The herald., 1896-05-03
IN THE QUEENS DOM|N|ONS
RumOrs Regarding Assassina.
ti0n OF Persia's Ruler
TRANSVAAL DEVELOPMENT
Leads to Demands for Punishment O.
Implicated Officials
London Sporting Men Do Not Take kindly
to the Suggestion of an Int rna.
tionaI Foot Race
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, May 2.-(Copyright-A
Tflis dispatch says that Immediately
after the death of the shah, heir appal
ent (Valithad) Muzafar Ed-Din WITS
proclaimed shah. Russia and Greut
Britain recognized Muzafar EdDin US
heir to the Persian throne in 1858. Tie
grand viZier will govern until the az
rival of the new shah at Teheran from
TabriZ.
1t is rumored in this city that the as
Sassination of the shah was brought
about by the Vaccinations of his OLD
est brother, Massoud Mirzia, governor
of ISpahan The latter was born lit
1850, while the new shah, second son OF
the deceased monarch, was born in 1855;
but the latter is an offspring of a wife
of higher rank and thus was chosen to
succeed his father in place of Massoul,
his elder brother. He has often re-
buked Mirzia for his unruliness and in
1888 recalled him and only allowed him
to return to Ispahan after disbandilg &
some of the regiments and ordering hin
to pay more than the usual tribute.
Massoud Mirzia, who is known as tie
Zilles sultan, or Shadow of the Kinr
dom, resented this treatment and it WAS
believed that he might make an attempt
to usurp the throne.
Massoud Mirzia who is enormously
rich. is unpopular on account of his Sc
hand Muzafar EdDin, the new shall,
is much loved by the people of the pro-
vince of AZerbOijan, where the Persian
army is chiefly recruited.
The discomfort of the BabiSt sect. u)-
on which Massoud Mirzia is believed TO
have worked is due to the fact that Il e
late shah did not allow them to establish
their religion, his refusal to do so beil :
based on representations made to Ills
majesty that it would conflict with Il
existing faith in Persia and split tie
people into religious factions. III e
Babists have always been kept in chez k
and little has been heard Of them for
some years past.
The disclosures made by the publica-
tion at Pretoria of the kilograms CAP,
tured by the Beers when DR.. Jameson
was made ii prisoner continue to lie
| the leading subjects for comment in IL e
| press and among people of all classes.
Everybody seems to be waiting for
| events, and it is believed that still NOR =
! startling developments are coming. Tie
| general public and the newspapers IS
| rule are heartily ashamed OF the Whole
| business and are calling for the punish
| ment of Cecil Rhodes and his associ-
| ates high and low.
| 1t is expected that the statement t
| which the secretary of state for the col
| onies. Mr.. Chamberlain. will make on tn G
| subject in the house of commons ONION
| Qdy, VIII ueclue the ldle Ol Tile bTllIS i
! Chartered South Africa company. The
| general opinion is that its charter viii
! be revoked and that steps vii be take 4
| to punish those who We're concerned in
! organizing the raid in the Transvaal.
1T is recognized on all sides that Presi-
| dent Kruger is master of the situation
! and that Great Britain will have to steer
most carefully to avoid a race war in
! South Africa.
| The Field. commenting upon the Of
! fer of the New York Athletic club to
match r. p. Conneff against F. F. Ba-
/ con of the London Athletic club. the rec
ognized champion mile runners of the
| United States and Great Britain, re-
| spectively1 says that a number of is
sues are involved in this cool sugges-
| tion of the New York Athletic club"
and recites the story of Sweeney. the
! jumper. and the New York Athletic
club inquiry into the charge that he
was a professional, and concludes
1T is over seven months since the
contest. but all that is known is that the
committee on inquiry has thrown the
case up, and a new committee has been
ordered to be selected. 1t would be
| more becoming to the New York Athletic
| club, 1T strikes us. if before trying to
| arrange a new contest they send Eng
lish athletes in the Sweeney matter"
The Sporting Times comments favor
| ably on Pierre Lorillard's horses. pre-
diets that they will improve and kays he
| Will be unlucky if he fails to win race
although the paper doubts If another
| lroquois or Parole vii be found among
them. Mr.. Lorillard has abandoned the
idea of taking Hare park
"A concert given on board the Cunard
] er Campan1a. on Wednesday last real
lied $500. the largest amount ever COL
iected oy similar entertainment in thu
history of the Cunard line. Marie T1r-
gel. Mantell and Anconi. the onera
! chorus singers. and others, We're amon1
Inose VINO took part in the performance
Nine. Melba was i'll, but sent a, dona. !.
! tion. '''a
The decision to-day not to grant the
| eXtradition of DR.. Cornelius How tbe
! famous Panama lobbyist who has bear
| SICK and prisoner here for over three
! years. hnally ends case which has beer
| dragging wearily along But it comes
| TOO late to help the unfortunate French
man. who seems to be on the point Of
| death Sir John Bridge. the chief magis-
| tfate OF the BoW-Street eXtraditior
court, and lawyers representing the
trench government Travelled to Bourne
! mouth on Monday, according to agree
! ment and there conducted an eXami,,a
tion of the sufferer in his bedroom. This
was in accordance with the modification
| of the treaty of 1876 recently arrived ~
between France and England So as tn
| allow any magistrate to conduct the ex-
animation of an eXtradition prisoner
anywhere in England The examina ton
in this instance took place in DR. Herr
bedroom. He was supported by two
nurses and his wife. The scene was a
most painful one, and Sir John Bridge
to-day, in declining to grant the sicl,
mans extradition, said he did not be-
lieve any jury would conviot him upon
the evidence produced, and therefore de-
clined to grant his extradition adding
that the proceedings at Bournemouth
formed the saddest spectacle he had
ever seeen and filled him with pity for
the poor wife and children. who were SO
carefully attending the dying man.
CuNrr N~t~-
HAVANA. May Six Spanish columns.