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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1893
Page
7
Fragmentary text recalls zoo life and a lion or tiger scene with a girl observer and a tiger responding with roars and soothing actions. The piece references animals, cages, and distant places like Hyderabad and Asia, with scattered notes on a visitor, caretakers, and a tower setting. The mood hints at nostalgia and wonder rather than a clear news event.
Heavy log accident on Capt. H. J. Cloney in Acatlosse S injuring him fatally. Kasper Ostler of Hamilton to send a large wood carving to the World’s Fair. Niagara Falls votes 125 to approve 16000 more for high school, total 26000. Multiple Ontario figures including Dr. Lundy and factory interests noted. International items cover Canadian governance, rail developments, gas ventures, and Alaska to Hawaii. United States items report naval review date, accidents, fires, and political moves.
The year’s coffee crop exceeds 11 billion pounds, valued at over 135 million dollars in first hands. Gold production runs twenty five tons weekly, yet metal remains scarce. Amal mated Iron and Steel Association Omestead says no more funds needed for strikers after 5 350 dollars received. Baltimore Ireland hosts a fishing school training boys in sea work and related trades. Needle making began as a guarded craft around 1650 taught by Christopher Greening. New English needles are sold worldwide with Redditch supporting over 20 000 workers earning more than 100 million dollars annually.
North Polar research heats up as Lieut Peary Dr Nansen and Englishman F G Jackson plan high latitude breakthroughs. Jackson aims to base on Franz Josef Land, push north through Austria Sound, and reach the Pole via staged depots. Experts weigh Franz Josef Land as best route though uncertainties loom about its extent toward the Pole.
After two months at sea, the vessel nears Novaya Zemlia where a rescue party from England has been dispatched to retrieve or determine the fate of the explorers. The trek underscores perilous Arctic navigation and daring international aid.
Reports say Capt van der Kerckhoven with 5,000 troops and river boats has crossed into the British sphere from Congo Free State, marching toward the Khalifa’s Soudan capital. His path to Emin’s old Wadelia and Gordon’s Lade underscores a new Central Africa threat. Ambiguity remains over his orders and destination.
The article argues that Canadian silver, not legal tender beyond small sums, serves mainly as change counters while American silver, legal tender, depreciates with excess minting. It links currency value to intrinsic metal worth, noting Canadians lose when selling goods for increasingly devalued silver while Canada maintains parity with gold only as counters.
A 13 year old girl from a good family in Vestinet near Paris lay in a five month sleep in a private hospital. Dr Reffegeau used a red hot iron to cauterize one enlarged tonsil. She awoke with pain and cried where am I and regained consciousness. She recalls nothing of the slumber and now is healthy and eager to catch up on lost time.
An exposé shows salaries at a leading London dressmaker. Lady managers earn 2500 dollars yearly with board and lodging, first assistants 1500, second assistants 800, two third assistants 100 each, one accountant 2500, and six showroom staff 400 to 600 annually. About one hundred workers receive 3 to 6 dollars weekly.
Eight years after Ki Thebaw’s ouster, Mandalay shows marked changes under British rule. The formerly feared Theban regime is seen as weak, ruled by Queen Sopia Lat, with courts and palaces repurposed for administration. Dacoit bands were crushed, weapons seized, and Upper Burma modernized with railroads, courts, roads, and hospitals aiding revived prosperity.
In the North American Review Vamberg argues England’s Asian successes arise from ethnical, political, and moral traits. He praises British enterprise born of liberal politics and calm, dignified conduct while warning that cold hauteur harms relations with Asia and that Russians may outpace Britain in orientalist ties.
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