Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-07
SHAH is SLAIN.
MONARCH or PERSIA MURDERED
by AN ASSASSIN.
Eastern Ruler Meets Death While En-
tcrinE Il Shrine Ncnr the city
of Tchcran

Tchcran, Persia, May q While tho
the shrine of Shah Abdul Aim SIX
mllos south Of this city, yesterday ar
ternoon. he was shot. At & p. m. 1t
was officially announced that tho shah
was dead. The assassin fred point
blank ut his heart At 2 o'clock In the
afternoon Immediately after the
shah was shot he was carried to his
carriage and In 1t conveyed to the pal
ace in this city. There ho was at
tended by DR.. TholcEan, his chief ply
stefan, and other physicians who were
hastily sent for. But in spite of their
combined efforts his majesty expired
about 4 o'clock.
The assassin, who was promptly ar
rested Is said to be n sayyld from kcr,
man or from the province of that
name. II Ia believed that the murder
or has aCCompliCCs.
The hcirappArcnt MuHaff Er ed
Din, was Immediately advised of the
assassination of his father AMI Will
leave TabrlZ, where he was 80 iournhng
Tor Tcheran AZ soon aH possible
Nnsl cd hin who was born IN 1870
succeeded to the chrome of Persia in
September, lSiS upon the death Of
his father and became ruler over T.
600 GOO people and over country of
GAG 900 square miles. For an oriental
monarch. the shah, Nasr cd Din was
an unurunlly enlightened one, hts
travels IN Europe having opened HIS
eyes to the benefits Of n civilization
which his country did not possess,
From t,mC to time upon his return he
tried to Introduce reforms If one kin
or another, but because Of his inCXpo
ricnrr, his lack of comprehension ~
10 the real extent of the undertaking,
conditions Of his CouutrNmen, little
was eyer accomplished,
He established "iuSticc boxes" for
the use OF the common people, but 10
cal oIlCCrH, VINO did not wish the com
plants to- reach the cars of the higher
authorities, took patus to Discourage
the practice and one case Is on record
whore Il telegram from the shah sent
in response to a complaint regarding
excessive taNos wae not delivered until
Il large sum had hoeh paid, 'rhV shah
also instituted a postal sNStCm and i'm
ported u coinage apparatus from Paris
During his reign Persia has had sev
oral large wars, two were With Russia
In lSl3 and ISIS, both ending disas
trously for Persia, which lost the prov
incos OF Georgia, MonGrcia, MMan.
NalihitChCNAu and the greater part OF
TalCsh, In lSl6 war with England
broke ont over somc disputes with
British minister, hut the war ended by
treaty in 1861, Persia acrcding to Eng.
lands demands. In 1860 n Terrible ep-
idcmie and famine and still greater
famine In 1870 killed 100000 Per
slams The shah's trip In Europe In
the early EOS Is still remembered With
anything but pleasant feelings by the
courts that he visited His oriental
manners and customs wore Il rcvcla-
tion to the society Of Europe
London, May 3 1t Is rumorcd here
that the assassination of the Shah OF
Persia was brought about by the
vaccinations Of his eldest son. Mas
soud Mirzia, governor Of lshpaEan. The
latter was born IN 1850, while the
rev shah second son OF the deceased
monarch, was born in 1859, but being
the offspring of wife Of higher rank
was chosen to succeed his father. In
place Of Massoud. lie often rebulrd
Mirza for his unrultness and in 1855
recalled him and only allowed him 4,
20 to lshpahan after disbandng some
regiments and ordering him to pal
ore than the usual tribute Mrzis
resented this treatment and 1t was be