Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-15
REL|CIONISTS
IN RUSSIA.
The Holy Synod Divides Them Into
Dangerous and Others
WILL COPY Y.M.C,A. METHODS
Great Increase In Production OF Naph-
iha--uercbants Petition for Tee
duetion Of Customs Tariff

ST. Petersburg. Jan. 27,-(Correspond-
ence of the Associated Press)-Ihe
work Of the railroad department Of the
Young Mems Christian association IN
the United states viii probably be
adopted as model by the ministry oil
railroads which Is planning to amello-
rate the economies, intellectual ana
moral status of its employees. \ dele
CATION from the Young Mems Christian
association visited Moscow last sum
mer and made a thorough investigation
OF the railroad hospitals and other
charitable institutions Of the old capi-
tai. The Russian government reclpro-
Gated the compliment by sending
Councillor Chidlovsh and his wife as
delegates to the congress held in the
interest Of the railroad department IN
the autumn. They have just returned
and made their report To MinlstefhhlI-
koff and he has ordered them to make
an exhaustive report on the congress IN
writing, and to recommend those ar
rangements which were observed IN
the United States that seem best adapt
ed for Russia.
Russian law divides religious sects
among subjects of the car into two
classes very dangerous and others,
The holy synod has just revised It's
definition OF the first class Such are
sects which commit religious murders,
or which are guilty of horrible or i'm
moral actions and whose tendencies are
inimical to the social ana political or
der Of things. Among the latter class
would. naturally. be comprised all So
clalistic or communistc sects. Of which
there are a number that have been
deeply influenced by Count Tolstoi,
II Is said that the population. OF 81.
Petersburg. as indicated by the census
taken In December viii amount 10 about
LAO, 600 or an increase of liLOOO since
1896 and of 4O5, 800 since 1880.
The minister OF finance has definitely
adopted the scheme OF closer CONNER
cia relations with southern Persia
which was recently described In cor
respondence from this city.
A large number of merchants have
petitioned the minister of finansce TO
reduce the customs tariff which was
increased on many articles soon after
the Chinese difficulties arose, but which
has never yielded the anticipated In
crease OF revenues The petition was
sent to a committee as basis for an
inquiry.
Official estimates are that the nap
tina production of lslssla exceeds Co.,
900 900 pools, or lOSO00OO tons last
year. The production per annum has
accordingly doubled within seven years
while the price has rapidly risen from
81 copecks per pood TO 10 copecks.
The Noyoe Nremya prints dispatches
from Valdivostock, saying the railroad
| contractors are exchanging gold for
/ Russian paper money as the Chinese
! readily accept the latter.
Russian soldiers gave Chinese child.
rem a Christmas celebration at kai
| Yen Hsien.
| Buildings for new polytechnic
| school near this city, are nearing COM
| pletion. The buildings will cost $780,
| 900 rOubles. Four year courses In me-
! tallurgy. electro technic and economics
| and q five year course In naval con-
| struction will be given.
Because the expectation OF eggs from
| Russia has been increasing rapidly In
/ recent years, they the comparatively
| dear I'm all the Russian cities. Recent
" eggs from Egypt have begun to make
| their way into Russia by way OF the
! Black sea.
The ministry of railroads viii expend
| twenty million roubles this year Tor
new locomotives, eighteen millions FOR
| new freight cars and seven millions
for passenger cars,