Governor plots rescue as Woodsey is captured
In Great Duck Island a brutal confrontation ends with Woodsey bound and injured in the governor's library. Beevil and Captain Lowe arrive with plans to sail three sloops to search the peninsula and islands for the governor’s wife and Tillie while a letter hints Tillie may still be alive.
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Otinge
Woodsey
Lowe
Cleveland
Fort Mackinac
Grand Manitoulin
Duck Islands
Beevil
Georgian Bay
Mackinac
Ollin
Tillie
Destructive Fire Leaves Rawhide Thousands Homeless
Rawhide Nevada reports a major blaze that destroyed a company building Friday morning. About three thousand people were left homeless and more than twenty injured as property losses exceed $750,000.
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Rawhide
Nev
Tpany
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own and Other Countries
Reports from across nations note J A Cummings killed after sleep-walk alighting from a Kama train. Montreal banker Milton L Hersey donates 10000 to Kingston Mining School while Ottawa hotelkeeper faces fines for keeping boys and supplying whiskey. Railways mull explosive transport rules and Swift Co eyes Winnipeg stockyard abattoir venture. C P R strike talks continue as 48th Highlanders in England to be presented to the King. Slayings and accidents in Canada include Louis Peters stabbed at Cornwall, Mrs Harshaw killed near Comber, and Paris green death of John McAinsh in Guelph. A drunken Italian brawl at Fenelon Falls ends with a slash. Captain McHarg wins Ottawa rifle meet, McVittie Bisley. Forrest Ross killed in Niagara Falls auto plunge. A Byron Beamer theft and arson alleged. Propaty treaty seeks West Indies food and factory goods preferences with Canada. Indian conspiracy exposed with plots to murder Lord Minto. Tampico oil fire extinguished after two months, costing three million.
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J. A. Cummings
Kama
Milton L. Hersey
Montreal
Kingston
Ottawa
Railway Commission
Swift & Co
Chicago
Winnipeg
48Th Highlanders of
Toronto
England
Cornwall
Louis Peters
Mitchel Oak
Harshaw
Comber
John McAinsh
Guelph Township
Paris Green
Byror Beamer
Lincoln Township
Beamer
British Plans and Losses Dominate Stormy News
Prince Bolotoff aims to cross the English Channel by aeroplane while Baron Sackville and the Earl of Rosse are reported dead. A British bark Amazon sinks off Wales with 97 crew lost amid severe storms. Bermuda’s governor-designate will be Lieut General F W Kitchener, and a London stock panic erupts from a revolver firing. A proposal seeks a third legislative chamber called the House of Ladies.
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Prince Bolotoff
English Channel
Baron Sackville
United States
Amazon
Earl of Rosse
Ireland
House of Lords
England
F. W. Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Wodehouse
Bermuda
London Stock Exchange
House of Ladies
Northwestern agitation over free Canadian lumber
The report notes public sentiment in the northwest opposing free lumber imports from Canada, with capitalists accused of manipulating policy via Leamington. The item hints at economic tensions and regional politics affecting trade and industry.
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Northwestern
Leamington
C P R Bridge Burned Delays Route Across North Bay
A North Bay dispatch reports a disrupted C P R schedule after two accidents and a bridge fire between White River and Schreiber. A six hundred foot bridge burned likely due to bushfire will require at least three days to rebuild, forcing reroutes of the Imperial Limited and Winnipeg trains via the Soo line.
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North Bay
Fort William
Port Arthur
White River
Schreiber
Winnipeg
Sudbury
Minneapolis
Woman Acrobat Injured After Fall at Toronto Fair Ride
Despatch from Toronto reports Mlle Marie La Blanche was performing her act when the wire rope sagged midway, causing her to fall about 40 feet to the ground. She sustained serious spinal and abdominal injuries and was taken to the General Hospital after examination by Dr. Adam Wright and Mills.
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Toronto
Mlle
Marie la Blanche
Adam Wright
Mills
General Hospital
Tried to Storm Cathedral In Glasgow Riot
A despatch from Glasgow reports about two thousand Socialists and unemployed who after an open air meeting on Sunday attempted to invade the Cathedral during services. Police stationed there charged the mob with batons, several rioters were injured, and the mob was dispersed.
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Glasgow
Ottawa teen killed in Pottersburg shooting
A London Ontario despatch reports Daniel McKeever seventeen of Hamilton road was killed near Pottersburg while out shooting with a rifle used as a club in an apparent accident or violent incident.
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London
Ont
Daniel McKeever
Hamilton Road
Pottersburg
Fire Threatens St Remi Village in Massive Blaze
A Montreal despatch reports St. Remi, 35 miles away, narrowly escaped a fate like Three Rivers when a Friday morning fire destroyed ten houses and stores. The blaze started in Lazure’s general store and spread to surrounding buildings, with Montreal aid arriving by special train. Estimated loss about 150,444 dollars. Four prowlers, possibly bandits from St. Eustache, were ordered to leave. several notable buildings burned including Taurent’s restaurant and Dr. Trudeau’s office.
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Montreal
St. Remi
Three Rivers
St. Eustache
Alex. Taurent
World Markets Report of Cattle Grain and Dairy Prices
Toronto markets report dairy and grain prices for Sept 8 with Ontario Manitoba and lake region values. Futures and cash prices cover flour wheat oats rye corn barley and bran with outside export quotes and track prices for No 2 white and red.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Lake Parts
At &S
Market Prices for Farm Commodities and Poultry
Prices for beans honey combs hay straw potatoes and poultry listed with grade and unit ranges. Beans prime 2 to 2.10 dollars per bushel or 2.20 to 2.25 for tand picked. Poultry prices include chickens 13 to 14 cents per pound, fowl 10 to 12, ducks 10 to 11, turkeys 15 to 16 cents. Hay timothy 9 to 10 a ton, second 6.50 to 7, straw 6 to 7.50. New Canadian potatoes 55 to 65 cents per bushel rye lot and New Brunswick bags at 1 dollar.
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New Brunswick
Dairy and egg market quotations in local ads
Butter Prints 22 to 23 cents and tubs 20 to 21 cents, inferior 18 to 19. Creamery rolls 25 to 26 cents with solids 24 to 24 and one half cents. Eggs 20 to 21 cents per dozen case lots. Cheese large 13 to 13 and one half cents, twins 13 and one third to 13 and one half. old cheese 15 to 15 and one half cents.
Bacon Prices Change as Market Shifts By Grade
Market brief notes bacon price adjustments from 1 percent to 11 percent in case lots. Industry summaries indicate shifts across grades with details readable in the local commerce column.
Grain and flour prices in Montreal market report
Montreal market notes strong activity with Manitoba No. 2 white at 48c per bush el, No. 3 at 47c and rejected at 46c. Flour prices show choice spring patents 6.00 to 6.10, seconds 5.59, winter patents 5.00, bagged 4.50 to 5.10, mill feed listed. Livestock and other commodities appear with varied pricing and limited sales, signaling steady to improved demand for grain and flour.
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Montreal
Manitoba
Manila
Shorts
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Aris
Captain Lowe
Egypt
Nevada
Canada
West Indies
Lord Minto
India
Tampico
Mexico
Great Britain
Toronto Exhibition
Roy
Great Kirk
Quebec
HOG Products
United Serp
Buffalo
Hor
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