21 May 1908
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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
1
In a night on the Nor'West er, the concealed passenger Woodsey plots to abduct Mrs Ward using a redskin canoe and a staged drowning. He orders two sailors to raise an alarm and tell a tale of a fatal plunge, while he escapes with his captive and hides aboard a canoe.
Mrs. Ward awakens in a capsized canoe with Woodsey claiming to be a fellow passenger. He reveals the sinking of the schooner in a midnight squall and asserts they are the sole survivors as dawn breaks. She remains wary as he guides them toward safety and answers her questions.
Mrs. Ward asks if she is known beyond her name and confesses head pain while the captor promises to aid her return to her family. He reveals he is the wife of ex governor Ward of Ohio, offering to help in exchange for nothing, as the abduction tale unfolds.
London Ontario reports Miss Sarah Rowet a Victoria Hospital nurse was killed Friday night when a carriage driven by her and two other nurses ran onto the Grand Trunk tracks at Egerton Street. The signalman warned too late the engine could not stop in time the others escaped as the horse pulled the cart clear.
Brantford reports ongoing violence tied to moulders strike at Buck stove works. At midnight Thursday six men attacked non-union workers Campbell Street Charles Boyes and apprentice Rod Eastman, throwing stones through windows and smashing glass. A child barely missed harm as a stone landed near a crib. Similar assaults hit Eastman’s home on West and Clarence Streets, breaking all windows and startling sleeping children.
A Winnipeg despatch reports the death of Mrs A G B Bannatyne widow of the famed Red River settler and city founder. Born in Fort Garry in 1880 to fur trader Mr McDermott she married Bannatyne in 1851 and the couple's home long served as a social hub around Winnipeg.
Ottawa dispatch reports Canadian imports in April declined due to earlier wholesale orders and year start restrictions. Total imports reached 20,201,409 dollars, down 8,133,878 from April last year, while exports of domestic products rose slightly to 10,294,828 dollars. The month’s combined trade stood at 30,970,387 dollars versus 40,725,969 a year earlier.
Forest Ont despatch reports Montague A A Smith, head of L A Smith and Company in Forest and former On tario Fish and Game Commission chair, died by his own hand in his office rear on Thursday morning. He blamed campaign worries in a letter as Liberal candidate for East Lambton. He was the wealthiest resident, with no rumors harming his standing. grief and shock follow the tragedy.
An explosion of natural gas on Thursday wrecked a street building in Hamilton. Two or three men were hurt but not seriously. The Seattle fishing boat Francis Cutting was seized by the Dominion cruiser Kestrel and towed into Vancouver for fishing violations.
Leading markets list Manitoba wheat prices No 1 northern 1.19 No 2 1.1534 No 3 1.1034 Georgian Bay Ontario wheat No 2 white 96c outside No 2 red 962 outside No 2 mixed 62 goose Ile Corn No 3 yellow 7c to 79 Toronto freight No 3 mixed Io less Flour Manitoba patents special brands 6 seconds 5.40 strong bakers 5.30 winter wheat patents 3.55 Barley No 2 55c 60c Peas No 2 ce to 94c outside Rye No 2 scarce 88c Buckwheat No 2 644c to 65c Oats No 2 white 490 to 4994c outside No 2 mixed 47c Bran 24.50 to 25 here Shorts 25 mills
Prices for eggs butter creamery dairy honey beans maple syrup cheese and meats listed with per unit or per ton figures. Items include potatoes outsized values for ONTaro and Dela ware, straw hay timothy, pork cuts and various bacon and hams with regional retail ranges.
Montreal reports range prices for flour choice spring wheat patents from 6.10 to 6.20, winter wheat at 5.10, and straight pollers 4.50 to 4.75 per bushel with various bag prices. Cheese priced at 1.13 to 1.23 per pound for new and old. Butter creamery fine at 24 to 25 cents, eggs 18 cents per dozen, provisions with multiple barrel and meat prices including beef, lard, hams, and fresh killed hogs at 9.50 to 9.75 for live hogs.
Wheat prices ranged from No. 1 Northern at Buffalo and Milwaukee to No. 2 red at Buffalo, with futures in New York and Minneapolis showing May and July quotes. Corn oats and barley posted varied bids, while canal freights and delivery points included New York Minneapolis and Duluth markets.
No material change at City Cattle Market with slower trade in commoner grades. Export cattle vary from $4.50 to $6, cows and bulls steady, feeders scarce, calves weak due to heavy supply, sheep and lambs firm with slight price gains. Hog demand is weak with market at $6 fed and watered, some contracts totaling about 000,000 set by Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.
In Laporte Indiana investigators uncover two additional watches among debris confirming at least ten men died at the murder farm. Nine male bodies have been recovered as Sheriff Smutzer plans renewed digging. Dentists’ gold fragments and an identified left hand of Mrs Guinness emerge, with lawyers pressing a claim that bodies lay in the cellar before the farmhouse fire.
Telegraph briefs report CPR shops in Winnipeg closing for two weeks. A natural gas strike hits Imerkip Ontario. Government to test Toronto gas meters. Mink skins stolen by rats in Toronto. Montreal arrest of employment agents for defrauding job seekers. U S fire losses in 1907 near 200 million dollars. John Dillon shot Pat Jiceanan at Montreal trial proceedings referenced.
Beville Stanley, the Unionist candidate, is elected in North Shropshire by a majority of 951. The election result follows prior references to political and imperial matters including a king’s subscription to a British memorial and bills in the Lords.
The Danish and Icelandic committee recommends forming a federal union of their two countries. Meanwhile Mohmand tribesmen, opposed to a British punitive expedition, have moved women and children to safety as they prepare to resist.
Ottawa dispatch reports the immigration superintendent says Canada seeks experienced farm laborers and farmers able to take homesteads or buy land, and female domestic servants. Railway labor is filled for the season. All immigrants 18 or older must show at least 25 dollars cash upon landing, plus destination tickets, with strict enforcement.
Despatch from Atlanta reports a tornado struck Gilliam Oil City and Balinger in Louisiana causing deaths and injuries. Gilliam a town of 200 is described wiped out with multiple fatalities. Oil City also reports loss of life while Balinger is seriously damaged with three killed and ten injured. Telegraphic links are down as the storm moves from north of Shreveport toward Little Rock.
A Belgian village near Courtrai rose against a church burglary suspect and killed him with clubs and stones after ambushing him at the Chapel of the Virgin. Seven suspects were arrested as doctors counted twenty seven knife wounds on the victim, amid anger over prior church thefts including Van Dyke’s The Elevation of the Cross.
A Kenora man, Joseph Fortier, died while saving his wife and four children from a Thursday morning house fire. Firefighters arrived as Fortier helped his family escape but perished in the blaze caused by an unknown source. Fortier, a longtime resident, is mourned by local neighbors and relatives.
A Victoria B C despatch reports a sudden Yangtse tidal bore near Hankow flooding the river with a 26 foot wall of water. The disaster reportedly claims about 10 000 lives as junks sampans and steamers are overwhelmed and debris mounts along the river over several days.
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