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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1893
Page
6
Summarizes Manitoba topics including emigration, railway litigation, and local politics with notes on Icelandic settlement plans, a hospital dispute in Ottawa, cholera cautions, and a cattle scheduling case. Mentions Lord beacons and British policy shifts, plus American and European developments affecting Canada.
A man named Lee Taylor, five miles southwest of Newcastle, Pa, committed a self inflicted death by lying on a logs carriage and pulling himself up to a revolving saw. His head was severed instantly. his body left on the carriage. He had been recently married and left a wife.
Ladies tasked with data collection for a German led study prepare blank books for new mothers. The books ask when the baby first heard, noticed light, showed distress, and other early signs. Data from four years of life will be compiled and sent to Germany for analysis of infancy and childhood mental development.
A Brussels despatch reports Commander Dhanis routed Arab slave traders led by Tippu Tib’s son near Sefu on the Lomami River, taking about 500 prisoners and 600 rifles. In ongoing clashes, Lieut. Chaltin freed eighty slaves and killed several European figures, while Hodister’s stations on the Congo faced deadly Arab attacks.
The Saint Monian arrived at Port Townsend after a Brazil to Puget Sound voyage beginning August 14. The captain reports battles with sea terrors hunger and disease, with drowning scurvy and starvation, and a rescue by the McPherson that helped reach Puget Sound. The ship then faced fierce Cape Flattery storms and loss of lifeboat and sails before docking in dilapidated condition.
A collection of curiosities and notes from Capitol costs and gold mining to ancient gems and famous vines. Topics include a Washington capital bill cost, a Tacoma gold extraction venture, a 10 pound jellyfish dried to 10 grains, Blaine memorial hopes in Augusta Maine, the Golden House of Nero, Tower of London jewels, prolific Gail lac grapevine, and the challenge of reproducing feudal Japan sword blades.
Pierce Stevens Hamilton prominent Canadian poet and journalist died by his own hand at Halifax General Hospital after weeks of despondency. Former Halifax county register of deeds and first Nova Scotia mines and minerals commissioner, he later held key fishery posts and wrote trenchant political articles. He noted achievements included witnessing the first Intercolonial Railway and the first Canadian Pacific train arrival at Port Moody. He was seventy.
A Grand Army member recalls infantrymen marching asleep in formation and not dropping out. Artillery crews reportedly drifted off under continuous fire. Benjamin Franklin is described by biographers as sleeping for an hour while floating in water.
The article notes BC will share in rail expansion if projections occur. Since 1886 the first through train from the east to the province on the CPR, now four branch lines serve key mainland regions and a Vancouver Island railway. The Kootenay district draws rail interest as mining grows. The CPR operates a Kootenay branch. six charters were granted to independents to reach mines, two more applied. Eighteen charters granted by the Legislature, ten more requested this session. Eastern provinces see similar paper railways, and BC risks speculation in charters without oversight.
Port Clarence Alaska receives a herd of 1800 domesticated reindeer from Siberia with four native herders marking the first western coast herd. The move could boost Alaska’s food supply and transform Eskimo hunters into herders while enabling deeper exploration and trade across the interior.
A London cable reports Canada to enforce a ninety day quarantine on cattle moving to the United States via the Northwest while Ottawa seeks removal of the schedule against Canadian cattle. The North-West Mounted Police will enforce frontier quarantine and settlers will face minimal detention. Also, Lubeck marks its 753rd anniversary with a brief history including its Hanseatic role and past shocks.
Across Europe this season extreme cold prevails from the Arctic coast to the Mediterranean. Observers say conditions are harsher than in decades past with record lows in many regions and unusual severity in several areas.
Aboard the ship Storm, crewmen discuss a looming voyage to Jamal as a frightened, elderly woman warns of danger. A mysterious captain gathers attention with a calm, unsettling presence while mutiny rumors arise among sailors and the cook observes, leading to tense days at sea.
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