Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-13
DYING IN THE COLD
EATING THE FLESH OF HORSES
snrvinx Ania.b peveursd ~ Thar
vsnishlng ownsss RsvaGs e Ty-
phus Peve< snd Small Poz

Lospou. Feb IA diapafeA from
Psaza. capital Of the sovernuszs Of
shax nAns. h ths southwestern part OF
shat 10 hnewn - Great Rnssia, Gays
that the thsrnsnstsr registers 50 de-
grses below sers. sna that there -
terrible suffering aaopg ths peas
snz A nsmbsr Of nsa have hsss
Srossn - dsath 81 the hish resds. and
- intensely eDlA u IL thai birds drop
6ea1 irem Tie trees In which they
have sssGhs shelssr. None Of the chill
trsn u Pssss are allowed to &c 70
Bchool-
IhsasaaAs ~ usssss 9ass3
4 quaasity 81 gvsin ser the famine
su&erers he's arrived st Penza. but IL 10
lnpsssIbls 70 eissribute il among
the peasants In the surround
bag country owing to the fact that
nearly all the horses have been
killed for food CT sold TO procure
usnsy with which to buy the absolute
neesssariss Of LIE. Five thousand
ksrsss have been killed In Penxa
sleae. and IL n estimated that several
million draft animals have been killed
thrsughsut the empire since autumn.
navsgss Of Disease.
1yphas fever. smAllpox and diph-
iberia are decimating the inhabitantA
Around Psnza 200 OF the peassnts have
died from these diseaseA The dispatch
adds that In the gevernments
of ealaars. Sarstev and Nijai Nov
Torod, tho condition IL Tar worse
than In PenxA In those three gov
sruments thousands Of the peasants
have fallen victims TO the hunger.
syphus and tho other epidemic dis
sassA On the governments Of Clarksv
and Kazan, the typhus fever Is
especially terrible in its ravagea
The Inhabitants are dying OK by the
hundredA Whole families have been
stricken By the disease. and have died.
not . singls member recovering.
The records show that in the vicinity
II Penza. 17.9Ss persoaA men, women
md children, are daily fed By charity.
Moro Rsubsss fss the su9srsrA.
81. PKrxnsBURs. Feb l2-The GOV
Yrumens has granted the IA rther sun
Of - 900. 900 roubles to be expended fol
che relief Of the sufferers in the famine
listricts-
Ysnins Prevails In India.
BoMBAY. Feb. ia-OnRcial notice Ia,
been given that famine prevails II
lhis presidency. and that tho famine
code wiz be applied over an area O.
kooo square miles in the districts of Bi
lapur. Bolgaum and Dharwar. Thes<
districts contain . population Of $500.
zoe persona
Aid fron America.
HELENA, Mont, Feb. 1a-0ov Tool>
hss Issued proclaim alton setting fortl
hat the psaaantry OF Russia. embrae
hg -. 900, 900 people. b suffering from
famine; that the only relief rests will
The generosity Of the people; that III.
people Of Montana are blessed Will
abundance and prosperity. Believing
Sho people Of Montana ever ready Z,
respond 70 iust demands Of humanity
Ne recommends prompt and gsnsrou
eontxibutionA
HAnnzssuHs. Pa, Feb 1A-0ov. Pat
tlson has issued proclamation relstiv'
70 the Russian famine and calling 70
eoptzibutienA
nUHHAPoL1. MINI, Feb 1A-Foul
and ons-hak milliea pounds Of noul
have hssn Contributed BY the miller,
It The United 6tateA the people o.
Minnesota and ths farmers of Nebrask,
for the Russian suffersrA This IL al
on The reed TO New York. where fret
storage i given 1t By the Termina
Warehouse Company. II is TO be ear
red FREE By the railroads and trans
port Inca The steamer Missouri viii
carry IL free 70 Lisau The snip leaves
early in March