The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
DR.. JIM'S FAMOUS RAID.
YTs STORY RETOLD WITH NEW FBA-
TIRES ny THE CAPE TIMES.

u.r Jameson Dreamed OF Boi.e tho Give
Arric.-A Mistake Abopt s,aii-pox-
Uo, the Expedition Was Formsd-lts
D,.aster at krugersdorp ssd Doornkop.
Nh. Cap, Times Of Cape Town had the happy
a.. OF devoting. it's voluminous Christmas
rnmber TO telling the story OF Jameson's raid
., A YEAR ago. In the likht which new investi-
cations, various official inquiries, ana judicial
,rial, have thrown upon II. The result may
Ia eolored somewhat with the p-ejudiccs vf tho
ran, Town Latitude. yet IL makes q connected
s,ory Of great Interest.
pr. Jameson entered tho South African Re-
,ubl,c on the 30th dav OF December, 1895. at
the head Of moro than $40 mounted men. with
artillery, the relations between that republic
and oth.r countries OF South Africa being then
.n,irely friendly. To understand the situa-
,iou. IL must be noted that up to ABOUT tor
wear. ago the population Of the republic was
made up almost entirely Of burKhers and their
families There was even then small Brit
i,h element in Il, composed chiefly Of traders.
farmers. AID gold miners. But the discovery
NJ gold at the De Kaap fields and sfterwad at
the witwatersrand. caused An thrush OF min
.r,, largely British. and tho newcomers were
Known as Uitlanders. The Doors guarded
themselves from apprehended dangers of being
thus overrun and virtually dispossessed. By
legislative PROVISIONS ino'uuIng ros'rictions
on tho franchise. and these in turn caused out
cries from the Uitlanderr. This state Of things
was made the occasion Of . plot practically 70
,elze upon tho republic through tho union OF
the Uitlanders and . force of raiders led by
jameson.
The story OF tho Cape Times begins with
the following inci1ent. which Is declared to
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one uN. long o''o'o 'no 'ery oA'".' n'a' OF %
Snnihs Oh 'ho oo"p'o' - snow" " guy e''usnes
when Is before ,he World man sa' ON 'ne s'oop
OF Government Mouse, buiawyo. smoking cigar
cites ana reauns Lue OF GIVE ra'ner snors
man the novelist would tell us. whose head. grow
- ,o,,c.,bl, ,au,, VIVA, 4, called bu,,, .h.,a.d
ma, in ,bor, with arm law. arm chin. shor, no,o
and mu,;aehe. Keen eyes, and general air Of good.
ustured, forcible abruptness.
This, OF course. was DR.. Jim. oficisiiy known ~
bis Honor Leander Starr Jameson, n. D., Q. H., Ad.
ministrator NJ Matabsi-isnd.
saddetiy jameson looked mp from his book and
exclaimed II have jolly sood mind to march
straight down on the plateau win the men have
here aud settle inc thins out OF hand. mo idea OF
SCUM AFRICA gong on oo,hs uoaaon upon oy THIS
the fellow, together and start ,omorrov. VI.
r.u."
Now the mon to whom jameson referred were
only about . couple OF hundred n. N. p, and the
time that It would take them carry this airy
programme, marching down on the plateau. would
be two or three weeks. during which the nAtionh
and International situation would Be rather pseu.
mar inc di'oanuins OF the FORCES oy cso's. not 70
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