River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-09-03
HIS PALACE RoMRARpEp.
sultan of Zanzibar busted By British
Shot and Shell.

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London, Aug. 2s.-The foreign Office
I Is received dispatches from Zanzibar
stating that the usurping sultan Said
Khalid having refused to surrender
Thursday morning, in accordance with
the terms of the British consuls ulti-
matum, the palace was bombarded by
the warships in the harbor, and after
the bombardment was captured by the
British sailors and marines who had
been landed by the war vessels
A later dispatch says that Said Kha-
lid and bis leading adherents made their
escape and took refuge in the German
consulate.
Still later dispatches say that at noon
the palace and the old custom house
were a blazing mass of ruins. Sharp
firing continues on the outskirts of
the city, where force of British ma
rines. with 400 loyal Zanzibaris held the
main road. Other sailors and marines
are bringing in the prisoners and col
Letting the dead for burial.
During the bombardment of the pal
ace the steamer Glasgow, which was
owned by the hate sultan and carried a
number of guns, was fired upon by the
British warships and Immediately sunk.
Dispatches from Zanzibar say that
the bombarding of the palace lasted so
minutes. The firing was done by the
var ships Raccoon, Thrush and Spar
row. The followers of Said Khalid
were stationed behind barricades and
kept up steady fire upon the British
soldiers aud marines, until their po-
sitions were carried.
Many of the British residents boarded
the warships lying in the harbor before
the bombardment began, all of the
ladies taking refuge upon the ST.
George, the flagship of Rear Admiral
Harry III. Rawson, but a large number
of Europeans remained on shore. Most
Of the rebels stood to their guns pluck
lily and fought well, though after the
first broadside was fired from the war
ships a number of the defenders of the
palace fed to the outskirts of the town,
where many robberies were committed.
All of the persons on board the steamer
Glasgow, which was sunk by the fire of
the British vessels, were rescued by
boats from the bombarding ships.
Among them were a large number who
had been wounded.
Washington, Aug. 2s.-The depart
ment of state received the following
rablegram Thursday morning from
Dorsey Mohun, United States consul al
Zanzibar.
"Khalid Pin Bargash refusing TO sur.
render. palace bombarded by English feet
at nine o'clock Thursday morning and to-
tally destroyed. Many killed He took
refuge at the German consulate. After
wards Hammond proclaimed sultan. AL
Americans safe"
The state department has no informa-
ton as to the Americans referred to in
Consul Mohun's dispatch. The Amcri-
can trade with Zanzibar is considerable,
approximating 81 100000 annually. The
United States buys from the Zanzibaris
ivory, hides, rubber, gums and cloves,
and sells cotton and petroleum. There
Is no anxiety lest American interests
suffer.
Zanzibar, Aug. 29.-The crisis here is
regarded as ended. The new sultan,
namoud Bin Mohammed Bin Said, is
expected to follow the peaceful lines of
his predecessor, and it is understood
that Great Britain does not intend to
make any change in the existing form Of
government.