Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-13
rEAsANr RIOTS COST
RUSSIA s6o,ooo, 600
Wholesale Destruction Of Property Of
Wealthy In Many Districts.

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This ha. hoo, Going IN for nearlv a
var ovar s,,na Loot A,o,.t wbsr
4, ,v.s s,ar+as hv tho ,oc,o, ravo,r,,or
is,s NO thev cal, thamse,vee tn hiring
n nras.,ra from tho ,onded oep,rv
.rs no n,.h,,,,v vror tho ooyarn,,a,t
10 ,or,n,v With tho aar,ands ~ t,at
oryanizat,on The amount of dam.
ave aone tbua far ACCORDING tn state.
mani. maaa IN mo hv the omc,als of
tho agricultural, department appre.
eates moro tban SEQ 600 900 and the
d,s,,rhorcaa are orowino mora num.
aro,s ana mora destru,t,ve everv
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=, severa, os the nrovipces In east.
arr p,ss,a n ,s sasa and nerson
oor trovo, all dav without see;np any
,,,ng h,t smoking ruins whore state
~ maps,o,s surrounded nv enor.
n,o,s storebouses and harms used TO
liz. Tho res,dences were burned
w,t,, oil their surniture nictures nor.
,ro,ts be,r,ooms and other family
,reosnres and IN many cases the
w,rdrobes NJ the owners their wives
| and cb,,aren and household servants.
| III. Iattsr in many cases belne com.
| na,,a. IN stand NV bsln,ess,v and Wit
| ross tho destruction NJ their nronerty
hv naooonts who have worked for
them and their ancestors generation
tha,r serss MANY NJ the mobs doubt.
,ess are stu, on the payrolls of the
landlords thew ara thus irving to
r,,r. marv NJ them are tenants
working b,s ,ands on shares.
M,,,,ona If busbels os grain mil
,Ions NJ tons nj fodder all machinery,
agricultural implements and stores of
al, kinds are DESTROYED. and the cat.
t,e and borses are Tortured with the
most atrocious cruelty. being ham.
strung and having their tongues cut
| ant and their eyes DESTROYED and
turned ont into the road In die in
agony am told that some of the
finest pedigree stations In all Russia
have been treated in that manner
The vandals anpear tn sbow the
greatest degree of cruelty to expen
siye. hieh-bred Holstein and short
horned cattle and thoroughbred
horses. They treat the sheen in the
same way.
The other day I was shown a letter
from a lady living on the banks OF
the Volpa. on one of the most fam.
ous estates in Russia. which has
been in the possession of her hus.
/ DAnu 3 ancestors IOr several cenIur-
les. The family inherited great
| wealth and have rasidencea In Ct
Petersburg and down ON the BLACK
Sea in addition to their country home
They have been accustomed to EN-.
| ploy several thousand muiiks unon
their estates and have been noted
for the kindness and generosity with
which they have treated their en-.
ployes. The head of the family has
established schools and emn,oved
teachers mt his own exnense for the
benefit of the children of bis ten.
ants. he has sunnortad thar nr,asts
and has been an ideal landlord in
other respects also. But notw,tb.
| standing his benevo,epca ana tbo,ab,.
| fulness for them thew ,nder the
leadership of two nrofess,ona, a,ita.
tors revo,utionista fror~asosoow u,h.
until RECENTLY have heen In ex;,e nj.
tackled the Residence of taeir master
drove him ana his family ,,,t -, 4,