Evening journal., 1891-10-09
LAST EDITION
BACK From RUSSIA.
Gsovgo r. Kirkman Thinks st. Pc
burg a Great City-Wonders NJ No,

Gsovgo r.. Nirkman ghtnks ST Peters
burg Great Wonders OF Moscow.
George E. Kirkman returned to this
city after an absence of four months.
during which time he has been on au
extended European tour. He reached
quarantine, New York, on Wednesday
evening, on the Inman line steamer City
of Paris Fne steamer sailed from Liver
pool on Wednesday. Sept 80, at 5 o'clock,
and It just took her one week to make the
passage The passage was very stormy
one throughout, and only during two
half days was 1t possible to be upon the
deck, with any degree of co nfcrt cy
clone struck the ship when it YVES of
Sable Island. aud ragged for two days
Tue engines got tout of order, a rudder
chain had to be renewed, and during
the time the repairs were being made,
the huge ship was tossed like an egg
she'll 10 the trough of the sea boats
vain and stewsrcess were badly injured
during the storm. When seen by an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter this morning
Mr.. Kirkman's face was bronzsd from
travel AMI he seemed to be much bene-
flied BY the trip Speaking Ct his travels,
he said:
II had a delightful trip. | went
through Belgium. Holland, Sweden. Fin
land, st. Petersburg and Moscow in
Russia; Warsaw. Poland Great Britain.
aud nearly all the countries of Central
Europe. The trip up the Gulf of Fin
land Is beautiful. We steamed through
the French and Russian fleets, which
were off Cronstadt, the fortress
Of st. Petersburg. The sight
of these warlike manifestations
was very impressive. st. Petersburg is
one of g best cities in Europe for
sightseeing. The streets there are very
good and constant improvements are
being made. The houses there are made
ia imitation OF the houses in Paris, but
are not built Of stone. The walls are plast-
cred aud yellow washed
THE Winter palace is the largest one
in Europe. having $50 rooms. The
Hermitage contains more curiosities
than any other museum have visited.
aud have seen nearly all of them. In
the big church of st. Isaacs saw the
service OF the Greek church 1t differs
from any church service ever saw The
services are held from the front centre
of the church, by the priest reading and
the choir chanting. The services are
concluded by the entering of the Holy of
Holes.
"What is your impression of the social
and political condition. of Russian" asked
the reporter.
Il cannot say that have any impress
sions on that line. In the FIRST place |
could not speak the language. and in the
second place foreigner never gets into
the inner workings during a short
sojourn and seldom after he has
lived there for years. The peasants
are very poor. but / did not sac
any oppression. visited ths Church of
81 Peter. where the suspects and the
Siberian exiles are kept pending execu-
ton of the sentence, but was only al
lowed to go through the church and did
not get to see the Jail or any Of its in
mates.
'At Moscow | was very much i'm
pressed by the Kremlin During my
stay there | stood upon Sparrow Hill.
where Napoleon stood to take a last
look at the burning city A small cafe
stands upon hi now also saw the
young King of Servia, who was on his
way go visit the Gar.
Did Won meet any Neutrality-suspicious.
curing your travelsT
only one. That was David Lindsey
/ met him at LuceEne. Switzerland.