The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02
THE SuLTAN-S WRATH.
THE FucAcIous TURKISH BEAUTY.
Escape OF an Ottoman Widow with n
Belgian Diplomat and Her Sub
sequent Marriage - Abdul
Hamid In Rage.
special oablegram to Chicago TrIbuno.l

Especial Cablegram to Chicago TribuneJ
The Widest excitement prevails In Con.
stantinople tonight, and palace and diplo-
matte circles have sustained a shock un-
equaled since the tragic death of Sultan
Abdul Aziz. The present monarch, who
has been pictured as an uncommonly mid
hammered Turk, is beside himself with
rage, and STEAMBOAT trembles at the echoes
of'his anger. The cause of all this commo-
tion, which has turned the Queen of the
Bosphorus as completely topsy.turvy as It
could be IL the victorious Mahdi we're at
her gates, is simply pretty widow. One
year ago she was the young bride of
Kiazim Bey, who had been First Secretary
OF the Palace, but was then out of Office
and living In palace opposite Scutari,
surrounded by every luxury that wealth
could provide, including harem of which
the heroine of the present escapade was
the acknowledged queen. Kiazim was
gathered to his fathers some months past,
and his widow has since made the most of
the comparative freedom which Mussulman
fsNNNa"N hoo Aaltiy dNCOlutu W ntI
tion. During the summer she was frequent
ly found at Buyuk-Dere-Bebe the Sweet
Waters, and the other romantic resorts in
the vicinity of the Capital. Many foreign.
ers who have seen her at these Watering
places have declared that she was the love-
liest woman in Europe. She had Worship
ers by the score, and she did not keep all
OF them at the safe distance which Moslem
law enJoins. One, handsome young at
tache OF the Belgian Embassy, who is said
to bear the title of an ancient baronetcy,
pressed his suit with determination and
success. The dashing diplomat soon won
the Widows heart, but race and religion
were apparently insuperable obstacles to
their marriage.
Finally the Baron's ardor and the wom-
ans wit suggested All elopement, and so it
has come to pass that Stamboul is Mortified
by the unprecedented scandal Of wealthy
and lovely daughter of the true faith"
levanting with "dog of an inhdel." As
nearly as can be ascertained the lady fed
with her lover to Paris, where she abjured
the Moslem creed, embraced Catholicism,
and was duly married to her lovet At all
events they are safely out Of the reach Of
the scandalized Sultan, and 1t is we'll, for
her at least, that she is away, or even
her dainty neck might feel the pressure
Of bow-string.
Abdul Hamid, however, could not be
brought to believe that she had escaped
from Constantinople, and police and pal
ace guards have secured the city In search
Of the fugitives. During the hsut the po.
lice arrested the handsome young wife Of
DR.. Henry, a French physician, and the
authorities insisted that she was the cul-
prit for whom they were seeking. DR..
Henry was In terrible distress and ap-
pealed to the French ambassador, but it
was not until strong diplomatic pressure
had been brought TO bear upon the Sultan
that the unfortunate lady was released.
TheiCommander of the Faithful is now
venting his wrath upon the remaining
daughters OF Islam by issuing strict edicts
that the law as laid down in the Koran re-
garding the seclusion and yelling Of wo.
men shall be vigorously enforced, and that
all violations thereof shall be punished
with the barbarious penalties enforced in
the days Of the Prophet The unhappy
husbands of the derelict lights Of the
harem, who have been sadly neglectful Of
the Koran's commands in this respect, are
In despair. Every man of them knows
that he may be made shorter by a head
II he fails to enforce the Sultan's DEGREES,
and he also knows full well that he can not
enforce them without harem rebellion,
compared with which a peaceful death
MIGHT ha m l,.w,,r,y