The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-30

PUT TO DEATH
BY REFORMERS
Young Turks Visit Extreme
Penalty Upon Advisers of
Former Sultan.
NADlR PASHA HANGED
TO GALATA BRIDGE
PROMISE OF PUNISHMENT FOR
THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
HORRIBLE ATROCITIES.

Constantinople. April 29.-The cousti-
tutionalists have lost no time in bring
Ing the conspirators in the recent rising
TO trial The military court sitting i'm
the war Office today condemned about
80 prisoners to death. and they were
executed.
Nadir Pasha. the second eunuch Of
the palace. whose sentence was pro-
nounced yesterday. was hanged at
dawn on the Galata bridge. and his
great body was viewed by thousands.
The national assembly. which met
under the presidency of said Pasha. de-
cided that the sultan should take The
oath of the constitution within a week
The assembly also ratified the removal
Of Abdul Hamid to Saloniki.
Punishment Promised.
The government has decided to send
a commission TO Adaua to try by court
martial the instigators of the massa
ores, and the committee is authorized
to act with the utmost severity.
II is alleged that the chief authors
Of the recent mutiny were Abdul Ha-
mid's favOrite son, Prince Nehmed Bur
han Eddine. Rear Admiral Sand
Pasha. son Of Kiamn Pasha. the for
mer grand vizier. and Nadir Pasha
Q
TO the rising in corrUpting the troops.
Z The two former have fed.
Asni Bey. Inspector general Of the Sa-
I loniki police who was charged with
the transport of the former sultan To-
SalOnii, relates that when he arrived
at the palace at I O'Clock I'm the morn
ing he found odul Hamid in salon
which was illuminated as though for
q gala occasion by every candle and
D rflh r. I'm.
ing. This was because Abdul Hamid
breads darkness, he has always been
in fear as ASA ssinatiOn. He sat quite
alone with the exception of two
eunucls. jim a corner, i'm the same negli-
/ gent attire as on the previous day.
when the deputation from the national
I assembly notified him Or his deposition
Being told that he must depart he be-
{ seechiaglX appealed not TO be taken To
J Sal0niki. He wanted to go 10 the Che
raglan palace.
Siege Raised.
A welcome message was received to-
I-day from the town Of Hadjin. i'm the
} province of Adana. where five Amer
lean women missionaries have been
alone with 1000 refugees. who sought
safety there from bands of MUslems
/ seeking to put them To- the sword. Had
/ jim has withstood q siege for the past
eight days. and the missionaries have
been sending out frantic appeals for
1 help.
Today messss &c reached here from
Miss Lambert. the daughter of Bishop
Lambert. timed 1922 a. m. which said.
with the arrival Of the troops the
disorders i'm and about the city have
/ ceased and we are all safe and we'll
l Lambert"
The Turkish cabinet has taken up
/ the consideration of the situation in
Adana and neighbOTiug districts. The
new governor general. Nustaf Zihni is
due TO arrive at the town of Adana to-
night or tomorrow. lie has been in
strUcted to take the most energetic
measures To- re-estabiish order and TO
relieve the suffering
AdieI Bey. permanent under secreta-
ry Of the state I'm the ministry Of the
interior today said that the govern
meut would make q searching investi-
ga ion INTO the cause Of the disorders
and punish the instig8tOrs.
The secretary said the government
recognized the necessity of providing
food. medicine and shelter for the suf-
fererss and had taken steps to provide
these and Inaugural te other measures Of
relief. In reply To question as to what
. connection existed between the mas
sacres and the political events I'm Con
stautinopIe Adiel Bey replied that
Jhat. too. was being invostisa ted