IV 

 A Religious Service 



As Loaded Trains Start for tKe Famine- 



StricKen Districts 



THE starting of the first trains loaded with 

 flour from the Conemaugh, destined for the far- 

 away starving peasants, was celebrated the morning 

 after the welcome in the harbour, at Miihlgraben, 

 seven miles from the city, whither I was conveyed 

 by special train with the Governor and other 

 high officials with their wives and daughters. 

 The Governor's private car contained two rooms 

 with chairs and sofas of blue satin and gold. Here 

 again a great throng of people assembled to wit- 

 ness the demonstration. Two trains of thirty-six 

 Russian cars each stood there, their locomotives, 

 fired with wood, with steam up, gaily decorated 

 with the flags of Russia and the United States in- 

 tertwined. The officers of the Conemaugh were 

 present in their official uniform. 



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