Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-12-03
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Reniniscences o. the Mysterious Taking Oh. Of
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Mustapha Pasha sadyk, was at one
time the most powerful man in Egypt.
It is impossible to conceive the enor-
nous wealth Of this man. Large
tracts Of country belonged to him and
he had the right to coin money in his
own name. His splendor and magnif-
icence was unequaled in tina east.
His harem Of over three thousand
women occupied the three immense
palaces in which now all the govern
ment Offices are located, and he had
q special body guard in his seraglio of
over 400 superb amazons, who, on
state occasions, donned armor and
helmets Of pure silver. A men,
Der OF almost every European Knight
hood, he was on terms of
intimate acquaintance with all
the principal statesmen in Paris, Lon
don, Berlin and Vienna. The English
ENJOYS accordingly devoted all the
energies to win him over from the Khe-
dive, in order that they might be able
at last to sound the dark depths of
Egyptian finance. 1t appears that
they were about to succeed. Late one
Thursday night IN the month OF June
carriage stopped at one OF the side
entrances of the Abdeen Palace, g.
short, stout gentleman with very
pronounced Jewish type of counte-
nance jumped out, and limping rapid
ly up the stairs, demanded to see his
highness at once. The Khedive, on
being informed that his visitor was
Mr.. julius Blum, confidential secretary
and factotum of the minister OF fin
nance, ordered him to be admit
ted Immediately. After he had
kissed the hem OF the monarch's
coat in truly oriental fashion, the
secretary informed the Khedive that
the minister had been won over by
the English ENJOYS, and in order to
save his own position had determined
to turn kings evidence ana to reveal
to them on the following Saturday the
whole OF his highnesss financial trans.
actions. The latter, fully aware that
such disclosures would inevitably re-
suit in his disposition, Immediately
determined at all cost to prevent their
being made. The next day was Fri
day, the Mohammedan Sabbath. Aft
er performing his devotion at the
mosque, the Khedive proceeded in an
Wi of1 f~ ho 10 rs
pha Pasha Sadyk and invited that
minister to accompany him during his
usual afternoon drive. AS this Was
by no means the first occasion on
which his highness had thus honored
him, the minister had no rea-
son to be surprised, and pleas
antly chatting together the Khe.
dive and Mustapha Pasha Sadyk
drove to this very Palace OF Gezlreh.
On alighting at that door you see
there, the Khedive, turning to his min
lister, invited him to supper on board
the Vice Regal yacht which lay moor
ed in midstream, and suggested that
Mustapha Pasha Sadyk should go
aboard Immediately with the Princes
Hussein and Hassan, saying that he
himself would follow as soon as he
had taken q bath. The minister, &C.
companied by the Khedive's sons en-
barked at these very steps and was
rowed of to the yacht. A merry
evening was spent on board, the whole
ship being illuminated, and OCCASION
al snatches OF music and laughter be-
ing waited over to the shore. At
about Ii O'Clock the Khedive and
both the Princes returned alone, leav-
ing ON board the minister with the two
Vice Regal chamberlains, Mustapha
Boy f., and Sami Bey Bacoundi.
Shortly afterward the sound of g.
short scuf1e on deck were heard by
the people on shore, and then all
was quiet and the lights were extin-
guished on board. Soon after mid
night the yacht cast loose from her
moorings and noiselessly glided up the
stream toward the cataract.
Nothing more was ever seen in this
world OF Mustaha Pasha Sadyk.
On the next day o decree was issued
stating that Khedive had banished
his minister Of finance to Upper Egypt
''for having dared to Cypress his much
beloved subjects" ETC., etc. Four
days later the yacht returned to her
moorings OFT the Gezireh Palace, and
when the two chamberlains above re-
ferred to resumed their service it was
noticed that Sami Bey wore a hand
kerchief round his throat, as if to hide
some wound on his neck, and that
Mustapha Bey F., had his right hand
in q sling. Nothing can be kept secret
in the east, and it soon oozed out that
SAINTS throat had been lacerated by
the nails, and Mustapha's hand
we're bitten through by the teeth
OF the unfortunate prime minis
ter, when they killed him with their
hands on the night of the supper.
Both Sami and Mustapha rereward-
ed for their services by being made
pashas. Sami after being made prime
minister at the time of Arabs insur~
rection, is now in exile at Ceylon,
while his companion Mustapha, after
being engaged to an English lady who
broke off the marriage when she heard
the history of his hand, is now q cab.
met minister. Blum, the private sec:
rotary an Austrian Jew, who betrayed
his benetactor and master, was natur-
I ally also rewarded by being made a.
pasha, and is at the present moment
Under Secretary OF State in the de-
partment OF which Mustapha is min
ister. as> - =
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