Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-11

| ~O~~~~A SA sAS11OSAs
 The above tells the reason why cities gen.
 erally build their waterworks. They must or
 go without.
 ABDUL AZIZ AGAIN.
 The question whether Sultan Abdul Aziz
 killed himself or was murdered after being
 depossd five years ago is again being dis
 cussed. At the time of his death it was off
 cially announced that he had committed sui
 eide by opening the veins of his legs and
 arms with small pair of scissors and so had
 bled to death. His body, lying on mattress
 and covered with coagulated blood, was
 shown to a medical jury of inquiry, and nineteen physicians of various nationalities,
 signed paper to the effect that the Sultan had come to his death by his own design. The scissors with which the deed was said to
 have been done were produced in evidence.
 But all this did not satisfy those acquainted
 with Turkish ways, and so general was the expression of incredulity throughout Europe l that the Turkish government found it neces- | sary to publish a semi-officiaI account of the
 tragedy. This described the Sultan as trim ming his beard with 'sthe fatal scissors, D
 when he plunged them into his arms. The
 Chamberlain of the Palace endeavored to | prevent the suicide, but the Sultan, ''who | was powerful man, in the prime of Efe,' D l oyercame his faithful servant and put him out of the room, whereupon he leisurely finished his task of self-destruction. Having l locked the door, in order to be uninterrupted, 1 the Sultan was soon after found dead by his mother. Recently, however, the Turkish government seems to have changed it's mind ] about the manner in which the Sultan came l to his death, for nine persons charged with his murder have been arrested.
 In explanation of this latest move, and against the theory that Abdul Aziz was mur- l dered, it is intimated that the main object of the inquiry into his death was to prevent any future combination of the men who deposed him, and not to establish the truth regarding the manner of his death. It is also hinted that there will be no public trial of the accus- cd, but that they will be quietly exiled. In corroboration of this theory and the theory that Abdul Aziz committed suicide a Con- stantinople correspondent of the New York World has something interesting to say. His account of the circumstances of the Sultan's
 
 the lips of two men who move in the highest society of the Turkish capital who knew of the circumstances attending the Sul- tan's death; one because he was in terested in it and the other be- cause of his birth and standing" According to this account, when the conspirators (Hus- sein Avni, Redif, Marshal Suleiman and oth- ers) got ready to act they went to the Sultan's door, which was guarded by eunuch asleep on the marble. One of the conspirators or dered the door opened and the Sultan was found asleep in bed. Hussein Avni gave him a kick aud roared, ':Get up, you dog, you are done for!' The Sultan half rose and said, ''The fellow is crazy.'' Then began a clamor of tongues, and the poor Sultan wept and whined like baby. Redif and Suleiman ordered the troops up to the door of the harem, which was glled with the cries of eunuchs, women and children. The Sultan l promised to do better in the future e-he l would make reforms, changes, do anything, l give mountains of gold only for life-but all l in vain Hussein Avni led him to the win l dow and cried, Do you hear the cannons l thunder in the Stamboul? Do you see the l lights on the minarets? Do you mark the l people swarming? It is the people who are acknowledging Murad as your successor Your time is past Let us away to Top 1 Kapu!' Crop Kapu is the old palace which l has been deserted since the murder of Selim | III. and Mustapha ". in the year 1sO7.) The | Sultan begged for his life and was promised 1 safety for that, and was told that he might | be accompanied by whomsoever he should | wish. He asked that his mother might be | brought to him on the following morning | he wished for no one else. The party set | out in three skiffs to cross the Bosphorus | in the first were some soldiers as oarsmen, Hussein Avni, Redif, Suleiman, the Sultan and his favorite dog. This was about o'clock in the morning; the old seraglio was reached and Hussein Avni sprang lightly ashore and extended his hand to the Sultan to assist him in landing, but Abdul Aziz re- fused the aid Then he was taken to the so- called Kiosk of Abdul Medschid, which is surrounded by dark expresses. Here he re- mained several hours, and was visited by the Sheik-u ul-Islam, who addressed him simply with a curt ''efendim" (sir), but to this hu- initiation the Sultan paid little heed and it was only when his mother appeared that he gave way, embracing her in tears and calling her endearing names. During the day he wrote a letter to his successor promising fealty, and the note was answered kindly; from this time the days of Abdul Aziz passed quietly. He gave himself over to the quiet amusement of eating-he was always 8 gourmet and even gourmand- talking with slaves and writing letters to his favorites. Onthe even- ing of June he enjoyed himself till nearly with his mother and few chosen the next morning he was found sitting dead on divan with the veins of his arm cut with scissors
 < The correspondent declares that there is absolutely no ground for believing that the Sultan was murdered and that the recent investigations are the meress sham. It does look little queer that at this late day an investigation should be made, un-