The Ely miner., 1909-05-07
|EX-SULTAN TO DIE?
GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT AB-
DUL HAND WILL SUFFER
PENALTY OF DEATH.
AMERICANS REPORTED SAFE
Messages Received at Washington Say
Conditions Are Improving-NeW
Turkish Ruler Drives Through
Streets to Church.

Streets to Church.
London,-A local news agency Fri.
day published dispatch from
Saloniki, European Turkey, saying it
has been officially announced there
that Abdul Hamid, the deposed sui
tan of Turkey, is to be tried before a
constitutional court-martial and that
it is generally believed that sentence
of death will be passed on him.
Believe Danger Is Over.
hington.-Increasing confidence
obtains in the state department re-
garding the situation in provincial
Turkey and the hope is expressed that
conditions will continue to improve.
This feeling is based largely on the
dispatches which reached the depart
ment from the American embassy at
Constantinople Friday. A vigilant
watch will be kept on developments
throughout Turkey to the end that
American lives. and property shall be
safeguarded, supplementing its repre-
ence of war vessels that are scheduled
soon to reach Asia Minor.
Considerable interest was mani
vested both at the state department
and in the diplomatic corps over the
probability of trial of Abdul Hamid
by court-martial The view seemed
to prevail that it was unlikely that
Abdul would be sentenced to death in
view of the moderate manner in which
he and his household had been treated
by the Young Turks.
Mehmed Prays, Clad in Khaki.
Constantinope, Turkey-Mehmed
w., the new sultan of Turkey, clad in
khaki uniform and accompanied by
suite of a half dozen officials of his
household, drove through Constanti-
Sophia Friday, where the new SOW
ereign prayed for nearly an hour. The
simplicity of this Selamlik was in
strong contrast to the pomp with
which Abdul Hamid was wont to go
and say his prayers and is taken as
cies of the new ruler. His majesty en-
tered st. Sophia through the sultan's
door, This entrance has not been
opened in 26 years. The moment the
sultan stepped out of his carriage onto
the red carpet leading into the build
ing priest in black robe cut the
throats of two rams, and the sacri-
fetal blood flowed almost to the feet
of the new ruler.
Mehmed V. prayed within the
mosque for nearly an hour, while the
Sheik-ul-Islam and large number Of
priests chanted the services.
American Missionaries Safe.
A welcome message was received
Thursday from the town of Hadjin, in
the province of Adana, where five
American women missionaries have
been alone with thousands of refugees
who sought safety there from bands
of Moslems seeking to put them to the
sword.
Hadjin has withstood a siege for the
last eight days and the missionaries
have been sending out frantic appeals
for help. The message came from
Miss Rose Lambert, daughter of Bish-
op Lambert, timed 1922 a. m, which
said:
with the arrival of the troops the
disorders in and about the city have
ceased and we are all safe and WE'LL"
The Turkish cabinet has taken up
the consideration of the situation in
Adana and neighboring districts The
new governor general, Mustafa Zihini,
is due to arrive at the town of Adana
Friday. He has been instructed to
take the most energetic measures to
re-establish order and to relieve the
sufferers.
Abdul Taken to SaIoniki.
Abdul Hamid, with four wives, five
daughters and two of his younger
sons, two eunuchs and comparative
ly large number of female servants,
was taken from the Yildiz palace un-
der an escort to Saloniki Wednesday.
The Constituencies have lost no
time in bringing the conspirators in
the recent rising to trial. The mill
tary court, sitting in the war Office,
Thursday condemned about $50 pris-
oners to death and they were exc
cuted.
Nadir Pasha, the second eunuch Of
the palace under the regime of Abdul
Hamid, was hanged at dawn Thursday
on the Galata bridge, the great thor
,erI,f fo fhof %oI
with the quarters of Galata and Pera.
The body was allowed to swing until
eight o'clock in the morning, and thou
sands of the people stopped to look at
the great Nubian whose name was a
terror under Abdul Hamid.
Nadir was executed after a trial by
court-martial on the charge that he
instigated the mutiny of the troops on
April 13.