England and Scotland News Roundup and Local Notices
A miscellany of items from Britain including an egg on display at Oxbode Gloucestershire believed to be a record Star death of Queen Elizabeth commemorations at Westminster Abbey and war honors for South African service. Notes on Manchester cotton downturn Northern Railway motor car trials and memorials in St Pauls crypt. Features on notable local figures and school records in Woodchurch Mann Memorial Hall ceremony at Sheerness and a Burns manuscript event in London. Also reports on Scottish memorial plans road works Wick harbour extension and Aberdeen church move ahead of Marischal College. local births deaths and electoral counts in Scotland.
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Mann Memorial Hall
Sheerness
John Howard
Ethel
Emma Leanne
Harriet
Lily
Youngrest
Wick
Ireland to Host Gordon Bennett Race on Level 100 Mile Course
The report notes a July 2 Gordon Bennett car race in Ireland on a level 100 mile triangular course linking Naas Abbey Carlow and Donegal, with crowd security concerns and a new carpet manufacturing industry developing by hand in Donegal, aiming to bring income to the region.
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Terby
Gordon Bennett Uy
Ireland
Naas
Abbey
Sant Carlow
House of Lords
Donegal
Telegraphic Briefs From Distant Lands and Court Laments
The telegrams report a Minnesota farmer Ramsey dying, CNH order for freight car crews in Cobourg, a drowning in Rat Portage, a French war inquiry, Sir Oliver Mowat funeral in Toronto, the Prince of Wales named president for the St Louis exposition, and foreign dispatches describing a Chinese desperado tale. A confessed criminal, Randers, lured to Snunteh Hsien and crucified after a series of crimes, lingered three days before death and posthumous cremation.
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Les Ramsey
Minnesota
CNH
Cobourg
Sir Oliv Mowat
Toronto
Empress of China
Qrho
Randers
Man Ling Jie
Hsien
Sir Oliver Mowat dies after long illness at Government House
Sir Oliver Mowat dies at Government House shortly before 10 this morning after eighty hours of semi conscious condition following a fall in his room a week earlier that fractured his thigh. His death ends Ontario’s long serving premier’s remarkable career and was witnessed by family members including his sons Sheriff and Arthur Mowat and daughters Mrs Biggar Mrs Langton and Miss Mowat. Hundreds filed past Government House as bulletins tracked his decline and the city observed half mast for the veteran statesman whose career spanned Ontario politics from 1857 to 1896 and who held every major office from provincial secretary to trainee general and premier.
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Toronto
Oliver Mowat
Government House
Conditio
Sheriff
Arthur Mowat
Biggar
Langton
Mowat
Mowars
Buchols
Caithnessshire
Scotland
John Mowat
Canisbay
Wellington
Peninsula
Mary Lavack
Kingston
Ont
Oliver
John A. Macdonald
Aective
E W. Head
Canada
Upper Canada
Ontario
Adams
South Ontario
Macdonald-Cartier
Messes. Brown and Dorjon
Sandickd-Macdonald
Sontinutoa
Acth
America
George Tirowsana
Hoe Sracdougall
Upper
Casadh
Union Confederation
Gueber
Confedere Hen
Fice
Beig
Take
Aly
Wilrid Lavrier
Trainey-General
Electinae
Susetice
Manitoba
Sue
RCM
John “Ewart
Frederick Mowat
Toto
News Notes Fixes and Tragic Fires Spark Early Despair
An April 18 dispatch reports 5 000 migrants reaching Wisconsin and wheat boats reaching Fo mw aoeks. A Chicago lunch poisoning sickens thirteen. A lumber conspiracy in the West is under inquiry. Joseph Bouchet perishes in a barn fire at Liarer while attempting a rescue as his stables burn. Rural distress and farm losses echo across the district as families mourn.
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Chicago
West
Reaburn
Joseph Bouchet
Liarer
Bouchet
Hutton Likely to resign command of Showera forces
A Victoria dispatch notes Maj A Hutton in charge of Showera Australian forces may resign soon due to opposition over funding cuts and other actions. Commonwealth papers report retirement rumors amid friction with forces in Victoria after the dismissal of Lieut Col Beas.
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Victoria
Steen
Australia
A Hutton
Showera
Setley Commonwealth
Cendral Hutton
Col. Beas
Tilitie
Melhourn Evening Herald
Hens
Tragic Fire Destroys Presbytery in Joliette County
A fire in St Paul de Joliette destroyed the Catholic presbytery, killing Father Dupont who perished in the flames. The historic 1788 building burned overnight while a servant heroically tried to save him. The church and adjoining buildings were saved. Father Dupont had served since 1595 and was widely beloved.
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Montreal
St. Paul de Joiette
Joliette
Homan Catholic
Dupont
Efort
Father Dupont Tad Nets
St. Paul Snes
Discovery of The Rubber Plant by La Condamine
A fragment notes that the rubber plant was first discovered by French geographer La Condamine in 1735 during a French government expedition to Brazil. It adds a caution about wearing gloves when handling storch pipes to avoid excessive polishing of the hands.
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la Condamine
Fiench
Brazil
Wheat Market Review Signals Steady Prices Amid Heavy Rain
Market notes show wheat prices in Manitoba firm with modest gains as exports lag previous year. Western grain stocks at Fort William and Port Arthur listed, while European crops face winter damage. Manitoba and Northwest totals outline crop estimates, in transit, and on-hand stocks, with Winnipeg prices for oats, barley, flaxseed, and livestock values. A German physician warned Patagonian extinction within years.
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Europe
England
Manitoba
Fort William
Port Arthur
Duluth
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Northwest Territories
Fort Willian
Port Artur
Port William
Fort Arthur
Queenie
Erie
Winnipeg
Global Briefs from The Wide World 134K Strikes and Shipping News
The Wide World reports on a 134000 workers strike in Montreal on April 25, a Calgary college founded by Presbyterians, and tensions between two Canadian railways. It notes Russia’s demand for Manchuria, Japan’s agitation, a Manitoba lumber fire, a Winnipeg public Catholic schools union, and grain rate rulings by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It also covers land price changes in the prairies, an English midshipman’s voyage to California, and a tale of buying and shipping millions of ladybugs to England to fight pests, with pest control debates in Britain. The mix reflects global unrest, industry shifts, and unusual ventures shaping the day.
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Swan River Lumber Company
Fisher's Siding
Janet Grant
Fort William
Winnipeg
Interstate Commerce Commision
Chicago
New York
C. PR
Saskatchewan
C. & E. Railrod
Roby
England
Barr Colony Immigrants Rally Under Immigration Aid
Reports from Saskatoon detail migrant distress aboard a steamship and overcrowded conditions. Mr Barr faces criticism as the immigration department assumes control, with Speers organizing transport for workers and employment in railway building and Prince Albert forest work. Rev Lloyd plans colony visit amid libel threats from a Canadian newspaper.
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Ste. Held
Pear
Speers
Barr
Immigration Department
Rare
Carrot River
Riber Woods
Prince Albert Hs
Jorg Uie
Nent
Browch
Lloyd
Ones
Saskatoon
Landon
Terriiy Hewsiliner
Itr Barr
Bare
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Oxbode
Gloucestershire
Quer
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Soth
Bs Tipal
Charcholders
Muso Gold Company
Manchester Royal Exchange
Duncan Matheson
Northeastern
Hartlepools
St. Paul's Catheral
Lord Roberts
Sir Browne
William Maby
Gloucestr
Bristol
Dragoon Guards
Aan
Queen Victoria
King Howard
Samuel Montagu
East End
London
Society of Working Mens Rife Clubs
Crystal Palace
Uil
Ian Hamilton
Luard
Woodchurch
T ‘Aakford
T. Charles Kenward
Charles Low
Marcie
Watts
Ballachulish
S Baxter
Greenock
Om Northik
Quen
Scotasien
Metropolia
Sanna
Glasgow
Dunfries Town
Port Burne
Dinntrien Burne Club
Ita
Burns
Lothbey's
Robert Burns
Malcolm Macaskitt
Wi Mernoray
Harris
Ohn Morrison
Long Smith
Harrie
Newmilns Ayrshire
Aster
John Lyon Campbell
Glasgow University
Riy
Vince of
Wales
Sir Oliver
Fomw
Dor
Wisini
Market Review
Manitoba and Territories
Nice
Toronto Depot
Coteas
Arthur
Keewatin
Winniper
Herves—Teage
Julies Boschelrpann
Patagonan
Eigte
THE
Western College
Calgary
Presbyter
Russia
Manchuria
China
Japan
Joseph Martin
Vancousr
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