Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — REBELS TAKE SHAH’S CITY [ARTICLE]

REBELS TAKE SHAH’S CITY

Massacre of Foreigners Feared; Russian Relief Army Far Away. Constantinople, July 6.—Dispatches just received declare that the victorious rebel army which has been Investing Teheran, the capital of Persia, has captured the city and that the shah, disguised, has effected his escape from the palace and fled. The Russian army corps, under General Snarsky, is still several days’ march away from Teheran.