, 1880-02-26

haucy oi MS Gruthcr'S wife, anu caused hcr q
ne informed that she need hare no fcnr rs to ths
nie Of th9 child she was about to bring forth
HIS child tlzzedeen) is happily still alive.
MURAD SECRETLY DOOMED.
Murnd, generous and kind-heartcd to every
one ABOUT MIN, was, as has been alreat1y stated
shocked to hear Of the sudden death of his uncle
When Il few lays later the news of the assasinn-
ton or the Ministers was brought to him, he was
melancholy stute, from which he could only be
aroused by the greatest difficulty. Power had nc
longer tue slightest charm Or attraction for him
He @ became utterly indifferent to everything
about him. He attempted to console himself
with the use OF fstmulanIs.-n habit which he had
previously @ ~; aeqnised from the persons whom Al;
vast quantities of absinthe and arrack, and soo,,
WIS reduced to a state Of mental and physical
prostitution At this period tho most groundlcss
anu infamous accusations were made against the
sultans faithful physician, DR.. Capoleone. It
WIS said that this doctor, whose character is
IN every way above suspicion, was in tho
hablt Of administering noxious drugs to
the Sultan for the purpose of destroying
MS reason. This faise charge was circulated for
Political t reasons, which now for the first time
nave any Important bearing upon events To-
ward the end Of June and the beginning Of July
ne .he Wd Iurk party or, more correctly speaking
merely a tool Of Gen. JgnatieK-exerfed m
overwhelming influence on the Sublime Porto
and palace. This party wished to yet rid Of the
Abdul Humid, whose religious fanaticism is be-
yond any doubt l'Ths fnnnticism once mani
festcd ffe itself In curious manner before Abdul
Hhn1Q became Sultnn. The Prince, while visit
find that Frenchmun had hnd the nutncity to
keep some pigs near bis villa Abdul Hamid,
him from the "unclcun'' animals and Killed Mi
the pigs that he could see. 1t was. six months
before the poor Frenchman secured IN indem-
nifty for his un1ucky Swiac.]
s1URAD DEp0sED.
It was IN vain that Murad desired to be invest
ed wi tn the sabre Of O5man. Endless excuses
were invented for postponing this important
ceremony; i, The Sultan Ut last suddenly fell
seriously ILL., The slave who usually: prepared
the coffee for his Mnjesty was entirely in the i'm
tereSts and pay OF khairollah Enendi, tho sheil1
lstercd enormous quantities Of hasheesh to tho
Sultnll, already Frustrated by his immndcrntc
use Of spirits. THIS was accomplished with ease,
for it is not an uncommon habit In Turkey and
in Egypt to drink small quantities Of hashecsh
mixed with coffee. The n,cuns by which the usi-
fortunate Murnd was ruined were scurccly less
steps tuken BY Hussein .Avni to discmburrass
himself OF Abdul 4Axiz. Murad was dniy piled
VIA druEs, narc9tics, and spirits: The same
when young man was now carried to its logi-
cal conclusion. When the Sultan had fallen into
state Of utter imbeciliry the plot to oyerturn
Parliament and personal liberty for Mussu-
mans greatcr than that ever enjoyed by the
ancient Greeks, was put into execution. Mnrsld
hud bccume so identified with the Yuung Turk
party thut his deposition was necessary,-a de-
position planned within ten days after he as
cended tho throne,-and which was effected With
out the slightest difficulty. Murnd accepted his
fall with the utter indifference Of man thor
oughly familiar with misfortune, which he had
come to rcligionsly believe to be his destiny.
ABDUL HAM1D AsCESDs THE THRONE.
When Abdul Hainid assembled tho throne all
those who aided him to obtain the title Of Caliph
and to wear the sabre Of Osnan were sacrificed
TO his sclhshness: The present Sultan lives in
the Palace Of Yldfz kiolk, surrounded by SOL
dlers. AL who took Il prominent pnrt in the
various acts Of the tragedy, whether acting in
tho interests Of Abdul Humid or against bis III
terests, were. with equal impartiality. removed
from power or eIiled. Khnirolln EHend. tho
chief Of the Old Turk party, and Alidhat Pashn,
the chief Of the Young Turk pnrty. were both
exiled. It Is as Mulch us Abdul Ha1nid can do to
keep himself on the throne. He has surrounded
himself with Ministers who, like Mahmoud
Ncdim, are. for tho present, most cnthusiastcal-
" Russian in their proclvtics, but at heart he is
fanatic and the Instrument Of the 30, 600 Softas
who come every ycur to Constantinople to dis
seminate throughout the provinces the words Of
the Sheik vi islam, and is more under the inu-
rnce Of the sect of Wuhabces, or Moslem Purl-
tans, than Is generally supposed.