Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1912 — RAILWAY INVADES THE CENTER OF MAHDISM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RAILWAY INVADES THE CENTER OF MAHDISM

EL OBEID was once one of the mystery places of Africa and a danger center of Mahdism. Now it Is in railway communication with civilisation, for recently Lord Kitchener, in company with the governor-general, officially opened the railway from Sennar and Khartoum to Ei Obeid.