War fears and refugee flight widen in South Africa
Reports from Cape Town and London describe rising tensions as Boers threaten war and civilians flee Johannesburg and Bechuanaland. A spy is arrested, towns brace for raids, and calls grow to ease exits for women and children amid the crisis.
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Johannesburg
Transvall
House of Assembly
Bechuanaland
Baden-Powell
Transvaal
Ramattabama
British Bechuanaland
Joubert
Republic
Mobbing of Negroes Leaves Two Dead in Illinois Altercation
In Rockford Illinois on August 30 two of three Black workers injured by white men at ballast work along Illinois Central tracks died. A third injured man remains hospitalized or unaccounted for. Authorities opened an inquest and organized searches for suspects while police sheltered nineteen displaced Black migrants from Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Rockford
Ills
M. E. Church
F. M. Marsh
Moses Lee
George Woodward
Bolivar
Tenn
Tennessee
Mississippi
Hull and Paine Visit Chicago Ahead of New Military Bills
In Chicago Aug 30 Congressman J A Hull of Des Moines and Congressman Paine of New York discussed upcoming measures for the next Congress. Hull anticipates a three battalion regiment and a provision to raise fighting strength to 100 000. He also expects civil government bills for Porto Rico and the Philippines under military authority and notes Cuban desires for annexation.
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Chicago
J. A. Hull
Des Moines
Paine
New York
Congressional
Alaskan Commission
Alaska
Hull
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
W C Squire Expansion View and Pacific Commerce
Ex Senator W C Squire says expansionist aims would benefit the United States with Alaska minerals lumber and natural wealth. He predicts Philippines Hawaii and possessions grow under U S guard and believes Pacific coast cities will reap wealth from expanded traffic as Seattle stands ready for investment.
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New York
W. C. Squire
Washington
Seattle
Alaska
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Pacific Coast
River Survey Crew Reaches Trinity River Station
Riverside Texas August 30 The United States engineering corps under Captain F Oppikofer assistant engineer of the Trinity river survey have arrived here. A Pena Mineola man Emil Daniels Tyler drowned Patton Will pond two miles north of town. Four long term convicts escaped from the Marshall poor farm all are negroes named John Beasley Henry Hailey Jesse Hanson and Sam Johnson. Charles Stewart died after a collision while riding out from Crandall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Surveying Corps
Riverside, Tex
United States Engineering Corps
F. Oppikofer
Trinity River Survey
Pena Mineola
Tex
Emil Daniels
Tyler
Patton Will Pond
Marshall, Tex
John Beasley
Henry Hailey
Jesse Hanson
Sam Johnson
Real Estate Bargains Include Farms Dwellings and Land
Real estate ads offer 150 acres on the H T C railroad between Bryan and Benchley in Thompson creek known as the Jesse Taylor place. Houses described include a new five room dwelling near the graded school and the Mrs Mary Mooring place plus a five room house on a lot with ground on the eastern town side. A water works well is noted as excellent. Also two acres and a dwelling in the western city part offered very cheap. Agencies promise to find buyers for any property offered for sale.
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Bryan
Benchley
Thompson Creek
Jesse Taylor
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