Crisis Deepens as Transvaal Menace Grows
London reports a looming crisis as Transvaal tensions escalate. J. B. Robinson, a South African mine owner, received a message from Johannesburg warning the situation is serious. Uitlanders plan a mass meeting to back proposals by the British high commissioner Sir Alfred Milner.
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London
Transvaal
Johannesburg
J. B. Robinson
Alfred Milnger
Kruger
United States
Great Britain
Joseph Choate
America
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Fans of Jeffries Bear News of Victory at Home
June 10 report from East Los Angeles shows Champion Jeffries's father wary yet proud as the family learns Jim Jeffries won the bout. Mother Jeffries expresses joy and sends a brief message of pride and hard work rewarded.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jeffries
Jeffriek
Fitzsimmons
Jim
Gainesville man pleads guilty to burglary and theft totaling fourteen years
In Gainesville on June 10 Sam Hawkins entered a guilty plea in district court. He received a total sentence of 14 years for burglary and theft. In Terrell, June 10 W Dennin, about 35, killed himself with a shotgun eight miles north of town.
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St. Louis
George Pierce
Liberty, Ills
Ridgway Hotel
Gainesville
Tex
Sam Hawkins
Terrell
W. ©. Dennin
Here
Notable July News Briefs Across Texas and New England
News in brief reports multiple incidents across regions. Arrests in Henderson county relate to a lynching case involving Joe Wilkinson John Gadis and W B Brooks. Texas crime and violence include a farmer robbery near Pottsboro and a fatal shooting near Mount Pleasant. Weather notes report river levels in Colorado basin stabilizing. A Cuban bandit execution at Holguin is noted. A Fall River mill child care practice is described. A fire at Rolling Prairie grain elevators leased by J B Rupel & Co destroyed 4000 units of grain.
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Joe Wilkinson
John Gadis
W. B. Brooks
Humphries
Henderson County
Hillsboro
Tex
George Smith
Pottsboro
Bob Counts
Mount Pleasant
Colorado River
San Saba
Austin
Antonio Garcia
Holguin
Fall River
Mass
Fire Damage At Farm With Heavy Losses Reported
Report describes loss of bustels of corn and 300 bushels of wheat estimated at about 6000 dollars with 1000 dollars on grain involved. Origin of the fire is unknown. Paris cabinet meeting notes strict measures for Grand Prix day in Long Champs. Santiago rumors claim Cuban mafia like group harming Americans with disappearances.
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Paris
M. Dupuy
M. Krantz
Gen. Zurlinden
M. Blanc
Long Champ
Loubet
Santiago
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