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Newspaper
Hamiota Herald
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
2
The tale follows Mary Dane and her lover Walls as a dramatic elopement turns deadly. James Dane seeks vengeance for a past crime unfolding across Steeple Hill and Liverpool, ending in a deadly street confrontation and a mother’s confession.
Miriam reveals a long envy driven plot to shame Carl Walraven by presenting Mollie as his daughter. She confesses to seduction and murder schemes and to arranging Mollie’s rise to luxury as a false legacy, while Mollie sinks toward death in a tired attic.
In Winnipeg yesterday several defendants received prison terms. Saloman Galean was condemned to hang on May 27 for murdering his wife at Stuartivern. John Connolly received ten years for robbery with assault. he had just been released from prison prior to the arrest. McMillan got two years for uttering a forged cheque. John Gilhouse was jailed three months for stealing 88 from a farmer in a Winnipeg restaurant. O Grady received six months hard labor for cow theft from Coulter of Tyndall.
Ottawa reports Canada has offered a fourth contingent of 2000 men to aid the empire in South Africa. The force would be the largest yet, raised and equipped domestically while Britain may recoup costs. Details depend on Imperial acceptance and war office plans for mounted infantry.
In Winnipeg at the Arlington hotel a dispute between Anderson Martin and William Skelly ended with Martin stabbing Skelly three times. Skelly was found seriously injured and possibly fatally harmed. Martin fled through the dining room and back door before being arrested.
A compendium of short items notes Marconi leaving Cape Britain for New York Prince Henry of Prussia planning a Canada visit in 1404 Saint Boniface sees elections with a new mayor and the death of pioneer Roger Goulet Sr Manitoba. The PR delays staff pay Cuba to be handed to Cuban people on May 20 Ireland's land bill in British Commons Lord Aylmer to lead Canadian coronation contingent Salamon to be hanged in Winnipeg May 27 Jos Hopkins a Brandon native shot in Chicago King Edward’s cutter Britannia to race Meteor F D Monk MP sues La Patrie for libel Territorial Assembly adjourns to April 8 High water near Chater disrupts PR trains Assiniboine River rising Fast Wake of crime judge Jacob Connolly jailed ten years Sir George Geldie warns of danger in Cape Colony Traction dispute in Chicago suburb Winnipeg carpenters masons bricklayers seek higher wages 2500 colonial troops expected in London for coronation Cecil Rhodes weakens from heart attack Goodman's death from enteric fever reported Winnipeg next of kin Mrs Dorothy of Winnipeg.
Jacob Wolf a hotel porter in Winnipeg killed himself in the hotel dining room in a deliberately staged scene. The room showed extensive bloodstains and authorities reported no motive or reason for the act.
Negotiations closed for the sale of Ogilvie Milling Co to Charles R. Hosmer of Montreal and F. W. Thompson of Winniper. Thompson, now general manager at Winniper, joins a firm founded by the late WoT. Ogilvie of Montreal. The deal is believed to be worth between three and four million dollars.
In Topeka, Blanche Rose, ally of Mrs Nation, whipped Mayor Parker in his city hall office, slashing him three times before he tore the rawhide from her hands and cast her into the hall. Parker refused to discuss the incident. Rose, later speaking to reporters, said she supports temperance enforcement and planned further action against officials.
Mrs. Henrietta Miller a 76 year old resident of Los Angeles was brutally assaulted in the railway yards at La Junta Cal. A mob captured the assailant from the sheriff and lynched him in unclear details.
A London Daily Telegraph correspondent reports from Salonika that Turkish officials arrested Pastor Tsilka on suspicion of complicity in the abduction of Miss Stone. The note preserves the era's tense tone and cites a foreign correspondence.
A recent blaze at His Majesty's theatre in Sydney caused total interior destruction. Ben Hur’s property and scenery, valued at £14,000, were lost with little insurance. Reports claim coal mining risks: anthracite costs one life per 110,000 tons and tonnage injuries. bituminous coal yields one life per 360,000 tons and several injuries.
The weather bureau reports indicate the Straits of Macinae ice will break up between April 5 and 10 while St Marys River may open by April 1 if warm conditions continue. Charles Drysdale, two, of Perth Ontario, fell through a well board and died from head injuries after being found in the well.
A bicycle enthusiast estimates that walking a mile uses about 2.263 steps for a man lifting his body with each stride, while cycling covers a mile with the workload of 627 steps, since riding imposes no body weight burden.
The Rev J W Adams V C of Stow Bardolph was appointed by the King as a chaplain in ordinary replacing Rev Dr Moule. An army chaplain, he joined the 9th Lancers toward Cabul to avenge Sir Louis Cavagnari’s murder. At Charasiah 1879 he saved a wounded Lascar under fire.
A correspondent who says he spent eight months on St Helena reports 5000 to 6000 Boers in camps at Broadbottom and Swadwood living with parole, working for 1s a day and 6d an hour, allowed to roam public spaces and drink. He notes a boat escape attempt by Lieutenant Eloff, harsher discipline after the incident, and a violent shooting of a Boer by a sentry. He claims authorities tightened rules and guarded behavior to curb unrest.
Prof J A Fleming at the Royal Institute introduces Augustus Stroh's novel violin with no sounding box, using an aluminum lever and trumpet to project sound. A performer demonstrated a pleasing tone, though not clearly superior to standard violins.
In a tale from a recent Freemantle book, Sir Henry Halford misinterprets a marker’s response during a 1000 yard shoot. The marker, masked in whitewash to paint the target, is struck by the shot and briefly worries Halford. The caller explains the whitewash was the source of the bright splash on his face.
An Edinburgh correspondent to The Yorkshire Post describes Dewet appearing on the field directing actions. He sent wines and spirits from officers tents to aid the wounded and prevented some looting by his troops. He punished a burgher stealing a wrist watch with a heavy strike and admonished laggards, while the troops moved among the lines asking about boot sizes.
A fragment notes that due to constraints the subject group could not be aided and needed to surrender control. The brief emphasizes obligation and consequence, with no additional specifics on parties or location.
Edinburgh hosts the world’s only graveyard for canine regimental pets. The cemetery on Castle Rock near St Margaret’s Chapel houses almost forty burials with markers ranging from human-scale stones to small monuments. A low stone wall encloses the site, routinely shown to visitors.
The bird of immense wing power is the tiny stormy petrel, the smallest web footed bird known. It belongs to every sea, and though frail seeming, it braves furious storms at high velocity skimming troughs and gliding over waves, observed up to 2,000 miles from land.
An 1758 London Chronicle advertisement seeks a young curate with a modest income of under £100 a year, moral character, good temper, and firm attachment to the establishment. The ad promises secrecy and honor and directs applications to the Union Coffee House in Strand directed to Z 2.
The piece argues that the color line ends with the eighth blooded black and that no one has ever proven the existence of a one sixteenth black person. It recalls post Civil War debates in New Orleans and a reward once offered for such a finding, which was never claimed.
A speaker describes a man who cloaks aggression in courtesy. He is seen as a thorough egotist who elbows others, blocks passes, and distracts in public spaces. His repeated apologies and refined tone mask self serving intent and social performance.
A German physician recommends a sulphur treatment for consumptives. Patients breathe air from rooms where one or two drams of sulphur are melted daily on a hot stove. The first ten days bring irritation and coughing, then they lessen and improvement appears. complete cures may occur if the disease is not advanced.
Russian chemist K Mikhailoff finds mice avoid peppermint scent. He inserts cotton pledgets soaked in peppermint oil into openings, causing mice to retreat and not return for some time. Once the oil is depleted, mice attempt to reappear but are deterred again.
Ram Bax, a Hindoo baker's assistant in Bombay, starts his own business catering to both English and native communities. He posts a doorway notice reading Ram Bax solicits respectful patronage. He is a first class British loafer.
John writes from London to Mary with family news. Mother has hysterics Tim suffers toothache Jane has a baby. Affectionate sign off from Joam.
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