Ontario Legislature Acts and Bills in Brief
A summary of proposed laws and discussions in the Ontario Legislature covers changes to the Assessment Act for youths reaching age, municipal grants for royal visit. land grants for veterans and volunteers. plumbing permits and sale regulation. trading stamps. boundary declarations. game protection tweaks. laundries inspections. drainage diversions. binder twine production costs. Sunday car limits in Essex. Good Roads funding plan. soldiers land grants. Factory Act fire safety duties. and a law reform measure expanding county court jurisdiction and streamlining procedures. The report lists bills, amendments, and committee referrals with emphasis on public works, veterans benefits, and industrial regulation.
Fire Devastates Montreal Wholesale District
A major blaze in Montreal's wholesale district began Friday in the Leeming Miles & Co. druggists building at St Sulpice and Debresoled streets, spreading to Hudon Hebert & Co. groceries. Fireman Dumas died when a collapsing wall buried him. several others injured. Losses estimated at about 250000, with both Leeming Miles and Hudon Hebert structures heavily damaged. The fire threatened additional firms including Kerry Watson & Co and Hodgson Sumner & Co until contained.
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St. Sulpice
Hudon, Hebert, & Co
St. Paul Street
Kerry, Watson & Co
Hodgson, Sumner & Co
Hudon & Hebert and Co
Dumas
No. 5 Station
Leeming
Miles
Hudon, Hebert & Company
Notre Dame Cathedral
Peace prospects fade as De Wet moves toward Natal
Cape Town dispatch notes slim odds for early peace. Boers cut the Natal telegraph line, isolating Natal from Transvaal forces. Lord Kitchener reports Boer general De Wet reaching Senekal on the eastern telegraph line from Brandfort, suggesting he may head toward Natal or have unknown destination.
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Natal
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de Wet
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Revolt in Russia: Odessa students clash with authorities
A London despatch reports serious disturbances by students on March 6 in Odessa. Many were arrested for defying authorities. Police searched ringleaders and seized inflammatory papers showing links with students in Kiev and Kharkov. The news had been suppressed until now.
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London
Odessa
The
Times
Kieff and
Kharkoff
Cenger
Markets of the World Wheat Prices Fall or Steady Across Regions
Market notes from Toronto Buffalo Detroit Minneapolis and Duluth report subdued demand for wheat with Manitoba strength due to scarcity. Prices show red and white wheat around 66c locally, No 1 hard old near 98 1 2c, and various futures across cities. Livestock and provisions markets in Toronto reflect steady dressed hogs at 7.75 to 8.25 and firm prices for pork and smoked meats amid light receipts.
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Manitoba
New York
North Bay
Ontario
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Midland
Buffalo
Kansas
C.i.f
Detroit
Minneapolis
Minn
Northern
Duluth
Timothy
De Wet Amnesty Rumors Denied As War Continues
London dispatch says no basis for De Wet amnesty. Kitchener officials reportedly prefer his death in battle to capture. Durban report notes Pietersburg meeting on war continuation. Nearly three thousand troops sailed from Southampton for South Africa.
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London
Kitchener
Botha
de Wet
Pall Mall
War Office
Lord Kitchener
America
Durban
Pietersburg
Transvaal
Southampton
South Africa
Six Burned to Death in Quebec House Fire
A Campbellton dispatch reports six people died Friday night in Little Cascapedia Quebec after a coal oil stove exploded on the stairs landing. John Gauthier tried to save the stove and leaped from a second story window, breaking his leg, as flames spread through the house. His wife and five children perished in the blaze while he crawled to a neighboring home for help.
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Campbellton
N.B
Little Cascapedia
Que
John Gauthier
Gauthier
Duke of York and Duchess sail for Australia on Ophir
Despatch from Portsmouth reports the departure of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on the Royal yacht Ophir for Australia. Jewellery insured for £77,000 and £2,000, Ophir sails at 4.05 pm with Alberta and the King aboard. Government costs total £117,000 for charter, refurnishing, and redecorating. Royal crew includes 27 officers and 125 sailors, 100 marines, 87 band members, 88 engineers, and 50 stewards.
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Portsmouth
Duke
Duchess of Cornwall
York
Australia
Ophir
Alberta
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Royal Yacht
Admiralty
Russia Backs Down on Mongolia and Manchuria Claim
Dr Morrison reports from Pekin that Russia abandons exclusive rights in Mongolia and TurKEstan and agrees to modify civil administration of Manchuria. The convention will be published once signed in St Petersburg, about a fortnight. This marks the first diplomatic setback since 1898 and may alter the Far East balance.
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London
Morrison
The
Times
Pekin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mongolia
Turkestan
Manchuria
China
Lord Salisbury
Port Arthur
Far East
Russian Students Suppressed by Cossacks in Kazan Anniversary
A St Petersburg despatch reports a student demonstration near the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan marking a death anniversary. Troops blocked Nevskoi Prospekt, closed streets, and arrested teachers and pupils after violence by Cossacks. The event, though large, ended with a milder outcome due to troop presence.
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St. Petersburg
British naval proposals outlined in Commons debate
In London the Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty, Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster, outlined government naval Plans. They propose 154,575 men available to man the fleet with 118,25 on active list 28,650 on Royal Naval Reserve and 7,390 on Royal Fleet Reserve. The government seeks 9,000,000 pounds for construction to start 33 new vessels. He noted Belleville boiler condemnation and said Britain leads in shipbuilding speed while promising to use new submarine data.
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London
House of Commons
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster
Admiralty
Royal Naval Reserve List
Royal Fleet Reserve List
Arnold Forster
Belleville
England
Japan and Russia In Manchuria Tensions Rise
London dispatch reports Yokohama’s view that Russian coup in Manchuria inflames opinion. Military conferences increase, coal imports rise, and marine insurers demand higher rates while avoiding war risks in China. Masampo in Corea cited as breach of 1893 convention with depots and hospitals used as troop barracks. Interpellation in the Diet seeks policy declaration as press warns against Russian dominance in Corea.
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London
Yokohama
Daily Mail
Manchuria
China
Russia
Masampo
Corea
Diet
De Wet Seen as Madman by Recently Freed Prisoners
Dispatch from Bloemfontein reports prisoners released by General De Wet view him as mad. They cite fatigue and anxiety as signs, describe his habit of sleeping outside the camp, extreme secrecy, and refusal to join peace talks. He allegedly declares independence the only terms and harbors anti Transvaal sentiment. His location and whether Steyn is with him remain unclear.
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Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Steyn
Population of India Now Stationary After Decade
A Calcutta dispatch reports India's census totals 294,000,000 with a 1.4 percent net gain once mountain states and frontier regions are excluded. The rise mainly reflects better methods while two famines and disease increased mortality, and birth rates fell. The result surprises authorities.
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Calcutta
India
Baluchistan
Shansteks
Chin Hills
Sikkim
Dominion Parliament debates and bills summarized
The House discussed contracts for Depot Harbour docks not yet awarded and denied Yukon road revenue reliance on liquor taxes. It reviewed preferential tariff checks, half-breed scrip totals, and education jurisdiction, then passed the Foresters bill. It endorsed peace in South Africa, amended franchise and election acts, and delivered a budget with no tariff changes, steel bounties funded from capital, Yukon gold revenue, and a projected surplus of 6.35 million.
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Mr. Sifton
Hibbert Tupper
Yukon Territory
Clarke
Paterson
Fitzpatrick
Itg
Yukon
Dominion
South Africa
Halifax
Five Prisoners Shot After Hartebeestfontein Defeat
A Durban refugee reports Gen. Delarey shot five prisoners at Wolmaranstad after Methuen defeated him at Hartebeestfontein. Two were British and three Dutch oath-takers for neutrality. They had been arrested at Klerksdorp for refusing to fight the British. They wrote to Britain for release. two killed, one British prisoner escaped.
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London
Durban
Klerksdorp
Delarey
Methuen
Hartebeestfontein
Wolmarenstad
Baden-Powell forms self-contained police force in Durban
A Durban despatch reports Gen Baden-Powell organizing a new police force on untrammelled lines. The corps is described as hardy and capable, with forts to be built in the strongest sites. The force will be complete in itself and receive no extraneous aid from other army departments.
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Baden-Powell
Durban
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