New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
"BY ORDER OF THE CZAR.'
LIFE IN THE SIBERIAN MINES.
TIE TENDER MERCIEs OF THE LITTLE
FATHER F"


FATHER"
A collection Of the letters OF professor VINO wac
condemned lard labor for life IN inc eoeT'ah .o
mines has appeared at Berlin. The DOCK coh'"'
n possible says writer In 1.-THE LONDON DAILY Ne",
more narrowing descriptions OF the sunenhgs ~ VIZ
| mines than are to be read In Mr. kennan's "orA VI.
m. subject For two years Jaksakor 1.-THE writer y.
tho letters, dragged the wheebarrow In the Ieau
mines and then he succumbed. n henp Oh cr""p'
closely written sheets Of paper. winch nc cohn" "
a young friend named Ba!kali"n was all lie 'ei' y.
hind him, They are letters written In secret 10 HIS
relations, and are OF n most touching character sno"
ing in tuclr warm words that the poor man. pur'eu
alive "a he was nevertheless hoped that they "ou"
reach those dear him even though he hniseil "ou
never them again. seven years ago. ana "'o''
or two after JaksakOffs death. Baiknl)cH mAh"sc"
10 escape. He young. athletic 1ello" Oh "'t VI
six and twenty, and after wandering about lot '"o
ycors he reached Paris. and later on proceeded 10
Hungary In prsth he handed over Jaksakons iet'
tcrs to Il friend Nbc published Tier" are se'eh'"
hearing dates between tho eth OF February. lee2'
and tho 17th Of January, 1859.
On thc IN OF january 1882, the Russian Uni
vcrLy profc,>o: yasslc Jaksaio aged twenty eight
wos married TO the beautiful daughter Of rich Mos
COW merchant In the evening the bridegroom WAS
sent for and he left the room without any Vi ''e
wedding guests noticing II. Tire" detectives "er'
waiting at til" door. and they invited him 10 driNe
With them immediately to the police STALLION LOT Tue
purpose Of settling matter which could not DE- posi-
poiel. The whole affair." they stated would ho' 'iH'
| longer than quarter Of an hour JakSakoh com
piled and left without telling any ono. lie never
returned again. At the pocc-station NJ WIS '"r"''
INTO a damp. narrow cell and here he spent his
wedding night II only the next morning that
he learned from a suky policeman tina; he WAS accused
Of taking part In the attempt on The HE OF 'Har
Alexander II Q3th Of March. lssl). Jakshhon. up
TO that time loyal subject Of the Car. could not
understand how he could he suspected OF such 4
thing. lut The policemen soon cleared up 's point
JuksnkoR had shortly before loft his old lodgings ana
Mt leaving had given his porter cfoh ov"rcoaf In
the pockcs the porter found letter from the Nihllst
kibatz hs! who year and n half before had been
executed for a." attempt on the Czar'> me- IL was
indced a very compromising letter In 1t ki'a!t'hitHi
requested Jah akOff 10 civ" him certain prpinisrd
article. VIVA, could til, be- but II" material for III"
dy Mantle bombs which had been used against IN"
Emprrort =. any rate III" smart porter soon came
thrt conclusion. and III" police ngrccd With him.
What good did II do Iak>nkOr to that hc only
kncw Kihaltsi'!h N ID" university at time when
the latter did not even know what Nhili>t was
VIVA, did II bench, him 10 assure them that the Vticl"
referred TO only II harmless waterproof snd that
thr letter dated from the year 1877 : lie
| concrmu,d 10 hard labor for llfc and this was re-
rardrd n specially m-rcifii penalty for the Grim"
II which h" accused WAS pnnishall" with death
The victim transported To siberia To IA" Ser:
,clin~k"r 'ilv"r mines. wh' at ia" publ, "Ar"n>"
rArln'"t o: liz. 'AGr', pri'n;. lun'i>. and. Oh
acc"ui 81 their containing ~ liitlr silver. called
lead ninr rlr TRANSPORT 10 shcri, lasted year and
a hall. Daring the two years that the pri oncr
worh-d in the mines IL. suffered such tormcnis that
b. became int.
In tie niddl" II s.picnh.r Is-:. party OF
iorelcI'i,. ',idrnt, coming i"n ~. Petersburg ap
p arL III" mines. And wished ~ H. >lcci the
vi,is. IT." latter wcir marched oHt. among them b.
The STRANGE ">hc the cuIoi about the iiI", history
The ,nat related h' ftl, told = the porter ara
'"p;c. tri;r. Then dr"ad!n. s'"n" o'cmrrri.
Tie r"oi SEEMED for regain III,
II" raj ed TIA" heavy h,rson To- witch h"
rhal.,.i aud c.,!.cl I W.T. al his strength IL tie
= !;rr> head. ere IN. "ThoE hest "rr,,h,'' The
,",Gir ,i"p.-l deaf spot. lalisahor too fell
drwr ii.l- I'D. II" ira:;'d ha', the rninc
Aid ,halc. to Wall. AID l.,Ir he died a few wr,l.,
aIi,rvlni.
M :"!l"wir. ~. 'o.ar c>tYncs from jJh>ahoa's
n.inti.. "t ~" i"tl, 81 Nay. 49,. h. wtc> iiVin
The PRISON AT HJn A"v.ord
am l",h"d mp VII. nny other, within four walls
In" .,l j. uari' and the mould .o,rr> IT, walls
v.th iticl .Iu-. tn the foo. the dirty and nl:h,
,,.,. ir.,c.,- To "ur niLlc,. Tn. /, orr r.,iins
place: rs" .rw> Of lpW ,h.I,c> stretch a,ro,. To-,
who'll II ia" itarl. I"r' >h"uld rightly have
"a and a n,,,"n, ~ blow Of ~, iNr Kid: d. W. H M%
m.r .,' rp on, En,'I t" ill., woman OF ~" l"niIh,l
hI-.uLd, ,"!uniaiil, into rNllr. \ man wiJ iu,-
ever sen r'i'r aays cannot have any idea Of Tie
own csc, when Ir /, thrust Into SUE! u lonely cellar.
NOR. ""rn'I and h"rth" than the grave amt j. toit
drcum>tnn''d. l1i>p for air. HE any creature "a
cus'om'd +" Iynr on land upon l'ing ilpwn In',
cntcus tlry l.ini. I;n their companions. the other
poor w''t'tc. call them back 10 III" as,in. and In
day to" ">~,i'.!, In, rr,t accustomed TO tn" air
~ II Russian dungeon. Filed 1t Is with tn" stencil
Of cotr',,. and mi Of plagu" and typhus germs
.Ia.>a!oa nri,'d Mt Toni>k BY ship from Tiumcn Oh
tho ipth Of >,ptcmbc: iae:. He writes
"Thr ward Of the Tiamrn prison full even
When We sci ont til" Ionriry thlthcr. from ,hc
day Of our arrival our numbers Increased continually
burg constantly arriving. We crowded
cut # our nnrw p,"nc and =. last ro wh%" We G%S
lay npon mn",hrr Th. WAS also Ia b" our fate
on The ship Nine hundred persons In cage In
which there not room for 400 Among
fam.l., the stronger during the hours OF rest
AWAY, In, The hoor. md served cushions for the
women an children. Otherwise they. like them stood
ar rr"ic"i about The Others arranged amongst
rmrIvrN to sleep ly turns on the floor aud on each
Others hdi"S. AT nighttime the Interior Of the
looL,d IKE n arg" pit on field Of haitl" where n"
h'dc, of the fallen have been thrown one top Of
p"cinlv Of such > sight When the VOYAGE half
done. noh"dy had my money lrit. and "v"ryi"dv
fought for III, food Many Of The slrcpcrs bleed
Ing. and t'i'ir blood flowed upon h0s" Is ng beneath
them. During The day the ntmo,IYhrr" N III" ship
~n, vI,iara., shilling. and titled with Sc hsnnc smell
scarcely 700 lived"
The frontier Of siberia. the spot where JaksakoH's
phriy croNNi'' u "hlhcN ny squire piiIr. VI uiis
place hr writes:
rnl>cd my eyes 10 that gloomy gravrSOnr OF hun
dr,ds Of thousand, Of exile. It's side, wcr" written all
over with signs and messages the words Of farewell Of
ihc which had passed II. one Of tOmpan
Ions old man with whit beard and hair grcrd
~ read the different hIrrgly phirs tr secret writing "f
the NihilISi,: and whilst In the awful stiffness
chains ratified now and again. his eyes filled with
tears. i nm coming. am coming. my son. my poor
SON. he sobbrd. Anon, the tanglr OF messages he
lad discovered the handwriting OF his only son. who
hnd been sentenced the yonr before and. without his
family bring informed had been exrd to siberia"
on the last march OF the convcts and their families
lust before they arrived at their destination at the
mines. the caravan was attacked by wolves