Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1901 — KING MENELEK AT WAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KING MENELEK AT WAR.

Battle in Abyssinia in Wbicb 7,000 Are 81ain. A dispatch from Cairo says severe fighting is reported in Abyssinia. The casualties are said to number 7,000. It is snpposed the chiefs rebelled during the absence of King Menelik, who has gone to the Egyptian frontier, in connection with the delimitation of the EgyptoAbyssinian frontier. King Menelik 11. succeeded to the throne of Abyssinia in 1889 on the death

of Johannes 11., Emperor of Ethiopia. The political institutions of the country are essentially feudal gpd resemble those of Europe in the medieval ages. The empire is divided into the kingdoms ot Tigre, Atnhara, Shon, with outlying provinces. The area is about 150,000 square miles, and the population about 3,500,000. The regular army consists of 150,000 men, and Is supplemented by militia and a territorial organization. The troops are armed with modern rifles, Maxim gnns, and are stationed in garrisons over the country. *•

KING MENELIK OF ABYSSINIA.