Wheat market swings and weather fears drive prices
The report analyzes global wheat supply and demand, noting low stocks since 1898 and rising consumption. It highlights speculative trading in the U S and Europe, weather impacts on North American crops, and current price moves for July and October delivery with related grain, hay, dairy, and meat market details.
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America
Argentine
India
Russia
Europe
Minnesota
South Dakota
Canada
France
Australia
Manitoba
Fort William Port Arthur
Grain and feed prices steady in Winnipeg market
The Winnipeg grain and feed trade remains quiet ahead of the fair with farmers delaying purchases. Millfeed Bran sells at 14 dollars per ton bulk delivered. shorts at 16 dollars. Ground Feed Oat chop 29 dollars per ton. here chop 20. mixed barley and oats 27. old cake 27.
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Ontario
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Shorts
Forest Fires Assault Vancouver Dispatch Details
Revelstoke reports multiple fires hitting firms and camps. Revelstoke Lumber mill burns for 59000 loss with 30000 insured. American Mining premises at French Creek see extensive damage worth 30000 with no insurance. Big Bend Lumber camp at McKay’s ranch and fires at Wigwam and Cambourne destroy bridges and timber resources.
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Vancouver
Revelstoke
Revelstoke Lumber Company
American Mining Company
French Creek
Big Bend
Big Bend Lumber Company
McKay
Fish Creek
Wigwam
Cambourne
Canadian Produce in Great Britain Secures Trade Growth
London report shows six months to June with UK trade expanding. Exports rise by about 55 million dollars and imports by 5.75 million. Canadian imports fall versus 1904 for wheat flour oats and peas, while maize imports surge eightfold. Cattle and sheep volumes drop. bacon increases.
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London
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
Canadian murder and suicide report from Ingersoll
In Ingersoll Ontario Mrs Smiline Kyle shot and killed David McGee outside her home. Three shots were fired. two hit, McGee died instantly. Kyle surrendered and was arrested. coroner Dr Neff joined police at the scene. McGee, son of Toronto residents, had a troubled history including prior imprisonments. A Toronto dispatch adds a Whiteside Place wife finding husband dead by suicide at Centre Island after a Sunday school picnic.
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Ingersoll
Smiline Kyle
R. Kyle
St. Charlies
David McGee
McGee
Kyle
Neff
Bartlett
Bg Ae
John McGee
Toronto
Woodstock
McConnell
Central Prison
Miss MelIntyre
Detroit
Toronto Dispatch
Joseph Crawford
Whiteside Place
St. Bartholomews
Centre Island
Crawford
Reinhardt’s
Daring Hold-up on Oxford Mountain Railway
Sherbrooke reports two highwaymen shot pay master Percy near the Francis river construction camp. They killed his horse, wounded him in the shoulder and leg, and took a large sum intended for railway workers. A posse from the camp pursued the attackers. Percy is in stable condition after the assault.
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Sherbrooke
Percy
Oxford Mountain Railway
Oat. Francis
Canada to Take Over Halifax Garrison Sept 1
Ottawa reports Britain agrees to Canada’s plan for Halifax and Esquimalt. Canada will assume Halifax garrison on September 1 and pay full Esquimalt costs until 1906. Imperial officers to serve temporarily under Canadian control with specified staffing totals. Royal garrison to withdraw from Halifax by then.
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Canada
Halifax
Ottawa Dispatch
Dominion
British War Office
Esquimalt
War Office
England
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
Royal Garrison Regiment
Thirty Thousand Men Planned for Harvest Excursions
William Whyte of the C P R in Montreal discusses annual harvesters trips to Manitoba and the northwest. About 20 000 laborers are needed this year, double the previous demand, with dates depending on grain ripening and railway labor needs. Maritime excursionists likely moved first to free cars for Ontario. C P R will offer the standard $12 fare out and $18 return.
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Toronto
William Whyte
Co. P. R
Montreal
Manitoba
Northwest Provinces
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Man dies in nine feet deep well near Maniwaki
Ottawa special reports Octave cert, eight miles from Maniwaki up the Gatineau, was smothered to death in a well. He had dug a three by three foot shaft about twenty five feet deep and lay at the bottom as his family and friends watched at the mouth. Authorities note the soil was not firm and the weight of the group is blamed for the tragedy.
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Ottawa
Octave Cert
Maniwaki
Gatineau
White Girls Marry Chinese In Toronto Celebration
A Toronto dispatch reports two white women married Charlie Ling and Jack King at a Chinese restaurant on York Street. The wedding followed Methodist church rites and sparked elation around the venue with a private plea from one bride to avoid newspaper coverage. An apartment behind the restaurant hosted a celebratory gathering of Chinese attendees.
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Toronto Dispatch
York Street
Charlie Ling
Jack King
Conductor Bruce Faces Hoboes On CP Rail Line
A daytime clash near Golden between CP rail crew and attacking hoboes ended with two tramps wrestled from the train. Brakeman Lawrence ordered them off. a revolver shot was fired but the conductors restrained the men. In Golden both suspects were captured. one required hospital care after being beaten.
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Bruce
Field
Golden
Lawrence
Beck
Edmonton Plans Inaugural Celebration Date Set
Boards of trade committees met in council chambers with the mayor and Alderman Ricard to plan Edmonton's first celebration. Sept 1 was chosen as the date. Efforts to secure provincial grants and invitations to high officials were proposed. A police escort and an infantry squad of 50 men were requested for the event.
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Edmonton
Board of Trade
J. A. Macdougall
A. T. Cushing
F. T. Fisher
Ald. Ricard
Regina
Alberta
Haultain
Manitoba
B. C
Highwaymen hold up Mount Oxford official and sons
A. C. Lytle superintendent of Mount Oxford railway and his sons were stopped by two masked Italians between Kingsbury and Windsor Mills. Lytle, driving with $14,000 in a satchel, was forced to surrender. a shot killed the horse, and Lytle and his sons fled in opposite directions as the robbers fled to the woods. One arrest has been made. Lytle suffered minor injuries.
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Montreal
A. C. Lytle
Mount Oxford
Kingsbury
Windsor Mills
Mr. Lytle
Lytle
Judges May Lose $1,000 Per Year In Ontario
A Toronto dispatch reports seven teen judges of Canada's supreme court may forfeit $1,000 yearly due to recent federal salary increases. Ontario statutes provided the province would top up any missing amount to reach $1,000 for judges not receiving the allowance, covering outside duties like election trials. The new change could end that arrangement.
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Toronto Dispatch
Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario
Supreme Court of Judicature
Supreme Court
Parliament of
Canada
Ontario Cancels Russell County Drainage Debt
Ontario government cancels Russell County drainage debt totaling 31000 dollars owed to Ontario, removing liability for the county and settling long standing financial obligation. The move relieves county finances and clears the books of the historical debt.
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Russell County
Ontario
Russia Japan War Reports Impart Mixed Front News
Tokyo reports slight Russian ship damage after raids near Port Arthur while Japan presses toward Monsan Nagan and Hasagawa. London cites possible moderate terms but Hayashi warns war may continue. Vladivostok and Sakhalin gains cited as near-term concerns. St. Petersburg confirms an attempted shooting of Procurator Pobledonostself at Tsarskoe Selo, but he survived.
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London
Baron Hayashi
Associated
Russia
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Japan
Hayashi
Sakhalin
Tokio
Port Arthur
Korea
Monsan
Nagan
Hasagawa
Oyama
Linevitch
Vladivostok
Vladimirovitska
St. Petersburg
Petrovitem Pobledonostself
Holy Synod
Tsarskoe Selo
M. Pobledonostself
Tsarskoe Sela
Railroad Accident Bulletin Totals for Early 1905 Casualties
Interstate Commerce Commission report summarizes January through March 1905 rail incidents in the United States. It records 232 deaths and 6 713 injuries from all causes, plus 904 killed and 14 397 injured in noncollision derailments and other incidents.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Toronto Observatory to Move to Ottawa in a Year
News in brief reports the meteorological observatory in Toronto will be relocated to Ottawa within twelve months. Other items note Englishman Chas Wright fatally injured in a Hamilton runaway, the Gulf of Ancred sailing from Halifax with lobster cargo, drownings near St Paul and Minneapolis, and various local incidents.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Chas Wright
Hamilton
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Fort William Basis
Great Britain
Canadian News
Alon
Daily Telegraph
Gulf of Ancred
Havre
St. Paut
Minneapolis
Anna Walworth
Sioux City
Towa
Michigan
Eugene Freeburn
Galt Ont
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