=Starosta=, high Polish office, name explained, I 69 encroaches on duties of voyevoda, I 46 Lithuanian Jews subject to jurisdiction of, I 60, 94, 104 S. of Sokhachev ordered by king to stop execution of Jews, I 86 S. of Brest supports Kahal, I 190 S. of Kaniev makes sport of Jews, I 169 f S's. administer Ukraina, I 142 S's. begin to oppress Jews, I 169 determines extent of Jewish autonomy, I 191 =Stashitz= (_Polish_, Stashyc), Polish priest and statesman, anti-Semitic author, I 281 f, II 95 f opposes plan of reform favorable to Jews, II 93 =Statistics=, of Jews, in Poland, I 66, 187, 263 f, 390 in Russia, II 341, 415 in White Russia, I 307 in Pale, II 168 of Jewish first-guild merchants in Pale, II 162 of Jewish artisans in Pale, II 168 of Jewish economic activity in Russian South-west, II 194 of Jews in agrarian pursuits, III 24 of Jewish recruits, II 355 f of Jewish physicians in Russian army, III 95 of Jewish pauperism, III 23 f of Jews expelled from Russia, I 254, 258 of Jewish emigration to United States, II 373, 421, III 148 of Jewish emigration to Argentina, II 419 =Statute=, "Lithuanian S." (1566), I 87 "S. concerning the Organization of the Jews" (1804), I 342 ff; criticized by Jewish representatives, I 349 ff "S. of Conscription and Military Service" (1827), II 18 ff, 29; extended to Poland (1843), II 109; leaves inner life of Jews unchanged, II 48 Military S. (1874), II 199 ff, 355 "S. on the Jews" (1835), II 28, 33, 34 ff, 39 ff; fixes age of marriage, II 112; fails to assimilate Jews, II 47 "S. concerning Zemstvos Organizations" (1864), admits Jews to local self-government, II 173 "S. concerning Zemstvos Organizations" (1890), bars Jews from local self-government, II 385 f Municipal S. (1870) limits admission of Jews to one-third and bars Jews from office of burgomaster, II 198 f "S. concerning Enforced Public Safety" (1881), II 246 See Charter =Stavropol= (government), nomads of, placed on level with Jews, II 367 =Stephen Batory=, see Batory =Stern, Abraham=, Jewish scholar and mathematician in Warsaw, II 103 =Stern, Bezalel=, principal of modern Jewish school in Odessa, II 57, 133 =Stillman=, Jewish workingman, fires at Odessa Chief of Police, III 107