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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment recounts a colonial scene with Bushmen, English empire figures, and traders. It mentions fighting, riding, gold, quarrels, and a London link. Names and events are obscured, but there is a sense of adventure and wealth pursuit across continents.
President McKinley was shot twice by anarchist Fred Nieman at the Temple of Music in Buffalo. He survived the initial wound, underwent surgery, and remained conscious, while Nieman was restrained and taken into custody amid a riotous crowd.
A large crowd crowded around newspaper bulletin boards as rumors spread that hope was entertained. The din of voices rose through the area while residents awaited further word about the situation and potential dispersal actions.
Milburn House Buffalo Sept 10 Dr McBurney says indicators remain favorable with no bad symptoms yet. If improvement continues for a week he may be convalescent but outer wounds must heal first. He notes three weeks before move and contrasts Garfield case as very different.
Toronto market report outlines steady to firmer conditions across commodities. Wheat, flour and feed goods hold near prior quotations, with oats, rye, corn and peas showing modest firmness. Hog products remain in strong demand, while cattle, sheep and hog futures reflect steady to mixed movements amid plentiful receipts and light supplies in several categories.
Pretoria despatch reports over 250 Boers killed or captured in four days. Col Williams seized twenty burghers in Magaliesburg. Grenfell narrowly missed Beyer after a ten mile ride. Rimington engaged near Kroonstad, four killed and twenty captured, plus wagons and stock. Benson and Copley surprised Boers near Middelburg, thirty killed. Murray captured six at Vryburg. Scobell and Cape Mounted Rifles seized Lotter and Van Breeden commandoes at Pietersburg, 19 killed and 104 captured, 46 wounded. Cape Boer strength now about 500.
A Pekin despatch reports a settlement protocol between China and the Powers signed Saturday at the Spanish Legation. Li Hungchang and Prince Ching arrived with a retinue. Li was so frail he needed help. The accord requires evacuation of public places including the Forbidden City and palace by Sept 17 and withdrawal of expeditionary troops by Sept 23, with Americans and British allowed to occupy temples until their barracks are finished.
A near Orleans despatch reports the British mule transport Montezuma arriving from South Africa with word that arms and dynamite are being smuggled to the Boers. An aboard search found substantial consignments. Capt Gwens suspects American mutineers aided the dynamite shipment to wreck railways. Capt Owens received a unanimous testimonial from his crew for shipboard kindness.
A colonial government sponsored corps of 600 sharpshooters under Major Scott, based in Kimberley, patrols armored trains along the Cape Colony to Mafeking railway. They deter Boers and rebels aiming to wreck trains, with daily engagements while keeping trade routes to Rhodesia open.
Winnipeg dispatch reports Hon Mr. Davidson returning from the country saying the wheat cut along the M and N W is finished while barley and oats remain to be reaped. Six weeks of good weather should bring the crop in safely with most wheat threshed grading No 1 hard averaging 25 bushels per acre. Little hail or rain damage noted and cattle shipments to Liverpool are rising with 1 800 cattle leaving the Northwest Territories and Manitoba for Montreal. The wheat harvest is described as the finest in the country’s history.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Russia intensifies controls in Finland. A senior government official is summarily dismissed for protesting the army abolition. Helsingfors chief Swedish daily Dagegligt Allehanda is suppressed, twelve other papers suspended. Governor Kaigaradoff threatens officials personally for petition signatures.
Glasgow dispatch reports James Barton outlining a Scotland to Ireland tunnel at the Engineering Congress. The committee favors a route from a protruding Wigtonshire coast, with Ireland’s Antrim and Down counties about 20 to 25 miles away. Estimated cost stands at £10,000,000.
Ottawa dispatch reports late census returns may raise Dominion population totals as districts once thought sparse show many settlers. NorthWest Territories Algoma Nipissing and Ottawa County see notable upticks. Megantic’s error reduced an expected rise from 1 388 to 88 due to tabulation mistake.
A Rome despatch to London Central News says letters from anarchists, intercepted by Italian police, reveal a plot to kill President McKinley and President Loubet. It claims New Jersey anarchists in Paterson planned the assassinations in the year after King Humbert's death, with details passed to American police.
Kingston schoolchildren will sing for the Duke and Duchess. Ministers of the Protestant denominations have organized an alliance at London. Eighteen new engines reached the western divisions of the CPR from Richmond and Montreal with eighteen more expected soon to haul the grain crop. Letters to Ottawa from Rev J G Stevens confirm Creek Indians perished from starvation 400 miles north of Winnipeg in winter 1899.
Reports mention an unnamed Czar planning a covert Paris visit, an American states congress to meet in Mexico City, indictments in Alaska for a triple-murder, and a rising enrollment in Chicago public schools. Other items include Pike’s Peak railway plans, Belgian glass trust talks, a two hour river swim, Pan-American glow award, and notable disasters in Rochester Tucson and Pittsburg.
Ottawa dispatch reports August freight total for the Sault Ste Marie canals at 4,687,817 tons, down 93,255 from July but up 973,048 from August 1900. U S canal carried 93.7 percent of traffic, Canadian canal's tonnage rose modestly while passenger travel totaled 14,311 with Canadian share 5,800.
A London despatch reports government action to halt travel between London and Cape Town. The Mail Gazette notes mails of suspected persons were examined and important correspondence was seized.
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