The Canadian Forests and the North Country
In Ontario vast forests feed American mills as Canada dominates North American lumber. The article notes Ontario lakes and rivers funnel millions of feet of pine spruce and hemlock to Michigan and Bay City mills, while tracks of deer moose and bear roam the untouched tracts near Toronto. It warns that lumbering spreads inland, damming creeks and sluiceways, threatening a rapid forest decline if reciprocity lowers duties.
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Toronto
Allendale
Lake Simcoe
Hudson Bay
Ontario
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Georgia Bay
Bay City
Michigan
Penetang
Meaford
Midland
Dominion
Canadian Paradise Opens as Pleasure Ground to Americans
Wright A Patterson describes Ontario lakes and rivers as a growing playground for American tourists and summer homes. He notes Lake Simcoe Muskoka Lake of Bays Magnetawan French River and Georgian Bay draw visitors from the eastern central United States, with many camps along Magnetewan River and Six Mile Blackstone Crane Kahpee-kog lakes. He predicts continued growth and welcomes Americans to Canada.
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Ontario
Lake Simcoe
Muskoka Lakes
Lake of Bays
Magnetawan River
French River
Georgian Bay
Penetang
Magnetewan River
States
Canada
Wright A, Patterson
From Society to Solitude in Ontario Forests
A London born watchman describes six months in a nearly abandoned Ontario lumber camp. He notes rare human contact, his Petticoat Lane memories, and the necessity driving him to endure isolation rather than return home. The piece contrasts city life with forest solitude and hints at mental strain.
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London
England
Ontario
Petticoat Lane
Here
Brain weights rank Taguchi's head among professionals
The brain of Taguchi, a Japanese anatomist, weighed 1 520 grams and placed thirtieth in a list of notable minds across professions arts and sciences as cited by the London Globe.
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Taguchi
London Globe
Russia reorganizes Manchurian Army for war with Japan
The imperial rescript names Maj. Gen. Grippenberg to command a second Manchurian army while Kuropatkin remains in charge of the first. Five corps are slated for the front with more to follow as Russia vows to fight out the issue. Port Arthur defenses, Daling Pass, Ta Pass and Mukden fronts feature in the latest reports with Japanese advances and Russian counteractions.
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St. Petersburg
Liaoyang
Grippenberg
Vilna
Far East
Kuropatkin
Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
Chefoo
Rihlung
Kikwan
Itz
Anshu
Ta Pass
London
Mukden
Col. Gaedke
Berlin
Togo
Tsingtao
Daling Pass
Rennenkampff
Anna Kravtchenko
Prince Radzivil
Christoforoff
Stoessel
Tsintau
Alexieff
Nicholas Michaelovitch
Orloff
Kuroki
Pensihu
Turkestan
Yentai
Liao River
Chefeo
Nogi
Fairbanks Issues Letter Outlining Republican Platform
Senator Fairbanks's acceptance letter, delivered by Elihu Root, reviews seven years of Republican diplomacy and policy. He defends tariff protection, gold standard, trusts regulation, and Sherman anti trust law enforcement while criticizing Democrats on spending and foreign policy in Panama and the Philippines. The full letter runs about 4,000 words.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fairbanks
Elihu Root
State Department
China
Cuba
Republican Party
America
Democratic Party
Panama
Philippines
Train Kills Four at Braddock Crossing
Pittsburg Sept 24 four killed when a Pennsylvania express struck a group of pedestrians at the Thirteenth street crossing. A woman and baby were thrown long distances. two men died at the scene. Victims include John Romanowski Joseph Pazlarski and Mrs Antony Augustinowicz.
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Pittsburg
Braddock
Pennsylvania Fast Express
Thirteenth Street
John Romanowski
Joseph Pazlazski
Antony Augustinowicz
Augustinowicz
Collision on a Curve Kills Sixty Six in Tennessee
A head on crash on the Southern railway near Knoxville leaves 66 dead and 125 injured as an east bound and a heavy west bound train collide on a curve. Congressman Henry R. Gibson survives, legs pinned, amid a disaster that prompts mass funerals and multiple family losses.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Henry R. Gibson
Second
Tennessee
Russellville
Newmarket
W. R. King
James King
King
Robber Steals 4400 From Grain Exchange in San Francisco
A masked bandit forced two clerks at 20 Liedesdorf street into a rear passage and seized a suitcase with 4400 in gold silver and papers from the Central Grain and Stock exchange. He tied the men, escaped likely by nearby conveyance, and the clerks freed themselves and alerted police.
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San Francisco
Central Grain and Stock Exchange
Liedesdorf Street
F. J. Flynn
H. T. Pearny
Exchange
Woman fatally shoots husband in chicken thief误 incident
Mrs. Peter Lewis of Blockley Iowa shot and killed her husband at their farm after mistaking him for a chicken thief. The couple had suffered repeated farm raids and Lewis returned from watching a sick neighbor when Mrs. Lewis fired through a window.
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Ife
Des Moines
Register
Mount Ayr
Peter Lewis
Blockley
Lewis
Nine Meet Awful Death At Pleasant Ridge School
Nine primary grade girls suffocated in a vault beneath an outhouse at Pleasant Ridge School north of Cincinnati during forenoon recess. Rescue attempts and public anger followed as authorities faced accusations of negligence.
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Cincinnati
Pleasant Ridge
Eruption of Vesuvius Hits New Violent Phase
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius increasing in force with stones reaching about 1609 feet and two ton weights cast from the crater. Observatories record 1844 explosions since Sunday morning as lava melts railways, destroys station huts, and wipes out vegetation within a mile. Severe earthquake shocks are felt.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Observatory
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