The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-03-11
Famine in Europe.

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Famine in Europe.
LONDON, March Am English
correspondent, who is travelling in
the famine district in Russia, writes
from Saratov that crimes of vio-
Ience in the valley of the VoIga are
of frequent occurrence. Clergy
mems houses have been robbed,
and the bodies Of murdered men
are found on the highroads. The
correspondent had been warned of
the dangers Of travelling about the
country, and he seldom drove out
at night. Caravans of merchan-
disc are escorted by an armed
force. The correspondent adds
that villages in the Government Of
Samara which were prosperous in
1886 are now plunged into the
deepest misery, and the population
has been decimated. In one vii
lage 2765 of its 1856 inhabitants
have migrated. Of those remain
ing 1850 are dependent upon char
ity. In three months the people
of this village lost 4038 head of
live stock. They are indebted to
the State in the sum of 1880 rou-
bles. Similar conditions prevail
in other villages. Forty thousand
acres of land are idle in the pro-
vince of Samara owing to the lack
of seed wherewith to plant this
area. Large numbers of German
colonists live in holes in the earth
for warmth. They eat bread made
of wild hemp and carcases of
horses. This diet causes severe,
often fatal, nausea. The famine is
changing peasants into wild beasts.
In one case a man attempted to
hang his daughter because she was
not successful in begging.
BUDA PEsTH, March 1.-The in
habitants of Arva, Hungary, are
suffering from typhus and other
deadly diseases, in addition to the
famine prevailing there. People
are reduced to such straits for food
that they are compelled to eat the
barks of trees and pine cones.
VIENNA, March 1.-The distribu-
ton of free bread to the poor at the
Office of the socialist paper Volks-
presse was attended with great dis
order to-day. Eight thousand
loaves were provided, but 10000
men and women assembled. When
it became known that the supplies
were exhausted, many who received
nothing assaulted the others and
fought with maniacal fury for food.
The people fercely defended their
rights, and in the crush ten women
were injured. A strong force of
police finally checked the rioting.
Affairs in Chile.
New YORK, March 81 The cor
respondent of the Herald at Val
paraiso, Chile, cables the following ::
[ hear from good authority that
Minister Egan will probably re-
turn to the United States in April.
If this rumor be true it is some
what strange that the United States
should leave the American Lega-
ton at Santiago in charge of an
inexperienced young man like
Fenton McCreery, the secretary.
Late tonight it is stated that all
the members of the Cabinet have
resigned.
Since yesterdays despatch, 1
have had further interviews with
leading citizens in Valparaiso. One
and all said that the United States
would earn their utmost gratitude
if the American Congress would
appoint a commission to visit Chile
and investigate fully all matters
relating to the differences between
the two countries. They added
that despite all statements to the
contrary, Chile is DESTROYS of main
tanning friendship with the United
States.
Minister Pedro Mont has cabled
from Washington his resignation of
his post on account of his election
as Deputy for Petorca, in the prov
ince of Aconcagua. Petorca is
about eighty-fve miles northeast
Of Valparaiso. The Chilean Gov
eminent will probably ask him to
retain his post until his successor
has been appointed.
Murdered His Mother-in-Law.
DR.. Henry NJ. Scudder, son Of
the famous divine, who is a prom
inent physician in Chicago, has
been arrested on the charge Of
numbering his mother-in-law fol-
her money. The affair has made q
great sensation in Chicago. The
circumstances of the murder were
peculiar, and Scudder's parents
claim that he is insane.
Fitzsimmons-M aher Match.
New ORLEANS, March 2.-The
much-talked of Fitzsimmons-
Maher match is over, and Fitz is
the winner, the Irishman having
given up the fight after twelve