London report notes prison rates and a coronation fountain
A British summary cites England and Ireland prison rates and Scottish trends, plus a coronation fountain gift for Wellingborough. It also mentions a proposed King Fa ward sanatorium site at Haslemere, a ghastly rick burial near Fecleshall, and congratulates Mr John Hill on his upcoming hundredth birthday as oldest Oddfellion.
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Derby Guardians
John Hill
Mr. Hill
The
Manchester Unity
Scotland News Roundup Highlights Expansion and People
A letter from Bruce, leader of the Scottish Antarctic Expedition, reports full satisfaction with the crew and ship en route to the Falklands. John Tweed is tasked with completing the Wellington monument in St Cathedral, London, while Scots painter born in Glasgow begins early sculpting training. There are about 86,000 fishing industry workers in Scotland, with 12,000 steam trawlers and drifters, £4 million capital, and £3 million annual fish landings. Meteorologist Mr FRS died at 93, founding the Royal Meteorological Society in 1850 and shaping the Greenwich meteorological department. A Kilsyth to Stirling Poorhouse ambulance van carried four generations of a pauper family. Sting motor omnibuses by Stirling are popular in London, with orders to build a fleet for Johannesburg. Railways adopt American ideas. a locomotive-hauling fifty-nine late wagons passes Stirling daily toward the north. Caledonian Company.
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John ‘Tweed
Wellington
St Cathedral
London
Glasgow
Scotland
Sting
Stirlings
Granton
Johannesburg
Coods
Caledohian
Reservoir Project Near Gar svald East London Reaches Completion
The long delayed reservoir at Gar svald in East London is now completed after three years of progress. The train length is about a quarter mile and required a push up from a pilot, with instability earlier caused by poor soil. The girder iron bridge to the culvert and an overflow channel are finished, and the culvert connects the reservoir to the glen below. There has been strong immunity from accidents among workers.
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Faward
Wellingborough
Garsvald
London
Ireland to stage interurnal Arts and Crafts Exhibition in Dublin
The article notes plans for an interrnals Arts and Crafts Exhibition to be held in Dublin in 190. It mentions shipbuilding in Belfast, a fire at Carrickfergus Antrim on Feb 7, and government approval of Rossmens near Westport for an Irish station serving a steam packet route to Canada. It also covers various Irish local interests and a royal yacht to be named Fodhla, with the Lord-Lieutenant’s yacht plan and naming.
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Dublin
Belfast
Rossmens
Westport
Canada
Mrs Florence Maybrick to be released in 1904
The American woman convicted of poisoning her husband in Liverpool in 1889 will be freed in 1904. The Home Office, citing her forthcoming release, seeks to delay lawsuits in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia until she can testify in person. American diplomats and lawyers are involved, with Akers-Dowlas praised for courtesy and Ambassador Herbert not directly pressed.
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Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
James Maybrick
Aigburth
Home Office
Washington
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Home
Akers-Dowlas
America
Mrs. Maybrick
Atlantic
Food and Character and a Notable Palmetto State Figure
A mix of cautionary notes on food safety and nutrition claims mixed with a humorous local anecdote. The text warns of spoiled canned goods and unsafe preservatives while mentioning a suspected poison in tomatoes, and notes a local character, slosh W. Ashley, a former illiterate legislator known for blunt campaign tales.
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Anderson County
Palmetto State
Slosh W. Ashley
Tosh
Ben
Josh
Latimer
Mary
Edwards de King in Ottawa Senator’s tale of a bush shantyman
A lumberman and newly appointed Ottawa Senator relates a bush man’s reaction to hearing Queen Victoria’s death and the question of leadership. The shantyman pauses, learns Edward is now King, and remarks on the surprising ascent and the King’s power with Laurier.
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WC. Rawaras
Ottawa
Gatinseu
Queen Victoria
Maniwaki
Edward
Faward
Edwards
Lauri
Amrittar Plague Committee Plans Rat Extermination
An Allahabad Pioneer report notes a Bombay municipal committee formed to curb plague at Amrittar. Faced with natives' religious scruples against killing, the panel offered rewards for rats. Rats will be housed at public expense until the plague subsides, then released. Municipality approves 42 rupees monthly for rat care during trial.
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Allahabad
Bombay India
Amrittar
Norwegian woman Mary Slate dies by self harm near Estevan
Mary Slate a Norwegian resident twelve miles north of Estevan died after a self inflicted gunshot wound. A 10 year old nephew witnessed her loading a pistol and she first shot herself in the side then killed herself with a head shot amid despondency. The note cites despondency as cause. A later Canadian report mentions unrelated items about Irish affairs and a football tour.
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Mary Slate
Estevan
Woodstock couple charged with bigamy sentenced by judge
William D. Burgess and Agnes Hall Padfeld of Woodstock were sentenced by Judge Finkle for bigamy. Burgess received six months in the Central Prison and Padfeld five months in the reformatory.
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William D. Burgess
Agnes Hall Padfeld
Woodstock
Finkle
Central
British and local notices condensed from Wey Ronders
Telegraph and cablegram summaries report Mrs Maybrick’s possible release next year and an Icelandic farmer’s death from exposure. Winnipeg police propose adding twenty officers. miners’ strike in British Columbia brings general satisfaction. Pallas seizes Restacador gunboat. 2007 likely 500 passengers cannot land. Pacer Chestnut purchased for Portage la Prairie string. Protests and appeals for South African memorial fund. Local distortions noted in rail and militia items.
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Pallas
Mistaken idea ties Canada to imperial scheme and Dundonald
Fragmentary report describes tension between Sir Dorde, Canada’s governor, and General Hattonbald over a capital scheme linked to cash seizures and a $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 target. It notes Dundonald’s stay, political pushback, and possible early termination of his tenure amid urgent appeals by officials.
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Dorde
Tate
Mila
Tandonald
Canada
Capial
Ciur
Militia
Organi
Dundonald
Dando
Werk
News in Brief and Cablegrams Condensed
Charles Godfrey Leland died in Italy. Fort William will not sell its municipal telephone plant. Yukon governor F T Congdon visits Winnipeg. Three thieves arrested after a fight on a Chicago car. Six percent of cattle on Wy coming ranches died in recent cold. A Winnipeg medical student lost an eye from kicking an empty can. The Fall River steamer Ply mouth was rammed by a freighter at night. Winnipeg finance committee discussed more police protection. Three Neepawa residents acquitted of manslaughter at Portage assizes. Grand jury urges Portage la Prairie Jail and Home for Incurables additions. Great Falls Power Co charged at Winnipeg finance meeting. Differences between Lord Dundonald and Canadian militia minister. Canadian Northern buys Great Northern stock of Quebec Montreal tight and power company to amalgamate with street railway. Austrian students demonstrate on Louis Kossuth anniversary.
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Charles Godfrey Leland
U.S
Italy
Fort William
Yukon
F. T. Congdon
Winnipeg
Chicago
Plymouth
Winnipeg Finance Committee
Neepawa
Portace Assizes
Grand Jury
Portage la Prairie
Great Falls Power Co
Winnipeg Finance Co
Lord Dundonald
Canadian Northern
Great Northern
Quebec
Wealthy Colored Families in New York Live in Style
A Brooklyn purchase reveals about 200 colored families in New York City capable of owning fine homes and spending 10000 to 25000 dollars yearly. They form exclusive social circles with white staff, while mastering education and culture within their own society. The piece notes the rarity of cross‑racial mixing and hints at broader patterns in other cities.
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Brooklyn
Metropolis
New York
Steamer Plymouth Collides in Fog Disaster at Sea
In New London on March 20 the Fall River steamer Plymouth carrying 500 passengers and 200 crew was rammed in a race by the freight steamer City of Touton. The bow tore into the hull, flooding the hold and killing several sleeping steerage men. The Plymouth headed for port, holes opened, but bulkheads held. Six confirmed dead with possible more among wreckage and cabins. Divers searched for bodies as a couple aboard the Plymouth escaped unhurt.
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New London
Conn
Gull Island
Plymouth
Jonathan W Thompson
Ttway
Strerfage
Fishers’ Island Navigation Co
New York
Fall River
Tauton
Zack
Tawton
Fatal horse attack ends life of Mountain Top hotelkeeper
John Bustice formerly ran Bustice's hotel in Mountain Top, Hamilton. He, about 60, died Friday after a vicious horse kicked him at Daniel Reed's farm in Flanford township, trampling his face severely.
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John Bustice
Bustice
Mountain Top
Hamilton
Daniel Reed
Flanford
Second lawsuit from Wanstead wreck settled in Canada
The G T R agreed to pay the widow of Us Burkholder of Sarnia eight thousand eight hundred dollars in full settlement of the claim for herself and four children. Chief Justice Falcon Bridge confirmed the accord Friday.
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Wanstead
Sarnia
Falconbridge
Ontario man killed by lightning in doorway collapse
William Tooley of Wallaceburg Ontario was struck by lightning on Friday while standing in a doorway watching a storm and died from the injuries. He was identified by local authorities and his death was reported as a fatal weather incident in the community.
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William Tooley
Wallaceburg
Ont
Furnace Explosion Burned Man at Mechton Works
Patrick Steep was feeding the electric furnaces with coke and lime when a rapid series of gas explosions occurred. He was badly burned about the head and neck and the back as he tried to escape. he lies in critical condition.
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Musmon Carbide Works
Mechton
Patrick Steep
Steep
Wide World Notes On Strikes and Incidents
Dean Farrar of Canteoury is dead. Provident Castro of Venezuela resigns Fort William’s net loss. Tanana gold strike in Alaska a failure. Fernie strike conciliation committee leads to riot. Crown Grain Co of Chicago plans ten elevators in Western Canada. 4000 Southern Pacific train men to receive higher wages. Port Arthur imperatives boost this year due to steamship link. Highwaymen rob Santa Monica electric car. one passenger killed. Coal strike commission report seen as miners’ victory with wage rise. Winnipeg freight manager summoned for wage issues. French senate orders clergy to stay out of politics. Violence rises in the West Indies. Budapest student and police clash. fatal results.
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Fort William
Tanana
Alaska
Fernie
Coal Creek
B.C
Crown Grain Co
Chicago
Western
Canada
Port Arthur
Tne Connection
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
Coal Strike Commission
Winenipeg
William Whyte
CP. Ro
French Senate
Budapest
Mystery surrounds Toronto window cleaner Mackay disappearance
Mackay, Toronto Window Cleaning Co superintendent, vanished after farewell at Working Boys Home on Saturday evening. Police found a death notice cut from a paper stuck on his door at 44 Richmond Street, crepe displayed. Private funeral noted. mystery unresolved.
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Mackay
Toronto
Alter
Tragic triple deaths at Gilbert avenue home
A.M. Beatty a Flour Mul Agent his wife and their twenty month old son were found dead at their Gilbert avenue home. A note by Beatty accuses his wife of killing the baby a possible murder suicide. Police believe domestic troubles and a divorce petition may explain the tragedy. The gas was on and the bodies were found hours apart. Beatty a prominent Minneapolis figure originally from Memphis is linked to local business circles.
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Bend
A.M. Beatty
Woburn-Crosby Mills
Minneapolis
Gilbert Avenue
Beatty
Bodica
Memphis
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