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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-21
Misery on the Steppes.

ened by a lack Of fuel, and great apprehen-
sion has been caused by the slaughter and
sale Of live stock. Half OF the cattle Is
gone, and some villages have today not
more than two OF three horses cows. In
the Province of. Samara alone 1,OOO, 600 head
Of cattle have been sold.
The worst sufferers are the Bashkirs a
tribe. Of mixed Finnish and Tartar race,
who cling to their nomadic habits and are
dependent upon their wages as field hands.
This source Of revenue was cut off this
year, and the Bashkirs began early to
slaughter and eat their horses, and as a
result entire villages became affected by
scurvy from the monotonouS diet.
The inability to obtain work has every
where brought the greatest hardship. The
customary home industries are at stand
still, and the furnishing freed serfs sue
cumb to the exhausting labor of quarrying
and stone breaking, which constitute the
government relief work.
The free kitchens originated by Count
ToStoy in 1891 and maintained privately
by the Red Cross and the zemstvos are
unequally distributed and in many locai-
ties they are lacking, or are only now being
organized. In Ufa they feed total of
210,OO0 persons, in kaZan 100000, and in
Samara 100000, many of whom are chill
dren
Complaints of Peasants.
The correspondent heard the peasants
complain repeatedly Of the unfair and in
discriminate distribution Of rye, saying the
government was giving to those who had
plenty to eat and Withholding relief from
the hungry. They also resented the hap
hazard opening and closing Of kitchens by
the Red Cross Society, the full efficiency
Of which is destroyed by red-tapeism.
The relief work in Kazan province is
hampered by quarrels between Gov. Str-
jevski and the liberals. The governor in
terfered in the distribution Of unofficial
relief for fear Of political agitation by over
Jealous agents, and In one village he poured
soup into the street, and IN others confis-
Gated bread from the hands Of the peasants.
Doctors and nurses who were fighting
typhus were arrested and some of them
placed in Jail. The correspondent person.
ally witnessed the arrest of the Superin-
tendent OF the kitchens at Tchistopol on
the charge Of feeding persons. capable Of
working.
A trip by sleigh into the northern part Of
KaZan province took the correspondent into
one Of the worst sections OF the famine re-
gion. AS the party approached the hamlet
of Alanshipshack, which can be taken as
typical of many others, every chimney in
the fact that the thermometer registered
% degrees below zero (FahrenheiD. Hut
after hut was entered by the correspondent,
and everywhere there was cold, dampness
and a foul atmosphere. The family were
huddled around the brick stove. in which
the tiny fire kindled~ in the morning had
dong since gone out. The houses in this
hamlet were banked in snow as a protection
against the cold, and the windows were
covered with rough hides '' nav"
Victims of Ergotism.
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DISEASE AIDS FAMINE
Terrible Suffering Among the
Peasants of Russia.
FUEL AND FOOD SCARCE
Relief Work Hampered by fractional
Differences. -@
CHILDREN DIE OF HUNGER
Government Supplies Appropriated by
officials to influence the
Elections.
HILDREN DIE OF HUNGER

KAZAN, Russia, February 21.-A corre-
spondent Of the Associated Press has re-
urned here after a twenty-five days trip
through Kazan,, Samara and Ufa. three
sample provinces Of the twenty affected by
famine. The correspondent Investigated the
situation In all direettoRs, travelling 500 miles
by sleigh in districts remote from the rail-
roads. where the distress Is most acute
The population everywhere was found
to be absolutely dependent on outside re-
lief The relief machinery organized by
the government, the Red Crass,-the zemst-
vos and private societies is working with
reasonable smoothness, and few localities
are utterly neglected. But the government
allowance OF thirty-six pounds of rye per
person per month is mest Inadequate and
this amount Is cut by eighteen or twenty
pounds by the cost Of transportation and
milling. Men, and even women, between
the ages Of eighteen and" f1fty-ffve' are ex-
Guided from receiving the government ra-
ton.
In the Province of Ufa there Is scarcely
half the quantity Of grain necessary for
the normal existence Of the people, and
the peasants are in such a weakened ply
s1cal condition as 6, result. of a succession
Of bad harvests that supplementary as
sistance will be necessary to make it pos
sible for thousands to survive until the
spring and have strength enough to plant
the new crop.
Non-property holders are excluded entire
ly from the government allowance Of re-
lief, and are dependent upon outside char
ity. The correspondent found sporadic cases
of scurvy in all three provinces. In Kazan
province there Is terrible malady Of the
eyes. due to the general and chronic under
nutrition.
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Victims Of Ergotis1n.

Persons suffering from ergotism were
found in seventy-four out Of seventy-eight
houses visited. The symptoms of this mall
ady are a burning sensation in the liver
followed by chills, spasms and permanent
contraction Of the limbs, and finally blind
ness and fdiocy. The disease has cost the
lives Of many unborn children, A total Of
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Where Scurvy Prevails.

The correspondents overland journey
from Kazan into Samara showed him other
conditions typical of that section. Here
scurvy prevailed instead of ergotism, but
the diet kitchens, which supply a menu
costing each person cents a day, are max
ing a fairly successful fight against the
disease.
Children are the easiest prey to the fam
ine and in many cases the school build
ings have been converted into asylums
where the youngsters sheltered and
fed by the Red Cross. At Tchelpy build
ing forty feet square housed 40 children,
whose greenish compilations gaunt eyes
and transparent temples INDICATED that
death would follow shortly should the daily
meal be suspended.
A lamentable feature Of the situation 10
the misuse of government relief. Many
salarled officials and prosperous residents
are receiving government rations. and In
several instances the local projects have
used the rations to influence the elections.
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one-tenth Of the population has been per-
manently disabled by ergotism.
The family of man named Rakhmatuli
may be taken as a fair sample of many
others The mothers hands neck and
face were horribly contorted. One son was
dead, another had become an idiot, and the
two daughters were voiceless. Almost
every house visited presented variations Of
this disease
Four-fifths of the cattle in this district
have been killed by the same poison, and
fully per cent of the crop is ergotic. Tho
peasants are fully aware of the unwhole-
someness of this grain, but they have no
alternative, and must eat what they can
get. There were thousands of cases Of
ergotism before the government was stirred
to action. The malady is now diminishing
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

Supt. Miller of the Moqui In
dian Schools at Keams Canyon
came in from there last Saturday
and left for Colorado the same
evening. Mr.. Miller is going to
look after the welfare of several
of his Indians who are employed
in the beef fields in Colorado. He
states that eighty-fve Moquis
were sent from his schools in
May to do field work atdifferent
points.
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

Man Zan Pile Remedy comes
put up in a collapsible tube
with a nozzle. Easy to apply
right where the soreness and in
fammation exist. 1t relieves
at once blind bleeding, itching
or protruding piles. Guaranteed.
Sold by Winslow Drug Store.
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

piled to the weather worn exter-
1or a few coats of paint of the
proper combination of colors to
produce a very pleasing trans
formation. Mr.. Hess expects to
join his family in the east within
a few days. If the new member
of the family has no very strong
prejudice against Arizona in gen
eral and Holbrook in particular,
they Will return here for the sum-
mer. The Despot Infanta is the
most eXacting of all rulers but if
newly promoted parent has
been a little observing and goes
about it just right, they will usu-
ally grant any reasonable re-
quest. To get down on ones
hands and knees and with a sort
OF a cooing accompaniment fran
t1cally shake a rubber rattle held
between the teeth, at the same
time assuming an abnormaIly
pleased expression of counter
ance. then gradually approach
The Presence repeating your re-
quest in i'nploring accents, turn
ing a few hand springs by way
of variation and as evidence of
good faith. This has been found
to be very successful and has
worked when more harsh meas
ures have failed entirely. We
have tried it.
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

Very attractive in appearance
now is the Hess cottage. James
Scorse did it with his little brush
with which he artistically ap-
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

same place. Sheepmen say it is
very difficult to secure shearers
and they are now offering six
cents per head for shearing and
are unable to get hands at that
price.
Tide Santa Fe pile driver and
bridge repairing outfit have been
working east and west of Hol-
brook during the past week re-
pairing bridges in this vicinity.
They have a regular train crew
and about twenty-five men in the
work gang under Foreman Fred
Pingree. The we'll known freight
Conductor Todd IS in charge of
the train.
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08
Post Office Hours.

Hereafter the post office hours
will be as follows:
Week days: a. m. to- o. m.
Sundays: II m. to l p. m.
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

Julius Wetzler has just finished
shearing at Porter's Tanks and
H. H. Scorsc is just commencing
to shear about 5000 sheep at the
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08
HoIbrook Happenings.
From the Argus.

From the Argus.
Ex-Sheriff c. l. Houck pleas
antly surprised his friends by his
appearance here during the week.
Mr.. Houck was looking we'll and
prosperous. c. Hess, Jr. and he
are partners in the sheep business.
Mr.. Houck left for Albuquerque
where he went in quest OF herd
erS
The Winslow mail., 1907-06-08

Free, for Catarrh, just to
prove merit, a Trial size Box of
DR.. Shops Catarrh Remedy.
Let me send it now 1t is
snow-white. creamy, healing
antiseptic balm. Containing
such healing ingredients as Oil
Eucalyptus, Thymol, Menthol,
etc, it gives instant and last
ing relief to Catarrh of the nose
and throat. Make the free test
and see for yourself what this
preparation can and will accom-
plish. Address DIR. Shoop,
Racine, Wis. Large jars so cents
Sold by W. A. Keeler.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19
q Fish Story.

The latest fish story concerns the
herring and sea gull, and it comes
from Nanaimo. A boat load OF herring,
containing about fifteen tons, was left
at Johnston's wharf, Nanaimo, during
the noon hour while the fishermen
went to dinner. During their absence
several thousand sea gulls-the chron-
icler says 1O,OOO-ate all the fish on one
side Of the boat with such good results
that they emptied it, and when the last
herring had been removed from that
side it was like the last straw that
broke the camePs back, for the boat,
with all the weight on the other side,
upset, splitting all the remaining fish
into the water-Shanghai Mercury.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

UNDER new law which has been
passed by the senate and assembly, COM
mon schools are compelled to hold eight
months school during the year 10 order
to draw pay from the state. Heretofore
common schools we're usually taught but
seven months during the year. The new
law states that mo money shall be ap
portinned to any district by the state
superintendent unless the report OF such
district verified by the affidavit of the
district clerk, shall show that common
school has been taught in such district
at leas eight months
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

Farmers, why send to the mail or
der houses for your binder Irvine? Hen
ry Ebbott is selling standard Irvine for
1Oc per pound. Buy of him and save
the freight charges.
Reduction sale this week on white
linen and cotton skirts. Great values at
90c, 81 % and 81 5O.-Archie Reid & Co,
GAINESVILLE. 32w2
If you want water motor, talk to
Watson; one eighth horse power to 10
horse power. Watson's Machine Shop. Is
New sample skirts in silks, voiles,
panamas and fancy checks-we save you
one-third on above garments.-Archie
Reid & Co., GAINESVILLE. 32w2
"A good cigar show case for sale. In
quire OF f. F. Burgy. 32tf
Headquarters for sample white pet
ticoats, silk petticoats and lawn and
silk waists.-Archie Reid & Co James
vile. 32w2
If you want good gasoline stove,
three upper burners and one step burner,
talk to Watson.-Watsons Machine
Shop. 29tf
IF you want good new or second
machine shop. 27tf
If you want gasoline engine, talk
to Watson; / horse power to 50.-Wat-
sons Machine Shop. Is
Rooms to rent over Shumway's bar
Der shop. Inquire of James Pollard. 19tf
If you want separator oil, sewing
machine, gasoline engine, lawn mower,
gun or any kind of oil, talk to Watson
Watson's Machine Shop. Is
"A good store for rent, 20x32, good
front. Talk to Watson at Watson's ma
chine shop. 27tf
J. NJ. Joyce is prepared to re-rubber
wheels. loft
If, in fact. you want any repairing
done, talk to Watson. = Watson's Ma
chine Shop. IS
Get your rubber tires put on at j
NJ Joyces. 19tf
For Sale. pigs.-Inquire of Will
lis Scofield. 33w1
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

L1vERYMEN throughout the state will
welcome a measure which has been
passed by the Legislature which makes it
a misdemeanor for any person hiring
horse from the livery stable to use the
animal for purpose not represented at
the time of hiring the horse. Assembly
man Fred Soper. of Ripon, was the faith
er of this bill and his object is to make
it criminal offense for parties to hire
horses and then drive them long dis
tances and leave the worn out animals
for the liverymen to come after.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

The sound, sober sense of most OF
thCss who are acquainted with the pas
senger fare decision of the railroad com.
mission convinces them them that there
is boomerang connected with the leg
islature's passage of the 2 cent fare bill,
let the members say what they want and
let the railroads consent to 2 cent fare
in other states if they will The fact re-
mains that passengers cannot be carried
in Wisconsin at fiat rate of cents
mile. The passenger business cannot
stand on its own feet at this rate. The
result will be that the freight business
will have to support the passenger bust
ness and make up it's losses. The real
meaning of this is that in Wisconsin the
farmer, who travels but little, will help
to pay the railroad fares of business
men, artisans and other residents of
cities who travel more frequently. The
commission pointed this out clearly in
it's decision. 1t insisted that separa-
tion between freight and passenger earn
ings and expenses be made and it did
make such a separation. AS result it
decided that passengers must pay ~
cents mile to protect farmers and other
shippers of freight from paying part of
their railroad fares.-Mi Milwaukee Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

''The way to get on said the bust
ness man, sis to conduct your opera
lions on cash basis
''Not in politics." answered Senator
Sorghum. Promises are just as eff
fectual as cash and not nearly so dan
gerous Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

Saturday evening, July 20.
/. Reeves March.
2. Dainty DOllie-IntermeZZo.
3. Selection from Musical Comedy Lady
Slavey.''
4. Cows in the Cotton.
). Enita-Serenata Guiana.
i. Beauties CharmS-WatZ.
Z. Selection from Mauritania.
s. NOrthwindS-Marc
9. National Song of Norway.
Cut out this program and bring it with you.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1907.

SINCE 1856 in twelve times at bat, the
democratic party has made only two
scores, both of which were driven in by
Grover Cleveland. The best that Col
Bryan could do was to fan the air.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-07-19

The fear of Wisconsin farmers that
the green bug" which is creating havoc
in the wheat fields of the South has in
vaded this state and attacked the oat
crops, ie unfounded, according to Prof.
j. G. Moore, agronomist at the college Of
agriculture of the University of Wiscon-
sin. Extensive investigation of the fields
affected has revealed the fact that rust
is responsible for the poor condition Of
the oat crops and the green bugs found
OF many plants in some districts are but
common aphides. Discussing the situa-
ton, Prof. Moore says: "Practically all
damage done may be attributed to oat
rust, found on all the plants. Reddish
brown blotches appear on the leaves OF
the plant, somewhat elongated, which
later turn dark brown. In nearly all
cases the leaves turn brown at the end
and die back to the stool. This is be-
cause the rust takes up the nourishment
which would naturally go to the tissues,
and they starve and turn brown. While
most farmers are acquainted with rust,
they have overlooked it as the cause of
the present trouble because it appeared
so much earlier than usual. Prevailing
weather conditions have been exception
ally favorable for the development of
the fungus, and at the same time have
retarded the growth and weakened the
plants so as to make them more suscep-
tible to attack. 1t is impossible to pre-
dict how seriously the oat crop will be
affected. There is no way Of combating
the disease, and the farmers can do
nothing but watch weather conditions
until harvest. The indications are that
the crop throughout the state will be
very light, as practically the whole state
is affected, the south and east more than
the north and west"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-30
An Answer that Should Satisfy.

What is a Democrat?' is an interest
ing question, and variously hath It been
answered. Newspapers. magazines, states
men. politicians, and laymen have tackled
it. Mr.. Bryan fired two columns Of hot
shot at it a few days ago, but even he
appears 10 have failed 10 hit the bulls
eye
The Washington Herald has made
something Of a speciality Of Analysing
problems that seem TO battle other minds,
$50 we resolved to study this one with a
view to solving it. We believe we have
solved It.
According to Webster's Dictionary, a
democrat is "a light wagon, having Sow
eral seats. and no top
That fills the bill, admirably, we take
it, a light wagon" means that It is
not loaded for long and tedious hauls.
Having several seats" means that the
occupants may take turn about" in driy-
ing, or all may drive at once, as the
fancy may seize them. NO top means
that some Democrats have not yet
learned 10 get IN when II rains, and even
in this enlightened age do not protect
themselves against unfriendly storms or
frosts
A wagon, il viii be remembered, de-
ponds very materially on its wheels. The
same is true Of some Democrats. The
more wheels they have. the more figure
they cut in the party procession and the
more fuss they make as they go along
As soon as a Democrat is discovered to
be devoid OF wheels, he is ingloriously
cast aside as being out-of-date and very
much In the nature Of excess baggage.
Second only in Importance 10 the wheels
IN a wagon is the tongue. So, too, un-
less his tongue be conspiCuously In evil
dence. no Democrat can be labeled with
big D. Wheels first, then tongue. and
the makeup Of some modern Democrats
Is almost complete. The analogy might
be carried even further. There are the
bolts in the wagon, and boiling is an ap-
proved art among a large number OF
Democrats There are the nuts on the
bolts, and more than one Democrat we
might mention has been called nutty-
So We might go on; but what's the
use2 Have We not clearly proved our
right to first prize in the matter OF All
swers 10 the question: A little later We
may find 70 necessary 10 elucidate that
other problem. What is a Republican,
The Washington herald., 1907-06-30
CHEAP GAS-IN BOSTON.
Why, Asks Hub Newspaper, Do Not
other CititS Become wiser
- - - INl.-LI.

From The Boston Transcript
In respect OF her gas situation. Boston
must now be the envy Of many of the
large Giles IN the country. New York and
Philadelphia especially. Elghty-cent gas
is here an accomplished fact. and it has
been brought about by no arbitrary
methods, but amicab-y and simply as the
result * natural law In New York So re-
mains one Of the city's most formidable
economic and legal problems. II is sew
eral years since the New York legislature
passed a law requiring the Consolidated
Gas Company TO reduce its price from
81 TO SO cents per thousand cubic feet
That decree has been fought step by step
The matter has been put into the hands
Of a master. and by his decisions the
company stlu maintains the better end
Of the controversy lie has permitted il
20 include franchise values IN the COM
pauy's property and decides that % en-
force the law would be a step practically
conhscatory, though his opinion does not
end the matter Yet that is tantamount
20 a confession Of bad business manage
ment New York should be able 10 man
ufactura gas at fully as cheap a rate as
Boston. Her coal costs less and her
points Of distribution are many fold more
numerous. In the matter of coal. Phila-
delphia is more fav0rably situated than
either and still her United Gas I'M
provcment Company cannot be forced
down below the dollar mark Councils
have refused the scent gas that the
people have asked for and now they are
trying te compromise on S. cents Even
that is likely 90 be denied Why do they
not learn Of Massachusetts and Boston.
and be wise?
The Washington herald., 1907-06-30
pan.Ameriean Trouble.makcrs.

The Pan-American trouble-Hdtchen seems
to be preparing another unsavory ragout
for the delectation Of the world The
primary cause Of the threatened trouble
appears % be the ambition of President
Zelaya, Of Nicaragua, 70 form a union
Of Central American States. It Is only
too evident that the time is not ripe for
such a movement There is absolutely
no indication that the peoples Of the
Central American States are DESTROYS or,
indeed, are ready for such amalgamation.
Primarily. Of course, any trouble in the
Central American States falls upon our
shoulders, and it is because Of this that
the United States has sent the cruiser
Milwaukee to La Union, Salvador. osten-
sibly for the protection Of American in
terests." Just what form the outbreak
viii take. If it is to come, is problematcal,
but il seems tolerably certain that Amer
lean naval vessels viii remain in Central
American waters until things are quiet
or the row develops. That something in
the way Of disorder may be expected soon
is evident from the reports from various
sources. Senior Mejia. Minister from
Salvador. reports that his government
fears that Nicaragua is planning another
expedition against it. and United STATES