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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
2
The Granbrook Herald notes Labor Day observances across the country and Cranbrook, laments delays in electric light installation, and reports on the Fort Steele Prospector reducing pages. It condemns price fighting and calls out the Ruby football game as more brutal than prize fights.
Moyie Leader notes Cranbrook visitor WF Gird in town and Desaulnier from Central hotel ill. C R station work resumes with no further delays. Philip Conrad contracts A Stephenson to build a 20 by 24 residence on Tavistock street. work to begin next week. Five feet of solid ore found in Society Girl mine tunnel near St Eugene. seven men at work. Aurora showing continues. mining manager predicts possible ore shipping this fall. St Eugene Consolidated Mining Co reports August shipments at 1900 tons hindered by water shortage. concentrator runs at half capacity, ore shipped to Antofagasta Chile by Guggenheim Bros. Two prisoners in Lindsay assault case tried. one pleads guilty and fined 25 dollars. other acquitted for failing to assist officer. Public sentiment favors harsher handling.
After an all night session the legislature completed its business on August 31 and the house was prorogued by the lieutenant governor. The Grand Forks and Kettle River bill passed on its third reading after five divisions. Premier Dunsmuir opposed the Curtis eight hour law resolution, stating it would stay on the statute books. Phenix protested a mining commission appointment, which will be made.
A physician cites a family from Diehunin county with multiple suicides across generations to argue that self destruction is hereditary and linked to insanity. He notes a grandson recently killed himself in another state while several relatives remain in St. Louis, suggesting a disordered brain as the cause and criticizing physicians for not preventing such acts.
In Ulster and Delaware counties a proposed Pine Hill hotel straddles town lines. Owners threaten moving the Grind Hotel to Delaware to reduce taxes as Shandaken assessors raised valuation, while Middletown could be used to lower the assessment. Officials consider creating a special district to allow stockholders to vote on location and assessment.
San Francisco Chronicle reports the steamship Tasmania wreck off the Mahai peninsula between Gisborne and Napier. 86 aboard all survived to shore except a dinghy crew of eight with two drownings. Bravery noted by steward and seaman McNellie as boats capsized in heavy surf.
Canadian Pacific Railway offers a return fare to Calgary Exhibition of 7.70 dollars with tickets on sale September 10 to 13 and valid for return until September 18. See CP R agent at Cranbrook for details.
The fire patrol treats tenement fires with equal diligence as mansion blazes aiding exit, covering goods, and flooding lower floors to save belongings. Captains note grateful, often uninsured residents, yet patrols protect property first and assess insurance after.
The silver gar is highly difficult to keep alive in captivity due to its slender form and dangerous jaws. It swims near the surface in well aerated water and has died before aquarium capture despite careful handling. Also noted is a Paris Daily Messenger figure claiming more than 6,000,000 head of game consumed yearly in Paris, with detailed species counts.
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