St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 6, 1898

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> 8 - Dit ee wer es “If Thou Faint In the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” P.-D. Wants. Turn to N. O. Nelson Interested in the Colonization of ' The Russian police discovered the sect in Lidia Court Has Affirmed the Sen- ' County They will help you to POST-DISPATCH, FORTY-TWO PAG ty.” find work and be strong. VOL. 50. NO. 83. SUNDAY MORNING—ST. LOUIS, NOVEMBER 6, 1878. PRICE CE FIVE CENTS. “In Faith and Hope but all mankind’s concern Is charl- seeking work—P.-D. Wants. ® the world will disagree, Give employment to those oo — a -_ _ - w % XODUS OF RUSSIANS TO THE SOUTHWEST. - ~~ 10,000 Dhoukhoborsti in This Country. | ————_o3-@ | They Do Not Believe in a God of One Per- son, or inthe Trinity, but Believe That God Dwells in Each Soul. Their Trinity IsComposed of Memory, Reason and Will. Persecuted For Years In the Czar’s Do- main, They Will Seek Free America— Mr. Nelson Associated With Count Tolstoi and Prominent New Yorkers in the Work. . NELSON eet to the hardest work. They should never have the chains removed from thelr arms and legs: in crder that they who deny the su- preme authority of earthly potentates’§ en- throned by the will of God should feel -sharp- ly on their own bodies that there are authori- ties on earth established by God for the de- fense of the good and for the chastisement of villains like themselves. The ukusee was. of course, carried out, but under Alexander I. the persecution ceased and the people were allowed to have their own farms in Siberia. In 1832 Nicholas I ordered all believers should be enrolted of /in the army, and those unqualified should go to the mines of Nerchincki. The military order was the worst thing that could happen to the Ighoukhoborstl. When face to face with the enemy they re- fused to fight .as it was against their con- sciences. All were ordered to the mines. Mr. N. O. Nelson. President of the N. O. | Welson Manufacturing Company, is one of @ party of American men of means who are arranging to bring to this country a strango Russian sect of 10,000 persons. They will be colonized in the Southwest. Associated with Mr. Nelson in this en- terprise are William Dean Howells, Bol- ton Hall, Ernest H. Crosby and Isaac N. Beligman of New York, Jane Addams of Chicago, William Lloyd Garrison of Boston and George Dana Boardman, D. D., Philadelphia. Behind them all is Tolstoi, the Russian ‘writer and social reformér. His personal friend and representative in the coloniza- tion matter, Mr. Mode, an Englishman, ar- | pived yesterday in New York from the | other side and went to Rhinebeck, N. Y., as the guest of Mr. Crosby. | It is a hun tred years of persecution that ‘these Russians are anxious to flee from | before they are entirely wiped off the face|__ GENS i = ; of that country. They are the Dhoukho- | have not been permitted to remain in any borsit Spirit Wrestlers, The sect was | °"° place longer than six months. They | Joo tg ige | have been reduced to 10,009, | In spite of all the sect grew, and between 140 and 1860 there were 25,000 members. In | | 1860 they were allowed return to the eastern frontier of Russia, Since then they to 1750, and of all creeds theirs is| _. eee 58 oe Tolstoil became interested in these nomads : ‘. " ry » liz , j one of the strangest. They do not believe; -— - oe in-e God of one person, or in the trinity, | five years ago. Six weeks ago a prominent but believe that God dwelis in each soul. | ew TOrner ReOmY SS See from a Their trinity is composed of Memory, Rea- | * te digs that he had received permission gon and Will. on They accept the fall of Adam, but believe | People to emigrate, The time is limited te it was his own individual all, not that of | ‘WO years. the human race. They believe that Chris- Ihe idea is to colonize them in the South- tians are given to idolatry. Their tenets | West of the United States. They are farm- vend: ers. To get them out of Russia in time it “The church may be necessary to move them to the called from among Island of {(‘yrua first. The American com- dained to walk tn the path of light. mittee will soon issue an appeal to the pub- chosen ones cannot be reorganized bj lic, outward sign.” The Dhoukhoborst! has members of all mations,races and tongues. Many Americans belong to the sect without knowing It. a does not believe in hell or paradise, resur- rection of the body or destruction of the visible world. It belfeves that physical Mature will last forever. The millenium will come when the right- cous overcome the sinners. Those who are then dead will not partake in the millen- fum. The sect claims that a child, newly born, fs a piece of solless matter. The soul en- ters the body between the 6th and 15th year. The Russian Government is the abum- imation of the Dhoukhoborsti, but the be- lievers are far from being revolutionary, and they are said to be the most peacable peonie in Russia, abhor force, will not fight, pay their taxes and never complain about | the amount. They use no harsh language. {s composed of all thore the worldiy and or- The any Mr. N. 0. Nelson's residence {ts in Ed- wardsville, Ill. He was not in 8st. Louls yesterday and wae seen last evening by a4 Post-Dispatch reporter at Edwardsville. “Yer,” said he, “I am interested in the plan to bring the persecuted Russians to this country. The persons for whom a home is eought are non-resisting Chris- tians, that is, they decline to take part in military service, like the Quakers of this country. They reside in the extreme East- ern part of Russia and for a hundred years have been persecuted and driven from p!ace to place. Count Leo Tolstol ts Interesting himself in their behalf, and has the sup- port of quite a number of prominent peo- ple in this country and Europe. “The idea is to secure a large tract of land in this country and establish the col- ony, which numbers 10,000 persons, upon It. It will be similar In most respects to the Quaker and Moravian eettlements. No place has been decided upon yet, although several points in the South are under con- sideration. The yien, Involving, as it docs, the transporting wf so many people, wil] take time to perfect. It {s, 80 far, receiving the hearty support of all who have learned of its existence.” 9760, but !t was not until 1799 that persecu- tion set in. Czar Paul 1, in that year, issued @ ukase against the believers. They then mumbered 15,000. The ukase read: All adherents and membera of this pernicious ‘tt, unworthy of any clemency, should be apished to the Siberian mines for life, mew -- — “MRS TODD HUST Gl 10 PRISON | and | maining $10,000,000 is to’ be assumed by strong financial interests ae with the Central Trust Company. Additional the Russian Government for these! ——— oe - - | plants are to be pure hased and floating in- debtedness is to be pald off, - tence Imposed in Ralis County. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch HANNIBAL, Mo., Nov. &—Mrs. Virginia ult VERDICT StT ASIDE. B. Todd, who was sentenced by the Ralls Judgment for $40. 000 Against the Circuit Court to 25 years In the : am Gtate penitentiary for the murder of her ron Mountain Railroad Reversed. Gaughter, Hettie Bethed, has been out on, bond since that | Special te the Post-Dispatch. time, awaiting the decisior ca ae nage = : of the Supreme LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 6.—The Su- Court. Saturday the ; ' “i | preme Court to reverse 14 dec] preme «ourt affirmed the deciaion of the - R , ; , Di Gecision of | the rad.ey Clrcult Court f{; } *As lower court and to-day ehe was taken in| |. - rat net — the case of | | f.sther arren ia «6S oul r the custody of the Sheriff of Rails County | T tain & Si “ei ] 4 oo sountain tailway Co. as and will be taken to Jefferson ¢ Mon- ” : ~~ ; in sagas Hs . damage su in Which the plaintiff? was ms ¢ » ~ bs »4 ha o 7. +? ) y Gay, where ee will ypeekIn to serve out her aw arde a 510 000 dams awes fi ir injuri¢ s suUus- Sentence. ge The verdict was the largest of the Mra. Todd has resided in Hannibal for a ae oeee ted { oe on, +n ee mumber of years and hb; a grown si ym re- . oe sen = ee. aan Soins here . 4. en she wWwaes {in forme J] of the @ction of the Sup: * Court to-day she! broke down for u e Are’ tithe and wept ©rn

M tour : tae te [Pit ee Calne ||| —— : * 7 . . { an SHE LOOKED AFTER HOBSON RAISED HER. aweaters and pajamas. gut all looked well and he enjoy ng perience of On Saturacay, ‘a manera She ceermed to the shipwreck Oct. 2, the Maria Teresa namo Bay, bound had been patched in all the broken places and &a temporary deck had been built to cover the works left ex- posed by the fire of battle. The light batteries had been removed, but the two ll-Inch guns in the turrets were atill on board, and, fn add.tion to these, two 6%4-!Inch guns taken from the Vizcaya were mounted on deck. Thirteen powerful pumps of the Merritt Wrecking Co. were in place to do service should the patches spring aleak, and the engines were considered to be in very good order to help the ship along. The Maria Teresa Was not, however, expected to travel alone, The steamship Vulcan was | also to g0 to Norfolk, and the tug a 4 | Merritt and collier Leonidas were to as-) sist them on their way. STORM BECOMES A HURRICANE. The start was made early on Sunday and | the line was formed, with the Merritt, leading, the Vulcan next and the Marte | Teresa third. The other tug Was not ate | tached. The progress was quite slow, but | all seemed going well until Monday after- | noon. when the wind began to rise and the eea became very heavy. It increased all Monday night, and Tuesday morning it was blowing a hurricane. The three boats remained together in @ line, however, and etill made headway. At @bout 10 o'clock the signal officer on board the Maria Teresa sent word to the left ( in (.uanta /for Norf: 1K tug and the Vulcan thet the engines would ‘the small boats. | to give other ald than that of keeping hold | Though whereabouts. SA. Capt. Wolcott made all as comforfable as possible, but some men were obliged to sleep on deck. é Lieutenant-Commander Ira¥y the Post-Dispatch correspon “The Marie Teresa was too much weak- ened by lying on the bottom to stand sucr a blow as that encountered. The ship had been strained by Its abnormal position while sunk, and in the storm all these weak points gave way, and it leaked like a sieve. All hands were saved, thanks to the brave men of the Merritt. “The crew of the Marie Teresa constfsted of 114 men. Of this 60 were from the navy, *5 from the Merritt Wrecking Co, and 19 were Cubans, shipped as coal passers. The Cuban end wrecking people will go on to Norfeik on the tug, with the exception of Capt. Crittenden and Mr. Le ato, who are soing to New York by rail. Capt. Weleott of the tug did the best he could for us. His boat wae not made to accommodate more than @® people, but he did very well with i ng like. 140.’’ avis said *o COMMANDER HARRIS’ STORY. ae : rite oe, | mau | eae Ae j US jean? A >, Te “= * | Pix rae tt + ate - ’ @ “27 “ith the Vulcan, was trembling waters that dashed | swept from stem to ea ; , “afi OF S:aqes or | ican SIGNAL OF DISTRESS. Signal Officer Crossett was then instruct- ed to call for help, and the message he | wigwagged to the other ships told that the Maria Téresa was about to sink, and esked for, assistance, Imost immediately | the surfboat of the Merritt was launched, while the tug cut loose from her tow and came around. Men aboard the Maria Te- resa were made secure by ropes. Then they jumped overboard to be picked up by Lieutenant-Commander Harris was the last man to leave the ship. When in the emall boat he looked back and saw the bow of the Maria Teresa under water and the propellers sticking up high and clear of even the mountain waves. The Vulcan, which had appeared unable of her cable during the rescue of the men, must have cut loose from the doomed vesse] as soon as all hands were clear, the tug remained In the .vicin.ty until noon on Wednesday. the Vulcan was not seen again. The collier Leonidas also was lost sight of early Tuesday morning. It could get no information regarding its Wednesday afternoon the Merritt, with nearly 169 men on board, shaped its course for Charleston and arrived at this port on Friday night. were crowded | wee we 4) The Heroic Efforts of American Sea- men Could Not Save the Ship. WASHINGTON, 5.—The Maria Te- resa sank during a storm at_midnight last Tuesday, within 30 miles of e Island of San Salvador, and Hes in 2600 fathoms (three miles) of water. Her crew aban- doned the ship before she went down and are now at Charleston, 8. C, The first news of the disaster came in a dispatch from the Teresa's commander, Harris, to Secretary Long. Upon receipt of the news the naval offi- cers attached to the Navigation Bureau !m- mediately. consulted the charts to locate the scene of the disaster. The location its 24 degrees north latitude by 74-30 west longitude, about 235 miles dis- tant from Nassau. At the time the Teresa sunk she was about 319 miles distant from Caimanera, the port fram which she atarted a |'ttle over two days before. Looking at this chart it was not difficult for the officers at the department to see how the ehip had foundered under the in- fluence of a heavy northeast gale reported. She had just emerged from the Crooked Passage and to make her course was obliged to lay with her head about north, west. This would bring the heavy sea over her | forward side and under such severe pound- ing the vessel must have goon succumbed. There was no alternative. On her lee ley the rocky Bahamas and innumerable shoals, with shallows between and with ghallow water in her direction except straight ahead or directly astern. To have turned about and sought an- other passage would have been en ex- tremely perilous undertaking to begin with, and even after getting safely qgbout the veer would have been obliged to travel many hundred miles more than iIn- tended in order to ha cKed up another | this time to the North Amer- with the added dan- gers that proximity to the Florida ehoals might bring. It is said at the Navy De- partment that Lieutenant-Commander Har- ris will be ordered at once to Norfolk, ae] ve fj a CIOSe€] and course, Continent, |where the rescved seamen will be placed aboard a receiving ship. THE STORY OF THE. DISASTER. A thrilling story of the loss of the cruiser Maria Teresa is given in the official report | the | of Lieutenant-Commander Harris to Secretary of the Navy, received by tele- graph at the Navy Department late this afternoon. It ts dated on board the wreck- ing steamer Merritt, 3} miles‘ off Charies- ton, Nov. 4, and says? Secretary of the Navy, Washin I have the honor to make the fol port of the loss of the Infanta Marita Teresa: On Nov. 1, atl a. m,I found that it wae blowing hard and went on the lower bridge. We had left Watiing’s Island (San Saivador) Nght abeam, and at 0 o clock and up till midnight the weather was pl @+- ant and all went well with the «ship, ai- though we had trouble in keeping the pump in the forward fire foom from being choked with coal. The wind continued to igorease in force until perhaps 3 a. m., when it reached its height, alt h there were times all day when it blew as hard as The direction was about ‘th 2 = Set . a Fe In Thirty-One States Governors and! ! State Officers Are to Be Chosen. ; regia WASHINGTON, Nov. ' . T use aday Ti Ala 5.—There will elections in 42 Stats >bama, ’ | Arka: nsas, cut, Delawere, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Marvy! igan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missourl, Mon- tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire [New Jersey, New York, North California, Colorado, Connecti- Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Micn- Iowa, Kansas, ond, Massachusetts, | North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsyivania, Rhode! * | Isiand, South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten- — | Speaking except nessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Weaehing- _ ing. 2 23 € i\Georgia, Kentucky, Misesiasipp!, North Carolina, Rhode and Virginia, only Congressmen will voted for: In one (West Virgina), Congress- men anda Legisiature. In addi tion to Weert Virgina, 23 Btates—California, Cennecticul, Florida, Indiana, , Masea Michigan, Minnesota, Missourt, M | Nebraska, Nevada, New Jeraey, York, North Dakota, Sasa tain Ten- nessee, Texas, Utah, W , “hing and Wieconsin elec hich will choose = . In Arkansas, Louisiane, Maryland, laand them-—A la bama, he | ie a . usetts, ptanha, ware, ton, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom.- | = yatimmaater- ' ‘yo * ! for liieatine i. Ohio, | tric | Demo rats ciose4’ the campaign with meet) ‘Ings addreesed by local canéidatem — o.per Pennsylvania, Bouth Carolina, South Da- kota, ) Temas Texas, ‘isconain and r I (inots., lowa, Florida, Dela- ry Montana, Ohio, Utah and Washington, one or more minor State om. Treasurer, Auditor or Justice of the Supreme Court, eic., have been contended ware, cere, Republicens Will Carry the State, but May Make No Gains CINCINNATI, Nov. 6-—-The campaign closed here to-night, did eleewhere RB in t and & there has ae it with demonstrations hich tin cond Cem been te by loeal talent until to- Charles Emory Smith, ludes the Firet imal 86 «64s ricta, night, when Hon. ;er erait Gen. venor, t. and others addressed the Republicans at Music Mail In escorting the digtine guished visttors to the hall the Repubiieal cluba gave quite a street parede. “The tional differencts have cateed , and fusion t.chete here the past _ but thie year «tere * tickets ofife> J New | Neate > mi county Charlies HM. Gros. Congreseman from the Athens ate- | 2% - ad * PS) ee * hs ~~ > aes pe” Sy RS a * ~ i B é shecegecien™ Piri A ‘. Ah bet ia 4 ae ‘ Tt Sy & Ee pe RE ey (RE STR ee Sore ey = | rk me POR OT AS hos ¥, ¢ a ies BAe s ‘a Sie nae ig ase Aan P