Visconti Entrapped by Sister and Hidden Painter Encounter
Francisco, Vittore, and a hidden villa hold a tense vigil as Valentine confronts Gian Visconti about marriage plans. A painter Angelo Vistaraini and his daughter Graziosa stumble upon Francisco by the lake, sharing art and wary words about the Visconti and Milan’s danger. Francisco reveals past Verona sack and Milan captivity, hinting at broader peril.
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Gian
Brescia
Filipo
Matteo
Italy
Tuscany
Naples
Messer
Francisco
Angelo Vistaraini
Taddeo
Gaddi
Graziosa
Vistarini
Visconti
Milan
Francisco di Coldra
Verona
Wonderful Escape of the Halifax Express Train
A Halifax express near St. Johns New Brunswick derailed after the engine struck a half open switch at about thirty miles per hour. The engine left the rails and the baggage and mail car were badly damaged. The driver and fireman escaped unharmed. Two tramps riding on the baggage were badly injured and hospitalized.
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Halifax
St. John’s
N.B
Seventy Perish As Steamer Ginsel Maru Sinks
A Kobe dispatch reports the Japanese steamer Ginsel Maru foundered off Weihaiwei on November 30. Seventy people are confirmed lost.
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Shauntung
Kobe
Japan
Weihaiwei
Ontario and Manitoba Grain Prices Across Markets
World markets show Ontario wheat grades at 93c to 94c outside for No 2 white or red, 98c to 93 for No 2 mixed, and goose wheat at 90c outside. Manitoba spot grades range from $1.0644 to $1.09 for No 1 northern on track, with other northern classes and track prices listed. Also included are oats, barley, corn, millfeed, rye, buckwheat, flour, poultry, dairy, eggs, apples, potatoes, pork, lard, and salted meats with various prices across Ontario and Manitoba markets.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Lake Ports
Western Canada
Shorts
Choice
Grain prices and cattle market report from North American exchanges
Montreal grain prices steady to mixed with cereals and feed values listed for No. 2 white oats No. 2 white cats and Ontario grades. Flour prices for Manitoba and winter wheats noted along with by product markets. Wheat futures and barley values cited from Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Toronto cattle market reports show butcher lot ranges from 4.40 to 4.75 per cwt with steers and heifers at 4 to 4.50 per cwt and medium cattle at 3.50.
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Montreal
Ontario
Manitoba
Shorts
Toronto
Livestock Prices Reported in Toronto Market
Cattle values ranged with cows at $2 to $4 per cwt and high quality cows up to $4. Common to medium cows $2 to $3.25 per cwt. Light stockers discounted. Mildh cows easier. Lambs up to $5 per cwt with ewes at $3.25 to $3.60. Hogs steady at $6 per cwt fed and watered off cars in Toronto.
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Toronto
Indians and tuberculosis
A Ottawa despatch reports the annual Indian Affairs review shows tuberculosis ravaging Canada’s Indians. For the year ending last March the population was 110,009, down 40 from the prior year, while destitution expenditures fell from 272,000 to 143,009 as Indians gain self reliance.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
Mrs Nation Arrives in Glasgow to Campaign Against Drink
Carrie Nation has taken quarters in a modest Glasgow hotel invited by prohibition groups and plans a systematic campaign across the United Kingdom starting in Glasgow Dundee and Aberdeen and proceeding to Edinburgh London. Police warn she will not be allowed to disrupt saloons or threaten customers or property.
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Glasgow
Carrie Nation
United Kingdom
Dundee
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
London
Customs circular warns on fatal coal oil accidents
Ottawa dispatch reports the Department of Customs issued a circular to collectors in Winnipeg Brandon Emerson and other Western points urging strict policing of imported coal oil. The notice demands compliance with the Petroleum Inspection Act to prevent non conforming oil from entering Canada and cites recent fatal accidents.
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Ottawa
Department of Customs
Winnipeg
Brandon
Emmerson
Canada
Tragedy in Niagara on the Lake Claims Elderly Man
A fire on Simcoe Street in Niagara on the Lake cost William Elliott his life when a smoking in bed blaze engulfed his home. The 70 year old could not escape as flames rose and firemen fought the fire. his charred body and the dog’s skeleton were found amid the debris. Elliott, a veteran of the Fenton Raid, served with No 1 Company 19th Regiment, and his wife remains ill in Detroit.
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
William Elliott
Simcoe Street
Elliott
Fenton
19Th Regiment
Detroit
Plot to kill King Alfonso eyed by Spanish asks
A dispatch from Dax France reports a Spanish enquiry into a letter signed by a Spanish anarchist addressed to a comrade proposing to derail the royal train or bomb the royal carriage. The letter notes many arrests are likely.
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Dax
France
Alfonso
Are These Diamonds in Ontario’s North Clay Belt
A Toronto despatch reports Fred Dane of the T N O Commission has brought back stones from east of Cochrane that look like diamonds. An expert will wait before judging. The find in Ontario’s clay belt has sparked regional excitement and questions about a diamond field.
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Toronto
Ontario
Fred. Dane
Cochrane
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Fdorth
Fatal wreck near Pembroke claims Ottawa engineer
A light engine from Smith's Falls collided with the CPR local east of Pembroke on Thursday morning. Engineer Fred Rowe of Ottawa was killed instantly and several others were injured. The baggage car was damaged and passengers unharmed. The crash occurred on a curve as the two trains rushed toward Pembroke.
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Pembroke
Here
Smith’s Falls
C.P.R
Fred Rowe
Ottawa
R. Crawford
Purcell
Nagle
W. C. Roth
Rowe
Crawford
Patton
Granges
Lake Superior steel plant closes for January reopening
The Lake Superior Corporation plant at Sault Ste Marie halted operations on Wednesday at 6 due to lack of orders. Railing for the Transcontinental Railway was completed and the plant plans to reopen January 1. Blast furnaces remain active and last month was the best for the furnaces despite purchasing Bessemer pig iron from outside sources.
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Sault Ste Marie
Lake Superior Corporation
Franz
Charred bones found near Algonquin spark inquest talk
Crown Attorney Brown was asked by the Augusta reeve to consider an inquest over a charred skeleton found by James Vout in his woods near Algonquin. Relatives say the bones belong to Mrs. C Bolton who disappeared years ago from North Augusta. she was believed to have died in the woods and was buried there.
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Brockville
Brown
Augusta
James Vout
Algonquin
C. Bolton
North Augusta
Vout
First Canadian Gold Coinage At Ottawa Mint
A dispatch from Ottawa reports the first Canadian gold will be minted at the Ottawa Mint from 70 ounces of gold bars from the Dr. Reddick Larder Lake mines. The gold will be turned into English sovereigns as no Canadian coins are authorized yet. Permission to mint was granted last year to the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint.
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Ottawa
Dr. Reddick Larder Lake
Royal Mint
Montreal Shipping Revenue and Tonnage Slightly Rise
Montreal dispatch reports navigation from the season start to December 1 shows 759 vessels reaching port, one less than last year, with total tonnage at 1 958 604 tons up 34 129. Revenue totals reach 333 123, imports fall to 198 509, exports rise to 90 500, and sea going sailing vessels are absent.
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Montreal
Selkirk Settlers Remembered Across Ages
Winnipeg despatch recalls the Selkirk settlers with John MacKay, the Toronto-born death last Wednesday, and Matheson the aunt of the Rupert’s Land Archbishop. Born at sea in 1815 during the Atlantic crossing, she remains hale near St. Andrew’s Manitoba, last of the late voyage cohort.
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Winnipeg
Parliament Likely to Open Session January Thirteenth
A Ottawa dispatch says Parliament is likely to meet on January 13 with opening date not fixed yet. The government aims to start early January if the Auditor General's report and other details are ready, possibly in the first week.
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Ottawa
Plight in Port au Prince as Nord Alexis Deposed
A dispatch from Port au Prince reports President Nord Alexis deposed, fled aboard the French battleship Duguay Train, as 5,000 insurgents led by General Antoine Simon advance on the peninsula. General Legitime is proclaimed president amid violent scenes with mobs and guards.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Nord Alexis
Duguay
Antoine Simon
Legitime
Alexis
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