Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-08
DEATH OF THE kHEpIvE.

Egypt's II ulerGathered TO His Fathers
His Demise Due to InAuenza-His
Successor.
CAIRO, Jan. THE khedive Is dead
He had been suffering from infuenzs
which developed into congestion of the
lungs. This was complicated with q car
diac affection. His death was entirely
unexpected. 1t was stated this evening
that he was in no apparent danger from
the attack of influenza when suddenly the
complications set in and developed with
startling rapidity. Two physicians were
in attendance upon the khedive, but they
did not appear to realize that his condition
was critical until this morning. When it
became generally known that the ruler of
Egypt was dangerously i'll groups of peo-
Pile gathered at the gates of the palace
| where the Khediye was lying. At six
o'clock this evening Cairo time) bulletin
| was issued stating that the Khedive was
in critical condition. 1t Ii believed that
| at that time he must have been dead. At
o'clock his death was announced.
Mohammed Tewfik. the dead khedive,
was born in 1852, and succeeded his father,
Ismail Pasha, in 1879. In 1878 he married
the Princess Emineh, the daughter of FL
Hamy Pasha. Nohammed Tewfk will be
succeeded by Prince Abbas Pasha, his eld-
est son, who was born July IA, 1874.
THE SUFFERING In RUSSIA.
Graphic Descriptions OF the Distress
In the Famine Districts-The Em.
Piress Wretched Economic Condf.
ton.
LONDON, Jan. IA correspondent who
accompanied government inspector on
his rounds in the famine districts of Touls,
Russia, writes that many huts were found
packed with families, the members of which
tried to keep warm by crowding together.
Unclad women and children of three gen.
erations slept huddled together on the
same benches about stoves. Barns and
outhouses were destroyed for fuel. The in
terror of the huts were without light and
bare of furniture, and permeated by intol-
cradle stencil.
The people in most of these homes had
been three days absolutely without food,
and were waiting for relief. The roofs of
many huts had been partly used for fuel.
In several cases unprotected children were
discovered in a starving condition, having
been deserted by their parents who had
gone to look for work. In some instances
boards of food were found which would be
sufficient for weeks. Most of the sufferers
hide whatever stores they secure.
The area of pauperized, Russia is ten
times that of England. Ourtour disclosed
the absolute cessation of industrial and
productive work. The failure of the har-
vest is keenly felt in the towns. Manu-
featuring is stopped. The country swarms
with itinerant beggsrs and the entire pop
ulation seems to be on the tramp.
The Russian monthly, European Messen-
ger, contains such alarming accounts of
famine in Russia that it is astonishing
how the paper succeeded in passing
the Russian press censorship. The
Messenger compares the present famine in
Russia with that in Ireland in 1916, and
contracts the measures adopted by the two
governments to alleviate the distress of the
people.
1t says: Nobody in Russia ever imagined
that her economic condition was so
wretched. Now that the true state of
affairs is revealed, only a few madmen
would plunge the country in war or for
eign complications for years to come"