Latest scheme of the czar aims at agrarian land distribution
Reports from St Petersburg describe a series of conferences on immediate crown lands repartition to appease peasant hunger. The government plans to press forward with the original agrarian program and go to the country in the forthcoming election, with about 24 acres from appanages and 4,000,000 dewats and 2,000,000 dessiatines offered via peasant channels.
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BR. Petersburg
Peterbot
Prem
Associated Press
Bolonger
Perial Ukase
Agrarian Commission
Montreal to Portamouth rapid mail ceases and repairs
A dispatch notes an important arrangement for rapid delivery of mail ceases. ships from Montreal will not be repaired in Canada but proceed to Portsmouth. Halifax dock ready. divers inspected Bicambe to Quebec and deemed the vessel fit to complete the program and return for repairs. Officers face court martial rumors dismissed as charts saved by the admiralty were wrong. Consul-General Nose’s term near end. Baron Hayashi informs the consulate.
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Montreal
Canda
Portamouth
Halifax
Barnet
Bicambe
Quebec
Captai Kingsmill
Admiralty
Nose
Hose
Baron Hayashi
Minster of Foreign Affairs
Japan
Nosee
Canada to Send Exposition Delegation to Dublin
Ottawa reports Canada will send an exposition delegation to Dublin to open the event tomorrow. Invitations are issued for Jamestown Ohio and Norfolk Virginia for events during the coming year.
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Dublin
Ottawa
Canada
Trish International
Jamestown
Ohio
Norfolk
Canada Receives Few Trophies From Boers
Ottawa reports Canada has only two small field guns and two machine guns captured from the Boers. The trophies will be placed on Parliament Hill as a national display reflecting the war effort and imperial connection.
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Canada
Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Remarkable Panther Encounter Stuns Jubbulpore Officers
A Royal Artillery commander Col Rundle and Lieut Macan endured a panther assault in a bungalow at Jubbulpore. After a chase and failed shots the wounded animal fled to an outhouse where it was finally killed. A cork Coliseum model tour tidbit and a Natal farmer’s hailstorm tale round out the lively page.
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Wondon F Preas
Allahabad
Saeut
Rundle
Tin Brigade
Royal Plebs Artilery
Jubbulpore
Yunaie
Teidoma
Te Tahoe
Panther
Col. Rundle
Col Rundle
Macan
Trent
Tata
Cork
Soane Museum
England
John Lane
Clouston
Jurington
Birch
Blind Beggar Seeks Jesus and Receives Sight
The lesson presents the blind beggar crying for mercy as Jesus passes Nazareth. His faith is rewarded with physical sight and spiritual salvation, followed by grateful discipleship. Zacchaeus shows similar zeal to see Jesus, prompting a house visit and transformation, while the story contrasts wealth with eternal life and highlights repentance and restitution.
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James
John
Mathew
Mark
Jericho
Matthew
Bartimaeus
Jobaix
Jesus
Lazarus
Veter
Jesus of Nazareth
David
Heaven and Earth
Solomon
Zacchaeus
Zachaeus
Jos
The Curious Best Man Meets His Past in A Wedding
A Scottish doctor recalls an amusing wedding scene where James McKittrick, a charming bridegroom, appears in a marriage party. The visitor’s flash of recognition reveals a prior encounter, turning the ceremony into a comic test of manners and vows as McKittrick seeks to play multiple roles and joke about biblical obedience while signing the license.
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Dr. Watson
Ian Maclaren
Wiri
James McKittrick
James McE Ker
McKittrick
Jess Tam
Maine
Phemie
Garden of Eden
Mac
Market Report Signals Mixed Wheat Trends Across Nations
The market report notes fluctuating wheat prices with early gains but rising concerns over supply. It cites Canadian yields, American and Canadian farm expectations, and a visible supply total around 31.95 million bushels. Trade activity is subdued with most grades unsold and spreads seen in Dec and Feb positions. Strong entities include Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Fort William Port Arthur price data and export shipments by country.
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Canada
Fortiwest
Aye
Fowler
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Cary
Petar
Ives
Rte
Adompares
India
Australia
Austria
Chili SN. A
Ics
Fort William
Port Arthur
Sir Robert Hart and China’s Customs Crisis
Sir Robert Hart, head of China's maritime Customs, faces possible retirement amid a Chinese reform push led by Viceroy Yuan Shikai. Britain and other powers worry the move will shift control from European to Chinese hands, threatening decades of European-backed revenue and China’s external loans. Hart's career since 1865 has shaped the Customs into a nearly autonomous empire model, with 18 ports opened and vast savings redirected to debt and modernization.
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Cana
Revere Hart
Mart Uume Customs
Robert Hart
Customs
China
Overart Woud
England
France
Germany
United States
Britain
Yuan-Shih- Kal
Ayyenene
Yamen
Hostom Transcript
Repig
Sir Rovers Sar
Ireland
Queen's College
Belfast
Canton
Custans Service
Hart
Pekin
Lay
Robert Harts
Europe
Hong Kong
Dead Flies as Feeds From Brazil to London Docks
A vessel from Brazil unloads dead flies at London docks described as rich animal food for chickens and captive birds. The text notes Brazilian rivers yield millions of flies, dried, packed, and shipped, with prices rising from 10 to 40 30 cents per pound. Also mentions past export ban and safety reports on boiler explosions in Britain and the US.
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Brazil
London
Amazon
Hartford
Conn
United States
America
Great Britain
States
U. S
Marshal Halswad
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