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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1901
Page
3
The clipped OCR fragment references a British coast and a vessel or captain with partial names and terms. Details are garbled, but hints at maritime context and a possible inquiry or incident. no coherent events or outcomes are clear from the legible words.
Legal firms in Barrie advertise money to loan on favorable terms from 4 to 5 percent on farm properties and provide wills administration guardianship and probate services. Multiple offices listed including Dunlop Street Ross Block and Bank of Toronto Building with various solicitors conveyancers and notaries.
Official county clerk will be at his office in the courthouse Barrie every SaturdayResidence and P.O. Cookstown.
An old town listing shows Dr J C Smith physician surgeon with office and residence at Owen and Collier Streets Barrie and Dr Barrie Ross LROS Edin FCP London listed as physician surgeon with offices and night residences in Brows Block Punip 8t Barrio and telephone 77.
Dr R S Broad physician and surgeon formerly resident physician at Toronto General Hospital with special attention to diseases of women and throat also surgeon at Emergency Hospital Toronto office upstairs in the McCarthy Block near McCarthy Co and Dougall Bros Furniture store next to them.
Dr W D MacLAREN the Barric dentist visits Cookstown every Wednesday with office hours at Ross Block east of the Lost Office Barric offering dental care to residents and visitors alike.
Dr. B. L. Brereton reported an incident at Henderson's Hardware Store on Owen Street in Billy. The event details are incomplete, with fragments indicating some health or medical involvement and a specific location. Further reading needed for full context.
An advertisement lists ERS in UOAL of all kinds. Imported red from mines plus Lath and Shingler White and Grey Lime Plasterer Hair Saver Vipen Hire Brick Fire Clay Placter of Paris Cements. Nearby contact at 23 Elizabeth St opposite Wellington Hotel. Deal in SARJEANT offers.
Toronto market notes quiet wheat prices for old red and white at 66c, new 65c. No.2 goose 66.44c, No.1 spring 67c. Manitoba wheat steady with No.1 hard 84c, No.2 hard 82c. Flour weaker with 90 percent Ontario patents at 2.58 per unit in bags. Manitoba flour steady at 4 for Hungarian patents. Millfeed steady, shorts 11.50-14, dran 11.50-12. Barley firmer at 44c No.2 old, 42c new. Corn easier. Canada yellow mixed 58c, American mixed 68c. Oats easier. No.2 middle freights 85c, No.2 white 82c, generally 38-38½c. Oatmeal unchanged at 4 per barrel, 38.90 bags, 80c more for broken. Peas unchanged. old 10c and new 67c.
The market for hog products remains strong with steady demand. Pork Canada short cut priced at 21 dollars, heavy mess 20 to 21.50. Smoked and dry salted meats range from 11 to 16 cents, breakfast bacon 15 to 16, hams 14 to 14.4, rolls 12, shoulders 11.4, backs 15.4 to 16. Green meats from pickle are 1 cent lower than smoked. Lord-Tierces tubs and pails at 11.4 cents.
Receipts of grain on the street market today total 2 200 bushels with wheat steady barley higher and oats firmer. Specific trades include 200 bushels red and white fall wheat at 78c old and 69c to 72c new. 100 bushels goose at 69c to 60 4c. 700 bushels barley up 4c at 52c to 55 1/2c. 1 000 bushels oats firm at 41 4c old and 86c to 87c new. rye 1 load at 51 4c. Hay and straw: 20 loads new hay at 9 to 11 a ton. five loads straw at 9 to 10 1/2 a ton. Prices in the table show wheat whites at about 69 3/4c, red about 69 1/2c, barley 52c to 58c, oats old 41 4c, new 36 4c, hay 13.00, straw 9.00–10.50, butter 19–20 cents, eggs 13–16, various vegetables and meats with beef 7.00–9.00 per cwt, mutton 6.00–7.50. Market described as quiet with prices steady.
Butter markets remain toppy with creamery and ordinary dairy prices steady. Eggs hold firm with select at 24 cents and fresh gathered about 11 to 12 cents. Potatoes trade steady with job lots 60 to 70 cents and store stock 70 to 75 cents. Baled straw steady at five dollars per ton on car lots in Toronto.
Trade at the Western Cattle Market was fairly good with a heavy run of 68 loads comprising 969 cattle 1000 hogs 1654 sheep and lambs and 48 calves Prices across the board were practically unchanged Demand remained steady and stock cleared well Export cattle and hogs varied in price with higher and lower tiers noted K units include cows bulls feeders stockers milk cows sheep hogs and calves with per hundredweight and per head figures listed Various lots receive different grades from pick ed to common and light to heavy with cattle and hogs showing mixed values across categories
Buffalo market notes show spring wheat quiet with No 1 northern old at 77c, No 1 new 76c. winter wheat steady at No 2 red 74c and No 1 white 76c. Corn weak with No 2 yellow 6 1/2c, No 8 60 1/2c. oats steady with No 2 white 88 1/2c and No 2 mixed 37c. barley dull with No 2 at 59c on track. Flour firm, food demand cited.
New York reports a busy grain session with receipts for flour and wheat high. Rye flour and cornmeal mixed with demand fluctuating while oats show easier prices and varied options. Wheat futures and spot values move on cables, shorts demand, and southwestern buying amid some declines.
A dispatch from Grand Forks B C reports R W Brock of the Dominion Geological Survey is conducting a geological and topographical survey of the boundary area. Last season covered regions south of the boundary, east to the Columbia River, north to Fire Valley, and west to Kettle River. This season spans north to Okanagan Lake, about 100 miles, with triangulation and height measurements of peaks, and includes exploration of coal fields near the Volcanic Mine. Brock will operate from the peaks near Grand Forks, accompanied by Okanagan field agent R A Brown at the Volcanic Mine.
A Pretoria despatch reports General Trench forcing nearly all Cape commando units into retreat except a few small bands at Kenhardt. Beaborn drives Scheeper's commando north of Willowmere while others are pushed north. Colums suffer crossing Rosmead and Stormberg line. Forces hunt Kritzinger bands in Wepener Rouxville and Bow bodies across Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
A roundup of early 20th century notices covers Kingston infested by thieves, plans to consolidate surrounding towns into Montreal, US land speculations in Manitoba, smallpox quarantine at Hamilton Asylum, Port Colborne breakwater progress, the Maritime Sulphite Company wind-up with over a million in claims, and appointments in education and agriculture. It also notes corset protests in Berlin, anarchist concerns around czarist visits, a Russian shipbuilding forecast, a Danvers asylum case, Carnegie library funding, and various crime and social anecdotes from the US, UK, and Armenia.
London consumes about 11 tons of salt daily while elephants stand out for needing little sleep. A study notes four hours of rest in a 24 hour day is sufficient for some species, highlighting extreme variations in animal sleep needs.
London dispatch details Gen French’s plan that scattered Kritzinger’s force after crossing the Orange River. The pursuit, aided by Col. Gorringe and Col. Crabbe, trapped remnants near Frank’s Drift, shelling from a kopje as the enemy fled. It argues expulsion of the Boers from the colony is accomplished though a return is deemed unlikely.
A despatch from London reports Dr Krauz, former Johannesburg governor and prominent Transvaal resident, arrested on espionage charges after four months in Britain. He arrived with his sister Mrs Dixon at Inverness and London, detectives arresting him at his hotel. His extradition to South Africa may be sought.
William Whyte of the Canadian Pacific System returns from a global tour to assess fresh markets and a Vladivostok steamship link from Vancouver. He met Russian officials and most of the leaders, awaiting a formal report. He praises the Trans-Siberian construction but doubts much agricultural demand among Russia’s peasant population. he notes the line’s 2000 ties per mile versus CPR’s 2600.
Major Williams of the Royal Canadian Dragoons will command the escort for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York during their Ottawa visit next month. He will select the escort from Toronto by September 10. Montreal hosts plan for a grand illumination and a torchlight procession committee has been formed with Senator Casgrain Col Starke and Major Sims.
A hundred Boers blew a Pietersberg railway section 25 miles north of Pretoria using a Martini device beneath a rail. They fired on armored trucks, killing ten and wounding seventeen, as Lt Col Vandelour was slain. Passengers’ valuables, boots, and other items were looted before the train was burned. The line south of Pienaars had limited blockhouse protection, with 1500 yard spacing and 2000 miles of line already fortified.
A Budapest dispatch reports a plot to assassinate Emperor Franz Joseph was foiled by the arrest of an Austrian anarchist named Johann Nagy in Drebezin Hungary. Letters found in his possession outline the conspiracy and implicate others, with many more arrests expected. The emperor has faced repeated threats and tragedy, including the deaths of Maximilian, Crown Prince Rudolf, and Empress Elizabeth.
Belleville dispatch reports women and children saved the lives of 20 miners after an explosion near French Village. Flames trapped workers in a sloping shaft, but they dug a trench to divert water from a nearby reservoir and extinguish the fire, allowing all miners to escape unhurt.
Ottawa dispatch releases a detailed timetable of royal visits across Canada. The route lists arrival and departure times for cities including Quebec Montreal Ottawa Winnipeg Regina Calgary Vancouver Victoria and more from September 16 to October 21 with optional conditions and connecting towns.
A despatch from Cronberg reports the will of the late Empress Frederick opened in the presence of relatives. It leaves eleven million marks to the Dowager Empress and divides legacies among six children including Emperor William. Friedrichshof goes to Princess Frederick Karl of Hesse. The Dowager Empress destroyed private papers. other documents go to Friedrichshof Library. The Dowager Empress renounced all claims on her mother's estate and received no Queen Victoria fortune.
A despatch from Ottawa reports Hon. J Israel Tarte narrowly escaped drowning while surveying the Georgian Bay waterway route from Mattawa eastward. In a rapid below Mackey's Station low water and logs endangered the canoe, but expert handling by the voyageurs prevented a fatal accident and left Mr Tarte with a scare and a ducking.
The King and Queen will travel from the Continent next month to Scotland for several weeks of rest. They will not stay at Balmoral but will reside with the Duke and Duchess of Fife at Mar Lodge, sparking comment over the Balmoral avoidance.
The Queen's tea service at Sandringham is famed for its novelty. The photos were taken by the Queen with a Kodak camera and used at tea parties as requested. The butter served is churned in a solid silver churn at the royal dairy with the Queen and her daughters assisting.
A murky dialogue portrays a longtime employee praised by a business leader for virtue and loyalty. The exchange blends flattery with irony as the employer hints at pay and future rewards. A stray note cites the cost of boot blacking at £600,000 annually.
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