Word: irkutsk
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...impresses one as being very like The Perils Of Pauline telescoped into one sitting (in Siberia) and inverted into the masculine gender. The hero, as told in Jules Verne's novel, is solemnly commissioned by the Tsar Alexander to take a message from Moscow to the Grand Duke in Irkutsk. After encountering the Tartar hordes single-handed for no good reason, Mike arrives in time to kill the archvillain with his bare hands. The motivation puerile, the photography clumsy, it has, however, some good horse-backing...
Secretary Hunt has received a cable dispatch from Mr. Hoffman, charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg, stating that he has forwarded to Irkutsk the secretary's dispatch to Lieut. Danenhower, telling him to remain at that place and render all assistance in his power in the search for the remainder of the crew of the Jeannette...