The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-09-02
Big GUNS BOOM.
And The Sultan's Palace at Zanzibar Is
Knocked Into 4 Cooked fiat.

pdSSCu QulCCly. @lodlu hiillA ID ou44l
in possession Of the palace square
guns, which are trained on the Brit
!sh warships, Philomcn, Brush and
Sparrow, which landed their sailors
to protect the British consulate,
where all the ladies are;lodged. The
warships are moored opposite the
palace square, the commanders
awaiting orders from the British
government. Kahlidi took possession
OF the palace immediately after the
announcement Of tile death Of Sultan
Hamid Bin Twain Bin Said, pro-
claiming himself sultan. He has
barricadcd himself in the palace with
700 armed Askaris, following the cX-
ample Of his father who took the
same step, but was oyeraWcd by the
British force which established the
sultan instead. .........@
Admiral Rawson this afternoon
received cable Instructions from the
British government. Amcssagc was
also received here by the British con-
sui from the foreign office. The ad-
miral and consul held another con-
ference at the Of which an ultima
tum was sent to Said l[halidi to hall
down his flag and surrender with his
forces not latter than nine o'clock TO-
morrow morning. IF he fails to Dc
SO, the palace will be promptly bonn
bardcd by the British warships. -til
British subjects have been requested
to embark on the Warships here By
eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
Zanzibar, Aug. 27.-The palace O.
the sultan Of Zanzibar was lombard
| cd this morning and at noon was
| mass of blazing ruins. The usurp
ing chicrtain, Said Kl,alid, and The
chieftain, commander Of his forces
Said Sales, escaped to the German
consulate, where they remain unde
the protection of the German flag
AS cablcd exclusively to tile Asso
ciatcd press, Rear Admiral 1Ienr
Rawson, G. B., in command Of tll
British Cape OF Good Hope and Wcs
Coast Of Africa station, and til
British consul general, Mr.. A. II
Harding, after holding a conlerenc
yesterday communicated by cable t
the government Of Great Brtai
that Said Khalid, who had seized til
palace and proclaimed himself su
tan, on the death, apparently by po
son, OF Sultan IIamcd Bin ThWai
Bin Said had been strongly rcinfort
cd and positively refused to surrcI
der. Said Nhalid had with hin
about $500 we'll armed and we'll dis
ciplincd men, including 900 AsLarie
trained under British officers, plcnt
Of ammunition, field guns and othe
pieces Of artillery, which were trail
on the British Warship: the llagshi
St. George: the third class cruise
Philomcl, the third-class cruiser RAJ
coon: the 1irst-class gunboats Spa
row and Thrush.
Later in the day a cable Of il
structions were received from L0'
don and an ultlmatum was sent
Said khalid ordering him to ha'
down his flag and surrender with Il
forces at not later than nine o'c]o<
this morning. At the same time tt
British residents Of Zanzibar we:
notified to be on board Admiral Ray
sons ships by eight o'clock.
During the night the disturbance
among the natives in the outskirts
the town were promptly Supprcssc
by $50 British marines and sailor
! who landed to protect the propcr1
and guard the consulate Of Gre;
: Britain. 1t is understood that Sa
khalid received further rcinfOrc
mcnts from slave dealers, who foe
cd to his support as the formal hois
!, ing OF the British flag over Ianzib
: would mean the liberation OF abol
25O, 600 slaves, and the death bio
to slavery III this part Of East y
1 RIGA.
by eight d. m. today, over Il
British subjects and some other fO
ciyners had embarked on the w,
Ships, 1talians going on board ii
, italian gunboat Volturn and I'll
Germans seeking safety in the &c
man consulate. X naval officer "
sent to the palace square with an
thcr message to said KhHlid, asllil
j. him if hc was prepared to surrcndc
again notifying him that the pala
would be shcllcd at nine o'cloo
promptly If hc failed to haul dov
his flag. Said replied that he won
die sooner than surrender. His a
swcr was conveyed to Admiral RAJ
son.
At nine O'Clock the flagship sign;
ed the RaccOon. Thrush and Spare
\ to commence the firing. y nome
: later the cruiser and two gunbui
opened fire with their heaviest gur
= Ten minutes later they had sent
: storm OF shell and Shot into the p;
) ace: tearing big gaps in It. scattcri!
q death and confusion among the d
q fcndcrs, while dismounting sol
e guns ashore and putting to flight t
gunncrs handling the pieces. I
fire Of the Warships was admiral
directed. Smoke was soon seen
suing from several parts Of the p;
acc. During this time the st. Gcur
and the Phi]omel were held in !
>, serve, although they occasional
} plunged shell into the cncm,
G camp, adding to the dismay OF t
# defenders. The Eaccoon, Thru
and Sparrow kept up the hombal
mcnt until $3.50 when the palace "
tumbling in ruins and large rel
had been made in the barricadc
Said's followers, who answered [
fire Of the warships with great p;