The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-30
ABDUL HANDS,
MAN HANGED
FORMER SULTAN, WITH HIS II
WOMEN, AT SoLoNIkl.
HIS CHIEF MuTINEER LYNcHEp

Nadri Pasha, Second EunIch Of the Old
Palace Under Adults Regime, 10
Hanged to Bridge and Allowed to
Be Stared at by Throns.
Saloniki, European Turkey, April 20.
The deposed sultan OF Turkey, Abdul
Hamid, arrived here last night from
Constantinople. He was accompanied
by two of his sons and suite of sew
enteen persons, including eleven wom-
EN- of his harem The party was es-
corted quietly to the villa in the
suburbs set aside for their use.
Ex-sutan's Right Hand ANN Hanged.
Constantinople, April 30. - Nadr
Pasha, the second eunich of the pal
ace under the regime of Abdul Hamid,
was hanged at dawn today on the Gal
alta bridge, the great thoroughfare that
connected STEAMBOAT with the quarters
of Galata and Pera.
The body was allowed to swing until
8 o'clock in the morning and thousands
of people stopped to look at the great
nubian whose name was a terror I'M
der Abdul Hamid. The dead mans
face showed an understood jaw and
thick heavy lips. In life he had been
fully six feet and four inches tall.
Nadri was executed after trial by
court martial on the charge that he
instigated the mutiny of troops on
April 10.
He was reputed to be intensely am
bilious, subtle minded and insensible
to the sufferings of others. He was
one of the trio that formed Abdul
Hamids private cabinet under the old
regime. The other members of this
cabinet were Izzet Pasha and Fehem
Pasha. The former, the sultan's secre-
tary, is now in hiding in London
and the latter, who was head of the
sultan's spy system, has been assassin
ated somewhere in Russia
Nadir Pasha came to the imperial
palace as slave and grew up in that
dollhouse Of intrigue. Since the depar-
ture of Izzet Pasha and Fehim Pasha,
Abdul Hamid has relied entirely upon
Nadir, who is regarded as having been
the chief conspirator in the events on
the 18th of April.
Taft Recognizes New Sultan.
Washington, April 29.-Mehemmed
w, the new sultan of Turkey, was
officially recognized as the reigning
ruler of that empire by the Washing
ton government. This action follow
ed the communication of the fact from
the throne of the new sultan to the
state department by H. KAHN Bey,
the Turkish ambassador, and similar
information from American Ambassa-
dor Leishman at Constantinople.
The following dispatch according
recognition, signed by President Taft,
was forwarded to Constantinople for
presentation by the ambassador:
II shall offer to your imperial ma
jesty my hearty congratulations
on your accession to the throne
with such universal acclaim, voiced
by the peoples representative and at
time so propitious to the highest as
pirations Of the great nation over
which you rule as the august head of
a constitutional government. l as
sure you of the friendship Of the
government and people of the United
States who earnestly wish for your
majestys happiness and for that Of
the people within your dominions, and
add my own wishes for your ma
jesty's health and welfare"
Deposed Sultan Prisoner.
Constantinople, April 29.-The de-
posed ruler, Abdul Hamil H. Is to be
kept a prisoner in a house with wall
ed grounds on height overlooking
Saloniki, which has lately been occu.
pied by the Italian commander of the
internal gendarmerie. He is not to
be put on trial, as has been widely re-
ported in Constantinople, for he il
considered to be above the law.
1t was thought wise to keep the de-
posed sultan in European Turkey, re-
mote from the capitol.
His household will be administered
for him upon a generous scale and
his life will be safeguarded as he
earnestly besought when notified Of
his dethronement.
Mutinous Garrison Quiet Now.
Erzerum, Turkish Armenia, April
29.-The garrison here, which showed
signs of disaffection a few days ago,
has changed its attitude on learning
of the deposition of Abdul Hamid and
the appointment of the new sultan
and is now tranquil.