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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-05

This means q saving on Trunk
Store rates equal to one-haf of
our entire PRICE.
Other dealers may tell you they
cannot be genuine at the prices,
but they are Genuine Alligator.
We will also make special prices
on Gladstone, Cabin and Oxford
shapes in Alligator or Grain Leather
in quality equal to the best that
can be found.
We also offer special values in
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an American to friend in New York,
land | search in vain for words TO describe
the pitiful scene. Tolstoi himself was
there, eating with the poorest Of those he
aided. With him were two Engllshmen,
Angels of the Red Cross as some one
calls them. They were gathering the best
morseis for the sick. The sunken cheeks
and bowed frames of men, women and
children told me the story OF their abject
want. All were like children in their
greed, ana it took the graft voice and the
tender touch of the great Tolstoi himself
TO bring them 10 partial sense of duty.
| should Judge that there were thirty peo-
pie gathered in this barn. Stones served
as tables. and on these the starving were
served with pitiful bit of Cruel, the pur-
chase and preparation of which the
generosity of Count Tolstoi's friends had
made possible. In other districts the
sons and daughter of the count are doing
similar service, while the wife issues ap-
peal after appeal from her home in Mos
COW, receives the donations and sends
them on to where there is the greatest
need. There is no waste in this distribu-
tion, il all goes 10 the poor, and even the
richest are beginning 20 turn their re-
sources into the Toistoi channel. 1t is q
giant work, and it is being done by
mighty hands"
Here Is one of the peculiar petitions sent
out Dy the COuntS-e'
Ny whole family has broken up to go and help
In various parts OF the country. Ny husband,
Count Lyov gostoi, Is at present with our two
daughters in the Dausov district trying to
arrange the largest possible number u free soup
kitchens, or as the peasants have named them,
Care tor Orphan. NV two elder sous. VINO
serve in the Red Cross, are actively helping in
the Chernskl district, and my younger son has
gone 10 the province OF sanara - open Soup
kitchens there as far as his means will allow
! quote from letter that my daughter has
written 20 me from the Dauk0y district
referring to the soup Kitchens which
the local landowners have opened
- have been in Two OF them. In one. which
hiss been opened IN q tiny ehieken-house, q
widow cooks dinner for twenty-five persons.
When / entered q lot OF children were sitting at
table, each with piece Of bread, and eating
soup. several old women were standing and
waiting their turn. talked with one of them.
The poor things are kept alive simply by these
free dluuetsi they have absolutely nothing at
home, so tEey have no breakfast They receive
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THERUSSIAN HUNGER
Forty Million Persons i'm Twelve
Provinces Starving.
MOTHERS KILLING THEIR BABES,
Parents Selling Their Daughters for
Bread-The Tolstoi Soup Houses
The Causes of the Famine.

Russia's famine finds it. only parallel in
the terrible want and privation with
which India has been stricken time and
again, and in the depths of the misery to
which Ireland has fallen during its awful
famine years. Where in Ireland the
restitution was confined to few counties.
In Russia at present it is ravaging over
eighteen of the largest provinces in the
empire, an extent of territory as large as
France. Belgium and Switzerland
The rich are giving their jewels; even
the poor in the cities are bringing to the
churches the remnants of their daily food.
No day passes in which a dozen relief
trains do not leave st. Petersburg, and
almost as many go daily from Moscow
Llbau and other large cities.
The great international market at Mini
Novgorod is filed with sallow checked
beggar peasants. who have focked there
only to ind an empty market, and desti-
tuition almost as severe as il is at their
homes in Samara and Kazan. Pie high
ways about Kew, about Novo-Ouzensk,
Samara and Kazan are filled with starving
men, women and children, intent upon
plumber, looking to prison walls as haven
of food and drink. Children are strangled
as they reach for the crust of the bread
which must go to the furnishing and
stronger father and mother.
Cases of acute starvation are reported
from all sides. Contagious diseases. direct
consequences of starvation; have broken
out in Kazan, adding their ravages to those
caused by hunger. Judicial proceedings
in common law courts have had to be
stopped, because witnesses happened to be
peasants and were lying with feet swollen
from starvation.
Mothers are killing their children that
they may not see them tortured by hun
ger; parents are selling their daughters to
get a crust of bread. Whole districts are
slowly starving themselves out upon pig
weed, husks and boiled grass. The papers
are publishing elaborate articles upon the
use of acorns and other similar substances
as a substitute for corn.
In twelve of the provinces the famine is
complete. In six only partial. Forty
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NEWS In ASHEVILLE.
Return of Senator Vance From
the Sea of Galilee.
AN ANEcDoTE OF GOV. HOARD.
The Emancipation Day Parade-Bnl
Nye snubbed by Rival Humorist-
Story by Mr.. Plumb.
Copyright, 1892, by Edgar w. Nye.l

AsHEvILLE, \. c., Jan. 1s.-rSpecial Cor
respondence. This has been very gentle
and balmy winter for the native tar-heeler.
as well as the Cape Cod asthmatic and
bronchial wheeler from the frozen home
of the abolitionist who may have been
spending the season here
Tropical growths are getting along first
rate here if kept indoors, and such SUBJ
tropical vegetation as the John pine, the
jonquil and the horseradish are growing
in the open air.
Senator Zebulon B. Vance has returned
from the Holy Land with a new story
picked up on the Sea of Galilee. liz is
corker.
Senator Vance is looking well and re-
turns to his senatorial labors with re-
newed yigor and travelled air which we
North Carolina people alone lack to make
us shine.
He says that Baireuth is pronounced
Byroit.
Senator Vance was there during the
Wagner imbroglio l do not know what
an imbroglio is, but think it was that.
He told several stories illustrative of
American humor while at Byroit, and, as
understood it, interpreted between the
Wagner selections. They were not well
received.
He told an anecdote of Ex-Governor
Hoard, of Wisconsin. regarding an ex-
perience he had while in the army. After
forced march of eight weeks, during
which the brigade did not touch food, be-
Ing anxious to close the war, they camped
one night at o crossroads where it was
found that in an old deserted tobacco
warehouse there were secreted three bar
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of him by the American newspapers As
far as / can learn. he seems to have been a
printer by trade, and he published little
newspaper at Laredo. Tex, on the Mexi-
can border, issuing it weekly or monthly
as he had the means. He is not man of
character. and | have extradition papers
here for his arrest. The papers incl ude a
photograph and description of him. and
the description states that he is 40 years
old, tall. OF medium weight and of fair
complexion. His hair, IL states, is of a
chestn Ut color, his eyes are light and he
has rather heavy mustache. His face
is pockmarked, and he has scar
over one OF his eyebrows. This
is all | know about him. | consider him
more of freebooter than a revolutionist,
and his force is made up of smugglers,
malcontents and the bad elements which
YOU will always find along the frontier. |
don't imagine he has a large force and
doubt whether he has more than fifty or
100 men. As 20 his being the leader Of
revolution. the idea is preposterous. Even
If the country were in shape for q revolu-
ton. he would be the last man TO lead it,
and this talk about the northern states
being in his favor and wishing 10 revolt is
ridiculous in the extreme. 1t IS equally
ridiculous TO talk about him being the
leader of the church party IN Mexico, and
the truth IS he IS pennies adventurer,
associated with band of outlaws whom
the Mexican people neither respect nor
fear"
us il true, Senior Romero. that Mexico
is on the eve OF revolution ?'' / asked.
II think not, - was the emphatic reply.
THE restless elements Of the country, if
there are any, are IN power, and the men
who have been chiefly concerned in the
revolutions OF the past are now managing
the government and are managing it TO
the satisfaction of the people Mexico
has never been III so good 4 condition as
she Is today, andlwith the exception OF one
or two places where there Is comparative
famine. the people are thoroughly salts
fed with the government and with their
prospects. Even supposing that dissatis-
faction existed, the church party or that
winch is opposed to the one in power could
not expect 10 succeed in a revolution.
When they fought against the men VINO
now control the government they owned
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nearly two-thirds of all the property of
Mexico, and they had the religious enthu-
siasin of the lower classes TO help them.
They had assistance III both men and
money from France, Belgium and Aus
tria, and France spent many mill
ions of dollars in their cause.
Notwithstanding all this they failed
and they are not likely to hope to succeed
without money and without the support
of the people, who now see that the priests
oppressed them and that they were actu-
ated by personal greed rather than holy
fervor. The government at the close of
their last war contiscated their converts
and monasteries and gave back to the peo-
pie the vast amount of church property
which they had accumulated. This prop
erty amounted to several hundred million
dollars, and it was all turned to public
use Many of the monasteries became
public libraries, and the biggest library in
Mexico City is in what was once great
Catholic church. Some of the mona ster-
les were turned into factories, and others
became hospitals, colleges and private res
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subscribed g. 00o, coo rubles, but only 20,-
10000 were sent out among the poor the
rest is still to come.
In St. Petersburg the responses of in
dlyiduals are numerous and liberal.
Women of noble birth are daily giving up
their jewels at the relief stations. All army
oanquets have been postponed indefinitely.
and the funds intended for them have
gone to swell the purse of the government
rellef associations. At every church in all
the towns and cities outside the stricken
districts wagons are seen coming and GO
ing, bringing and taking cold food and the
clothes brought by even the poorest of the
members of the congregations.
Ten million rubles have been set apart
by the department of public works to give
employment to the men in Samara and
kazan. All of this money is being ex-
pended under the direct supervision of
General Annenkow, who buiit the railway
from the Black sea TO Eastern Asia
This is sample subscription list taken
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Due Serge MikhaiIovitch ............S5,000
Ministre Debunge Observation-Disclosures. 400
Maior-General Schanovsky. 10000
Nine. lie Comtesse Stenbock-Fermor. 10, 600
To this are added the names of 1900 or
5000 prominent society people, all of
whom have subscribed in sums of over 500
rubles to the relief fund. In fact the
journal dc st. Petersburg announces that
its own subscription list in four days
reached "a, 1876 rubles.
At the Anitchkow bridge IN st. Peters
burg the government receives each day
over 1000 wagon-loads of food and cloth
ing. All the ship companies on the Black
sea are sending grain to the port nearest
the famine district free of charge, publish
ing their offers in all of the papers OF Mos
COW and st. Petersburg. Relief trains are
leaving Libau and st. Petersburg many
times day, stopping at all way stations
to add to their great loads of grain, food
and clothing. The rains from st. Peters
burg cover the central part of the stricken
district; those from Libau go direct to the
Volga river to the town of Tzaritzan, near
Astrakan.
The transportation facilities to the
northern part of the stricken districts are
exceedingly meager, and it is on this
account that the famine there is SO in
tense. Caravans of wagons leave Moscow
and the railroad termini daily, aiding as
they move along.
All this shows that while there may be
enormous waste through bribery and pecu-
lation the great mass of the Russian
people have awakened to the situation
and are doing what they can.
The Greek church is doing herculean
work. Its arms reach out TO every nook
and corner of the vast empire, and while
in the stricken districts the places of wor-
ship have been changed into hospitals
and distribution halls, in all other sec
tons they have become receiving stations,
and none so poor as to hold back his mite.
1t is this united work of the government
and the church which was, however, found
powerless to relieve all the destitute.
Forty million is the number of the pen
niless, and in the face of that gaunt specter
even despotism gave way, and the one
concession, that individuals could dis
tribute the donations they received, was
made. 1t was at this juncture that Count
Tostoi jumped, armed with practical
ideas, and back of him a host of rich
friends, into the midst of the restitution
and began the establishment of his famous
soup houses. First the children and the
aged" he cried. 1.-The strong can suffer
till those are relieved"
II visited one of these Tolstoi soup
kitchens in the Dankov district" writes
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crowned heads have rested on this bosom
sucn as 1t IS, and that dynasties nave
stayed all night at orr house.
after had gone the owner of the thea
yer sad to him reproachfuIly:
mat maj was Mr.. Nye, the great American
humorous writer, Mr.. Eber. Did Won nm
duced your" y
es, said Mr.. Eber, with a rising in
necuon, as he sat down on the Chimney
him. iu on
DO not say this to hurt Eber. for he ia
too great a man TO be hurt by newspaper
criticlsm. but why in heavens name can
not people OF prominence get along
smoothly together? | think we should
s En- oy eacn other. Ten years ago | met
the two headed girl for the first time and
whlie the meeting was not ELUSIVE. il was
GGordiai. | have also met the Prince of
wales and Sitting Bull, and there was no
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millions are suffering. and it is estimated
that it will take 100000 pounds, or U.s.
10000 bushels of grain to keep the popu-
lation alive until the next crop.
As yet no appeal has been made by the
government of that country to sister ma
tions. The story of the want and misery
that is prevalent has leaked out bit by bit,
and it Is only by the appeals of individuals
that the extent of the deprivation was
made known.
1t is queer fact that no united effort on
the part OF the people can be made to as
sist the stricken. All aid must go through
government agents or must be made by
individuals. In word, no two persons
are allowed to make any appeal in their
collective name without laying themselves
liable to prosecution on the charge Of
forming an illegal association.
word as to the stricken district, its
geography and resources. In what is
known as West Russia, South Russia and
the Caucasus, there is plenty. 1t is in
Astrakan and Kazan, provinces of East
Russia, that the want is greatest The
Volga river, which empties itself into the
Caspian sea near the city of Astrakan,
waters the famine district, a
most fertile country, and in which
since 1910 there has been no
great crop failure. The city of
Samara lies on the Volga and is the GEN.
ter of the famine. In the North lies the
city of Perm. Here, and in the country
adjacent, there is at least a small quantity
of seed grain, but this is being eaten, and
unless succor arrives within the month
the restitution viii parallel that in the
lower country. Moscow may be said to
be just outside the stricken district, and
its streets are filled to overlooking with
the starving peasants. The prisons are
crowded beyond their capacity, and every
hospital in and about the city is caring
for twice and three times the usual num-
Der. Most of these come from Penza,
Saratoff, Tambov, Nijni-Novgorod and
Samara. Little Russia, the province to
the south of Moscow, has enough food to
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care for its own destitute, and has thus
far made no appeal for aid. South Russia
is caring for nearly 100000 of the suffer
ers. who have fiocked into its territory.
Russia has endeavored To cope single
handed with the famine, and even now,
when the records show thousands dying
daily, it has made no appeal to other ma
tions. Its methods of aiding the stricken
we're planned on a most generous scale.
but the extent of the disaster made the ap-
plication anything but satisfactory. The
government itself was reported to have
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So | say that people of prominence
should play into one another's hands.
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1892-04-29
I3ROADHAWN GEMS,

April 25th.-Farmers are all busy seeding.
We hear ru:nors Of a wedding.
AL Newman made flying trip to Portland
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Pope are expected from
Illinois this week.
We are glad to welcome WIN. Courtney
back again. Flo is now school-marm, and
is busily engaged in teaching school in Cass
County.
Schools legin in this Twp. May End, with
teachers as follows: Miss Eva Pope, No. 1;
Miss Katie Hughes. No. 2; Miss Katie McCarty
No. 3, and Miss EiIle Stauffer, No. 4.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Warrey, Of Hope, were the
guests of Mr.. Hughes Sunday.
Broadlawn base ball nine will organize this
week
What has become Of our female nine? Blue
bells get to the front
Miss Effio Stauffer, one OF our energetic
school teachers, is now the proud possessor OF
a quarter section of lard on tie S;sseston Res
crvaton. She also had the honor Of having a
town named after her.
GUESS.
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Republican Caucus.

At Republican primary meeting held for
the incorporated town Of Hope. Thursday eye
ming as per call of the county committee,
c,,, -Iss G.. Merricll was elected chairman. and
.Iomoo n EcCollom, secretary.
unon motion the delegates were nominated
ord oIoctoa ono ot time, and l'y acclamation.
The following delegates "eio e'e'.u anu
furnished with credentials from, 'ne cha'rman'
to represent this voting precinct attic ""n'en,
ton to be held in Sherbrooke. Saturday, AEr''
3Oth:
John J. Wamberg, chairman: j. NJ. Ste-
wart, A. M. Mclaughlin, and H. H. Baker.
Upon motion the caucus was adjourned.
CHARLES G. MERRIELL, Chairman.
j. H, McC,OLLoM, Secretary.
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April ~
his ne%.,s III
James an. John

April u
his newi.e % u,
James an. John
Buffalo last Tuesday, W..
during the summer.
Dunk Parks has started up his I.
machine again, and will pound out the No.
hard wheat.
Charley Palfrey started seeding April 15.
He Is the first bird OF the season.
The Colgate correspondent need not blow
any more about Colgate, as it is the dullest
place in Steele county.
The Sheyenne river is going down very fast
A few of the Hope folks were out to the
Sheycnne not long since, to boat ride, but
would alvise them to get a boat next time they
como, for table is rather dangerous thing
for the ladies' to ride on.
few OF the farmers around Gallat:n have
tried to burn their stubble, but without sue
c'ss, rs it is too wet to Eurn.
These few items should have been in last
week, but better late than never
WILD WEST,
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Mrs. Peter Nelson, Of Griggs
County, Meets a Horri-
bile Death.
Her Clothing Catches Fire and
Her Flesh is Burned
to a Crisp.

Mrs. Nelson, wife Of Peter Nelson, residing
about 25 miles northwest of Hope, in Griggs
county, came to her death in a horrible man
ner last Friday. She was all alone on the
premises at the time, her husband having gone
to neighbors place about a mile distant, and
she bad been rakins up the trash from the
yard, setting fire to tho same. In some man
ner her clothing caught from tho flames, and
there being no one present it is supposed she
lost her presence Of mind and failed in putting
out the flames, which consumed all her CLOTH
ing but her shoes, and burned her body to a
crisp. Her husband returned soon after and
found her in this sad plight. She lived about
three hours. in terrible agony, when death
kindly relieved her sufferings. Had the lady
retained her presence Of mind she might easily
have saved herself, as there was large pond
OF water within a few rods of The place where
the accident occurred. The funeral Of the
unfortunate lady took place last Sunday.
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Notice for Bids.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
school board Of Rochester township, Cass Co.,
until Thursday, June2nd for the cutting In two
Of the school house on section 10, and the re-
moval Of the two sections Of building, one half
Of same about three. quarters Of a mile, and
tho other part about 2 miles from tho present
location. Al! communications regarding the
work TO be done and also all bids 10 DO direct.
cd 70 .hs clerk Of school township, W. II.
Furlong, Colgate, N. D, The board reserve.
tIe right TO reject any aud all bids.
"a v. REdAN, Ch'm'n. Board,
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n'Otice to Assessors.

The assessors of Steele county are hereby re-
quested to meet at the office Of the County
Auditor in the village Of Sherbrooke, Steele
county, N. D., Oh Saturday, the SOth day Of
April, 1882 for tho purpose of receiving their
books and blanks and for confering with the
County Commiss toner's and Auditor in refer
ence to the performance of their duties.
Dated at Sherbrooke, N. D. this 18th day of
April, 1892.
L. C. GOPLERUD.
County Auditor.
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The French System or Dress Making
Taught.
Any one desirous of learning the dress max
ing system is invited to correspond with Mrs.
Eta Bush, Sherbrooke, Steele Co., N. D., for
particulars The S. F. Taylor French System
is the ono taught by Mrs. Bush, and is the on
" one In use cutting the double bias dart,
called the Worth dart II Mrs. Bush can se-
cure class of four or five in HOPE she will
make regular visits and give instructions in
the art
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Ah-Ha! The Very Chance

To buy pure seed wheat. T have fine Sas-
katchewan seod wheat for sale, and 1t is the
very kind you want for change Of seed.
Call at my farm Or address me at Hope, N. D.
T. j. FOSTER.
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Hope Feed Mill.

have bought out the feed mill Of Geo. T.
Mclean and will be prepared to grind feed al
the old stand for customers from this time
everyday In the week. Give me call, and
guaratee you satisfaction.
T. S. PREIsSLER.
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To The Farmers Of steele Cou

To The Farmers Of Steele County.
The Commissioners Of Steele County will
furnish strychnine for tho destruction OF
gophers, to all owners or occupants of land
in the county, at the rate OF two one-eighth
ourco walls for each quarter section Of land.
Apply to
L. c. GoPIERUD, Co. Auditor.