1 AUGUST 1896, page 1

The General Feeling In The Country Is That These Sentences,

though adequate, are by no means too heavy. Consider what was the punishment to which these terms of imprisonment are the alternative. If Dr. Jameson and his associates had not......

News Of The Week.

T HE Jameson trial was brought to a conclusion on Tues- day. The summing up of the Lord Chief Justice was powerful in manner and comprehensive in matter. The accused were to......

There Is No Important News To Chronicle From Rhodesia....

the fact that the Matabele still hold the Matoppo hills in forge, and that the whites are at present powerless to dis- lodge them. The serious nature of the situation is shown......

The Jury, After An Hour's Deliberation, Returned...

all the questions put to them. This the Lord Chief Justice held to constitute a verdict of "Guilty." At first, however, the jury failed to base a unanimous verdict of Guilty" on......

On Saturday Last The Populist Convention Nominated Mr....

the Presidency, but refused to endorse the Demo- cratic nomination for Vice-President, choosing instead Mr. Watson, of Georgia, as their candidate. The choice of the Populists......

The Irish Land Bill Occupied Almost The Whole Of Tuesday

night on the Report stage—the new clauses, and the amend- ments—the House not adjourning till close upon five on Wednesday morning. The amendments were chiefly technical,......

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