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ftews of a startling aVd shamefu character has «ome io.^bt in con • nection with the politica l prisons iv Siberia. A refined and highly adtx cated lady, Madame fiibida, confined in the prisons of Khara, appears to have been insulted by the Director of the prison. This act she resented by slapping the man on the fac i ; whe eupon the ■-< infuriated Director ordered her to be stripped | and flogged. The. p00r ..• woman poisoned herself to escape future insults, and a fellow prisoner did the same. It is rumoured that bther women have followed » heir example. The inmates of an adjoining' men* prison who had Heai d of 1 ' ttiese .events, seem to have risen in revolt, and what its full resits maybe it is 'difficult, to say. ! ' : <;/
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 April 1890, Page 2
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129unknown. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 April 1890, Page 2
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