Weekend News Highlights from Ontario and Canada
The Peterborough town clerk appointment stars Mr S R Armstrong. Brockville manslaughter verdict assigns Charles Shipman seven years. Donations fund Woodstock hospital site valued at 1500 dollars. Halifax tragedy ends with murder and suicide by Richard Savage, sparking Ottawa talks. Sir John Thompson hints Parliament may convene early. Jesuit Father Hammon urges Catholics to avoid theatres. Doc Andrews case links to Lucy Denning death. Seminary of St Sulpice wealth cited at over sixteen million dollars. Sir John Abbott estate split among eight heirs. Ottawa canal cost estimates discussed. Newfoundland election results show government ahead 20 seats to 16 for opposition. Montreal mayor opposes winter carnival. Abbott funeral held at Mount Royal with dignitaries present. Legal debates touch Mortmain Act validity in P E I. 14th Kingston unit discipline ordered to court. London snowstorm and Sir Andrew Clark pass away. Duchess of Fife salmon claim noted. Manchester ship canal near completion. Irish politicians summoned for illegal assembly. Gladstone on evicted tenants talks. California wine harvest projected at eighteen million gallons. Public health bureau gains prominence with presidential backing. Staten Island boat capsize traps ten workers. Detroit street car collision kills a ladderman. Chicago council brawl over mayoral term. Kingston man arrested for bigamy in Evansville. Prendergast murder trial rescheduled. Tariff reform seen as revenue-focused.
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Sir John Thompson
Montreal
Father Hamnon
Doc” Andrews
Lucy Denning
Buffalo
Toronto
Canada Revue
St. Sulpice
John Abbott
McLeod Stewart
Ottawa
Board of Trade
Ottawa Ship Canal
Walter Shanly
Newfoundland
Desjardins
Canada
Mount Royal
Mr. Hodgson
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Gillis
War in South Africa ends Matabele threat and empire aims
The piece argues the Chartered Company crushed Lobengula and the Matabeles with minimal British losses, while polices and payments to the king fueled conflict. It suggests Lobengula may retreat northwest near the Zambesi bend and speculates Parliament may probe Company finances and governance before Britain assumes Zambesia rule.
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Lobengula
South Africa
London Illustrated Papers
England
Mashonaland
Chartered Company
Ngula
Bulwayo
Lobengule
South Africa Company
Zambesi
Bulaway
Zambesia
Fragmented Notes on Domestic Habits and Medicine
A stream of fragmented lines describes daily domestic tasks, hygiene practices, and cooking details. It mentions ironing, cleaning, thinning ham, boiling eggs, and hair care steps such as using glycerine and pumice stone to whiten skin. The text reads as a collage of instructions and observations without a single cohesive event.
State monopoly of tobacco proposed by Russian council
The Russian State Council has proposed creating a state tobacco monopoly. In Milan police surprised an anarchist meeting and made several arrests. Governor Gourko of Moscow is expected to recover from poisoning. Santander disaster details show about a thousand dead missing or wounded. Warsaw reports 26 more arrests of socialist nation suspects, many educated women. Brazil’s Peixoto notes England and France will stay neutral. Italy proposes a naval display with Germany and Austria in the Mediterranean. European sympathizers plan to aid Brazilian insurgents with funds and arms. Brussels congress backs propaganda to provoke strikes among soldiers.
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Milan
Gourko
Moscow
Santander
Warsaw
Peixoto
England
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Mediterranean
Europe
Rio Janeiro
Brussels
Belgium
Managing Furnaces For Efficient Early Winter Heat
Practical guidance on optimizing coal use and furnace operation. Warm the house first to reduce ongoing coal needs, fill the fire pot fully, avoid using a top poker, keep air flowing by proper ash and damper management, and adjust when drafts change. Don’t close all registers at once. close upper-floor registers to retain heat in lower areas.
Editor’s Wife and Church Income Mentioned in Silly Exchange
A humorous exchange hints at an editor’s wife and a quip about appearing in print. The piece also notes in the Established Church of Scotland the average benefice income sits near £300 yearly with a modest stipend referenced.
Santander Horror Deepens After City Disaster
A Madrid dispatch reports Santander faced 1000 dead missing and wounded after Friday’s catastrophe. Officials and residents gathered amid debris as Senor Gamazo arrived to direct relief, telegraphing medical supplies and nurses and leading a $5,000 government donation.
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Madrid
Santander
Senor Gamazo
Buried Dead After Bay Disaster Among Disturbing Remains
The dead were interred yesterday including the headless and mutilated remains of the Marquis de Pomba. Services drew large crowds, with many body fragments laid to rest in a common grave. Divers quit after witnessing gruesome corpses, crews now search the bay by grappling, noting some deaths by drowning rather than explosion shock.
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Marquis de Pomba
Tangier crisis fuels European pressure on Morocco
A cablegram alleges a secret Franco Russian Spanish treaty to occupy Tangier and prevent British involvement. It urges France to deploy a squadron to Tangier to back Spain against Britain in Melilla disturbances and to pressure the Sultan to act against the Moors, with Spain seeking indemnity for losses and costs of war preparations.
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England
Morocco
Soller
France
Russia
Spain
Tangier
Europe
Mediterranean
Paris
Great Britain
Melilla
Trade in the States Shows Little Improvement After Silver Bill Repeal
US trade remains stagnant after repeal of the silver law with wheat prices down due to surplus stocks and weak foreign demand. Exports trail last year while domestic movement stays below expectations. Russian and Argentine competition pressure prices. corn rises on bullish sentiment. provisions hold with moderate stocks. Hog packing declines by about one million head across Western centers.
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United States
America
Minister Seeks Favor in Sermon Dispute
A young minister laments being misunderstood by a female confidante who answers him with a terse, exclusive reply after he asks why his last sermon failed to persuade.
Fashionable Slang Shapes Public Speech Says Pall Mall Bullet
The Pall Mall Budget notes a surge in slang and affectation in society. It highlights awfully ghastly versus awfully charming, pooty gowns, dropped g and hs, and a trend toward pushy side phrases over refined mincing manners.
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Pall Mall
Drainage and Weather in Ontario and the U.S. Regions
An article discusses drainage’s impact on farming during droughts, arguing that water removal lowers soil moisture but does not change global weather. It explains how oceanic moisture governs climate, local mountains modify air, and that drainage may increase soil porosity yet not alter large scale weather.
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Ontario
Globe
Atlantic
Mexican Gulf
Great Lakes
Topnoddy Declares Himself Engineer of the House
In a domestic scene Topnoddy asserts control at noon as Mrs Topnoddy, wielding a rolling pin, retorts she is the boss of the home. He asks how he may assist with the chores while she warns of steam escaping and anger.
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Topnoddy
Mrs. Topnoddy
Indian Datura Seed Used by Thieves in India Described
A historical report details how Indian thieves administer datura seeds to render victims helpless. It notes quick onset on empty stomachs, prolonged unconsciousness, and symptoms resembling alcohol intoxication. The piece explains the seeds are easy to obtain, widely available, and favored for robbing victims without immediate fatality.
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India
Mode of Escape From Burning Houses
Extract from C J Heximer on fire safety for crowded tenements. Advice covers staying calm, quick undressing, closing doors, crawling through smoke, using damp cloths, making rope from bedding if necessary, and jumping only as a last resort with a blanket or mattress to cushion the fall. Woolen garments recommended to slow flames and reduce oxygen feed.
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Baltimore
C. J. Heximer
Uncertain Pleuro-Pneumonia on Havana Cattle Ship
Fresh case of disease found among Canadian cattle aboard the Havana, slaughtered at an English port. Lungs sent to Board of Agriculture. experts say it matches contagious pleuro-pneumonia while Canadian authorities dispute this. Ottawa has sampled lung tissue. frontier watch heightened as Cholera hits returning Chicago hogs.
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Havana
Board of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Chicago
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S.R. Armstrong
The
Peterborough
Ont
Charles Shipman
Brockville
Warwick
Woodstock
Richard Savage
Maggie
Richard
Halifax
N.S
Herbert
Kingston
British
Midland
Sir Andrew Clark
London
Duchess of Fife
Mar Lodge
Lord Roberts
Great Manchester Ship Canal
William Field
House of Commons
St. Patrick’s
Dublin
Luke Hayden
South Roscommon
Redmond
Gladstone
California
Cleveland
Bureau of Public Health
Hoffman and
Swinburne Islands
Staten Island
Lee
Detroit
James C. Shanneasy
Evansville
Prendergast
Harrison
Crisp
House of Representatives
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Onderi
State Council
Santander Horror
Britain
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