02 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
1
In a dramatic escape at Mackinac Island Tillie Ward fakes death and steals a birch bark canoe. She buys supplies, disguises herself with a scarlet blanket, and slips through the village toward a hopeful refuge as the transport and guards search in vain.
Tillie Ward evades capture aboard the Snowbird as Captan Snyder and his mate plan to detain her for examination at Fort Mackinac. She hides in a state room behind a dummy, overhearing their moves while the schooner nears Mackinac Bay and first port calls at the fort.
Montreal dispatch reports W. W. Rider of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railway announced that six thousand miles of phone wires were built in six months to dispatch on railways. The figure includes 46 miles of CPR between here and Farnham. Operators welcomed the shift as the system proved successful and likely to replace telegraph.
A fog bound wreck off Muros sent the Spanish steamer Larache to the rocks as 71 aboard rushed into lifeboats. By latest reports 17 women drowned and 17 survivors landed at Muros with two later dying. 15 survivors reached Lon.
Prices for timber berths sold on the Ottawa Indian reserve between French River and Lake Nipissing were strong. Sir Mackenzie Bowell distributed roses in the Senate using a rosebush he brought from the Yukon three years ago.
Toronto markets list Ontario wheat at 79 to 80 cents, Manitoba wheat ranges from 81.04% to 107 cents, oats 48 to 49 cents, corn 76 to 93 cents, barley 58 to 66 cents, rye around 88 cents, and buckwheat 65 to 68 cents. Flour and butter prices, cheese, eggs, beans, tea, potatoes, pork, lard, smoked meats, and timothy and straw values appear with varying quotes for bulk and bag deliveries. Local rail and track prices noted. overall trade activity remains steady with nominal shifts across commodities.
Montreal reports mixed grain values including wheat patents up to 86.20 and winter patents 5 to 5.70, oats at 2.75 per 9 pounds bag, cornmeal 1.75 to 1.85 per bag, Manitoba feed wheat steady at 7. The day notes local receipts and prices for eggs butter and provisions. Buffalo and Minneapolis markets show varied wheat, flour, and oats pricing, with neighboring city data on barley rye and freight rates.
A steady market for good export cattle in Toronto showed prices from 6.15 to 6.40 per cwt. Export bulls sold firmer at 5.00 to 5.25 per cwt. Light weights ranged 4 to 425 per cwt, with demand strongest for good butchers cattle at 5.25 to 5.60 per cwt. A carload of stall fed steers brought 85.80 pounds.
Cattle sold 5.60 to 5.80 per cwt with good loads at 5.15 to 5.50. Stockers 400 to 700 pounds dull. 800 to 900 pounds 3.50 to 3.75 per cwt. Light stock 2.50 to 3. Spring lambs 3 to 5.25 each. Ewes 4 to 4.25 per cwt. Hogs firm with bacon at Liverpool advancing. selects 6.30 and lights 6.05 per cwt.
A Canadian despatch reports John McConnell, about 45, shot himself in a train dressing room near Ostersund while traveling from Washington Territory to Dover New Hampshire. Fellow passengers found him dying after a report of his act. He spoke of ill health and a short time to live. A daughter in Winnipeg is listed as his only relative.
Vancouver reports H A Bayfield of Bayfield and Archibald states Boston capitalists plan dredging on a three mile Fraser River lease. Prospecting over three weeks shows gold, averaging twenty cents per yard, with promising yields and a bid for a $10000 dredge with 2509 feet per day capacity.
Ottawa dispatch reports Mrs. Proulx an eight year old woman died Wednesday morning at City Hospital from burns suffered Tuesday night while lighting a coal fire. Her clothing ignited and passersby could not smother the flames in time.
A London despatch reports a notable list of Scottish farmers traveling to the Dominion in August for a seven week tour invited by the Canadian Government. The group includes Sir J Sinclair, cousin of the Scottish Secretary.
A Niagara Falls despatch reports Omeer Greenwood intervened Tuesday to stop R Monteith from leaping over the Horseshoe Falls. Disrobing to his coat and vest, Monteith claimed long unemployment and despair, but on Wednesday he secured new work.
Despatch from Windsor Ontario reports the five year old daughter of Thomas Gemell of Walkerville died from accidental burns, two weeks after her clothing caught fire while she played with matches.
A Brockville dispatch reports Mrs Peter Brady died aged 104 at her son’s country home near Bedford Mills Leeds County. An Irish native, she spent most of her life in Ontario and retained sharp faculties to her advanced age.
Despatch from Kingston Jamaica reports two more fatal plague cases in Trinidad. Jamaica’s government launches a crusade to exterminate rats in Kingston as a precaution. Also mentions President Plummer praising Dominion Steel Company’s annual meeting in Montreal and dividend prospects.
A despatch from Hamilton reports a fatal accident at a factory site on Florence Street where carpenters were working near high voltage lines. A sagging guy wire contacted live conductors killing two men and injuring others. George Locke helped push workers away but the current had already discharged, with the injured taken to the City Hospital morgue.
Canada reports promising Niagara district fruit prospects and strong crop potential in Essex and Kent. Kingston Penitentiary houses 513 prisoners, the most in five years, as global and domestic events unfold including arrests, trials, and varied incidents across North America and Europe.
August Reha of West Mead Pa received 154 dollars for sheep killed by dogs over fifteen months. Howard Roberte of Turner Me regained speech after his brother’s death by suicide. John Hogarth, once Stratford, was arrested in Detroit for stealing engine belts and attempted suicide in his cell. Mad dog cases cost Monroe Township Pa over 400 dollars for treatment and cattle care. Sarah Williams, New Mexico’s oldest large woman, died from blood poisoning after stepping on a nail. she weighed 445 pounds. In Georgetown Del Mrs Thomas Coulter found a ruby ring around onions from the family truck bed, lost by her husband three years ago.
The former Newfoundland premier Sir William Whiteway has died. Native peoples in Portugese Guinea rebel against authorities. The Shah of Persia orders daily bombardment of a house of enemies. A Cordova criminal due for hanging is pardoned by King Alfonso upon the birth of a new heir.
Despatch from Brockville Ontario reports a severe accident in the moulding department. John Pask tripped while handling a ladle of molten iron, causing burns to both hands and body as the iron spilled onto the ground. He is described as badly burned, especially the right hand.
A dispatch from Brest reports French warships Leon Gambetta and Amiral Aub Dame arriving in Canada after a six day stop in Sydney N S for repainting. They are due at Quebec on July 21 with many Canadian and British personnel aboard.
A London despatch reports the King plans to abandon horse racing and dispose of his horses. Lord Knollys, the King's private secretary, confirmed the decision in reply to a question.
Mr Lee pleads a hopeless passion and kneels, crying Oh what agony Miss Bullion Do not take it so to heart, I did not think my refusal would bring such an attack Afr Lee: It is not an attack, it is a joke and a nod to the point.
Despatch reports the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway has quiet entered Moncton New Brunswick. Rails of the Transcontinental line were laid in a day and run near the CPR depot. Surveys by G T P engineers continue as work progresses rapidly toward parallel with the I C R depot.
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