11 Jun 1908
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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
1
A frightened Tillie packs jewels and clothes and flees by boat into a gale. She seeks a hidden refuge on Mackinac bound shores, hoping to avoid a murder accusation as governors and Beevil scramble to control the unfolding peril.
Leading Markets Toronto notes Manitoba Wheat No 1 northern at 1.1634 and No 2 at 1.13 with other grades listed. Prices for corn, flour, barley, peas, rye and oats appear nominal or outside markets with limited business. bran and shorts quoted on track.
Haileybury report details a fatal stabbing at Reynolds Construction camp near Iroquois Falls. Fritz Young of Stanhope Quebec died from a stomach wound. Thomas S. Wright foreman is charged with murder, two camp workers Morris and James Quinn under arrest for aiding escape. The trio awaits trial in New Liskeard jail.
Ex Governor Ward mourns a fatal act as Tillie witnesses the scene. SHIL kneels over the victim and cries Ollin Bain is dead. Ward frantically repeats the name and laments his own role.
The Standard of Montreal plans a grand Tercentenary Number to showcase Canada’s upcoming celebration. Subscriptions near $600,000 with almost a million more expected. The lavish edition aims to bring the event into homes, despite hotel shortages for millions.
Mrs. Mary Doerman and her three children died of gas asphyxiation at 69 Tell Court, Chicago, after a neighbor hood party for the eldest daughter's birthday. A detached rubber gas tube appears to have slipped off a small cooking stove, leaving the house silent from Tuesday night until neighbors found the bodies on Wednesday. Regina Germans organizing for a provincial sangerfeste.
Market reports show eggs at 17 to 18 cents per dozen with creamery prints around 21 to 19 cents. Honey steady 0c to 12c per pound. potatoes Ontario 8.5c. cheese large 13c, twins 12.34c. lard 11.34c. smoked and dry salted meats with varying per pound rates.
Matreal June 9 Manitoba spring patents 6.10 to 6.20 second patents 5.50 to 5.70 winter whea patents 5.25 to 5.75 straight rollers 4.25 to 4.50 oats per bag 2.77 to 2.99 No 2 oats 52¢ to 63¢ No 3 49¢ to 63¢ No 4 48¢ to 54¢ Manitoba rejected 48¢ to 54¢ Cornmeal 1.75 to 1.85 millfeed Ontario bran 21 to 22 shorts 23 to 24 Manitoba bran 23 shorts 24 to 25 provisions barrels short cut mess 22.50 half barrels 11.50 clear fat backs 23 dry fat long clear backs 11.5 barrels plate beef 15.5 half barrels 9. barrels to lard 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 pure lard 12 1/4 to 13 1/4 kettle rendered 13 1/3 to 13 3/4 ham 12 to 14 breakfast bacon 11 1/2 to 15 Windsor bacon 15 to 16 fresh billed dressed hogs 9.25 to 9.50 live 6.75 butter local market easy finest creamery 28 on round lots 22 3/4 to 23 4 procurement receipts today 5 636 compared with 2.08f last year eggs selected 18 No 1 16 1/2 to 17 1/2 No 2 12 to 13 per dozen.
Buffalo and Milwaukee price quotes show wheat, corn, oats, barley and rye with mixed gains and declines. New York and Toronto notes reflect steady to higher wheat values, spot prices for red and northern grades, and regional shifts in cattle cattle and hog markets. Nicol Bros sawmill fire at Owen Sound destroys $2.2 million feet of lumber.
A digest of recent global events including a lead bounty renewal plan, reports on Canada peat deposits, a Hamilton bank swindle, Regina fire hall plans, and May rainfall in Toronto. Other items note building permits decline, prison escape arrests, and various international incidents from earthquakes to naval and political affairs.
A seven year old boy in Pittsburg dies after being struck by a baseball. A New York duty of two hundred thousand dollars is imposed on Mrs. William B. Leons for a pearl necklace. Captain Joshua Slocum arrives in New York with a two ton coral specimen. The Steel Trust seeks a nine hundred fifty four thousand dollar order for Siberian railway rails. Missouri floods drive hundreds from homes along the Mississippi. Atlantic tourist traffic from New York for June shows normal advance bookings. Long Island Railroad unveils a wheel locomotive reaching 108 mph. Five hundred Italians storm a Cleveland private bank’s closed doors. Riots erupt in Vigneaux France during funeral of comrades killed by police. John Crane, a wealthy retiree, becomes insane awaiting eye operation and dies after leaping from hospital window.
A Winnipeg despatch reports Alexander Scott, foreman at Winnipeg Paint and Glass, killed himself by cutting his throat in his room on Wednesday night. He was to wed the bride at eight oclock. guests waited while a brother and guest searched his lodging. Found dead on the bed at the exact wedding hour. Motives suggested include financial trouble and mental derangement.
A Peterborough despatch reports a midnight June 3 chari vari shooting at Baillleboro' when a Byers family home was serenaded. James Byers fired a loaded shotgun into the crowd, wounding several and injuring Bateman in the eye. No prosecution follows.
Ottawa dispatch reports the government may back the Canadian Northern Railway to finish the Hudson Bay line from The Pas to Fort Churchill. The plan includes cash bonuses and bond guarantees in exchange for rail access and running rights over a vast new tract of land.
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