Province House Proceedings Outline April 8 1908
Provincial Legislature morning session reports first readings on Acadia Sick Benefit Association act and various bills. Questions seek government payments to John Quinn and details on Crosby's Bridge and Ferry Road. Petitions on New Hiddleton Road and access to County Line Road noted. petitions on Georgetown Road to Pownal Bay acknowledged. Debentures for Infirmary and jail projects discussed. adjournment at 1 p.m. Afternoon resumes consideration of the equity act and related measures.
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Acadia Sick Benefit Association
Fraser
John Quinn
Cummiskey
Kennedy
Crosby's
McKinnon
Ferry Road
Irving
Hiddleton
County Line
Georgetown
Pownal Bay
Prince County
Court House
Mathieson
Bride Taken From Husband's House in Ballinaglragh
In Ballinaglragh County Leitrim a jilted suitor who wed another faced a hostile reception. Crepe masked men forced the bridegroom to return home a late night while the bride remained with her father. Neighbors and clergy resisted the marriage and police cannot restore order in this district.
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Dublin
Ballinaglragh
County
Leitrim
Ireland
Enniskillen
Ballinagleragh
Lurder
Wonderland Tonight Brings Kin Kaid and Durands to Stage
Billy Kin Kaid offers a jugling exhibition with new features and a short stay. The Durands present a popular comedy with song and dance, plus a bright varied program including Discharge the Maid, Fire Manouvers in Madrid, Skilful Policeman, Fresh Blacksmith, The Runaway Horse. Austin Trainor stars in an illustrated song with strong musical performances for a rare Wonderland evening.
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Billy Kin Kaid
New Illustrated Song
Wonderland
Durands
Madrid
Austin Trainor
Politicians Tackle Cigarette Question In Commons
Ottawa reports describe the Commons passing third readings on excise and immigration bills while a senate adjournment looms May 6. Laurier and ministers debate cigarette policy amid calls to ban manufacture and sale and curb youth access.
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Ottawa
Commons
Tobalico
Senate
Wilfrid Laurier
Templeman
Blain
Montreal
Brodeur
Foster
Toronto
Dividends and Wages Debate At Canadian Pacific
Montreal April 8 report says Canadian Pacific Railway considered a ten per cent wage cut and dividend hold. HQ officials denied any plan. a dividend cut would be considered only after wages. No such measure has been thought of or discussed. Berlin April 8 reports Toselli and ex crown princess of Saxony face marital strife. Mme Toselli seeks divorce to marry a young author amid ongoing disputes and separations anticipated.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Berlin
Florence
Signor Toselli
Montineso
Saxony
Mme. Toselli
Berliner Zeitung
Toselllis
Jand
Times
Times In
France
The
US Officer in Presidio Suicide
Lieut. Davids A Lind of the U S A Signal Corps shot and killed himself in his quarters at the Presidio yesterday. He destroyed all personal papers and no cause is known. Fellow officers say he had been morose for several days. Lind, a Philadelphia native, was 33 years old. He enlisted eight years ago and became a lieutenant three years later.
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San Francisco
Davids A.lindsay
National Bank of the Republic Transferred to Liquidation
Boston April 8 a major change in local banking was announced the National Bank of the Republic will liquidate its assets through the National Shawmut Bank effective tomorrow Shawmut will take on the goodwill and business while the Republic's deposits range around twelve to fifteen million dollars and its assets total about two million dollars
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Boston
Mass
National Bank of the Republic
National Shawmut Bank
New England
Shawmut National’ Bank
Shawmut
Alascaston
P. R. to Have Second Transcon Continental Road
Winnipeg reports that Canadian Pacific Railway considers a second transcontinental line with terminus at Hardy Bay British Columbia. The proposed route would be shorter than the current line and aimed at better competition with the Grand Trunk Pacific.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hardy Bay
B. C
Pacific Coast
Grand Trunk Pacific
Many People Faint in German Church
At Markranstadt near Leipzig a church service left the entire congregation unconscious. The minister and organist collapsed, choir boys fell, and seventeen required rescue as a defective coke stove heating the building released narcotic fumes. Passersby and medical aid restored consciousness with treatment.
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Berlin
Markranstadt
Leipzig
Soporific Agency
Change of Pictures and Vaudeville at Fairyland Tonight
At Fairyland tonight Miss May Cameron and Johnnie Howard present The Raw Recruit with songs dancing jokes and acrobatic stunts. A complete change of moving pictures follows The Lown's Portable Body Gipsy's Revenge and Thieving Land. Two illustrated songs by Maddison and Harney cap an exceptional program.
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Fairyland
Miss May
Cameron
Johnnie Howard
Maddison
Harney
All Red Line Debate Stirs Royal Institute Meeting
London reports of April 9 describe a tense Royal Institute session as Lord Strathcona faced sharp questions about the All Red Line. Key British Cabinet members showed divided support, with Asquith proposing 1.5 million pounds while Churchill and Lloyd George urged 2.5 million. Australia offered 75,000 and New Zealand 500,000, and discussions touched on the Uniform Stamp idea amid Times criticism of the King.
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London
Royal Institute
Lord Strathcona
John Colonels
Burns
Asquith
Churchill
Lloyd-George
Deakin
Astralia
Deadlock with Americans delays postwar treaty talks
London dispatches report the Foreign Office has drafts for US Canada settlements with minor points sent to Ottawa. A new deadlock over Niagara Falls power complicates talks while arbitration of the Atlantic fisheries lags. Newfoundland’s slow replies and Britain’s difficulty reconciling views may force renewal of the modus vivendi.
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London
Foreign Office
United States
Canada
Ottawa
Niagara Falls
Newfoundland
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Wedding of Lady Ruby Elliott of Minto and Viscount Errington
Lady Ruby Elliott daughter of the Earl of Minto wed Viscount Errington at St Margarets Westminster in a satin empire gown with lace veil. Bridesmaids included Eileen Elliot Violet Elliot Evelyn Grey and others. Honeymoon awaited at Sutton Courtney after a reception of gifts from England Ireland Scotland India and Canada.
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Montreal
London
Ruby Elliott
Earl of Minto
India
Canada
Countess of Minto
Rowland Thomas Baring
Errington
Lord Cromer
Cromer Hall
Norfolk
Egypt
Minto
Church of St. Margaret's
Westminster
Eileen
Violet Elliot
Dorothy Browne
Lord
Kenmare
Evelyn Grey
Mabel Bnott
Margaret Dawnay
Wyndham Baring
Sutton Courtney
Harry Lindsay
England
Ireland
Scotlad
TRY 70 UNITE SEVERAL UNIONS
In Chicago on Monday an industrial conference is called to unite the Western Federation of Miners United Miners of America Brewery Workers Lithographers and Wood Workers into an independent federation. Signers include Haywood Mahoney Kirwin Randall Downey Callahan MacKenzie and Mills. The AFL Federation’s stance on the new group is uncertain and likely to discourage its formation.
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Chicago
Western Federation of Miners
United Miners of America
Brewery Workers
W. D. Haywood
EB. Mahoney
James Kirwin
Robert Randall
Downey
J. W. Callahan
Roderick ‘MacKenzie
Ernest Mills
Federation of Labor
Weather Update for Toronto on Saturday
Moderate to fresh northwesterly winds shift to southwesterly. Temperatures rise mildly with fine skies as the day progresses. Saturday in Toronto is milder with a warmer feel overall.
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Toronto
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