The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-08
OF INDIA, ASSASSINATED
 fl YEARS A GO TO-DAY

OF INDIA, ASSASSINATED
 fl YEARS A GO TO-DAY. The recent attempt on the life of Lord Hardfnge, VlceToy of India, re- calls that to-day Is the forty-first an- niversary of the assassination of an other vtceroy, Richard SouthWell Fso1,rJxe sixth Earl of Minto, who was slain by q convict on Feb. 8, 1872 The EarI became xiceroy in 1869. He was or, a visRt of official Inspection to the xenaI settlement of Andaman island. and was examining the establishment at Port Blair, when he was stabbed by . native. convict, and died from the wound. The Wounding of Lord liar dfrnxe by a bomb thrown by a fanatf- cal native as the V4ceroy was max ing his state entry into the new cap- t4el of Delhi, was but one incident mu1eraw thousands of similar bloody Raeds in Indta's long history The attempt made last July to wreck Lord Carraichae1's train. the murder of a notice officer at Dacca last Fall, and other attempts on the lives Of British officials. are proof that the spirit or revolt. which burst into flames in the ~errsbIe rautiT1y of 1857, is still smol- dert1g-
 The very name assassin, is of east ern origin. and fig derived in India Syria and Persia between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries This year ia xfne 70oth anniversary of the mur- der of Lewis of Bavaria by the Assas- rziu5ans- The khan ofMEartary and the Marquis of Montferrat were also among the unnumbered thousands of tle victims of this religious sect whose creed was murder The ch1ef or the order was called the '+Old Man of the Mountain" who trained up young men to. assassinate such persons as their chief had doomed to dsstruct1on
 . Tn the year 1396 Hindostan was conouered by the Mogul Tartars, and | hundred thouEand natives were sr,tbIesslv bufchered- Again in 173S T17fa was invaded, this time by the Persian Nadir Shah and 15O,o00 peo- nIe periehed in the general m assacre at Delhi. which the British have just re- stored to its ancient position as -capl- tai of India The assassination or na- tive rulers has been of frequent occur renee in the history of India, and, when the British obtained the ascen- dancy, their. officials were naturally the objects of Indian hatred Lord Lyt- ton. who was viceroy from 1876 to ISsO was fired at by native at Busa in Is7s Other viceroys have been attacked. but the Earl of Minto was the only British ruler of India who has been slain
 St. John of Matha. who declared that he came into the world for nc other purpose than to serve and '-WasE the feet of the poor. died seven cen turtles ago to-day in 1918, and his memory will be revered by special ser vices at his shrine in Tunis. It IS said that an angel appeared to the saint and directed him to devote his life to the redemption of ChFistian captives held as slaves in Barbary- He founded the Order of the Holy Trim 1fef1T purpose, and the members gathered aims throughout Europe. St John made several trips to Barbary, and on his second voyage to Tunis redeem ed 12O slaves His vessel, while homeward bound, was attacked by 1roorS who took away the sails and rrdder and left the ship to the mercy of wind and wave. St. John, using his cloak as a sail, brought the craft safely into the port of Rome. He if the patron saint of the Chrlsuans ol Northern Africa, and of several towns in Italy,
 Alba Boardman Johnson. who vii celebrate his 1fty-ffth birthday to-day probably knows more about wha makes a locomotives wheels go round than any other living man MT. John son. who was born in Pittsburgh or Feb g. 1858, is the president of th' v-orId-famous Baldwin Locomotiv' works in Philadelphia. He was edu rated in the schools of the Quake City. and entered the service of tn Baldwin concern as a clerk whei eighteen years old. He worked hi way up to partnership in 1896, ant when the locomotive company was in corporated in 1909 he became vice president and treasurer. Since theI he has been elevated to the pres Fdency of Americas first and greates locomotive manufacturing corporation least important of those owneR by tb company. the plants at Eddystone il the East and Chicago in the Yves turning out most of the company product President Johnson recent announced that these works will be in creased to q point where they cal .urr out over 5000 locomotives a year Millions of dollars will be spent in en .arzing the plants, and the workin force will be increased from 19,OOO t - s0,0OO men,
 pr. Rush Knees. president of tn University of Rochester, will ce1ebrat his fifty-third birthday today. Tn distinguished educator is a native c Chicago. and was Baptist ministe before he assumed the presidency c the University of Rochester abou thirteen years ago to-day. Presiden Knees has raised an endowment fun of over a million dollars for his inst tution Of late he has been force hv fH Ifeaftn 10 absent himself fror she active duties of his office.
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