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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
5
July 25 1906 market notes from Barrie list fall wheat and flour prices and various grain products. Includes bakers flour family flour shorts bron clover seeds and wool and hides figures, with currency units implied across cereals and fiber grades. Data appears as OCR fragments with numerous misspellings.
A special two day meeting of the County Council focused on replacing unsafe bridges with permanent concrete or steel structures. Tenders were planned for an Edenvale bridge around $9,000. Debenture guarantees, by law adjustments, and new deviation road considerations were debated, with several bridges in Nottawasaga and other townships slated for reconstruction and funding allocations.
The Cardwell riding party executives plan Thursday September 13 as the bye date to choose a candidate. An independent Conservative prohibitionist is likely to enter, threatening a Liberal nomination with O John Semple, the prior Liberal candidate, possibly returning. Other names mentioned include Finer and Thos Hammell in Totten.
Three near simultaneous Toronto accidents claim lives and limb. William Lynn 33 of Sackville Street loses an arm after his rope entangles a pulley at P W Ellis Co jewellers plant and dies later from injuries. Conductor George Pease 50 of Spadina Avenue dies after falling from a fast moving street car on Queen Street. Henry Brown 35, a craftsman at Consumers’ Gag Co on Eastern Avenue, falls from a 30 foot ladder and dies within minutes. Brown was organist at St. Joseph’s Church and an original member of H Company 48th Highlanders.
Montreal August 1 A fast westbound CP R freight struck loaded cars at St Rose injuring Fireman Dixie and killing engineer James Broom. Eight cars demolished. Accident blamed on an unplaced switch. Also report drownings at Otonabee River Peterboro and at St John New Brunswick including a six year old boy and a man found on the GT1 BR track at Middleport identified as David Sheehan of Hamilton.
Preliminary hearing opens in Alabama for Robt Gallagher wood superintendent and J Porter bookkeeper of Jackson Lumber Co at Lockhart on peonage charges. Witness Lyman testifies to receiving twenty lashes with a rawhide after escape attempt and another twenty for not pleading for mercy, allegedly pursued by bloodhounds.
The Northwest harvest reports a strong oat yield across three provinces with average crops. Manitoba began wheat cutting yesterday and expects general progress next week. The notable issue is a lack of rain, hampering field work.
Turmoil grips Sveaborg fortress near Helsingfors as mutineers seize control with artillery and rifle fire. Crossfire and panicked civilians reported as hundreds killed or wounded. rumors claim officers split with mutineers and a general strike looms amid radical mobilization in Helsinki and St Petersburg.
In Huntingdon Quebec Aug 1 a coroner's inquest into the death of J B LeRoi, shot by Ernest A Lee at Caraville Saturday evening, found the shooting not justifiable. Lee claimed no quarrel. he fired three times with a 32 caliber revolver, the fatal shot entering the left breast near the heart. The coroner ordered Lee held for trial at Valleyfield.
In Quebec on Aug 1 Alphonse Verville M P of Maisonneuve led a bid to unite Montreal unions under the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress framework. N Arcand of the Carpenters and Joiners Union spoke first but was drowned out by a divided crowd. Verville spoke as songs and jeers rose, two policemen stood by, and the meeting adjourned.
George Stanley alias Kavanagh alias John Ryan was hanged at Windsor at 3 10 this morning for the murder of Freeman Harvie, an elderly farmer near Windsor. Harvie’s body was found February 5 in his cellar after being missing since February 2. Stanley, arrested after a lengthy police chase, was convicted May 3 and executed by Radcliffe following strong evidence.
Tokio reports Aug 1 appointment of General Oka as chief of the general army amid a leadership transition linked to Viscount Kodama's July 22 death. In Toronto, Joseph E. Thompson is named commissioner of industries by the City Council, effective Aug 18 with a salary of $2,500.
Liverpool and Chicago grain markets show declines across wheat futures. The Liverpool quotes slipped while Chicago September futures fell from Saturday levels, with mixed movements in options and feeder markets. Toronto live stock and New York dairy and hog prices are noted along with regional market receipts and prices.
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