Cruelty in Russian Prisons Exposed by Dutch Lawyer
Dr. Jacob Israel de Haan reports brutal torture of political prisoners in czarist prisons. He cites Soedig the Katorgist, severe beatings, a black cell, and deaths recorded as pneumonia. He links profitability of labor to cruelty and urges international protest and reform.
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Pskov
The Sad Empress Eugenie of France Dying in Illness
Empress Eugenie once dazzled Europe as Napoleon III’s wife now lies ill at Farnborough praying for death to end her tragic history. Her life began in Madrid and Paris with love and scandal, leading to a royal marriage, a sovereign’s throne, wartime blame, exile, and a widow’s sorrow.
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Aviators in War II First Wounded in Action
A Washington dispatch notes Spanish army aviators wounded by Moorish rebels as the first to be hurt in this venture of war. L Illustration cites other cases showing aviation's serious wartime role. The paper claims Captain Montu as the first aviator wounded in action.
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Italian Army Reserve Aviator Battles Arabs in Tripoli Raid
The passage recounts Captain Montu leading a Tobrouk flying squadron of civilian volunteers in January 1912. He and Aviator Ross flew over an enemy camp, bombing below, but were fired upon. Montu was wounded by a bullet through the leg. Captain Noizo was captured later that year. A report claims Dr Constantine of Bulgaria may be the first military aviator killed in action, reportedly shot above Turkish lines but steered his plane back before dying.
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Legend of Maple Sugar From Native Myths and Trials
The Pittsburg Dispatch recounts maple sugar as a new world staple with Iroquois legends. A Moqua tale describes a hunter Woksis and his wife’s cooking mishap leading to the first maple sugar tasting after Moqua’s emergency boil of maple water.
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