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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
1
A tense scene follows as the narrator contends with his fiancée Ottilie over their secret marriage. He discovers her noble lineage claims while struggling with pride, loyalty, and love, and Ottilie admits fault while pleading for reconciliation as their bond strains under social expectations.
The speaker faces a rebuking lover who rejects aristocratic pride. She condemns birthright as superstition and extols virtue and personal character, praising Janos while denying royal blood as basis of worth. The scene ends with the narrator rising in humiliation and a note that the story continues.
Despatch from Montreal reports that over ten thousand workers are already on contract on various sections of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Directors postponed a meeting, with authorities noting potential for up to twenty thousand hires by September. A 50 mile Winnipeg Portage la Prairie link remains uncontracted, prompting talk of running rights with the Canadian Northern for that segment.
A Manitoba despatch reports a gang of horse thieves operating near Manitou and the Dakota border. IL Brown, south of town, fought them off after they attacked his stable and fired on him from ambush, wounding a thief and leaving a bloodied plank at the scene.
A semi official Berlin despatch says King Edward and Emperor William will meet in late August at Friedrickskron Castle near Hamburg. The meeting is said to follow King Edward’s plan to be at Marienbad while the Emperor will be at Wilhelmshohe.
A Cobalt dispatch reports a major discovery three quarters of a mile east of Portage Bay on the Montreal River in Coleman township. The samples show pure native silver with strong promise of a rich mine. A smaller ruby silver find was made on the Montreal River between Gillies Depot and Latchford.
Chicago dispatch reports James H. Glenn a 40 year old steeple climber died after the rigging at a smokestack on 36th and Buller streets gave way. He had twenty years experience. He fell 165 feet to the ground.
Toronto market notes July 17 report leads with Flour Ontario at 3.10 dollars for export bags. Manitoba first patents 440 to 4.60, seconds 4 to 4.10, bakers 3 to 4. Bran Ontario dull at 15 to 15.50, shorts 17.50 to 18. No. 2 white and red wheat at 80c with bids 79.34 to 79.34c. Oats No. 2 white 38 to 39c. Rye 62 to 64c. Barley 49 to 51c No. 2. Peas 80 to 82c. Manitoba No. 1 Northern 85c, No. 2 83c. Corn American No. 2 yellow 59.34 to 60c.
The report lists butter receipts heavy with prices ranging from 6c to 2dO per unit. Creamery products show prices around 22.16¢ to 17¢. Eggs quoted 18 to 19¢ per dozen. Potatoes stay at $1 for Ontario and $1 to $1.10 for Quebec. Baled hay and straw prices also noted: No. 1 timothy $10 per ton, mixed $7.50, straw $5.50 to $6 per ton.
Montreal markets report mixed quotes for oats peas flour and bran with No2 oats at 43 to 44 cents, No3 42 to 43¼, mixed corn at 56 to 57 cents, Manitoba spring patents 4.60 to 4.70, bakers 4.10 to 4.20, and lard and bacon values. Woolly details include provisions barrels and beef cuts, eggs at 19 to 20 cents for selected stock.
Flour steady quiet Wheat firm No 2 Northern Southeast Corn firm No 2 yellow 58 to 56 percent No 2 corn 56 to Bic Oats dull No 2 white 42 1/2 No 2 mixed 0 3 Canal freights steady
New York July 17 spot prices show No 2 red at 83 and a half cents per bushel delivered to elevator and afloat No 2 red at 84 54 cents f o b afloat. No 1 Northern Duluth and No 1 Northern Manitoba f o b afloat quoted around 89 cents with available figures.
July 1 turnout shows firmer tone for better cattle classes. Export cattle top quoted $4.85 per cwt, butcher cows $4.60 to $4.80, bulls $3.75 to $8.75, stockers $3.50 to $3.85, milch cows $30 to $50, calves 3c to 6c per lb, sheep and lambs firm with spring lambs at 7c to 7e per lb, hogs firm with select $7.70 and fats $7.45 per cwt amid about a thousand on market.
A Monifest despatch reports Molson Bank branch managers sent about a dozen crop reports from Quebec and thirty eight from Ontario, plus many from Manitoba and the Northwest. The Winnipeg manager sums up 135 western reports as saying harvest prospects have not been more encouraging since grain cultivation began.
A Crawley despatch reports ten people killed and twenty injured when a motor omnibus overturns on a steep Handcross hill en route to Brighton after brakes fail. The vehicle ran away down the hill and toppled at the bottom.
The Crossen Car Co of Cobourg has secured a contract to build 100 box cars for the Canadian Northern Railway, to be delivered in time to transport this season's crop moving westward across Canada.
The second session of Canada's tenth Parliament closed with prorogation on Friday. The throne speech praised rising exports and revenues, noted widespread immigration to the West, and highlighted Acts on the Lord's Day, usury, fruit labeling, precious metal content in goods, and immigration controls. It urged forest reserves and reforestation, and referenced a Japan Canada commercial treaty.
London dispatch reports Government plans cutting regular army by 20000 while keeping cavalry and expanding expedition force to 150000. Malta Gibraltar and Ceylon battalion withdrawals proposed. India spared. Colonies to have fewer battalions. overall costs and burdens to lessen as Britain aims to stay ready for war.
Despatch from Sebastopol reports a sailor shot Admiral Chouk nin as he walked in his villa garden. The Admiral was shot in the lung and not expected to recover. The shooter remains at large, suspected to be from the battleship Otchakoff, in revenge for Lieut. Schmidt's execution. At Peterhof Palace, bombs were found in the garden triggering palace security concerns. The Times notes cannier robberies and police warnings as banks are told to arm staff.
The aim was to ensure every penny spent on the army contributed to improving fighting efficiency.
Paris dispatch reports the Supreme Court annulled Dreyfus conviction without retrial, restoring his army rank as if never accused. Council of State proposes elevating Dreyfus to major and Piequart to brigadier general, with Dreyfus also nominated for the Legion of Honor. Public interest shifts to Gen Mercier and the matter’s quieting. Dreyfus, relieved, thanks those who defended him.
A Shefield despatch reports the Grocers Federation annual conference debated contracts with United States packers. The pledge to stock American canned meats until reforms are made was withdrawn from the small committee and sent to the General Purpose Committee with authority to act. Members in affiliated associations addressing contract disputes this season would press for a board inquiry on canned meat quality.
A London despatch notes at Albert Docks a sharp drop in tinned meats imports. June last year saw 27,000 cases arrive, compared with 4,000 this June. July 1905 receipts were 24,000 cases, signaling a marked reduction in shipments.
A New York dispatch reports that one hundred iron workers attacked three special policemen in a violent confrontation. The clash erupted reportedly amid rising tensions and ended without further immediate details.
Reports claim Sebastopol sailors sent wireless messages to five warships on the Caspian coast and fear mutiny may seize ships. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch offered resignation over Preobrazinsky affair. the Emperor declined to accept. Police seek robbers of Assistant Casier Gasperovich. suspicion falls on ex Port Arthur workers.
Vice-Admiral Choukin commander of the Black Sea fleet died Thursday morning after being shot on Wednesday by a sailor from the battleship Otchekoff. He never regained consciousness following the injury.
Eight storeys above street, about a hundred union iron workers clashed with three special policemen at a hotel project on 59th Street and 50th Avenue. Special Policeman Michael Butler died after skull fracture and internal injuries. two others were badly hurt. Butler identified four attackers before dying. Fifty police guard non union workers at the site.
A London despatch reports plans to establish a Coventry ordnance works near Ottawa to produce position artillery field guns and general machinery. The plant will employ skilled English workers aided by Canadian labor. The scheme bears significance for Canada and the United States and was raised by Sir Frederick Borden.
Despatch from Johannesburg notes disquieting rumors of a native uprising on the Rand with native servants warning mistresses to seek safety. Similar chatter exists in the Reef though police scoff. A conference panel of the Ethi... Church reports from religious districts also mentions an uprising.
A Walterboro dispatch reports Walterboro area farmer Inpetan killed his wife and four children with an axe at their home about twenty miles away, then surrendered to a neighbor and was jailed. He claimed to have killed his family but offered no reason. He is said to be Swedish and previously attempted self harm.
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