The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-29
MILLIONS m WANT.

MILLIONS IN WANT.
Russians to the Number Of 10000. Zoo
without Food-Ths Starving People st
the Mercy Of Cold Bloodsd Shylocks-
Women Sell Their HAIR for = Meal.
LONDON, Oct. 26.--Winter began in
Russia on Thursday with the Rrst sharp
frost. Living men cannot remember
any other year in which this simple
encouragement meant what it does
now. There arc literally millions
of human beings, at the fur.
thest within six days journey Of
London, to whom this frost comes as =
sentence of death by starvation. Al
though the censors have forbidden the
Russian papers to discuss the famine,
the Novosti ventures the decl aration
that 10000, 600 creatures are already
without food.
Statistics prove conclusively that
in many places spectators get
extortionate prices. Corn merchants
and village koolaks, or Insurers,
are charged with responsibility
for the extortion. A Samara paper
declares that Jews arc angels com.
pared with the koolaks, who are in the
habit of reducing those in their
power to the lowest stage of pov.
erty. Incidents showing the terrible
distress of the people continue to be re-
corded. "A poor woman of Ratch;no,
on returning home from neigh boring
village, whittier she had gone to try to
purchase food, found all her children
dead. and post-mortem examination
being made their stomachs were found
filed with rags and earth. Many viii
lagos are completely deserted In the
district of PORN. One half Of the pop
ulation of Reasan has died of hunger
or disease. An odious traffic is carried
on in women's hair, the best heads
realizing a crown apiece. In some
cases the price of single meal is
eagerly accepted.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 28.--A Pc
culiar feature of the famine now rag
ing Is the large expectation of grain
to foreign ports while millions of Rus.
slams are starving. 1t appears that
about 35,00o,0oO more pounds of rye
have been exported this year than
in 1890, Notwithstanding the pro-
hibition which gave n vast stimu-
lus to export during the few weeks be-
fore it took effect. The diseases already
prevailing in the famine stricken prov
inces are creating almost as much
alarm as the famine itself The munich
pal authorities of St. Petersburg have
voted sum of money equivalent to
$625, 900 for the relief of the sufferers
from the famine.
MARTINS GREAT RIDE.
lie Win. the Six Days. Bicycle Contest in
New York, Covering l,466 Miles and
Heating All Records.
New YORK, Oct 26. Half a dozen of
the fourteen bicycle riders who started
in the big six-day race will participate
in the $35, 600 gate receipts, that num-
Der having covered 1900 miles or more
when the race came to an end Sat-
urdav night Martin, the sturdy
little rider from Detroit, made
1,466 miles and laps, securing
first money. the other five being Ash
niger, Lamb, Schock, Albert and Boyst.
Six thousand cheering spectators were
In Madison Square garden Saturday
night. Martin came il for most OF the
applause, of course. not few un-
usually generous visitors throwing
bank notes at the plucky west
ern lad as he piled mile on mile
in his monotonous round These Of
ferings were carefully harvested BY
Martins attendants and will help
swell his part of the gate receipts. At
least $4,000 of the income will be de-
Quoted for expenses. leaving $3.50
for the managers and riders. Of the
$1,000 for the contestants 80, 600 goes to
Manager Tom Ech as his share, leaving
IS, 900 to be divided among the six rid
ers. On the basis of IS, rs. Is, IL.
and per cent, the Sc, 900 would be dis.
tributed as follows: Martin, s., 100,
Ashinger, 81, 500; Lamb, 5000; Schocl:,
s72o; Albert, $3.50: Boyst, $780,
Martin has slept but ten hours since
he started on his long ride, and has
been off the track but sixteen hours all
told Ashinger, his nearest rival, has
slept only twelve hours, but he has
been off his wheel twenty-six hours.
The final score is as follows: