Woman in a Barrel Survives Niagara Falls Plunge
Niagara Falls Ont despatch reports Anna Edson Taylor aged 48 navigated the Upper Canadian rapids in a padded barrel with harness and air pump, plunged 165 feet over Horseshoe Falls, and survived. With manager Frank M Russell they sent a cat over first and launched at Grass Island. Barrel was recovered at 4:40 pm. Taylor sustained a scalp wound, shock, and bruises. She is believed likely to live, under care of Dr W H Hodge.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Anna Edson Taylor
Horseshoe Falls
Frank M. Russell
Bay City
Mich
Buffalo
Mrs. Taylor
Maid of the Mist Landing
Loading Markets Breadstuffs Toronto Oct 20
Market reports show steady prices across commodities in Toronto with quotes for breadstuffs grains flour and millfeed. Notable figures include red and white wheat at around 65 to 67 cents f.o.b middle freights, Manitoba wheat steady, flour at 2.65 middle freights, and oats and rye priced firm with regional freight variations.
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F.o.b
Manitoba
West
Shorts
Manitoba Shorts
New York
East
Old Canada
Yellow West
New Anada
Butter-Fine New Dairies Demand and Prices
Country produce reports strong demand for Butter-Fine new made dairies especially choice pound rolls and large rolls. Prices range from 12 to 16 cents for poorer grades with best dairy pound rolls at 17 cents. Creamery steady at 18 to 20 cents for solid and 21 to 24 for prints. eggs market tempered by mild weather.
Toronto Cattle Market Sees Slower Trade and Price Dip
At Toronto October 29 the cattle market showed slow trade with export cattle weaker and some buyers forced to take short keeps. No good choice animals appeared as prices fell about 80c per cwt. Butchers cattle stayed steady for top lots while medium and common grades moved slowly. Lambs softened slightly. sheep remained steady.
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Toronto
Flour firm reports steady Wheat and grain prices
Buffalo reports include Wheat No 2 red winter at 76c, No 2 corn 61c and 63c, No 8 corn 60-61c, Oats No 2 white 41c, No 3 40c, No 2 mixed 39c, No 3 88c. Barley fancy 61c, good to choice 58-60c, Rye No 2 57-4c. Canal freight firm.
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Buffalo
London Wheat and Market Snapshot for Oct 29
London markets report steadier passage wheat with No 1 California at 28s 8d sellers for November and December 28s 9d. Maize steady, English prices firm while French markets dulled. Liverpool closes with wheat and corn varying by grade, futures quiet. flour 17s 8d to 18s 6d. Antwerp wheat steady at No 2 red winter 153f. Paris close shows dull tone with wheat at 20f 75c and 21f 80c for January/April. flour 26f 65c.
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London
California
Mark Lane
Liverpool
Walla
Antwerp
Paris
Honey Exhibit at Pan American Shows Canadian Quality
The Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association presents an 18 by 24 foot honey display at the Pan American Exposition. Glass jars, pyramid arrangements, and cases show 3000 to 4000 pounds of honey wax and foundations produced from Alsac clover white clover and linden. The exhibit highlights Canada’s superior honey and includes praise for President John Newton.
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Ontario Bee-Keepers’ Association
John Newton
Association
Canada
London
England
Glasgow
McFarlane
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Bee-Keepers’ Association
Woodstock
Ontario
Messrs
Bryans
Armstrong
Eimich
Couse
Tae
Marth Craig
Stormed a Town in Nigeria Expedition Ends
Despatch from London reports Colonel Morland's force reaching Yola, where the Emir of Zaberu refused negotiation. The town fell after heavy fighting, with rebels driven from the palace area and two French guns captured. Morland was wounded. British troops seized arms, powder, and shells. The Emir’s brother Bobo Amadu was installed as Emir of British Adamawa, and slave-raiding ends.
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London
Yola
Nigeria
Reuter
Morland
Zaberu
Hansa
Fink
McClintock
Bobo Amadu
Mrs White Cleared of Guilty Verdict in Brantford Trial
After a four hour juror deadlock in Brantford a majority found Mrs Josephine White not guilty. The crowd waited through the day as the verdict was read at 4 pm. She embraced her sons and brother upon leaving the dock, fainting afterward.
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Brantford
Josephine White
L. ¥. Heyd
Reign of Terror Report From London Describes New York Crime
A London Times correspondent asserts a reign of terror grips New York City with an influx of tramps and criminals. He says crime has surged from petty theft to highway robbery, shopkeepers fear for safety, and many hire private watchmen as distrust in police grows.
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London
New York
London Times
Europe
New York City
America
Dawson Gold Exports Hit 3 Million in September
A Seattle dispatch reports the Gold Commissioner’s records show Dawson exported gold certificates totaling $3,000,000 for September, pushing the four month total to $21,640,000.
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Seattle
Wash
Gold Commissioner's Office
Dawson
Death of Walter E H Massey President of Massey Harris
Walter E H Massey, 37, president of Massey Harris Co., died at his Dentonia Farm home after a long illness. Born April 4, 1861 in Newcastle Ontario, he lived in Cleveland and Toronto, studied at Brooks Military Academy and Boston University, toured the world in 1887 88, helped form Massey Harris by amalgamation in 1891, and served as director and executive in multiple firms. He bred cattle at Dentonia Farm and supported the Massey Music Hall and Fred Victor Mission.
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Toronto
Walter E. H. Massey
Massey-Harris Company
Dentonia Farm
Walter Edward Hart Massey
Newcastle
Ontario
Hart A. Massey
Massey
Canada
Cleveland
Ohio
Brooks Military Academy
H. A. Massey
Walter
Boston University
Charles A. Massey
C. D. Massey
Frederic Victor
Massey Manufacturing Company
A. Harris, Son & Co., Limited
Brantford
Massey & Co., Limited
Winnipeg
Massey-Harris Co., Limited
W. Bb. H Massey
Canada Cycle and Motor Company
Bain Waggon Company, Limited
Woodstock
Ont
National Trust Company, Limited
Carter-Crume Company, Limited
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Insurance Agency Corporation
Jersey
Guernsey
Ayrshire
National Sanatorium Association
Massey Music Hall
Fred Victor Mission
Dominion News Briefs From Canada and Britain
Col Dent accepts 160 horses for the British Army in London. Rat Portage man John McGinnis found drowned in Rainy River after weeks missing. Smallpox at St John General Hospital in quarantine. Solomon Hamm learns a $12 000 bequest from a Scottish relative. Montreal Street Railway reports 1 888 967 earnings for year ending Sept 30, up 120 000. Canada‑issued goods to Imperial authorities exceed 1 250 000 since South Africa hostilities began. British Columbia insane asylum inmates total 268 with 26 Chinese and 3 Japanese. Andrew Carnegie offers 75 600 for a Winnipeg library if city maintains annual tenth. Ottawa firm to install electric plant at Grosse Isle quarantine station. Petrolea oil man says Crow's Nest crude is superior to Ontario crude. Victoria firm wins two steam launches for Esquimalt submarine service, a first Canadian firm order from the British Government.
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London
John McGinnis
Rat Portage
Rainy River
St. John
N. B
General Hospital
Solomon D. Hamm
Scotland
Montreal Street Railway
South Africa
Canada
Ottawa
British Columbia
Andrew Carnegie
Winnipeg
Grosse Isle
James Pent
Petrolea
Crow’s Nest Pass
Ontario
Victoria
B. C
Esquimalt
Ontario Fruit Exhibit Wins at Pan American Show
The Ontario fruit and wine exhibitors gained top prizes at the Pan-American, earning a gala medal for wine display and a silver medal for exhibit installation. Awards went to Shuttleworth & Harris, J. S. Hamilton & Co., and others. The exhibit features 97 grape varieties, 118 apple varieties, 51 pear varieties, 57 peach varieties, plus a strong tomato and nut collection. Martha Craig notes Buffalo display outshines Chicago, and praises Mr. Bunting and team for their artful setup.
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Ontario
Bunting
Thompson
Collins
Department of Agriculture
Toronto
Toroto
Shuttleworth & Harris
Brantford
Ont
George Barnes
St. Catharines
Spring Bank
A. J. Baine
Buffalo
Chicago
Martha Craig
Another Little War in West Africa Decides Troop Dispatch
The London Daily Mail reports Britain is to begin another small war in West Africa in December. A force of about 1,600 West Indian troops will be sent to quell the Aros and nearby tribes around Bendi between the Niger and Cross rivers.
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Aros
London Daily Mail
Great Britain
West Africa
Bendi
Buller Relieved of Command in South Africa Crisis
The War Office says General Buller is relieved and placed on half pay after his October 10 speech. General French will succeed Buller as commander of the First Army Corps once his South Africa service ends, with General Hildyard taking command in the interim. The editorials largely support Buller’s dismissal. The release includes an extract of Buller’s remarks on Ladysmith, acknowledging a mistaken understanding of relief efforts and describing his attempts to aid Sir Redvers White and the defense plans.
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London
War Office
Buller
French
South Africa
Hildyard
Redvers Buller
Garison
Resignations and Trials In Fractured 19th Century News
London announces Sir John Rigby resigning as Lord Justice of Appeal while China reports fifteen hundred bubonic plague cases daily near Foo Chow. Chicago doctor G B Cady becomes insane. Michigan City inmate Smith Jones, 18, gets life for murder. A lion-killer trooper is cited in Koomati Valley. Victor OBrien of Chicago goes insane over unreturned love. A farm murder near Hanthe, Missouri, sees Guy Bright kill his father. Berlin hosts a German Industrial Union meeting backing European tirade against the U S. Italian wine glut drives price to a halfpenny per gallon, soldiers to receive it instead of coffee. In Waco Texas ex-Sheriff Harris and son slain by Dr Lovelace amid family strife. Jeremiah Keller, 24, in an insane ward at Bridgeport due to cigarette smoking. The French Parliament to debate pensions for workers and miners’ hours. French railway receipts fall fifty million francs year over year. Hall Caine wins Isle of Man seat by 267 in a 649 poll. Clarence Johnston to Italy and Egypt for irrigation study. Sulphuric acid exposure in a Paris streetcar sickens passengers. John Miller of Pokagon, Michigan, destroys a house fire hiding $100 and a draft. Paris: Julian Gasle, valet to the Marquis of Anglesey, jailed five years for £20000 jewellery theft. A $20 million Northern Pacific fire-insurance policy issued at Duluth. C H Alexander, head Beaumont oil figure, jailed five years for arson.
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John Rigby
Foo Chow
China
G. B. Cady
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Indiana
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Collins
Pole-Carew
Koomati Valley
Victor O’brien
Guy Bright
Alexander Bright
Hanthe
German Industrial Union
Berlin
United States
Italy
Waco
Texas
Harris
Lovelace
Jeremiah Keller
Bridgeport
Conn
Chamber of Deputies
Hall Caine
House of Keys
Isle of Man
Clarence Johnston
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Irrigation Investigation Office
Egypt
Paris
John Miller
Pokagon
Mich
Julian Gasle
Marquis of Anglesey
Northern Pacific Railroad
Duluth
Minn. C. II
Alexander
Dallas
Beaumont Oil
Boers Captured in South African Turbulence
Telegrams report 250 Boers from Kemp's commando captured southwest of Rustenburg with fifty men and three laagers at Mylstroon, twenty at Villiersdorp, eight north of Vryheid, and an additional laager nearby in the region, as the campaign progresses.
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London
Kemp
Rustenburg
Mylstroom
Villiersdorp
Vryheid
Murderer Rice in Toronto jail for murder trial
Ired Lee Rice, last of Aurora bank robbers, is confined in Toronto jail to face Criminal Assizes for the murder of Constable William Boyd. He arrived from Kingston with officers, is handcuffed and shackled, and awaits trial amid guard arrangements. Chief Justice Falconbridge presides. Crown prosecutor is Hugh Guthrie. defense is T C Robinette.
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Toronto
Lee Rice
Aurora
Kingston
William Boyd
Rice
John Brown
Harris
International Limited
Falconbridge
Hugh Guthrie
K.C
London
T. C. Robinette
Trees Thriving On Sable Island Experiment Near Graveyard Of The Atlantic
Ottawa report notes Dr Saunders and Colonel Gourdeau visited Sable Island in May to plant thousands of forest trees and shrubs. Aim to bind the soil, curb island change that confuses mariners, and increase visibility for passing vessels. Workers could not plant all 81 000 specimens but were instructed to continue. Early returns show trees thriving except pines. expectation of notable future change.
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Ottawa
Saunders
Colon Gourdeau
Sable Island
Boutilier
Light Service
Department of Marine
Pope Nearing Death Amid Vatican Tensions
A Rome despatch reports Vatican officials dispute a Paris Belair claim that a coadjutor is needed due to the Pope’s decrepitude, suggesting he remains under Cardinal Secretary of State Rarapotla’s influence while rumors say he cannot act independently and relies on Dr Laponni’s care amid continual fainting fits.
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Rome
Vatican
Paris
Belair
Rarapotla
Laponni
Semi savage warriors and the British stance in war history
A historical discussion on Britain hesitating to employ colonial or non Western troops, tracing policy shifts from 19th century wars to modern times. The piece surveys attitudes toward using savage or non civilized races as soldiers, noting cases in Europe and Asia, and the influence of Britain and Japan on changing norms.
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Joseph Charites
United States
Mussina
Germany
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