St Petersburg police blotter details revolts and a nurse death
May 4 report from St Petersburg recounts a nurse found dead in the Children's Hospital for Contagious Diseases with a trunk full of explosives and nitro glycerine. Police seize twenty seven radicals at Tauride Palace, including students and young women, as Stolypin’s safety is highlighted.
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Story of Moscow peasants death shocks Russia
Stephen Bonsal reports a dramatic charge against the Moscow governor and a drumhead court martial. Peasants who attacked a police officer were sentenced to life then reprieved to death by a new court, prompting claims of illegal acts and possible clemency abuse.
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Cancer Expert Poirier Dies in France's Surgeons
Paris May 4 special cable reports the death of Prof Poirier a leading French surgeon famed for treating poor cancer patients. Rival doctors question his cause of death and a friend recalls his cheerful mask as cancer claimed him after years of illness.
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Duties of Merry Del Val Not Necessarily a Diplomat
Rome reports on May 4 claim Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secretary of state, is not a skilled diplomat. The Holy See, not the secretary, guides policy through the Pope and the sacred college. The propaganda congregation handles Papal foreign affairs, while the secretary’s role is to liaise with diplomats and speak languages.
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Foreman Ready In Any Case for Spanish Royal Baby
London May 4 special cable The advertising manager of a major London newspaper kept flexible copy for five columns. He prepared headlines for boy girl and even twins, ordering a line added so he could instantly insert a royal baby notice with potential titles His Majesty the Baby Her Majesty the Baby or Their Majesties the Babies to fit the moment.
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Berlin Notes on May Day Barbers and Public Life
Berlin notes describe West Berlin housing on the American plan, a Freiberg course for workers, a May Day barber decree against sharing, and calls for a municipal international exhibition. Agnes Sorma plans a theater move, and Countess Eckstedt zu Hohenstolz commits suicide, while her husband is delayed by duty and a car crash.
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Des Planches Seeks European Post Return Home Calls for Change
Rome reports friends of Baron Mayor des Planches Italian Ambassador in Washington push for his transfer to Europe. He enjoys the United States and its people but wishes to return near Piedmont to oversee family interests. Critics note his Crispi-backed rise colors current leadership views.
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Soldiers Attack Ursuline Convent at Nentes France
At dawn on May 4 fifty mounted gendarmes surrounded the Ursuline convent in Nentes. Doors were battered in after the sisters refused to open. The mother superior read a protest, the priest removed the sacrament, and the nuns withdrew. An angry crowd gathered, shouting maledictions as several people were arrested, including a lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth Dragoons.
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Predict Civil War Russia May See Another St Bartholomews Eve
Stephen Bonsal reports in 1907 on Russia's rising revolutionary and counterrevolutionary activity. Militants and Black Hundreds arm themselves. True Russian Men sell pistols and daggers for 50 kopecks. Assassinations soar to 172 last week as public figures warn of looming mass violence and state repression.
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