Evening journal., 1902-10-30
FANATICS SUFFER
ON PILGRIMAGE
More Than Half Band OF
Nearly 1000 Composed Of
Women and Children
MAHY BABI'S DIED on THE WAY

St Paul, Oct so.-A N.nnpeg sro
cial to the Disnstch says amcns tx
1000 odd Doukaoh1rs En- Yorkioa yes
terday morning ro disturbance Of ah5
kind is reported .lt has developed be-
yond question that their iUnollate oy-
rand IS peacefui bains the conversion
OF Ycfktor to their vegetarian ana rd-
manitarian craze. The condition OF
the poor fsnatics generally Is very bad,
the majority being scanDiy clad and
not a few barefooted. The hardships
suffered on the march we're fearful.
More than half of The entire band We're
women and children. Several children
We're born and The exposure was espec-
Tally trying TO them. Yorkton appears
TO have been the objective point of tho
march and the people are hopeful that
the movement viii subside.
The mob consisted Of men, women
and children including infants in
arms; one was born Monday night the
mother marching in the procession.
Some of the sick were borne on litters.
some few were barefoot, many wore
rubber boots and others coarse SAN
dals made of binding twine. Two nights
they camped out, without shelter. with
the thermometer "A degrees below
freezing Infants that died on the march
were thrown into bushes on the road
side
Simeon Tcherninkoy. who talks a lit
tie English. and whose bare feet bore
witness TO his insane zeal explained
that they were looking for Jesus"
When asked where We're his boots, he
held up his naked foot and cried: "Je-
sus' bootsi"
Parties strayed through the scrub.
picking up the 'God-given and grease
less fruit Of the rosebush to satisfy
their hunger. No labor of animals had
helped to produce this fruit. and they
could eat IL without sin. Their
prophet had prophesied that on their
arrival at Yorkton their babies would
be taken from them, and they gave
them up willingly, for they take the
voice Of their prophet as the voice of
God.
oamped in the vicinity Of Yorkton.
Nothing of q disorderly nature has yet
occurred. While the women and chill
dren Of the party spent the night in
the shed, the men sought the shelter
of q bluff. The whole night was spent
in religious exercises They seem de-
termined to continue. and expressed
themselves thus to Agent Speets. who
pointedly told them that they would
not be allowed to wander in such large
numbers. There is no danger of any
trouble Even II they are forced TO go
back to their villages, they viii go
without resistance.
ouakers Befriended the Doukhohors.
Philadelphia. Oct S0.-The Doullho-
bors- who are said to be creating dis
turbances in Manitoba. We're induced to
leave Russia and settle IN Canada by
Joseph s. EnSinton, a Quaker of this
city, who was aided by several in
huential members of the Society Of
Friends. he spent three months
among the Doukhobors and was the
personal representative Of the men who
made possible the emigration of the
Russian sect.
That 1000 Of them are on the
march, propaganding strange doc
trines." said Mr. Elkinton. Il cannot
believe I am sure that the whole
matter has been exaggerated" Mr..
Elkinton said he had visited 54 Of the
IS Villages Crime, he asserted, is
practically unknown among the people.
Honesty morality and truthfulness. he
declared 10 be their chief character
istics.