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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions confusion and a desire to fix things yet lacks coherent names, places, or events to anchor a news item. The readable bits hint at a general sense of trouble and a need to address issues that went wrong.
In a perilous midnight escape, Basil and Ottilie flee with Anna’s aid from a dangerous intrusion. They ride hidden in a waggon toward Prague, aided by Janos, with plans to mislead pursuers and secure safety as the snow falls unseen.
An Ottawa despatch reports sweeping Yukon adjustments in the Mounted Police Department aiming to cut force levels. Major Cuthbert and Capt. McDonnell plus Dr. Fraser will transfer to the prairie provinces, Mayo and Glacier posts close for winter, and Dawson and White Horse hospitals suspend services with patients moved elsewhere. The patrol steamer Videlle is sold and many horses and dogs will be disposed of, leaving winter work to a Dawson to Fort Macpherson patrol only.
Toronto market report lists futures and cash bids for flour, Indian corn, rye, wheat, barley, oats and peas. Prices shown include Manitoba and Ontario quotations with No 1 and No 2 grades, carload asks and bids, and shipping routes via C P R and G T R.
Butter prices jump 3 cents per pound across nearly all grades from a year ago with dealers forecasting little moderation this fall or winter. Markets show higher creamery and dairy product prices as eggs, poultry, and grains also move upward, while hay and meat costs hold firm in regional trade.
Buffalo on October 30 reports flour firm for wheat spring No 1 Northern at 81 2 cents, winter nominal. Corn dull No 2 yellow 52 1 2 cents, No 2 corn 51 1 2 to 53 1 2 cents. Oats firm No 2 white 37 3 4 to 37 5 8 cents, No 2 mixed 26 3 4 to 27 1 4 cents.
Spot steady with No 2 red at 724 cents, elevator and afloat bids. No 1 northern Duluth at 863 cents f.o.b. afloat, No 20 hard red winter at 863 cents f.o.b. afloat, market range indicates steady demand and delivery terms.
Trade at the City Cattle Market in Toronto opens with a large run and generally poor grade stock. Export cattle and stockers show varied prices, while hogs are easier as markets remain well stocked. McGillvray Bros. of Blythfield, Manitoba report a very successful threshing season with an expected average yield of two bushels per acre.
A Washington despatch reports Viscount Aoki, Japan’s ambassador, urging the United States to uphold the 1894 treaty rights of Japanese subjects in California, including equal access for Japanese children to San Francisco public schools. Secretary Root plans to raise the issue with the President, highlighting the exclusion as the main grievance fueling anti American sentiment.
Despatch from London reports five convicts escaped from Gloucester jail after a warder found a cell empty at night. They seized the warder and governor, overpowered a guard, and fled with keys and money. The escapees attempted a river crossing but were refused.
Moosomin Saskatchewan despatch reports early Friday discovery of a decomposed body in a slough about a mile south of town. The envelope on the body bears the address of Dr. McDougall in Forget and a Hotel Grand Moosomin registration shows James Greenley stayed June 4. Authorities at Forget were notified to identify the deceased.
Winnipeg despatch reports B F Unger caught beneath a CN R engine at Eli, B C, directing companions to sever his leg to rescue mates. As steam poured from the boiler he ordered a rope be placed to slow bleeding, then, after a single axe blow, his leg was removed and he helped move a hand car to Winnipeg. He endured seven hours of agony before dying at St Boniface Hospital Wednesday morning.
The quinquennial census shows Manitoba up 40 percent from 1901 to 1906 reaching 364,000. Alberta rises 65 percent from 22,841 to 184,000. Saskatchewan grows from 291,560 to 257,000, reflecting rapid prairie population expansion.
From Wellington, Premier Sir J G Ward introduces a drastic bill in Parliament aimed at suppressing gambling activities nationwide highlighting government resolve and legislative action.
A dispatch reports the Board of Estimates approved a tentative budget totaling about 125,009,000 dollars to govern the City of Greater New York for the coming year. The plan outlines expenditures for municipal services and operations across departments.
Despatch from St. Petersburg reports the Government plans to hold elections to the new Parliament on December 30, aiming for simultaneous nationwide voting. Circulars urge Governors to back Government candidates, with Regulators to curb opposition and use official gazettes as campaign tools. The note hints at delaying lists and possibly suspending the six week legal interval.
A Lodz despatch reports police searched 143 houses Tuesday night and detained seventy doctors lawyers and business men. Warsaw dispatches say wholesale arrests and domiciliary searches continue with police aided by troops. Former terrorists now informants help tighten actions as authorities vow to stamp out disturbances following a postponement of the ex-.
Telegraph briefs report measles and diphtheria epidemics in West and La Salle Manitoba smallpox near Fort Saskatchewan Windsor stone crusher output and cost Grand Trunk seeks pension funds fourte en conductors discharged John Erickson of Fernie dies after stepping in front of a train Albertines output over 1 250 000 tons Saskatchewan tax breaks for Branford flour mill population shifts in Branford electric lighting planned for Prince Rupert vandalism hits Winnipeg street lamps whiskey death of Calgary child and Tweedie subsidy supports teacher salaries
A Constadt despatch reports over two hundred soldiers in the garrison arrested on charges of belonging to a revolutionary organization and many others taken in connection with last August’s mutiny. An Irkutsk despatch notes a jail break attempt by convicts on Tuesday night that sparked a deadly clash, nine convicts and the prison governor killed, several wounded, and seventeen convicts escaping.
Despatch from St Petersburg reports a gendarme detachment at Tashkent seized 238 revolvers and 16 000 cartridges for revolutionists. They were attacked and defeated by armed workers who recovered most of the weapons and ammunition. Rumors of a new loan are denied, with only an internal loan considered to balance next year’s budget. amount not fixed.
A Milan despatch reports Spragge once a Baltic revolutionary leader was killed Thursday in Milan on his way to America, after betraying his party. He had just recovered from a wound inflicted by Revolutionists.
A despatch from Kiev reports Lieut. Konovaroff an artillery officer was sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor for possessing bombs.
General Sir Redvers Buller has retired from the British army. The Countess of Warwick forecasts England will rue a socialistic lie. Britain considers a home fleet and reships as part of its strategic posture.
Knights of Pythias bar liquor dealers from membership. Methodist Episcopal clergy barred from marrying divorced persons. A vast Star Spangled banner to adorn the Washington Post Office Building court. Roosevelt seeks to end simultaneous government service by married couples. Civil Service Commission to list cases. Railroad Trainmen demand an eight hour day across west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo, a wide scale national railroad labor push.
A U S company secures permission to conduct experimental rubber cultivation on the Congo River. In Paris, the French Cabinet orders sequestration of the property and revenues of the rebellious clergy on December 11.
Madrid dispatch reports government budget proposals opening Parliament include sweeping reforms such as the gold standard. Newspapers hail legislature especially laws on associations and octroi suppression as key for Spain's moral and material renewal. Seven killed in mine disaster.
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