Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Bombards Palace of SUltan. [ARTICLE]

Bombards Palace of SUltan.

A Rome dispatch from Aden says the Italian consul at Zanzibar has arrived at Aden from the Somali coast, where he went on a special mission to break up the trade in contraband goods. He causea the palace of the sultan of Mijertain, Italian Somaliland, who was largely concerned in contraband transactions, to be bombarded. The sultan’s son was captured and large quantities of arms and ammunition were taken. The sultan fled.