Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1900 — THE SHAH OF PERSIA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

Oriental Potentate Whose Life Wae Recently Attempted in Paris. The Shah of Persia, Muzaffir-ed-Din, followed in the footsteps of his father, Nasr-ed-Din, who twice made a tour in Europe, has been visiting the various European courts. He concluded his tour by a visit to the Paris exposition, and it was there that his assassination was attemptfed.. v ■ MMBfflr-ed-Din, who is 47 years of age. is the second son of his father, his elder brother, Zil-es-Sultan, being Governor of Ispahan. He was nominated as the suc-

ceaaor to the throne by his father, and succeeded him in the summer of 1890, when Nasi--ed-I)iu died by the hand of an assassin. Mirzaffir-ed-Din arrived at Erivnn, in Russia, on Thursday, May 24, and at Tiflis on the following Monday. The Russian populace received his majesty with much enthusiasm. Continuing his progfes»j;> Muzaffir-ed-Din reached St. Petersburg at the end of May. and from there went to Warsaw.- There he -was awarded a magnificent reception. A grand entertainment was provided for the Shah. Mexico is considering the advisability of adopting a standard system of reckoning time. At present Mexico has an official time, computed at the capital and telegraphed to various parts of the republic. That time differs from Greenwich six and one-half houys. The fear of cholera and the plague renders many of the natives of India heartless. A correspondent writes that when a member of a family is attacked by the disease, he or she is shut np in the house with a pitcher of water, and left to die.

THE SHAH OF PERSIA.