A Berryman cartoon for this day in 1911.
Persia's Minister of Finance, Sani al-Dowleh, was killed in Tehran by two Armenian assassins who were Russian subjects, and whose legation provided them with sanctuary.
Francisco Madero, who was still in Texas at the time, offered Dr. Ira J. Bush a commission as the chief surgeon with the rank of colonel, which he accepted.
Former Boer General Piet Cronjé and advocate of attrition warfare, died at age 74. Because of his tactical viewpoints, he was shunned by the surviving Boer officers. And, indeed, that was not a wise strategy, particularly for the Boers whose numbers and nature favored mobility.
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