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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary text describes potential alliances involving Italy and Russia, referencing political figures and aims to influence governance and policy. It hints at strategic shifts, naval considerations, and regional diplomacy impacting broader European balance of power.
Fragmented text references Italian politics and figures like Crispi Zanardelli and Grimes. Mentions government, cabinet roles, and reform, with scattered notes on justice, charity, and revolutionary history. Details are too garbled to identify a coherent event or outcome.
A dense Barrie legal ads page lists solicitors and notaries offering money to loan on favorable terms and wills probate estates administration and account collection. Firms include Hewson Creswicke Arristeus Strathy Esten Arminieux McCarthy Boys Murchison and others with offices on Dunlop Street and Ross Block. Also mentions county clerk appointments and medical professionals in Barrie.
The Leading Markets reports steady outside markets and local prices for wheat and related commodities in Toronto on April 2. Dressed hogs ranged 7.75 to 8.25, with scarce car lots. dairy butter and eggs held/rose slightly. produce included potatoes and apples. live stock yards showed good demand, with cattle from 4.50 to 5.00 per cwt for export and 3.75 to 3.875 for butcher stock, and hogs steady with top quotes near 6.25 per cwt.
Chicago reports a firmer under tone in grain markets with corn up 1-4 to 8c May, wheat up 8-8c, oats modest gains, and provisions mixed. Buffalo notes steady flour and firmer bids for No 1 Northern wheat. Milwaukee, Duluth, and Minneapolis show steady or mixed prices across wheat rye barley and oats with various on track bids and patent ranges.
London dispatch reports Chamberlain stating the government has printed all it knew on the Botha Kitchener peace negotiations and nothing new has emerged. James Bryce contrasts initial and final terms and urges reopening talks. Chamberlain replies that better terms would not be magnanimity but unaffordable. Cape rebels are described as generally worse than the Boers.
A Manila despatch reports General Funston with Maccabebe scouts captured Aguinaldo and his staff near Casiguaran nine miles from Baler in Luzon. Aguinaldo and his entourage are held in Manila. A clever ruse guided the capture, and the gunboat Vicksburg carried Funston and Aguinaldo to port on Saturday.
A Durban despatch reports The Second Imperial Light Horse, composed of Natal Natives, active in Swaziland. They seized 1000 Boer cattle after engaging a Boer party. Two holdouts were shot, snipers captured, and the regiment took a convoy of 26 waggons with cattle sheep and horses, followed by another convoy of ten waggons.
A London story claims a syndicate has secured a 71 000 square mile concession in Shansi and Henan China. It reportedly covers a coal belt of 3 000 miles with large iron and petroleum fields. Working capital is said to be six million pounds with few members including some Italians.
A Cape Town despatch reports bubonic plague expanding with 246 cases to date and 85 deaths. Infections include one each in Queen's Regiment Simonstown, First Bengal Royal Irish Green Point camp, and Royal Garrison Artillery Castle suburb. Malay opposition to removing patients cited, with potential city isolation if obstruction continues.
London dispatch reports the Far Eastern situation remains an enigma while Russia shows withdrawal or refined demands. A British writer warns that delaying a settlement near the Tien-Tsin railway could cost Britain millions in cash. Japan readies for possible war as Africa peace talks falter and Britain watches closely.
Despatch from Berlin reports Emperor William presenting a fresco of the Alexander Regiment at their new barracks depicting St. Privat. He spoke of victory and cited the eternal God as ally. He toasted the regiment with a cup bearing medallions of Prussian and Russian rulers, signaling ongoing ties between ruling houses.
A St John’s dispatch says Colonial Secretary Chamberlain informed that a lobster modus vivendi with France will be in force to December 31, 1901, easing fears of conflict pending final settlement. The Newfoundland legislature recently passed a bill to give effect to the convention if renewed.
London dispatch from Gen. Kitchener notes a mine derailment near Pan that halted a Boer advance with six killed while British forces suffered no losses. An Olifantsfontein wreck injured none. French reports 17 Boers killed or wounded and 51 prisoners taken between March 16 and 27 with 93 burghers surrendering. British also seized 100 rifles 5950 rounds 475 horses and other stock.
A London despatch cites a Kiev report that a household officer tried to shoot the Czar. He fired at the ruler, missed, and then killed himself before arrest.
A London despatch reports Lord Salisbury’s influenza worsened into acute illness with Bright's disease. The planned Riviera trip is abandoned and resignation may come by end April. Earlier notices claimed slight improvement, but medical officials now fear a poor prognosis for the premier.
A Bloemfontein despatch reports British columns have seized large numbers of cattle sheep and horses far exceeding estimates with as many as 10 000 horses taken. Yet many stock remain and the eastern farms near Dewets dorp and Wepener are Boer granaries where wheat stores up to 800 bags have been found though houses were not burned.
A Vienna despatch reports an attempted assassination of Russian Interior Minister M. Sipiaguine in Warsaw. Russian students at Warsaw University will begin Easter vacation early as authorities close the university after demonstrations in sympathy with other universities. In Bailystok, thousands marched, shouted revolutionary songs, and jeered police. troops were deployed, streets cleared, and many demonstrators arrested.
A Cape Town despatch reports Scandinavian and French sailors rescued after the French barque Psyche was wrecked on January 30 while bound for the English Channel. Crew split between two boats, rough seas worsened conditions, a shark was caught for blood, the cook died in a sane state, and another sailor perished.
Despatch from Standerton says Gen. De Wet with 400 followers crossed the Vaal river at De Villiersdorp on Tuesday and expects many Transvaalers to join. Boer commanders Kritzinger Scheepers and Van Reenen, previously operating in Cape Colony, have joined forces and are moving north toward the Orange river via Venterstad.
Despatch from Cape Town reports a Colonial Defence force patrol captured in the Midlands district after Boers misled them with a white flag. The Boers advanced while the British mistook them for part of their own column and halted resistance when it became useless.
Premier introduces bill to define deductible debts for estate value and expand preferred beneficiaries to grandchildren and adopted children. It also clarifies taxability of Ontario estates, repeals obsolete Imperial statutes, and includes Shops Regulation Act amendments. Government urges fruit growers to submit displays for Pan American exhibit by May 1.
In the House of Commons notes show discussions on buying more horses in Canada for army use. A Doukhobor bonus of £1 per person paid to five parties who arrived in 1899 totaled $55,817, with $29,600 for supplies. no loans to Doukhobors. Militia Pension Act proposed. Bell Telephone bill seeks compulsory service and higher rates from July 9, 1902. General holiday bill debated. salaries of public officers discussed for attachment. Voter registration costs questioned. municipalities reimbursed at provincial rates. Market gardeners seek duty on stall fruits and vegetables. supplementary estimates approved. Candidates to have photographs on ballots. tuberculosis tests for cattle exports discussed with US acceptance of veterinary certificates.
Cols Gorringe Crabbe and De Lisle pursue Commandant Kritzinger across the Orange river area. Peace talks between Lord Kitchener and Gen Botha slow Gen French's Eastern Transvaal operations. Boers exploit negotiations to slip through General French lines in small groups toward the north. Botha and Viljoen reportedly agreed to British surrender terms but were rejected when their leaders met.
An Ottawa despatch reports the Yukon government will reduce the royalty on gold from 10 percent to 5 percent of gross output. The change takes effect on the 17th inst and applies to all claims from that date, regardless of lease form.
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