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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 12, 1899
Page
8
The text discusses the division of Africa among Great Britain France Germany and Portugal. It cites entailed protectorates and annexations, aiming to map Africa and project future colonial borders. It notes control of the Nile and Berths of the Sahel, with vast territorial estimates and distance figures.
Reports from the Balkan frontier describe renewed Bulgarian agitation over Macedonia. The nation expresses strong sympathy for Christian Bulgarians in Macedonian lands, seeking incorporation or autonomous status within a broader European balance. The text traces proposed frontier lines and potential shifts involving Salonika, Thrace, and surrounding regions amid Turkish pressure.
Sir Claude Macdonald the noted British official and minister appears to return to England after a recent political controversy in the East. He had faced questions about a long affair involving Li Hing Chang and another distinguished figure, with Macdonald described as KC Bi and long associated with China and Goa as a diplomatic agent of the Union.
Sir Clator Macdonald son of the late General J D Macdonald. He studied at Sandhurst entered the Seventy-fourth Highland Regiment as a youth. He received a brevet in Jas2 and served in the Fayptian campaign. He took part in the junkie expedition and earned the Khedive’s and fourth class Osman decorations. He spent five years as a diplomatic agent in Egypt and was consul general at Zanzibar in 1887 and 1888. You asked if Mrs Senechem would sing.
A Chicago writer recalls a Wellington, New Zealand letter dated August 25 about early liquid air research and the rise of a global trust. The piece argues trusts control prices, stifle independent invention, and push toward centralized power, with musing on science, economy, and fate.
In Paris a debate unfolds over ticket scalping by agents linked to the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers. Mlle Bernhardt and ASM Victorien Sandon discuss how contracts and free admissions favor managers, hurting the theatergoing public and fueling resale at high prices.
The article profiles Mrs Joseph Choate wife of the U S ambassador to England. It notes her youthfulness after years of London house-hunting, her refined features and social tact, and a charming anecdote where her husband says he would like to be her husband if not himself. It portrays the Choates as quiet in New York and romantic in domestic life as they prepare a London home.
H A Taylor of Wisconsin named secretary of the treasury. A native of New York state who moved to Wisconsin as a boy, Taylor built a diverse business portfolio including newspapers, banking, real estate, lumbering, and telephones. He held public posts from bindery agent to U S consul at Marseilles, later Wisconsin state senator and railroad commissioner, and ran for governor in 1888 but narrowly lost.
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