Chicago talks of Canadian Alberta packing plant plans
Rumors place National Packing Co under Edward Tilden eyeing a Calgary Bow River plant to supply Canadian and British trade with government inspected products. Armours and others foresee options if Chicago packers falter while Mayor Dunne eyes municipal slaughterhouse funding and control.
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Chicago
National Packing Co. of Packers’ School
Edward Tilden
Tilden
Gurney Stove Company
Alberta
Louis F. Swift
Swifts
Libby Company
National Packing Company
Canada
Armours
Free Press
Pat Burns
Calgary
Gordon-Ironside
Bow River
Oliver Bill Aims to Allow Home Ownership in Canmore
Ottawa committee takes up the Oliver bill to amend the Rocky Mountain Park Act enabling residents to own land their houses sit on in Canmore. Mr Foster urges sales only by public competition. Mr Oliver says building rules and open competition for lots will apply.
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Ottawa
Oliver
Canmore
Foster
Manitoba Beef Prices Under Review In Canada
Ottawa reports government communications show beef cattle industry in Manitoba and the west is in satisfactory condition yet farmers do not receive normal prices from wholesale dealers. The matter is under consideration.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
West
Ottawa Session to Meet Mondays With Weekend Sittings Planned
Ottawa reports the government will hold Monday sessions after this week to extend the work week and aim for year end. Both sides show willingness to conclude by mid July with discussions continuing through June.
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Ottawa
Plea for Removal of Embargo on Cattle Imports
London reports Patrick Gray urges removal of the embargo to allow Canadian cattle imports. He argues farmers need raw material to boost home butcher meat supply and replace imported canned meats amid cheaper Australian tinned meats and colonial representatives exploiting the scandal.
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London
Patrick Gray
New Educational Scheme for Teachers Abroad
Alfred Mosely announces a plan to allow teachers to study Canadian and American educational systems on the spot at a nominal cost. The scheme extends to both sexes and may enable exchange of American and Canadian teachers with English, Scottish and Irish educators.
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London
Alfred Mosely
Canadian Manufacturers Association to unify pre congress resolution
At a Montreal gathering of the Commercial Intelligence Committee members from Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver boards of trade and chambers of commerce proposed sending a single unified resolution to the sixth congress of the Chambers of Commerce in London. The CMA urged a pre congress meeting to align on one Canadian resolution and set a July 9 date for the meeting.
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Toronto
Commercial Intelligence Committee
Casebian Manufacturers’ Association
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Hero of Santiago in Senate Bid for Gorman Seat
Washington circles view Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley a leading candidate to fill the Maryland vacancy created by Senator Arthur P. Gorman's death. Schley, a Democrat and Maryland native, could be appointed by Governor Warfield until the 1908 legislative session. The term would run to March 4, 1909.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Senate
Arthur P. Gorman
Winfield Scott Schley
Santiago
Schley
Maryland
Warfield
Gorman
Schrey
Move to grade Fall Wheat debated in Agriculture Committee
John Herron of Me leod urged summoning a delegate from Southern Alberta to voice growers views on fall wheat grading. The motion passed, Herron to name the delegate after consulting the Macleod Board of Trade secretary and other district boards to identify a competent authority.
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Ottawa
John Herron
Meleod
Agriculture Committee
Alberta
Herron
Board of Trade
Macleod
Warned against professional gamblers aboard Majestic
The Majestic arriving from Liverpool and Queenstown carried a formal passenger warning about professional gamblers. The notice urged travelers to avoid games of chance and help discourage such practices without restricting passenger freedom.
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New York
Majestic
Liverpool
Queenstown
White Star Line
Romance of Kidnapped Soldier From Canada to Wisconsin
Joseph Freund, a former German soldier visiting Michigan ally Michael Wagner in Appleton, Wisconsin, recounts being kidnapped in Montreal and forced to work on a railroad named Max Daniel. He describes fourteen hours of travel in harsh conditions and bribe interference to prevent sending money home.
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St. Paul
Minn
Canada
Appleton
Wis
Joseph Freund
Wisconsin City
Michael Wagner
Freund
Max Daniel
Montreal
Agenta
British Teachers To Visit Canada And United States
Arrangements under Alfred Mosely plan will send five hundred British teachers to the U S and Canada between November and March to study educational systems. Teachers will be chosen from across the United Kingdom representing all school classes. President Butler of Columbia University and Maxwell, superintendent of New York schools, will organize American itineraries. The Times lauds the plan as a potential eye opener with a nominal return fare of 5 pounds and trips lasting about one month.
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Canada
London
Alfred Mosely
United States
United Kingdom
Butler
Columbia University
Maxwell
New York
the Times
Mosely
Mystery Murder Suspected on Mongolia Border
Reuben Morley of Saginaw Michigan is believed murdered on the Mongolia border, with suspicions pointing to a French adventurer as the possible killer. A formal investigation is underway to verify the claim and locate the suspect.
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Reuben Morley
Saginaw
Mongolia
Islanders vote for prohibition in last PEI plebiscite
Queen's county plebiscite on Scott act repeal shows 19 to 1 against the act and in favor of prohibition. The result means prohibition automatically takes effect in Prince Edward Island next month. Anti prohibition forces made little effort.
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Prince Edward Island
Queen's County
Ulx
Wole
Lord's Day Bill's New Features
Itawa reports the Lord's Day bill as re printed with new rules. A domestic servant working on Sunday must receive twenty four hours rest in the following week. Sunday excursions are prohibited and importing foreign newspapers for sale on Sundays is forbidden.
Reward for Soldiers in Yukon Grants Pass Third Reading
Mr Oliver's bill on placer mining in the Yukon received a third reading while another bill authorizing land grants of 320 acres to militia members on active service in the northwest passed committee and awaits a third reading. Many veterans have been allotted. a few remain unallotted as the allotment window closes.
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Ottawa
Oliver
Yukon
Northwest
American Capital in Canada Circulates Asked Details
Thomas Erskine the British vice consul at Chicago circulated inquiries to Canadian towns seeking terms and advantages for manufacturers to start business. Questions covered railway facilities fuel power taxation and bonusing. He wrote to the Canadian Manufacturer's association noting increased American firm interest and inquiries about best locations.
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Toronto
Thomas Erskine
Chicago
Canada
Erskine
Canadian Manufacturer's Association
Great Northern Clarifies Vancouver Winnipeg Line Plans
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, disputes claims that he and friends will build the Vancouver Winnipeg line with personal funds and that Great Northern has no stake. He confirms the project is a Great Northern enterprise with stock funding and no bonds to the public.
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Great Northern
New York
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Mr. Hill
The
May Quadruple Yukon Output Rises From Cyanide Discovery
Tests by a company led by T. G. Wilson indicate white channel tailings and disintegrated White channel contain gold ready for cyanide processing. If proven, this could quadruple Klondike output and elevate Dawson to a leading camp. Wilson plans a 200 ton daily plant after securing a site in the Yukon.
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Dawson
T. G. Wilson
Wilson
Ottawa
Fairbanks
Klomike
Nome
Jews Not Exempted From Lord's Day Act
London notes the general assembly endorsed the Ottawa Lord's Day act with no exemption for Jews who observe Saturday as Sabbath, meaning they would still be required to keep Sunday. The action centers on Sunday observance and religious accommodations.
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London
General Assembly
Ottawa
Jap Victory Commemoration Exhibition Reported in Tokio
Masazaki Togo of Tokyo writes that to commemorate the late war with Russia a great semi international exhibition will be held in Tokyo from September 1 to November 31 this year. They urge the Toronto board of trade to encourage Canadian manufacturers to exhibit and claim it would boost demand for foreign goods.
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Toronto
F. G. Morely
Board of Trade
Masazaki Togo
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Toronto Board of Trade
Canada
Wheat markets week summary shows erratic gains and damp outlook
The report notes a May to June decline then sharp but irregular advances in U S speculative markets. U S and Winnipeg prices rose while European demand stayed flat. Harvests in Texas Kentucky Tennessee and spring wheat areas progress well with ample supplies and no signals of higher prices soon. Manitoba export demand was weak though rains boosted crop prospects. Fort William Port Arthur prices listed for several months.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
U.S
Winnipeg
Europe
America
Texas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bradstreets
Manitoba
Fort William
Port Arthur
Novel plan for empire visits by schoolboys proposed
London reports W Blackiston of Darling ton suggests annual exchange of 10 boys aged 13 to 14 between Britain and the colonies to unify the empire. Estimated cost £2500 per year. He leaves details to Lord Strathcona and others.
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London
W. Blackiston
Darlington
Roosevelt Orders Navy Rule On Passing Mount Vernon
President Roosevelt directs naval regulations to require a bagler to sound taps and toll the ship’s bell when a vessel passes Mount Vernon. Marines on duty must present arms as the ship passes the historic site.
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Mount Vernon
Washington
Roosevelt
Naval Regulations
Calgary Police Face Status of $15 000 Reward Split
Calgary members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police return from Kamloops where three desperadoes are serving time. The question arises how the rewards from Mission Junction and Bill Miner captures will be divided among officers and institutions, including provincial government and railways, with no clear precedent.
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Calgary
R.N.W.M.P
Kamloops
British Columbia
Mission Junction
Bill Miner
Dominion
C.P.R
United States Railways
Revolutionary Upheaval Grows in Moscow Urging Armed Uprising
Moscow sees rising revolutionary activity as factory workers are armed and drilled by army reserve soldiers. Leaders push for unified action with peasants to trigger a general strike and rupture between government and parliament. Businessmen and landlords express alarm over the looming conflict.
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Moscow
Solidity of Triple Alliance Gains Public Confidence
The Vienna meeting of the German and Austrian emperors and their telegram exchanges with King Victor Emmanuel reassure the government and public. They clear doubt among the allies and restore the alliance as a genuine peace preservative with mutual understanding including the Italian government party.
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Berlin
Vienna
Victor Emanuel
G T P Construction Advances on Grand Trunk Pacific
Montreal work on the government section of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway is well under way with Macdonald and O'Brien contracted to build one hundred miles west of Quebec using five hundred teams. Operations are controlled from near Reidscap on the Great Northern, seventy three miles from Quebec. Seven or eight subcontracts have been issued. M P and J T Davis have begun their contract to build fifty miles westward from Quebec bridge.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Macdonald and O'Brien
Quebec
Reidscap
Great Northern
M. P
J. T. Davis
Quebec Bridge
McGill Rhodes Scholar Ties for Kingston Oliphant Prize
Montreal student R J Rose winner of the McGill Rhodes scholarship for 1904 has tied for the Kingston Oliphant English Prize worth 30 pounds for two years in fourteenth century English and general philology. The prize, instituted by Professor Bradley, is open to BaRlol men only. Rose recently secured the Ireland and Craven scholarships at Oxford, top classical honors for honor men.
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Montreal
R. J. Rose
McGill
Kingston-Oliphant
Bradley
Bairol
Rose
Ireland
Craven
Oxford
Poisonous Postage Stamps Warned By Lancet
The Lancet warns of dangerous practice of licking postage stamps. A supplement parcel stamp coloring contained poisonous salts chromate or lead. Analysis shows chromate 2.53 percent per stamp about half a grain weight, making a fatal dose possible with multiple stamps.
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London
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