The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-01-19
The Sultan's Insanity.

The Sultan's Insanity.
The prediction of DR.. Kiatibian, the
most distinguished physician in the
Turkish Empire, has been verified. Sui
tan Abdul Hamid's terrible malady
makes rapid progress. AS DIR. Kiai-
bian formally announced, respecting his
father iu before his tragic death, the
Sultan is suffering from softening Of the
brain. Numerous recent occurrences
go to prove that he is, without doubt, a
very crazy man-as crazy as his father,
who died thinking himself pursued by
cats; or his brother Mourad, who daily
reviews his invisible cohorts in his pal
ace prison.
One of the latest exhibitions of the
Sultan's insanity was the causeless muir
der of an unfortunate tGbl0bi0r. The
td6tdbadr is one who bears on his head
a waiter, on which he carries the vari-
the officials of the palace, all the in
mates, male and female, from the
Grand Marshal Osman Pasha, down to
the humble bekdji, or sentinel, receive
their food twice day on walters borne
by td6l0kiars The meal is unloaded,
the official eats, the t0bIoki0r gathers up
the remnants and he empty dishes, and
takes them to the kitchen, away off at
the base of the mountain in the village
Bechiktash. No cooking is done in the
palace, except for the Sultan himself
Every day, at a variable hour in the
morning and for two hours before sun
set, you will see marching toward the
palace long line of men in blue, bear
ing upon their heads the wooden walters
three feet across, containing prepared
food for the palace ftlnctionaries
and the officials and others occupying
the outlying buildings. These men
travel about a mile and a half; and you
must know that there are fully 1900
persons, civil and military, male and
female to be fed. The t06lalsiars march
like soldiers, and the food they carry is
kept warm by a piece of cotton cover
ing the waiter. But / am not engaged
In study of manners and customs.
The particular tabla1aar of whom l
write not having been paid for his serv-
Empire that the Sultan shall be lodged,
fed and clothed, but may let his sub
ieets whistle for their remuneration
and wishing to be rewarded for his
labor, thought to profit by his acquaint-
ance with an official high in position
who served near the Sultan's person
He had prepared mo est petit on to
be conveye by this acquaintance to his
august debtor, and was about to take
the document from the pocket of his
vest when Alb lul Hamid, who stood
near by, drew his revolver and shot the
poor tablakaar dead. The crazy
monarch, haunted by the constant fear
of assassination, thought that the man
was feeling for weapon with which to
kill him. The body of the murdered
man was removed and stripped His
clothing was searched. but nothing was
found in his pockets except the I'M
lucky pet ton.
Friday before last the Sultan rode
out to the mos ue of the Medjidie at
the foot of the mountain, about mile
| and half from the palace. His horse
was somewhat spirited. The Sultan
being but an Indifferent horseman, the
officer commanding the escort thought
it prudent to take the animal by the
bride so that his Majesty might re-
main safely seated. The Sultan imag-
ined another attempt upon his life.
Calling another of his guard, he ordered
the thoughtful officers arrest, and the
poor fellow is still behind the bars.
Touching the famous denunciation by
Mehemet Pasha, whose first victim was
Fuad Pasha, the Youngest and bravest
ofthe Marshals of the Empire land Fuad
is still a prisoner must correct an err
ror made in a former letter. In it | told
you that the second victim was Ahmed
| Mouktar PaSha. This is wrong. The
second victim was another Mehemet
Pasha, acousin of the mischief maker.
He is General of division and son of
Shamyl, the old Cireassian chief. He
has been placed in confinement with
Fuad Pasha and others. EVERYTHING re-
lating to public affairs and public men
is kept SO secret here that it is easy to
make mistakes in regard to names, es-
pecially as so many prominent persons
bear the same name.
Since the denunciation of Fuad, Me-
hemet, and others, the Sultan's delu-
| sions have shown no sign of abatement.
In fact, he is in a condition of perma-
nent mania. His suspicion falls upon
| everybody. The prescription lists con-
tain the most heterogeneous collections
| of names names of men of doubtful
character and, side by side with these,
the names of others honored far and
wide for their services, who have been
denounced by this Mehemet Pasha and
| by Others also. 1t is no secret that the
Mehemet denunciation has developed
| the disease to such an extent that it has
assumed dangerous Importance. The
natural fear of the monomaniac has
been heightened and intensified by the
contrad Glory whispers of jealous and
envious intimatcs, who have kept up
constant fire upon him to serve each his
own ends "Do not listen to what
Mehemet tells you. says one; there's
nothing in it, "There is no smoke
without fire" says another, and so on
until finally the Sultan, seeing conspir-
acy everywhere, refuses to go out at all
On Friday, contrary to custom, the
Sultan did not 60 to the mosque. He is
afraid of the troops. On the evening
of the day on which / wrote you last,
he was suddenly seized with a dread of
his Circassian guard-116 Daghestanlis
drawn expressly from Daghestan,
mounted, ACQUIRED, rationed and
trained by one of the officers o. his body
guard. He would see only these men;
he swore by them. He had built for
them in the interior of the palace bar
rack. hardly yet finished Within twen-
ty n1inI1taS affar N, q ,, b;c foo,. rs
the Daghestanl;s. he had discharged
Them, paid them, and shipped them for
their own country, or elsewhere. We
have seen them go; but nobody has
heard of their arriving: X onstaetinopEe