New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19
THEfGREAT 1MOSLEM FAST
ANr1NoPLE IN STATE OF suS-
PENDED ANIMATION.
MISS BARTON AS PRIVATE lNpi|'Do
s1,1,rAN,s FEARsoME VISIT TO THE


PROPHETS MANTLE
Constantinople. February D.
..s. y, Ramadan is at hand. and Con-
Inc So In state Of suspended AMI
,ra,,on The great body polite. there e
ha ouch IN this country, Is dead 10 al .e
excent the misery OF days fasting ""N
g,ories OF a nights feasting. Business ia, - a.,
t,cally ceased among the Moslems Durihe '"e
nous Mosem who really keeps the fas' Is ~.
ap 49, 30 r,orl and during the night he Is TOO
hr.v for how can you expect Turk 10 traue VIZ
49, M, tasted cigarette since daybreak or 10 lam
business when he has 10 eat CURING III. soh
enough rice and mutton TO foruiy nIo go.
AGAINST eleven long hours OF waiting! 'o 49,"
hooks are banished the nights are gwen up "
Ss,. and the DAYS to longing for the n'sh's ie
turn. . ,o ,,, inviting
all the Ministers to banquet at the palace from I'M
N time while the different regiments qua
in the city are hidden to the palace grounu' "
cession to partake of "iftar, the meal coliespo'N
ing to the Western dinner during ''',' w.
Month the faded and forgotten flowers oil the III
rial court are brought back once more 10 pooi
tor . s,ngle night In the royal presence. DJe'"'
pacha the disgraced Vizer, Is permitted ~ 20
for one night his palace prison ana ''S'. - 80
per,al master at Yildz. Said Pacha Is NV A.,
ouit the guarded kiosk that he calls NOME au -,
w,b his former friends AS one scans the "s' "a
,oh,o. be cannot but think OF the venerable gray
ho.rded Kiamil an exile in Smyrna ana Oh s'"u'
old RIA shipped off to Salonca, bag ana oassdee
both of whom were honored and powerlui 'e",
ago at this time Verify. in Turkey Fri"'e' anu
lords are but the breath OF kings
THE TREAsURY'S STRAITS.
Tho cracking OF the governmental machinery mas
been pretty loud during the last Weeks ~ ap
proach the first day OF the month Ramauaii VIZ,
! emntv Treasury was crisis that even iui ME-"
o,,,d vi "
, custom, more sacred than law that mohth
salary shall be paid Government employees o '"e
! first day of Ramadan 1t was an open secret wa.
| the Treasury empty. Frantic appears !" Wv
| provinces brought only negatives ana PROMISES
money wa, not to be had Then the Commission OF
u,,ronc,o, Reforms executed characteristic Turkish
| manoeuvre 1t inserted notice IN inc pape'S -.
tho city 10 the effect that money was coming III
RAPIDLY and nothing need be feared; ana theh ".''
and contracted a loan on runous TERMS D'
new loan nominally for f3,Ooo1o, the Government
receives actually Il 10000 with which it hopes to
| tide over the present difficulty Wnen this "'l"o''
and quarter Is gone there Will be new ex'or"ons'
| now devices and new loans. all wrung from th's
bleeding Christian population
| Miss Barton and her four associates in the h"d
Cross work Dr. Hubbell Mr. Pullman. Mr.. Mason
| and Mrs Mason, are still here, awaiting the nm
peral trade which shall permit them 10 go INTO '..e
interior They have been here just two weeks wait
| inc unon the pleasure Of the Porte. Through the
| ,n,ercess,on OF the Russian Ambassador whose non
moves the Turkish wo-id. the ;rade has been prom
lsed and will probably be issued within re" days
II the permission is given II is the intention OF the
| three men OF the party 10 proceed 10 Zeitouh'
where tn. condition Of the people Is ptable' whiie
| Miss Barton and Mrs Mason remain here In Con-
| stantnope.
| MISS BARTONS POSITION.
| The efforts OF the Turkish Government to dis
/ Barton.
! lady OF private position visiting In Constantinopls
and Miss Clara Barton. the president OF the Aine''-
can Rcd Cross Society are udicrous In ths extreme
/ In Tuesdays papers appeared notice 'ha' hau
evidently escaped the attention OF the censor 70 'ne
effect that Miss Barton presiden, OF the American
Rcd cro,, Society Yves in Constant!nople In pur-
| suancc OF the Object to which she had devoted heT
fe viz the extension OF aid to the SICK ana des'-
tute The paragraph further stated that the mem
bers OF the Red Cross would soon 20 to the INTERIOR
bY Tcw1k Pacha. Minister Of Foreign Affairs. The
| next day a carefully worded paragraph APPEARED III
vii .I Known American lady is In Constantnople
as a private individual and not In her capncity as
pany with her personal friend ,he Hon A. Terre
T9er r OF TX nGis Mnsr Of crsn
So tho minds OF the Turkish Cabinet preserve
| their reputation for consistency ,, , 4,
To-day the 18th OF Ramadan. the sultan went IN
| all the state that this empire coni anord 10 pay
his 70 n , M he de oi city from one
to another and upon this pllgrimase are cen'rei
Ordinary month for tdr. sen s ,Ss s"Ah mat
viii be executed during the passage from Yild Ito to
! the Seragio. Consequently the police nave oeeii
resting and locking up suspicious characters. ex-
| aiming houses bordering on the route ana run
| their precautions the Sultan was hardly treasured
| enough to undertake the journey; and even pro pro-
| Prophet brought to Yildz. The strenuous oppoei-
ton OF the Ministers finally persuaded him to aoan,
nd 10 III.
IL is safe to say the most wretched man In Con-
stantnople to-day was the sultan
AN UNPLEASANT JOURNEY.
In fact it is not agreeable to pass through the
| narrow tortuous streets OF Galata and Stamboul
knowing that half the people OF your capital are
| ferventy praying you may be killed before night,
| and that half the remainder would be well salts
fed This year the eclipse OF the moon caused ad-
dtionai anxiety at the palace Tor IL IS wei khT h
ecllpses caused by the earth's passing between
the and the moon. eclpses really portend great
national events Therefore. on Friday night. when
| the omnous black shadow appeared. there was
great running to and fro and summonlng of court
| astrologers to read the meaning OF the event.
Streng hened by their assurances that nothing evil
p0rtenaed the Snan S gathered sTsn' o M
g.lt Victoria. drawn by four horses and surrounded
sometimes breaking into gaop, through the quar-
tiers Of Bechiktash. Golata and STEAMBOAT. The
INK runners, The mad race through the streets and
| over the bridge-gave the Impression of routed
his city to perform great religious rite. However
the Seruglio was reached in safety. greatly TO the
| relief Of the Sultan and his officers. But fate
seemed to have marked the day. for Just as His
| Majesty entered the room where the sacred relies
| are preserved earthquake shock distinctly
| felt. The CONSERVATION was overwhelming for
| every one thought that Il mine was being exploded
| The Sultan v.sbly disturbed. so much 80. In
| fact that he did not remain at the Serag.io as is
| the custom. until evening. but stole quietly down
| through the Seragio grounds and escaped back 10
Dolmabaghc by water. and then rode with all
| haste up Yildiz Meanwhile troops, shopkeepers
| and sIghtseers waited hour after hour In
| TO witness the return OF the party. But the Full
| Moon OF the Universe safe in the gardens OF