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Show HAVOC WROUGHT BY AFRICAN MOB More Than Million Dollars' Worth cf Property Destroyed In Johannesburg Johannesburg, Union of South At-rlca, At-rlca, May 13. Thero has been a so-rles so-rles of nntlGerman demonstrations In Johannesburg, which culminated Yesterday Yes-terday In tho wrecking of Gorman and Austrian establishments .". Altogether over fifty buildings havo (been wholly or partly wrecked nnd their contents either burned or to-duced to-duced to match wood. The establishments establish-ments cleaned out iucludo ten largo warehouses, ten saloons, three hotels and over twenty shops, Tho crowd flred tho premises of n well known German firm, Gundolflns-or Gundolflns-or & Co., general morchants. Tho damago hero alono was not less than 1250,000, undone total losses from tho rioting, which contlnuod far Into the night, aro placed well over $1,000,000. Thoro wob no looting, tho crowdB simply carrying out a policy of retaliation. retal-iation. Amldst-cries of "tho murderers murder-ers of tho Lusltanla babies aro avengi cd," the German lub In' Johannesburg Johannes-burg was sot on Are. Portraits of Emporor Wllllaui, Bismarck nnd tho emporor of Austria woro torn from the walls of tho building pnd thrown Into tho flames. Tho rioting was resumed this morning, tho - crowd consigning to tho flames tho contents of tho shops attacked, but forcibly repressing looting. loot-ing. Many Gorman Jowelry shops woro raided of tholr valuable stocks of Jowolry and sllverwaro woro thrown on bonfires. " |