Information which was received here shows that a great economic crisis has arisen in Kishineff, the principal city of Bessarabia. Many business houses have gone bankrupt, and a number of suicides have been recorded. The prominent Jewish merchant of Kishineff, Sholam Halpern, hung himself.
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