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Show PERSIAN MINISTER MURDERED Sanl El Dowlen, Minister of Finance, Shot Down In Streets of Teheran by Armenian Assassins. Teheran, Persia. Sanl El Dowlen, Persian minister of finance, was shot dead In the street cn Saturday. Ills assassins, two Armenians, escaped. The minister was returning home from a meeting of parliament when he was attacked. Death was almost In fctantaneous. The murderers also killed two policemen po-licemen who endeavored to arrest them and mado good thlr escape. Tho assassination has caused great excitement In this city, and pomes at a time of considerable political incitement in-citement In the Persian capital as a result of a bitter quarrel In parliament parlia-ment over the appointment of American Ameri-can financial advisers. There have been several attempted assassinations in Teheran In recent years. On August 31, 1907, Mersea All Asghan Khulin, the premier and minister minis-ter of finance was shot and killed as he was leaving the parliament building under circumstances Bimllar to those of Saturday. Kavan El Molk Shlrazl was murdered March 6, 1908 M. ORtrgnutmkl. the Ru&iian financial agent, was wounded In an attempt upon his life on the following day. |