The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1896-05-08
SHAH OF PERSIA KILLED.

LONDON, May 2.-The shah Of Persia
was assassinated by a fanatic this
afternoon just as he was about to en-
ter the inner court of the shrine of
Shah Abdul Aim, six miles north of
Teberan.
b assassin used a revolver and
the first bullet proved the fatal one,
passing through the heart. The physi-
clan attached to the German legation
was sent for in haste but before he
arrived the shah was dead.
In order to prevent public excite
ment from becoming too high, the
first report sem out was that the
shah was only slightly wounded, but
an hour later it was officially an
nounced that the wound had proved
fatal almost instantly.
Immediately after the shah was shot
he was carried to his c~arriageand con-
veyed to the palace in Teheran.
There he was attended by DIR. Thol-
gean, his chief physician, and other
physicians were hastily sent for. But
in spite Of their efforts his majesty ex-
pired soon after his arrival at the
palace, or at about 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The assassin, who was promptly ar
rested, is said to be a sayid from Ker-
man or from the province of that
name. 1t is believed the murderer
has accomplices.
The heir apparent, Muzaffer-ed-Din,
was Immediately advised of the assas-
sination of his father and will leave
Tabriz, where he was s~ojourning, for
Ieheran as soon as possible.
THE SHAFTS CAREER.
Shah Nasred- Din was born in 1929
and succeeded his father, Muhammed
Shah, in lS4S, being the fourth mon
arch of the dynasty of the Kajars.
He was proclaimed heir to the throne
some years prior to his accession, but
was absent at Tabriz when his father
died and had to fight for his rights.
The late Shah's first notable act
was the suppression of a rebellion in
Khorason and his next the extermina-
ton of the sect of the Babis by sword
and fire.
In 1856 England declared war
against Persia on account Of the lat
tors sympathy with Russia in the Cri-
mean war and also by reason of the
ca p IRE of Herat a year earlier. After
a snort campaign under the conduct
OF Sir James Outram on the part of
the English, the Persians were de-
feated and Herat evacuated. Since
hat time the relations between Eng
land and Persia have been friendly
and the shah'S DISPOSITION of the same
character, as his recent visit to Eng
land would indicate. Nasred-Din had
even previously visited Queen Victoria
i | an amicable spirit and mad toured
extensively on the continent as well.
In 1872 the ndo-European telegraph
lire from London through Teheran
and on into India was opened and the
same ycaw a settlement of the frontier
difficulties between Persia and Khelat
was effected by Sir f. Goldsmid and
the Seistan mis- sion.
Nasred-D Din was successful in most
of his wars, but it is upon the record
Of his civil acts that his reputation
must rest. He is universally conceded
tt have been a humane and intelligent
ruler.
The new shah will be the eldest son
of the deceased, Muzafer-ed-D Din. 1t is
interesting to note that it is within
the power of the Persian monarchs to
alter or overruie the existing law of
succession and to leave in disregard
the claims of the natural heir or any
other member of the family.