& 4 .sf!
81 h;n'l-i3tttt t.:.a rtt5il Maul5t auu,ss
tile Whole lanai
There sts.sAs3ss ti4+ S{sss,a II. whom :Ean..
nrt:.,tsA ta 3<a !. Ms lGtF I;A+~t:7z.
Her G..Dnt45Aft4a fs.sEs.5 ;srt ++.sssfs-@ 34fs..f
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y. tae E,enss o. - c.ia;1e.

nt#.s nssibilF.y " tlle election of the
N X 5sssissts " tie United States
ai #s.lsle:s .ntp tlN next Congress
44s, az5 Us .Ast# hees, considered ye!
1+a- # .sntsat#Htly II third IsaFiy ims-
E#+aE.4 u Hstfs country witch Is not
&s sE. unlikely 81 carry some 81 The
s +ess! ;saI salst'leIn states. II
h -f5.S:, ii aft5il Nh event. take electoral
vs.-s ~ INV ssntt5l ,4N::E sHoai sae
E~5.stg!fft. I 5e, testst etseto4slI votes 1T tic
NJ Il aNat t4tttss tile DtEsiaettsts, aud
slAs isst votes u s.:A W .st :ts5AlE from
ttr step:sh4.esns+. This 4. aa5 prevent
ssliiti parts Ii.<5lis having tL.;st majority
Al :n THU electoral T.stes #:lista il
necessary IL elect i President. ~ i
EsSHIE, tiEE eieegi.5l would q into tIe
=4 AS..st.5i tistt I5s.5:5e3sta Fave every
tt.iti il their n#H bands. Ill Kt1iag
III Ssss Ms t5-e constitution Eslai.es
~ s5is.i Il csi>s, te vote #otifil >tit4a
s'5ztss-.sAfS ;:#..sS-a4s<., RatNEhEfra1.s
F.a ND, vi |. Al#tsstt ~i%ita4t s5s#ls3s XII
Sss..ei ~ Iii tie Democratic coiuuan-
tix5tt"hiA 5fse halter. This would anakc
.sszsi: s:stsss9..lssG.z aAfi My Ilaatp-
flHa Democratic, leayi.4s ser4taut
M s. l.itt- ;ss tflt Oily hSe.istt.ssH New
A-Ff4 5sistl sstss.- wv tn Hffstfs5.
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Congressman Andrew Price, Of Lou
isiana- has i cavalry moustachc ard is
81 5;na N specimen Of manhood rs ever
tie Gulf State cent to Congress, to
which lle was returned last fill III sue
~cession ~ Ills tatller-in-law, Edward j.
Gay. H. is 8 young nan still. born
April p 1851, lit Chatsw orth planta-
ton. isar Franklin, St. Nary's raiisl,.
i4H., ;siHl attended various private
s~e}ttso1*5 and IT, Collegiate Department
W Cumberland University, at Lebanon,
isin.; WAS graduated trseiA tic Law
ts4 si#ineaf ~ the same University w
{iEa a.asn III tWenty-onr, continued his
{&aaaEi s~tntsies for two wears At the law
department If Washington University
u s45. Lpssls, Mo-, and graduated t;ola
tifis University ~ 1877; practieea Law
IL IT. LOFTS until the fill VI 1850, when
lie returned To- Louisiana, where IL has
slllee been engaged i'll sugar planting;
laas fer seFef.! Years taken ali active
Interest IL pu2h!Is ~ltIsirs was u mem
DarH u the IHtnoclarle Central Conn
alftfst, from 1881 ts 1898 WAS " dele
gate fo tire Democratic National Com
s~.l5tIah III lass received tsis, iloilllnst-
slt.lt zf Hi, party |! + Congress Wililoat
@.I5ass5in4 aftti is.y aectHnatipn. Ills
ssas.e N, ~ a-atissa4S|4e, aus s@ II u ntp!n-
!fes ~ t4ie Gp.i:iHE1l 81 I'll Merchant Ma-
&t.5a .,ssti Ii-..@T5as. ;lt4I Hlf L-S:3A4tii5
5f:i I MN I'uislst H4i.aiBgs-O2ot q
II eeE.
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the people Of this section will ever
owe him debt Of gratitude which it
is impossible Il pay. The sont!l sa-
1utes you, Senator Voarhees-Sfates.
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THE Fa7sss = TEa rasts1: 0a CONGRESS
As.D ussIs Ao StIssIn.ITSGi.
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@
The Anti-Lottery League, of this
city, met last week, at Grunewa1d
Hall. and, af5ara ;:ulnber of speeches
had beea alsao BY gentlemen III at-
tendance, q resolution was adopted
feelti1l4 that Ia view of the legal Iru-
ceettlItsgs Instituted by Mr.. Jatnn "a.
Morris to 2ast tie validity Of the veto
of the Lot ely amendment IN Cover
nor Nichols, looking to the subIHissipn
OF the said amendment to tle people,
the Senator's ard Represe natives in
Congress, froin this State, b. urged to
secure at this session, the adoption If
an amendment to the Federal %censti-
tuition prohibiting the establishment uf
lotteries IL any State and abolisl,i4Iu
such as iiaY exist. 1t occurs to lis
that our antI-lotterJ friends ought to
be satisfied with the inqnisltorial pow
ers that the Republican administration
was delighted to yesiin the postal sle-
partment, upon their first application
for Federal interference. Applications
of this snrt will make Capitalization
thrive and soon the States wili ssare
precious little left of tIseAconstitatiunal
right they once enjoyed Of regulating
their internal affairs. Upon tie pliil-
ciple that the Aiiti-Lottery League Of
Louisiana is thus laying down, Ne
cannot see tie consistency Of squirmiing
SO Justify At the Federal election bill.
Al these measures are kin.-Louisiana
Rerien. =
The "anti' nude in art crank Who
destroyed the $4,000 picture il On,a-
fla, naively explained tie shock given
to his s'n1orai feelings by remaTkiin&
that he lia9l never before seen such i
picture outside Of Il house OF i'll far1e.'
The Grand Rapids independent thinks
these "antIsa will shortly be appealing
fol. q constitutional amendment re-
curing babies to be born with clothes
on. That would be moving along
toward 4 raterial government 1T i
pace that might satisfy some Of our
local cranks-Cify Item.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17

Howard j. Cone, who for the past year
has been the agent of the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad company at Salton, is at
home IN South Pasadena on a leave Of
absence for a few weeks. A reporter Ell
joyed talk with him about the Salton
sea, or lake, that has caused SO much in
terest throughout the country.
Mr.. Cone says q temperature Of rs
and 100 dogs. in the shade is quite a
regular and common thing at Salton,
but that the few white people about the
station and salt works manage to stand
it pretty well They prespire profusely
and drink enormously, all the water
used at the station being brought from
up the road by rail They find that
mixing oatmeal with the water is nour-
ishing and that it prevents illness. De
spite the great heat, sectionmen work
out in the hot sun regularly, but, with
the exception of the boss. they are Mex
cans
Mr.. Cone brought up some excellent
photographs Of the lake. the station and
the submerged salt works, from different
points of view. He says the inflow and
the evaporation of the water about coun.
terbalance each other, and that there
fore the level Of the lake remains about
the same, although the wind sometimes
carries floating debris back and forth in
way to lead to the belief that the water
is rising or falling. He believes it likely
that the basin Will continue TO fill up
from the Colorado river to level with
the gulf, and that it viii be a permanent
body of water, with the Colorado flow
ing through it to the gulf
The salt deposits are entirely under
water. and that industry is ruined. The
warehouse and q small portion Of the
Southern Pacific's track running beyond
the salt beds are still above the level of
the lake, but the main track is still / 900
feet or more from its banks.-Pasadena
(Cal Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17
A STRIKING PARALLEL.

Kansas City Gazette: Twenty years
ago on October s, 1871, a combination of
broken lantern in COW shed, high
winds and fire trap structures, brought
the city of Chicago into bright and
blazing prominence, which is still re-
ferred to as 1.-THE fire. and which spread
on, unimpeded in its tidal wave of de-
struction, until 2. 100 acres of the heart
of the city had been reduced to ruin;
until II, $50 buildings had been leveled
to the ground; until sS, 500 persons had
been rendered homeless, aud until 200
lives had been lost Property amount
ing to upwards of $500. 0O0. 900 in value,
and representing about one-third of the
entire property in the city, had vanished
entirely; and population of $50, 600
became the objects of sympathy to the
civilized world. The trouble only
brought out her more heroic ma
ture, and ere the ashes of her fiery
cyclone had become cold she was busy
at work rebuilding. expanding, growing
bigger and brighter. and once more as
oUAAAAA AOt NtA hiNAO tNoitAou aS the
Queen of the West"
There is a striking similarity, in some
respects, in the foregoing history Of
Chicago and the record of Kansas during
the same period, in the progress of inn
provement, aud destruction wrought by
adverse circumstances, despite which
the state of Kansas, as the city of
Chicago, is further along the highway Of
prosperity than ever before. Chicago
had the advantage in location and faciIi-
ties for reaching the balance Of the
world. and was surrounded by vast
domain tributary TO and messurably de-
pendant upon it as market. So with
Kansas. The lake city has had this ad-
vantage of Kansas, however: its people
looked eye to eye and spoke the same
thing in defense and advocacy Of the
city's best interests never decrEin9 ii st
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17

ACKNOWLEDGING DEFEAT.

The Baptist church has always prided
itself upon its record of non-interference
in politics and matters of state, leaving
those things where they belong, in the
hands of the people and the civil officers
they elect. But recently it has shown
an inclination to disregard its own prece-
dents in this respect and to follow the
lead of some of the other religious de-
nominations that make it practice to
dabble in politics, even going so far at
times as to demand an interest in the man
agement and control of the state. The
Baptist state convention in session at
Atchisen, this week, made a conspicuous
departure from its long-followed custom
by resolving on the prohibition question
and made statements based upon the
imagination or desire of some one in
stead of facts, and declared the prohib-
ltory law a success. They might, with
truth and propriety have declared the
laws against gambling, and carrying
concealed weapons, and burglary, and
bawdy houses, bearing false witness,
and profanity, all successful to the same
extent; but they didn't.
And just here the EAGLE will take &C.
casion TO repeat what has been said a
thousand times, j. e. that if the church
as an organization, and its members as
individuals would preach more earnestly
and persistently, within the sacred pre-
cincts and in their daily lives, by precept
and example, against intemperance and
everything that leads to it, and against
all evil practices that constitute and lead
up to violations of the written laws of
the land, not only greater good
will be accomplished in the suppress
sion of crimes and misdemeanors
but such laws would themselves become
absolute in an equal ratio because of the
absence of breaches thereof.
The church may not think so, but it is
none the less fact, that every such act
as the passing of resolutions, as that re-
ferred to in the foregoing, is an open ac-
knowledgement of neglect of duty on its
part and of failure of the mission for
which, was instituted. When the church
and those who constitute it, collectively
and individually, shall have performed
the full measure of their obligations to the
community and failed it will be war
ranted in invoking the aid of the state in
the behalf of its mission, but not until
then.
The policy and practice of the church |
in these regards, and especially in refer
ence to the temperance question is very
much like the action and reply of the
father who chastised his boy for swear
ing. The boy reminded his father that !
he set the example, to which the father
replied, as he piled the rod, Damn it,
do as l tell you to do and not as l do"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

The appointments for meetings, under the
direction of the Republican Central Committee
of Sedgwick county, Kan, and the names OF
the speakers, are as follows:
Andale, Saturday, Oct. Il, 1881. j. w. Adams
and o. G. Eckstein- 80, On,
Colwich, Monday, Oct ~, 1871, G- w. Olem-
ent. % ,oo, N .
Rohrbaugh- -oo,
Valley Center, Wednesday, Oct. Il, 1881, Col.
J. r. Hallowell.
Mount Hope. Thursday, Oct. %. 1891, Col. j.
r Hallowell and II. NJ. Sturdevant.
Sacketts school house, Friday, Oct. q, 1881,
A. r. Museler.
lowell.
Cheney. Saturday. Oct, "a, 1891, Col. J. R.
HallOwell, A. r. Museller, o. g. Eckstein.
Derby, Oct. 70, q. w c. Jones and j. w.
Sedgwick City, Oct. q, w. E. Stanley.
Mulvane, Oct. IS, Col. ]. r. Halloweu and j..
oatviiie, Oct. %. ]. E. Henley and S. NJ.
Tucker.
Maize, Oct %, George L. Douglass and G.
W. Clement.
Waco school house, Salem township, Oct. 30,
W. L. Sturdevant and 0. g. Eckstein.
Clearwater, Saturday, Oct. 81, 1881, Col j. r.
HallOwell.
w. 6. MORRIS, Chairman.
w. L. HAVEN. Secretary.
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not be denied that the increase Is the
greatest where wages are the lowest,
and the condition of the people most
deplorable and hopeless; from countries
where centuries of poverty. of misery
and degradation have reduced the stam-
ina of the people, and made them inca
pable of the efforts and advancement of
those people coming from stronger
civilization"
So it would appear that we have all
we can do TO attend to the publication
and AmericaniZation of those already
admitted before letting in more. And
pertinent to this subject we should note
our accelerating natural increase of
population. How to best stop this tide
of undesirable immigration is a problem
not solved, nor is it one of easy solution.
Mr.. Gompers says, 81 am sure that the
men who devised our tariff system and
the methods to enforce its many intrca-
cies should and would be qualified to
solve this problem which is OF so mnch
greater importance to ali" The impor-
lance of action in reference to this ques-
ton is obvious to all who have given it
any thought, and in the heat of party
strifes it should not be allowed to be-
come obscured or forgotten.
GEO. STARK MILLER
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17

The Louisiana lottery company being
excluded from the United States mails,
has opened an Office in Montreal, Can,
and is using the mails of the dominion to
scatter its literature through the United
States. Canada has no law to prevent
this sharp practice, but it is due to public
morals and international courtesy that
she should pass one without delay. But
whether the Canadian parliament shall
do this or not the United States govern
ment will find legal means of circum-
venting the adroit scheme of the Louisi-
ana gamblers to evade the law. In fact
the postofice department has already
taken the necessary steps to do this.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17

BosToE, Sept. 2L-Georgs KeBnan. who
still remains at his summer home In BAD
deck, Nova Scotia, will o0mpists his pre-
eDt series Of articles IN The Century BY ons
entitled LAST Steps from Siberia" 70 ~
issued In the October nun Der Of that maya
zine Soon after his return 70 New York
city he viii begin his annual winter cOurss
Of lectures, % be delivered 10 the various
large cities Of the oognsrY under the man
sgsment Of Major J. u. Pond. Later BE- 10
20 furnish 70 The columns % The CsBtarJ
several Bors articles relating 20 Sibsriaa
life, and principally that u the prisons. 0ot
no definite announcement can 10 made Of
The length or SppssEzHcs q tbs ssfias a
present. a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

The world understands how hard it is
to get reliable news from Russia, but in
the case of the present Russian famine
even the government of the country can
not suppress the truth.
Enough is already known to strengthen
the conviction that no devastating plague
within a generation has equaled the
present visitation upon the ignorant and
brutaIized Russian peasantry. Whole
provinces are suffering from lack of the
commonest necessaries of life. The
weak and the aged are dying off and the
strong are being reduced physically by
starvation. The relief measures of the
government have thus far barely touched
the edge of the abyss of misery. The
prohibition of rye exports has had but
little effect, as there is not enough rye in
the entire empire to keep the people
from starvation even if distributed free
of cost.
AS the Chicago News observes, the
circumstances surrounding the present
Russian famine and those that attended
the great Irish famine genera
ton ago have one point of SINH
larity. Iu both cases the peasantry
had been reduced in previous years by
the oppression of tax-eaters. Having
nothing but the barest subsistence in
prosperous years, a single season of crop
failures brings them to the starving
point at once. But while the starving
Irish peasantry received worldwide sue
cor, the Russian moujik must suffer in
comparative silence, as the government
rather than publish the true
story of his abject misery.
The sensational rumors of an impend-
ing European conflict may as well be
dismissed as mere inventions. Russia
viii not go 10 war, either to extend her
own dominions or to help France, as
long as her food supply is insufficient to
keep several millions of her own sub
jects from starvation and while her
treasury Is empty. 1t will take a season
or two's good crops to again change the
map Of Europe.