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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
2
A dense OCR fragment lists law firms and guardianship actions, including Hewson and Creswicke, Strathy and Estene, and Lennox with Cambridge offices. It mentions guardianship, money to loan, debt collection, and conveyancing, with miscellaneous names, addresses, and court-adjacent terms.
The Legislative Assembly reviews bills on sewerage and tax reforms, with Mr Dowell leading an effort to empower municipalities to establish East Yards. The Attorney General flags a far-reaching section on municipal powers, and the session debates sewerage assessments, railway charters, and the Ontario Assessment Commission report proposing broad tax overhauls affecting property, income, and corporate structures. The accounts cover the Algoma region, General Thorpe, and plans for electric railways connecting multiple towns, plus financial controls on tolls and construction costs.
Prince Henry of Drinsia, accompanied by German naval officials, arrived in New York aboard the Kronprinz and was greeted with a 21 gun salute. Admiral Evans, local officials, and a large crowd welcomed the guest as the German entourage exchanged salutes on the harbor approach.
Proceedings cover Mr W P Maclean introducing a bill to regulate telephones and railways. Government to gain control, set fair terms among companies, and allow takeover if needed. Also notes on cattle guards at crossings, justice legislation, printing bureau use, and duties on tobacco and vegetables. Questions answered on Manet approval, Marconi agreement, and German duties.
A massive blaze destroyed the Park Avenue Armory and Park Avenue Hotel at 84th Street in New York City early Saturday. Eighteen people were killed and many injured as flames roared through upper floors and elevator shafts. Firefighters evacuated occupants amid thick smoke. hospital and Bellevue records show twenty six taken in, with dozens more treated on site.
London Daily Express report from St Petersburg states police learned 100 students planned a theatre gathering last Friday night. They filled galleries with dvorniks who then descended at a signal and brutalized the students with clubs. Dozens injured, some killed, many hospitalized or imprisoned.
Sydney correspondent reports New South Wales in seventh year of near continuous drought. Churches designate February 26 as day of humiliation and prayer. Government proclaims it a general holiday with all business suspended.
Toronto notes steady grains with No 2 white and conk prices steady while spring wheat and Manitoba wheat hold. Livestock show strong export demand for cattle and steady hogs as feeders and calves price to buyers. calves and lambs firm, sheep moderate. European markets remain mixed as wheat on passage softens.
Paris dispatch introduces Acoine as an innovative anaesthetic product destined to supplant cocaine morphine chloral and other narcotics. A tiny pinch drops into a pin to instantly dull pain and Acoine’s properties were presented at the French Academy of Medicine in Paris.
The Dominion notes another smallpox case in Winnipeg while Canada faces varied issues across provinces. A surplus exists in Nova Scotia as steamship links begin between the port towns Ofte and Kingston.
London dispatch says a consortium of German firms plans to jointly establish in Russia an arsenal and shipyards to build and equip warships and to supply rails and public works materials. A representative will visit St Petersburg to set preliminaries amid debate over Russia's ability to build ships and a broader European response to British diplomacy.
A dispatch dated Pretoria quotes Colonel Park noting 100 mounted National Scots surprised Boer forces at Novitrgedacht Transvaal. Fourteen prisoners were captured along with ammunition, horses, and wagons. British casualties were reported as none. Prisoners include Joberly and Dejetar, with Lieut Viljocse mentioned.
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