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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
3
Lord Strathcona voices Canada’s stance on empire free trade and wheat duties as debates unfold on tariffs and prices. He notes two shillings on wheat and flour, appeals for patience on naval and mail services, and highlights influence on manufacturers and colonial trade relations.
A fragmented report describes a high profile disappearance tied to Ottawa authorities. It mentions a dramatic pursuit across borders, political figures, and a mining fortune amid accusations of government opposition. The narrative hints at legal action and public sympathy, with sensational language and unclear details.
A Sofia dispatch to the London Times notes a purloined Hilmi Pasha archive document confirming wholesale destruction in Macedonia. It cites destruction of YB villages around Monastir falone with total losses 111. Other quarters report a larger village destruction toll and urge humanitarian aid. American missionaries seek Red Cross relief and distribution support from the United States and Britain.
At a City of London meeting on September 29 Alderman James Trompeon Ritchie, formerly chancellor of the exchequer, was elected lord mayor for the coming year in succession to Sir Marcus Samuels.
Manitoba farmers petition Ottawa to remove expensive railway charges on cream and milk. New Qatari exposition event noted. Fort William and Port Arthur line holdings formally opened on Tuesday, marking a regional development.
The Hamburg American liner group announced arrivals to Canada with 800 Hungarian passengers among 20 000 destined for the country. General manager Burger Isak, Falk & Co., will head Hamburg America Europe operations and Mr. Tatak will oversee arrangements for the transit and winter. Emigrant groups include Hungarians and Russians. Tatak will proceed to Ottawa to review immigration authority.
Britain faces shortages as American fruit shipments surge. London sales last week reached 27 000 boxes weighing about 975 000 pounds with prices averaging 30 percent above previous levels. California pears and plums led, while New York state Bartletts were also in demand amid English fruit scarcity. Fifty two thousand barrels of Canadian apples expected at week’s end, signaling rising imports and high prices.
A group from Oklahoma undertook a 20000 mile ride over thirty days to test endurance. Divis led with pick of mounts, riding along the Hudson east bank towards New York before tiring near Garrison. Davis dropped from 187 to 108 pounds during the trek under General Young’s direction.
A pulp mill will be erected near Rainy Lake next spring while a one hour day strike ties up flour mills in Minneapolis. Indian reserve land totaling 750000 acres in Northern Minnesota will be opened to settlers on Nov 10. Chief Justice Dunne and party return to Winnipeg after court at Sorway House. McKay is acquitted of manslaughter in a drunken quarrel. A Cincinnati rabbi proposes a Jewish world congress to pressure governments.
A crowded party of about 200 people near Sharon, Pennsylvania, was struck by a passenger train on the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington line after a misaligned rear signal. Five killed and many injured as the crowd waited on the tracks for a fourth train. In Chicago, five died and many injured when a Wisconsin Central Limited train collided with a street car full of racetrack patrons at 22nd Avenue.
In Brantford in September Irene Cotes seven or eight, daughter of Peter Coles, a Massey Harris official, was found slain near the river banks after being last seen at 7 pm while en route to school. A police drag search located her body near willows across from her home. Clothing saturated with blood suggests rape and death or possible strangulation. a heavily built Englishman was seen near the river, suspected of luring her across.
A chaotic digest covers several items from Canada and abroad including elevator progress at Port Arthur and Edmonton homestead activity, a strike at Port Arthur, and a report on American made twine seized as dishonest import. It notes Canadian emigration debates, costs to send a child to Canada, a romance advising emigration, a London remark on emigration, and a new crime method in Philadelphia involving knockout drops in cigars.
A Startins mecian abet fie Pole Mest of Remwatin on Tuesday. Barclay and O'Neil, Gault, and Mandingale are named in a lethal incident on the track. A coroner and police investigated, with reports of a man struck and killed and another injured farther along.
The Winnipes Grain Exchange faced a Tuesday notice as CP rail and Canadian Northern Railway paused storage rate changes. Ottawa reportedly said the government lacks power to intervene under the Rail Act. The new tariff set hay and storage at three quarters of a cent per bushel for the first seven days, with increases every thirty days, plus insurance against loss from shipment.
Edward Kipling shows little concern over Canadian criticism as his new volume The Snows is promoted in Kipling’s New Vertes Lonaun. The work references a Canadian Preferential Tariff of 1997 while Churchillian sentiment and Canada first rhetoric appear in letters and excerpts.
A small scow with Johnston and Swain aboard capsizes during a crossing of the Lardo River. Johnston vanishes after losing hold, the body later found near the river mouth. Swain swims ashore safely. Johnston had recently arrived in the country, with few details known about his identity.
A lengthy discussion critiques the Chamberlain era tariff policy, arguing expansion of free imports harms industry and raises fears of price increases. The piece defends protection as necessary to safeguard colonies, labor, and national production while criticizing opponents for misrepresenting facts and motives.
Dispatch reports three men were executed in the Dannemora death chamber. Willis Van Wormer died after a one minute current, Frederick entered then died minutes later, and Turton also perished as the sessions proceeded. The article notes timing, ages, and references Governor Odell’s inability to find extenuating circumstances.
The article notes plans to open the Northwest Territories region, reports 180 deaths in Winnipeg in September, and mentions rising bread prices there. Also cited are a $10,000 capital casket factory in Winnipeg, Ontario government funding of $250,000 for sea work, an anarchist plot against the Queen at Württemberg, and various international and local business notes.
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