War talk and wild weather from the Boer conflict
An interview from New York features Hon. P. Louter Wessela, a South African official, arguing the Transvaal side in the British War while detailing grievances against English colonial policy. The piece also describes a massive, chaotic dust storm and torrential rains in the camp, flooding rivers and disrupting transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Louter Wessela
New York
Euwipe
National Beer Relief Association
Africa
Furthemore
South Africa
England
Cape Colony
South African Crisis Plots and Mine Profits Clash
A long, polemical piece argues that British policy and finance interests aim to crush the Boers and consolidate diamond and gold mines under Rhodes and allies. It claims high mine profits, low taxes, and a push for compound labor would impoverish natives and suppress farming, foreseeing dire consequences for England and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Chamberlain
Alfred Milner
Molento
South Africa
England
Brison
Transvaal
Rhodesia
Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
de Beers
Alfred J. B. Robinson
Lionel Philips
Barnata
Exicina
Belt
Leonard
Farrer
Abele
Hercules Robinson
Chamberlain
Alfred Mill ‘Ner
Ireland
Vietory
Noted figures and places in a tangle of early 20th century notes
A garbled note lists Amanda Waynaa entering politics with Prohibitionists at Tola ho, a Sacramento Stanford home donated for an orphanage, and Mary Stanford’s death room to be made an infirmary by Princess Victoria. Also mentioned is a London bookbinder prize awarded to Miss Mathews, later revealed as the queen’s granddaughter, and Mrs Ferdinand Feck’s lavish Elysee hotel suites with rose silk decor and an American flag at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Waynaa
Congress
Tola~ho
Stanford
Sacramento
Val
Catholichurch
Hoebaa
Mary
Princess Victoria of Wales
Prince of Wales
London
Mathews
Ferdinand W. Feck
United States
Elysee Hotel
Horrors of Indian famine reported by Leslie's Weekly
The famine covers about 350000 square miles across central, south, and northwestern India. Photographs from missionaries show emaciated victims, with women and children most affected. Causes cited include crop failures, princes restricting arable land, and a missing famine fund. Twenty million died in 1897. 1900 feared worse. Accounts from missionaries describe widows selling children for survival and bodies left to die near relief stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie's
India
Felda
J. C. Lawson
Aligarc
Northwest Provinces
M. B. Fuller
Viramguam
Gujerat
Against England Does Not Believe in the Manifest Delay
Stanford University May 12 report quotes David Starr Jordan urging restraint in Boer War policy. He criticizes aggression as a bully’s tactic, advocates diplomacy and ethical limits on war, and endorses peaceful expansion of influence through nonviolent means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stanford University
Stanford University
England
Great Britain
Cromwell
Richard Rumbold
Tropics
Mexico
America
David Starr Jordan
Franz von Sickingen
Landstuh
Troyes
Luther
Sickingen
Macea
Red Coat
Arizona Statehood Seen Through Vast Resources and Growth
Washington May 20. A congressional briefing argues Arizona should be admitted to statehood citing wealth of minerals, largest tillable land, excellent schools and growing population. The piece notes the territory’s strong qualification as federal discussion centers on statehood criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Arizona
Statehood
Eye of Man
Beheli
Utah
Nevada
Republic of Mexico
Gila
Salt River
Nile
Salt River Valley
Towa
View Wise Historiana On War and Arizona Resources
The piece muses on historic views of the Mexican War and its link to Civil War tensions, arguing for restraint and the moral limits of conquest. It surveys Arizona’s vast mineral belt, grazing lands, and irrigation projects, detailing acreage, output, and prospects for agricultural and industrial development.
Arizona Territory Prospects and Education Emphasis
The text praises Arizona's economy with farm yields from Salt River and Ball Valley, railroad mileage, and robust public services. It extols a strong legal system, purity of ballot, and advanced education including a university, two normal schools, and a public school system. It notes an asylum, a census showing 101,240 population, and political support for territorial admission to the union with high civic virtue and Mexican residents described as loyal citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt River
Ball Valley
Col
Saw River Valley
Salt River Valley
Wenatt Tees
River Valley
Arizona
Earth
Mrt
Murphy
Hts
Secs Votary of the Interior
America
Congress
Tara
Nippur tablets reveal ancient Murashu business archive
Excavation in the ruined Nippur ridge uncovered a large room six meters below the surface filled with earth and debris. Seven hundred thirty clay tablets were found, showing mortgages, contracts, and agreements of the Murashu Sons during the Artaxerxes I and Darius II era, including a notable emerald ring guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainstee's
Nippur
Taelf
Fitin
Murashu
Artaxerxes I
Bol-gol-lina
Belshuna
Bel
Hutin
Basuzu
Bel-nadin-shumu
Muraanathos
Bel-ad-iddina
Belahuna
Hatin
Bel-nedin-shumu
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P. Louter Wessels
Jameson
Natal
Jaimeson
Orange Free Suite
Kruger
Bloemfontein
Johannesburg
China
Free State
Pretoria
Philip Lauter
Julian Shuph
Joseph Was
Joseph
Jacob
P.louter Whsseate
Eweler
B. C
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