Western Canada Grain Crop Seen Largest On Record
Weather across North America and Europe remains favorable for harvest with Manitoba and the Canadian West reporting rapid wheat cutting. Forecasts estimate a 90 million bushel high quality crop after 4 million acres harvested, barring frost, and prices show a broad decline as supply expectations grow.
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America
Europe
Manitoba
Canada
Canadian West
Northwest
Bradstreets
Lake Port
Fort William
Port Arthur
Grain and Feed Prices Show Mixed Moves This Week
Business strong this week with oat chop and mixed barley and oats down. Oats prices slide with oats 27 lower. other prices hold steady. Millfeed Braa quoted at 15 dollars per ton bulk delivered to trade.
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Winnipeg
Northwestern
Fort William Basis
Ontario
Manitoba
Delayed Doukhobors in Liverpool Await Canada Shipment
The Doukhobors, awaiting transport to Canada, are housed in a foreign quarter of Liverpool. A Mirror dispatch reports 140 people are split between two houses, with as many as twenty sharing a single bedroom.
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London
Liverpool
Canada
The
Mirror
Unconscious Young Woman Found in Buffalo Likely Canada Ties
Police pick up a 19 year old woman on Broadway in Buffalo in an unconscious state. Suspected morphine poisoning. hospital surgeon to withhold opinion pending further investigation. Clothing marks indicate Canadian origin. Cards read Blanche Boles 66 Mohr Street and Frances Boland.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Broadway
Canada
Blanche Boles
Mohr Street
Frances Boland
Hoch Granted New Trial In Wife Murder Case
Springfield Mass Johann Hoch the Chicago bluebeard in jail for wife murder has been granted a new trial by Judge Magruder of the supreme court. He issued the supersedeas after reviewing the record and finding doubt enough to warrant a full supreme court review at the October term in Springfield. Hoch expressed that he is not guilty and now hopes to prove his innocence before the state’s highest court.
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Springfield
Mass
Johann Hoch
Chicago
Magruder
Supreme Court
Hoch
Murder in British Columbia mining camp shocks Victoria
Joseph Bibeau, hotel keeper at Mount Sickerwade camp about forty miles from Victoria, was murdered with a rifle by miner Fred Beech. Beech, a French Canadian, is still at large.
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B. C
Victoria
Joseph Bibeau
Mount Sickerwade Camp
Fred Beech
Bibeau
Doukhobors in Brandon En Route to Regina Jail Term
Sixteen Doukhobors from Yorkton, held for labor six months, passed through Brandon on the way to Regina. The group, guarded by Sergt Junket and Constables Ordenal and Crosby of the Northwest Mounted Police, attracted attention with chanting and singing. They will only eat peanuts.
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Brandon
Yorkton
Regina
Sergt. Junket
Ordenal
Crosby
Forged Grandfather’s Name Leads to Jail
Cayuga Ontario dispatch reports Frank Thorton eighteen used a forged cheque for eighteen hundred sixty dollars drawn on R S Thorton bank account. He cashed it at the Bank of Commerce then fled. Located later in Waterford he was brought back and jailed.
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Cayuga, Ont
Frank Thorton
Dundas
R. S. Thorton
Bank of Commerce
Thorton
Waterford
Death From Cow Kicking Near Ellisford
In Ellisboro area Mrs. James Dunn, wife of a local farmer, died after a cow she was milking kicked by another animal. She was thrown down and trampled, dying from injuries. The deceased, well known in the community, leaves a husband and nine children. funeral held at Ellisboro cemetery.
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Ellisboro
James Dunn
Ellisford
Ellisboro Cemetery
Grand Trunk Pacific Plans Shorter Route to Edmonton
Montreal dispatch reports Grand Trunk Pacific will offer the shortest route between Portage la Prairie and Edmonton. Vice-President Frank Morse says the line will run midway between the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern main lines, with 275 miles located west of Portage la Prairie and 450 more miles planned to reach Edmonton.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Pacific
Portage la Prairie
Edmonton
Frank Morse
Fertile Belt
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Main Line
Canadian Northern
Winnipeg
Cc. N. R
Will of George Gooderham Reveals Estate Worth 10 Million
Toronto dispatch reports the late distiller George Gooderham’s will. Estate totals 9.5 million dollars, distributed among nine children and relatives. Executed by four sons and son in law T G Blackstock with widow receiving life income and cash. grandson gets 200,000. other heirs receive varied sums and advances. trustees manage the distillery for ten years. The expected provincial duty is 460,000 dollars.
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Gooderham
Toronto Dispatch
George Gooderham
T. G. Blackstock
Bloor Street
George Gooderham Mitchell
W. H. Brown
C. C. Acheson
Connecticut
W. G
Albert Gooderham
Threat to Kill the Ministers in Chinese Boycott Telegram
A San Francisco cablegram from a purported 100,000 Chinese residents in America threatens Chinese foreign office ministers with assassination over prohibitions on protesting boycotts of American goods. The message condemns Chinese officials as traitors and promises to send a "brave hero" to kill them, citing Russia as precedent.
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Victoria
B. C
Shawmut
San Francisco
Chinese Foreign Office
America
U. S
Pekin
Russia
C P R Protests Grand Trunk Pacific Route in Northwest
An Ottawa special reports the C P R has filed a strong protest with the government against placing the Grand Trunk Pacific line in the Northwest. It is believed the C P R argues that territories served by its lines should not face competition. The government is said to favor free competition where railways are publicly funded. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy’s Ottawa visit is linked to the proposed transcontinental location.
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Cc. P. R
Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Northwest
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
Bereaved wife of prominent Ontario figure dies suddenly
A Windsor special reports Mrs. A. H. Clarke wife of A. H. Clarke K. C. M. P. of South Essex died suddenly from heart trouble. She was a Brantford native daughter of David Gibson and niece of Hon. J. M. Gibson. She leaves four young children, the youngest ten days old.
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A. H. Clarke
K. C
M. P
Windsor
Ont
Clarke
South Essex
David Gibson
Brantford
J. M. Gibson
Youthful Elopers Caught in Vancouver
Vancouver authorities arrested Raleigh Faulkner and Blanche Taylor on the steamer from Seattle following a directive from the girl's father. The eloping pair are described as youths with Blanche aged 16, raising questions about the couple's intentions and parental consent.
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Vancouver
B. C
Raleigh Faulkner
Blanche Taylor
Seattle
Montreal Man Killed After Tragedy On Moving Train
A Halifax dispatch reports Joseph St Amour of Visitation Street Montreal fell beneath wheels while boarding a moving train from Pictou to St John. His hand and leg were severed, he died half an hour later despite aid.
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Halifax
N.S
Pictou
St. John
Joseph St. Amour
Visitation Street
Montreal
Cloudburst Destroys Canyon Towns Drowns Nine
A cloudburst near Rhode canyon transformed a small stream into a raging torrent washing through Berwind and Tabasco. At least nine people drowned and property losses reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, mostly borne by Colorado Fuel and Iron and Colorado and Southern Railway.
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Trinidad
Col
Rhode Canyon
Berwind
Tabasco
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Emperor Menelik Proclaims New Abyssinian Dollar
The proclamation features oriental flourishes as Emperor Menelik announces a newly coined Abyssinian dollar. It prays for divine discord against enemies of Menelik and of Mary, underscoring ceremonial pageantry rather than striking detail.
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Menelik
Mary
Search for Roman city at West Meon yields clues
A London report says a search near Petersfield at West Meon uncovers paving believed to be part of a Roman centurion mansions heating system and other items. A schoolmaster, inspired by an old book, located the site and awaits further developments.
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London
West Meon
Petersfield
Building up of a Canadian Navy
The Morning Post argues that confederation with Canada could spur Canadians to build naval strength for the Caribbean. It notes the Panama Canal will open a new world sea highway and urges admiralty cooperation to help herald a Canadian navy.
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London
Morning Post
SECURES DUKEDOM BY EASY METHOD
Paris notes a new duke in Republican France Comte Frisch de Fels bought a Luxemburg dukedom for a small sum and with the title obtained from the grand duke he rose to nobility.
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Paris
France
Comte Frisch de Fels
Grand Duchy of
Luxemburg
Notable Deaths and Dispatches Across North America
Francisco Tamango the tenor plans a September departure for Japan and the Orient. A. F. Price, North Dakota’s first U.S. marshal after statehood, is dead. Chicago orphanage babies go to North Dakota farms. Guelph reports $26 171 from gas and power in two years under municipal ownership. Taft and Corbin have left the Philippines for Hong Kong en route to Pekin. William Jacobsen of Duverne Minn dies after stomach surgery. Spences Bridge slide claims 15 Indians killed and 13 injured. injured expected to recover. A body found near Port Stanley Ontario. death deemed self inflicted. Canadian cattle will enter Detroit fair without inspection. unprecedented Agriculture Department order. Vancouver poker ruled not gambling by magistrate Williams. Ezra G Valentine of Breckenridge Minn dies. pushed Minnesota drainage work. Kenneth Cameron son named lecturer at McGill in geometry. John J Freeman of Grand Forks killed in elevator accident. A 15-year-old near St Thomas Ont dies after rupturing a vessel from a fall. United States rail casualties total 94 201 last year with 10 000 fatally. Dawson sends bridge materials for Klondike project. House Passes northward timber raid speculations. A Glassco named Grand Trunk Pacific bridge engineer. Morse surrounds him with experienced Canadians. Yukon summer mild. Dawson crowd warned by Yukon World mean July temp 60.4.
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William Jennings Prran
Japan
The
Orient
A. F. Price
United States
North Dakota
Statehood
Chicago
Guelph
Ont
Port Stanley
Detroit Fair
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Williams
Eureka Club
Vancouver
Ezra G. Valentine
Breckenridge
Minn
A Sure Cure for Insomnia
A medical journal writer proposes a mental technique to induce sleep by reciting a chain of associated words. Each word suggests the next, preventing the mind from rambling during sleeplessness and purportedly yielding a reliable cure.
Denver Bank President Arrest Warrant Issued
Warrant issued by District Attorney Geo Stidger for arrest of Denver Savings Bank president J A Hill and vice president F P Jones and minor officials. Bank placed in receivership. Charges not disclosed. Hill reportedly in Oklahoma and Jones in Colorado Springs.
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Denver
Colo
Geo. Stidger
Denver Savings Bank
J. A. Hill
F. P. Jones
Hill
Oklahoma
Jones
Colorado Springs
Rancher Murder Claims W. S. Steele at Boetcher Ranch
A Russian named Kuntz shot W. S. Steele the Boetcher ranch manager near Linton North Dakota after a dispute over grain damage. Steele died instantly. Kuntz and his wife were arrested in town. Steele had been newly married, his wife arriving the previous Saturday.
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Linton
N. D
Kuntz
W. S. Steele
Boetcher Ranch
Here
Steele
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Mies Roosevelt
Phillippines
Hong Kong
William Jacobsen
First National Bank of
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Dawson
Klondike River
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
House Pass
Rockies
Beavermouth
Canoe Creek
North Fork
Columbia
Big Bend
A. Glassco
Hamilton
Dominion Bridge Co
Morse
Yukon
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