The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-08
pryIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
,,,,orPERsIA AssAssiNATED

nj s"'
,,nt II Was Done by COnspir.
.a.picino,'" eldest SOn-Thc Second SON
ay OF me ThrOne--SOmc Incidents
O(Asati' nv" ,.o, s,ot ac,d ,.,r ro,o
ne ,n "I, lie was entering q shrine when
rn NonuetSS lieruishcd ~ woman, approached
iCa,sas.s,'nn ui,lol and fired at him, the bullet
Sm, drew /" me heart. The wounded ruler was
rikIlg i n, MS carriage and carried with all
,rrey Gu wv nnlacc, where he died two hours
lels' The murderer waS arres1cu. tlS be.
| Med ll'n, ,ention to commit suicide Immediately
Gls M nine the shah, but he was seized too
lier slootic has given the names OF eight per.
aitSIls 'o,Ieges were his accomplices. The belief
0r, nc ",'I that the assassination was brought
lOnho" he Vaccinations of his eldest son,
l0Out ny viva n Governor Of lspahan. The lat.
Nassouu orn in 1850, while the new shah. second
Ter waas,hc accused monarch, was born in 1883,
On ., latter Is an offspring OF wife Of higher
.d the mus was chosen TO succeed his father
rarS, an of Massoud Mira, his elder brother.
place " uir1a is enormously rich and is be.
Mssoaaao have nave entertained very bitter feelings
Neal " Ms father He is unpopular ON account
s severity ann ni% the new shah IL % 1nSr
and a.. he neople of the province of Azerboi-
fea W ", he Persian army 10 chiefly recruited.
%, Mh, ed Din was proclaimed shah ut Tabriz,
ha aaa he was governor, ana ne - said to have
al
tceNth"e has confirmed us governor of Ispahan.
Enolh od II pecn, the murdered Shah, was liberal
Nsre en- az oriental potentatcs go. He was the
Gcaa inn If NIehammed Shah, the fourth king of
NJ dynasy of Ilaiars, ana nc se assenaed ne
lhiUnSs several European eNpositions, and up
s''enur ro,n,n prlnted diaries giving his Observa
CD l ns If western methods OF business. AS re.
non, NO No telegraph, the railroad and some sug-
'al iaM, Of manufacturing found a foothold in
ge'lioh The introduction of reforms in Persia
ftt tslr:d each of the visits. After one he per-
O, ..oH he Introduction of the telegraph into his
Mllt tn;ons after the second, his subjects hay
~, "nt down many of the poles and shot away
ne wires just TO pass away .1e .l,ne, anu having
Ill.,, tho damage was repaired, the Shah decrecd
,iD tbr first violation of the order to let things
'I Inne should be severely punished, anu the sec
and offence should be punished by ourying the
s.re, 10 the neck beside the pole nterferred
,i and leaving him there to die. traveller
S s.drh Persia, speaking of this second order,
ys;J Fiat when he passed through the Kingdom
Shaving the telegraph lines he saw at the foot
y very mole a human head. He was habitually
L votei !, he functions which were held in his
,ar"r Gy the soyereigns of Europe. He had
onr wives Of the first class, according to the en-
y"iopedla, fifteen of the second class, and 200
35ncnhincs The ladies of the Shah's harem |
loror are seen abroad unveiled, and no man |
ave. the shah every entered the harem and
Sn,a ont alive lie travelled widely for an Asiat |
!. :" natcntate, and despite his apparent absorp |
IN in his sensual pleasures, he gained good |
eal If information and took in many modern |
icSs and his reign of almost 80 years (hc as |
snled the throne when he was II years old) |
'as marked bv a firm and strong government,
Sirb rcuressed brigandage, reduced the plum.
srnr provincial governors 10 moderation,
ron5t 10 the public treasury large part OF
'yc: If which these undertakings had robbed |
nh pcople and king, and introduced great /
INV of the civilzing material betterments
5irh he had seen in Europe, -such asa reliable
lstoj service, bank houses, the telegram, gas
Teheran the capital and even electricity in
e palace He was also something OF an artist
ID poet.
The Chinese steamer Outro, was sunk Friday
a collision 10 miles off Shanghi and five
nrgncrs and 30 Chinese are missing
A dispatch from Naples says that an anarchist
N 10 murder King Humbert has been dis
yered there, and that number of arrests
we been made.
The French Chamber of Deputies by narrow
liorlty of IS warriors for the present claim
at the ministry is accountable to that body
me, This ground is taken to sustain the Maine
nistry. whose program, as announced. differ
ON that of its predecessor solely in its repudia.
N of the income tax.