The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-14
RHODES
DIRE IS
WROUGHT
IN STEEL

remained for the railroads 10 pierce
the ancient gloom. IN no other land
rs the romance Of The railroad 50 thrill
lne. lts very birth was alow agony,
rs growth eneumpassed NJ woe,
Began D1lldlna In 1859.
~ the nosth the Egypliana began
building as early As 1855 Harassed
by wars end political ~uplieavals. they
lad completed b. AGO miles 10 four.
teelf yoara For the next two decades
not a rail- was laid IN Egypt, Within
that time Gordon and hls faithful fol
lowers wero trapped and slain IN the
6oudan Hike wild beasts, because there
was no way of transporting help
across The treHcher3us desert OF on
the dangerous Nile.
That maasacns aroused England.
she sent sir Herbert Kitchener. the
Great Eirdar on thu Egypgiana. ID
whip the rebelli0uB Soudanoso into
Subsection. With his army OF Belt
lsh and native soldiers hc rode 10 the
end of the African railway and looked
out over The desert wastes Ia the al
rection "a Khartoum. The desert bS
caravan. the Nile and IT'S cataractH
we're the available routes. lie tool
neither: but with the silent awlftness
that caafacterizes this great mans
movements. he threw a railroad across
The barren sands into KhaftOum.
Il coet between seven and olghI
thousand dollars TO make each mile d
hat road. and K was almost slx hun
Tired miles long. Tile statesmen, sail
over Ia England, ~shuddered at The ex
penHq, but Kitchener went right 81
building tne Of the most remarkable
military Fgade ina history. and pa
down the rebellion. bringing peace enc
Iealely 70 the sondan.
About tho sand time British euRl
peera were surveying q stretch Q
lind from the esistEal eastern ease
inland To Lake Victoria Nyanza II
tha province uE Uganda. because CHI
English government SAW that a sall
foad lrnm she eoast to the lnterlo
was imat fetlye II Il wlshed to bob
its p%rcteetofate over that province
Also Il Wss bound hy TREATY with O.
Fnropcea countries g help break th0
slave traie ID the dark cDntluenl
slasery nfoapeFed Il those days
Tefrore 81 Jungle.
Seldom has there haer such "a recon
rt hsrdsaips aa we're met Ny The uaar
da s%rgYes0rs The Jungle with III 81
leffors slid beasts poisonous lnsecli
eenomuHs serpents. feyeta ana irrs
spanslhlc natives FOR labofeFe yet III
were overcome. nnd December 20 o
1901 eaw iha arst locomotive steam
lup to Lake Victoria Nganza iron
Mombaaa. 5S4 miles away.
Mr. Roosevelt and bis party VII
ride over the usanda fallwsy. Of ehel
tourney to me Interior. Al they Tool
our 81 he windows 81 the m0Ginl
train they viii see herds Of game
zebfaB, HEelIaa. glsai zes ana other en-
laens q TIE forest.
and while 81 Intrepid soldier 3.
thp north al Africa Waa forcing Blea
rails thfong The desert m the face o
nnalical foes; aud il the east a bans
Of i%earlaes wurkmen were o0nuuerinI
the iunsle. from South Africa. eecl
Rhodes WA humharding the Bflllsl
parliament for help TO realize the
great vision 81 bis liIe--a railway tha|
would stretch from Cape Town 4
Cairo. for 6.400 miles 81 more Rcfosl
he length OF Africa.
But narllaments have 10 sympathy
With visions they are notably near
sighted. Tor The most part. their sis
lon II limited bs The slgn Of the dol
sg M lhls case. Cecil Rhodes bad
dollars Of Is own. aud be did not hes
ifate 10 nae them f0f Englands glory
and for lfflca's welfare. Before hts
death he saw the road completed Is
lis present terminus IN northern Rhod.
osia.
Il soenis but yesterday since noisy
Rumpr shouted the name OF the great
imperinhat npress the world. over
Ia South Africa they hear il YET. rev.
%erently. HlE Il still the Master spirit
Of that land.
Lately tho chief engineer Of the
Cape to cairo road has been visiting
the United States - examine Amef'
lean railroad methods Ne prophecies
that the great road viii Be complete
within three years. Al the present
time Transportation is available fng
almost elNV0 miles north from Cape
Town " nFokon HUI II nhaslesla and
lfom CaITu south u Talhla 8e0 miles
Of the "a alui.
N Western Africa the French are
PUSHING i0fNafd from the eoasll en-.
tightening III they gn Il Il their task
llo saldna Ne vast lhhoapltnbie Sd.
ltafA
Suit neeaAAa Thcf ray.
RallfpaIk are net huIll Is Africa for
nhIlAnihfnAin fAaannH alone They are
built heaallee Tres nay. AEflro i 4
Neal milne lsul oI s depths came
R0Ia alaes Hpprer and diamonds Eaofl
nous quantities oI orr afe shipped.
aesIdes nIhet products. Ienng cotton
and the Ike
hsl|roads IkuI slave Trade.
Iaal m#Ie lHan IhIs he railroads
ARE bringing hIessiA#H 40 Hhe NHlI fAR
e AIrika THsz zz|1n 5=eif Izhpf
MD remove ll|s mi66| " ~ Slave
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lied area AIE|#a 4z It'.HH 81 zI|t
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