Arctic voyage nearly reaches pole on icebound Portland
Wilson Mizner recounts a six year Arctic voyage from Seattle to Nome aboard the Portland. The ship battled massive icebergs, drifted 600 miles from the目标, and narrowly escaped wreck as three tons of coal daily kept engines from freezing. A revenue cutter searched without success. another ship, Genia, was trapped nearby.
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Pouites
North Pole
Mizner
Seattle
Cape Nome
Herald Island
Pacific Ocean
United States Revenue Cutter
Behring Straits
Dutch Harbour
Aleutian Islands
Nome
Fip
Straita
Mr. Mizner
Pole
Genia
Arctic Ocean
Cape Lisborne
Portland
C P R Plans Toronto Sudbury Rail Line
Condensed dispatches report the Canadian Pacific Railway will build a new line from Toronto to Sudbury. Other items note a San Francisco oil vessel explosion with twelve missing, a heavy snow storm disrupting Twin Cities railways, and notable figures and events including the death of Sir Frank Green former London lord mayor. Britain and Germany to hold naval demonstration over Venezuela. Royal Navy ships to be grey. mining activity in Fort Frances. Hugh J. Macdonald comments on German competition. grain shipments by CP Elevators up two million bushels from last year.
Ontario Referendum on Liquor Act Falls Short of Enacting Law
Toronto reports show the Liquor act referendum received a strong statewide yes but prohibitionists failed to reach the 213,000 votes required to make the act law. Total counted 105,193 for 65,669 against with a 39,524 margin amid incomplete returns.
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Toronto
Ontario
Multiple incidents reported from across Canada and beyond
Smallpox breaks out at an Indian school in Norway House. Marconi reports satisfaction with Cape Breton wireless tests. Higgins the boy murderer in St. John N B is to be hanged on the 18th. A turkey shoot accident claims Angus Leslie in Manitoba. Santa Maria eruptions kill around 3000 in Guatemala. Fire at Denny shipyards endangers Shamrock III. Fire damage cited at £100000. First Winnipeg Chicago long distance call on Dec 5. Kingston arrests for vote impersonation. Grand Trunk seeks BC charter. Montreal chamber opposes aid to Grand Trunk Pacific. Mrs Ferris, pioneer of Shelburne Ont died at home aged nearly 100. George Parker frozen to death near Battleford. Thomas Parker attempts suicide in Winnipeg. bullet narrowly misses heart. Harry Ruit dies after a fatal prank at Paterson works. alleged manslaughter charge against two coworkers. Ruit's father attacks one defendant in court.
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New York
Harry Ruit
Paterson
N.J
Ruiz
Ruit
Dorn
Lincoln Hotel Fire Kills Twenty Three in Chicago
A December 4 blaze at the Lincoln Hotel 176 Madison Street Chicago during the International Live Stock Show killed twenty three people. Fire trapped rear rooms and dense smoke blocked escape while guests fled via stairs and fire escapes. Fire officials called the building a fire trap and reported fourteen deaths in later tallies.
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Lincoln Hotel
Madson Street
Chicago
Sheppard
J. E. Herbert
Salineville
Ohio
Allen Olderff
Milwaukee
Olderff
F. A. Smith
Musham
Fire Department
Irrigation Plan Seen Transforming Northwest Lands
Mr. FS Dennis outlined a Canadian Pacific irrigation plan to irrigate lands east of Calgary and other western districts. He noted existing canals can water 615 000 acres and cited the Northwest Irrigation Company's success with four thriving villages from once deserted land. Dennis will meet Montreal executives to set the course forward.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Northwest
Alberta
Thomas Shaughnessy
FS Dennis
Montreal
Dennis
Great West
Calgary
Bow River
Assiniboia
Territories
Northwest Irrigation Company
News in Brief from The Times
A. E. Buck United States minister to Japan dies suddenly while hunting. C P R train employees secure wage increase about 15 percent. U S government alarmed at Cuba’s indifference to closer trade. Macleod and Lethbridge to gain new bridges replacing flood losses. Rev James Endicott reports Boxers still murderous from China. BC legislature sees railway proposal Hazelton to Burrard via Peace River pass. Sir Sandford Fleming sent global cable message from Ottawa. six hours. Brandon and Southwestern Railway seeks extension Gladstone to Winnipegosis. Charles Denny found guilty of perjury in suburb boondoggle case. two years.
Fire claims Hartook family in Russell Manitoba
A mother Mrs Hartook and her four children perished in a log house fire near Russell Manitoba. Early reports describe the tragedy as possibly a crime or a terrible accident with investigators sending dog stomachs and a child to Winnipeg for analysis. Police and doctors note the bodies were frozen and there are competing theories, including poisoning and a failed escape.
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Russell
Man
Mrs. Hartook
Mary Hartook
McKay Hartook
John Hartook
Baby Hartook
John Rutherford
Silver Creek
Wright
Attorney-General’s Department
Rogers
Winnipeg
Mutiny Aboard Leicester Castle Near Pitcairn Islands
A Queenstown cablegram reports the Leicester Castle arrived Dec 5 from San Francisco. On Sept 3 three Americans mutinied. Captain Beattie and the second officer were shot, the latter fatally, as mutineers fled on a raft about 200 miles north of the Pitcairn Islands. Names given: W A Hobbs Ernest Sears Turner. The second officer Nixon was shot during a rescue attempt. The raft was later unseen.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Leicester Castle
San Francisco
Beattie
W. A. Hobbs
Ernest Sears
Turner
Mr. Nixon
Pitcairn Islands
Two Men Reported Killed on the C N R near Fort Francis
News notes report two men killed on the C N R line near Fort Francis. Also, seventeen large US iron companies amalgamate. Fireman Tierney of the C N I killed east of Fort Frances on Dec 2. Traffics at St Vincent to be connected.
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Fort Francis
Tierney
Fort Frances
Round trip Great Northern tickets to Eastern Canada
Round trip rail fares from Winnipeg to Eastern Canada with return via the Great Northern railway priced at 40 dollars to Montreal and points west in Ontario. Extra small charge for routes east of Montreal. Tickets on sale December 1 through 31, valid three months with possible extension. Stopover privileges both ways. Information from R. J. Smith Winnipeg or F. I. Whitney St. Paul.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Great Northern Railway
Montreal
Ontario
Great Northern
R. J. Smith
D.P.A
Main Street
Man
F. I. Whitney
G. P
T. A
St. Paul
Minn
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Sudbury
Twin Cities
Frank Green
London
Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Fort Frances District
Hugh J. Macdonald
K c
England
C.p. & Elevators
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Marconi
Cape Breton
Higgins
St. John, N.B
Angus Leslie
Elgin
Santa Maria
Guatemala
Denny
Shamrock
Kingston
The
Grand Trunk
British Columbia
Montreal Chamber of Commerce
Grand Trunk Pacific
Sheliuva
Ont
Edward Ferris
Murmur
George H. Parker
Battleford
Thomas Parker
Parker’s Dye Works
Cago Hotel Faire
Lincoln Hots
A. E. Buck
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Japan
Cuba
Macleod
Lethbridge
James Endicott
China
Hazelton
Burrard
Peace River Pass
Sir Sandford Fleming
Ottawa
Brandon and Southwestern Railway Company
Gladstone
Winnipecosis
Charles Denny
House of Delegates
Bill Boodle
Crime
Blake
Devlin
Clark
Montana
Pulp and Paper Manufacturers of Canada
Canadien Northern
St. Vincent
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