The Blow That Killed Beatrice and Leroy
A dramatic scene unfolds in a New York boudoir as Beatrice Raymond and Leroy Melville confront the Senator. The Senator dies from a blow after discovering their affair, leaving Leroy torn by guilt. In the aftermath Leroy flees to the Hudson river home and begins a quiet, changed life with Edith and their child, while Beatrice faces the consequences of betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Leroy
Beatrice Raymond
Leroy Melville
New York
Hudson
Edith
Agnes
Mrs. Stanley
Iitre
Jude Senderson
Seeding Progress Across Western Canada Report
Winnipeg dispatch summarizes Canadian Pacific agents on seeding progress across western provinces. General operations are underway with notable advancement in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Increases in acreage are common, with Weyburn up 80 percent, Macoun 65 percent, Grand Forks 50 percent, and Stoughton 35 percent, while overall spring opening is satisfactory.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Pro-vinces
Burnside
Counry
Weyburn
Macoun
Gcundurn
Prince Albert
Stoughton
Moose Mountain
Municipal act amendment urged to fight San Jose scale
A St Catharines district deputation met Hon Mr Monteith on Wednesday proposing an amendment to the municipal act. The change would allow municipalities to eradicate the San Jose scale on properties where owners or occupants fail to act. The cost of action would be added to the taxes against the ships.
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Toronto
St. Catharines District
Monteith
San Jose
Leading Markets Toronto Grain Prices April 17 Report
Market overview shows firm tone with light offerings and Porters bids at 3.05. Manitoba patents priced 4.30 to 4 for first patents and 3.90 to 4 for second patents. Ontario No. 2 white and red wheats bid at north points. Manitoba No. 1 northern bids 8. to 8.1c. May shipment at Point Edward. Oats No. 2 white bid 35.34c. outside freight Toronto 27c asked. Montreal 41c bid for Manitoba. Corn No. 3 yellow spot bid 51.5c in Toronto. Barley No. 2 bid 50c at CPR points.
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Toronto
Galario
Manitoba
Ontario
Northern
Point Edward
Montreal
C.P.R
Dairy Market Prices and Farm Goods Update
Butter prices range from 18c to 19c for large and medium rolls. Cheese unchanged for large and twins at 4c. Eggs firm at 17 3e to 18c for new laid. Poultry mixed gains with turkeys 14c to 18c, chickens 11c to 12c, hens 8c to 9c, ducks 12c to 18c. Potatoes Ontario 65c to 75c per bag on track, 70c to 85c off store. Hay No 1 timothy 8 to 8.50, No 2 at 6, straw 5.59 to 6.
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Csce Seve
Bwcholac Dairy
Ontario
Timothy
Montreal markets show quiet grain and steady provisions
Montreal reports subdued trading across commodities. Manitoba wheat lags with minors still out of line, barley supplies tight, flour steady, millfeed firm, oats and peas modest. Dairy prices hold. butter and cheese steady amid slow fresh arrivals. Short cut pork and lard prices mixed, hogs and country dressed meat firm at mid-April levels.
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Montreal
Manitoba
Ste
Ste. No
Ste. Ontario
Ite F.o.b
Lone
Slive
Buffalo Market Report Improves Across Grains
Buffalo notes April 17 with flour steady and spring wheat stronger. Northern carloads rise. No 1 Northern corn 53% to 53.5 cents, No 2 yellow 53 to 54 cents, No 2 corn 52 to 52.5 cents. Oats show strength with No 2 white 36 cents and No 2 mixed 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Spot firm No. 2 red and No. 1 northern Duluth quotes
New York reports spot firm for No. 2 red and No. 1 northern Duluth with fob afloat quotations. Sourced from market notes dated April 17, detailing nominal values for elevator and other commodities.
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New York
F.c.b
Northern
Duluth
Hontinal F.c.b
Kodama Raised Viscount as Japan Reshapes Command
A Pekin despatch says China will open Mukden Antung and Tatung to foreign trade in April. A Japanese Consul is appointed at Antung and may become Consul-General in June. If Hayashi accepts the foreign portfolio Kato vacated, Komura may take his place in London. Marshal Oyama retires. Kodama becomes chief of staff and a viscount, hailed as the army’s brains in the war.
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Pekin
China
Mukden
Antung
Tatung
Viscount Hayashi
Great Britain
Kato
Baron Komura
Court of St. James
Marshal Oyama
Kodama
Manchuria
Tornado destroys Briggs Texas killing six
Despatch from Bertram Texas reports Briggs a town of about 250 people was swept by a tornado on Thursday. Six persons killed and thirty injured as the school and every business house were destroyed or badly damaged. The storm moved from northwest to northeast with heavy rain and hail. Crops damaged in the disaster.
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Bertram
Tex
Briggs
Here
Ontario election act debated and educational reform outlined
The Premier introduced a measure to settle ballot numbering and scrutiny concerns under the Ontario election act. He warned of possible Dominion ballot changes and proposed government funding of polling booth expenses. A major educational measure followed, detailing a Superintendent of Education, an advisory council, grants, and expanded inspector powers, plus plans for new normal schools and system reorganization.
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University of Toronto
Dr. Pyne
Pratt
House
Hamma
Inspector of Prisons and Charities
William Bernard Converse
Montres
Central Prison
Hanna
Cochrane
Ontario Mining Law Plan Introduces Licences and Sections
The proposal sketches decentralization of administration, miner licences at ten dollars yearly, and provincial division into mining sections with local recorders. Claims require a 20 chain square and actual discovery. permits cover 640 degrees for one year at a hundred dollar fee. Patents would be indefeasible. mining partnerships come under new rules. wages and health safeguards updated. later measures aim to fund administration from the industry itself.
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Ontario
Mining Recorder
Winnipeg to Superior Junction and Quebec La Tuque Railways Awarded
Ottawa reports the cabinet awarded the Winnipeg Superior Junction and Quebec La Tuque railway sections to the lowest bidders J D MacArthur of Winnipeg and Hogan Macdonald. MacArthur bids about 13.25 million dollars for 245 miles and Hogan Macdonald about 5.75 million for 150 miles. Total cost nears 19 million for roughly 400 miles with completion by October 1907. MacArthur also lands 276 miles of CP work and will employ about 10,000 men by June 1, with seven thousand for the Grand Trunk Pacific contract, and work to start five miles east of Winnipeg and at several northern points.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg Superior Junction
Quebec-La Tuque
J. D. MacArthur
Winnipeg
Messrs
Hogan
Winnipeg-Superior
Grand Trunk Pacific
Mr. MacArthur
Grand Trank Pacific
Molson
Kenora
Dinorwie
Government report on neglected and dependent children
An official report on neglected and dependent children is ready for distribution. J J Kelso of Parliament Buildings Toronto invites requests for copies. The piece urges focusing on love praise and encouragement to transform young lives and notes a Muskoka District Children’s Aid Society formed at Gravenhurst with Dr J H Elliott as president and W H Cross as secretary treasurer.
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Children's Aid Socret
J. J. Kelso
Parliament Buildings
Toronto
Gravenhurst
Children’s Aid Society
Muskoka
J. H. Elliott
W. HH. Cross
Uprising in China Causes Terror in Honan Province
A Pekin dispatch reports fure of Junig in Honan’s southern area as the G Society, an anti-dynastic group, spreads terror. Peasants abandon homes to flee to cities, while the society targets households joining it. The revolt extends into Shandong’s southwest. native troops move to quell the uprising, rebels estimated at fifteen thousand.
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Fure
Junig
Honan
G Society
Shantung
United States Poachers Busy On Lake Erie Border
A Toronto despatch says US tugs are fishing on the Canadian side of the international boundary on Lake Erie, some within two miles of shore. Ottawa has been urged to commission the Vigilant to halt the raids by poachers.
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Toronto
Department
United States
Lake Erie
Ottawa
Vesuvius Disaster Worsens Driving Neapolitan Panic
A Naples despatch describes spreading gloom as ash and sand showers disrupt transport, with refugees marching through streets lit by candles and crosses. Reports cite 500,000 homeless and up to 20 million dollars in property losses. Jailed prisoners mutinied. earthquakes hit near Somma Vesuviana. lava reaches Pompeii. fires and bread riots strain scarce supplies. Martial law imposed. relief efforts aided by clergy and French sailors. 5,000 refugees housed, famine fears grow, and global ash showers reach the Alps and Zurich.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Olajano
Nola
Somma
Somma Vesuviana
Castellamar
Torre del Greco
Mattucci
Vesuvian
Parliament Reports Post Office and Railway Bills
Dominion Parliament notes reveal $93 778 in American silver collected by Canadian banks under government agreement. Canals and railways across Canada advance with bills for Kamloops to Teteraune and Fort Steele to Lethbridge routes. Postmasters seek higher salaries and fee shares, with overtime allowances and depot needs, while public works install electric lighting on Parliament grounds.
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Mr. Blain
Sir
Wilfrid Laurier
Disappearance and Tax Measure Reported in Montreal and PEI
The body of Seraphin Theoret of Montreal, missing since October, was recovered from the river in Montreal. In Prince Edward Island, the Legislature approved a measure to impose a minimum bank tax of 1000 dollars.
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Seraphin Theoret
Montreal
Prince Edward Island
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Buffalo Market
Gen. Kodama
Texas
Great Sword Society
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Hudson Bay CO
Mr. Alcorne
Oliver
Thomas
Earl of Selkirk
Assiniboia
Opamabo
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St. Mary's
House of Commons
Galliher
Fort Stevie
B.C
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Alberta
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Teteraune
Vancouver Western and Yukon Railway
Alaska Boundary
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Brandon and Transfer Railway Company
Kingston and Pembroke Railway
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JPR
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