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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
3
The Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition announces the 1905 fair from July 20 to 24 with twenty buildings, three from last year’s Dominion Fair, showcasing agriculture, horticulture, livestock, manufactures, and arts. Directors aim to educate visitors, spread new ideas, and provide both entertainment and practical knowledge for a growing Western Canada public.
The Winnipeg Fair promises extensive entertainment and a strong racing program with liberal purses including a $1200 free-for-all on July 25 and the Dominion Industrial handicap on July 27. Exhibits numbered in the hundreds, with 117 classes and 1647 sections, attract American visitors and new entrants from the east and south.
St Johns Newfoundland Premier Bond announced measures to raise revenue including a tax of 4000 on each Marconi wireless station believed to operate commercially from Newfoundland to Cape Cod and Cape Breton. The plan would limit taxation on the Anglo American Cable and place a 20000 annual levy on banks.
An east bound cotton special train on the Southern Railway at Gold en Gate, Ill. struck a spread rail on a trestle twenty feet high. The engine and four coaches overturned. three people were killed and twenty nine injured, most from Arkansas. The victims named include J J Uhler of Greenway Arkansas and J D Johnson of Princeton Indiana. The train carried Confederate veterans to the Louisville reunion.
Morris K. Jessop president of the Natural History Museum receives knighthood of the Imperial Order of St Stanislaus first class from the Emperor of Russia for his services to science and ethological studies. Official notice and insignia delivered by Count Case at Russian ambassador in Washington.
A St. Paul dispatch reports Chief of Police Markell of Williston New Brunswick shot and killed a man described as a box car inmate named Weary Wandrel of Great Falls Montana. Conductor Salisbury telegraphed ahead about a desperate character in the car. The train arrived and the man was shot.
In Cumberland Coal and Railway Co. mines at Spring Hill Nova Scotia about eleven hundred workers quit work in protest over the dismissal of lamp cleaner William Hyatt, a crippled former miner. The men insist Hyatt be reinstated or placed in an equivalent role, while management contends he is incompetent for lamp or picking duties.
Halifax special reports that the schooner Mary B captained by J C Donovan was seized near Scatterie C B for alleged liquor smuggling from St Pierre. Gladiator chased and towed it to North Sydney where papers showed Glace Bay as destination and liquor vanished after arrival. Lingane and Glace Bay are alleged to be linked to a liquor dealing syndicate.
Walter G Woods of Whitewood received five years and nine lashes at Stony Mountain for a vile crime against Gladys Appleby age under 14. Justice Wetmore called the act the worst he had seen and branded Woods a cowardly menace to society. Joseph Ossoway of Lemberg, 19, got two years and six lashes for a similar offense against Katie Janskewbozy.
Ottawa reports Premier Ward of New Zealand ready to negotiate with Canada on extending the existing preference. Ward suggests a preferential arrangement could be formed between New Zealand and Australia. Victoria’s Mr. Ross indicates manufacturers seek higher protection but foresees no tariff change during the current parliament.
James Sargent, secretary of the Commercial Travellers' association, states that all Canadian travellers' associations, with boards of trade and the Canadian Manufacturers' association, have urged the Dominion government to stop subsidies to provinces until each province enacts laws ensuring interprovincial trade freedom and the removal of taxes or restrictions on commercial travellers.
A Montreal special reports Judge Hall grants Gaynor and Greene permission to appeal to the supreme court of Canada challenging Justice Davidson's ruling on Judge Lafontaine's extradition commissioner status. The delay means Gaynor and Greene stay in Canadian custody for at least six more months.
Ottawa dispatch reports Commander Spain states the American tug was sunk one and a half miles inside Canadian waters near Port Stanley. The tug was fishing when first sighted and all bearings and distances have been taken.
Toronto dispatch reports a death strikes the Taylor family, leaving the household in mourning and prompting inquiries into the cause and timing of the fatal event.
William Taylor of the Consolidated Plate Glass Company learns in Detroit that his six year old daughter perished in a fire. The elder sister died of diphtheria eighteen months ago and the mother followed by typhoid fever three months prior. The sole remaining child had been sent to Detroit to live with the grandmother.
Fort William mayor Rutledge and Clerk McNaughton signed an agreement with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway after a special council meeting. Minor amendments may follow with railway officials. council aims to start work promptly and avoid delays. By law appoints J. J. Wells as commissioner and W. Phillips as town treasurer.
The Tunisian sailed last Wednesday with 800 immigrant grants primarily bound for the Northwest Territories. The Allan line praised the swift voyage of the Virginian. Three strongly loaded passenger trains reached the city yesterday with hundreds of eastern arrivals. A freight wreck delayed trains four hours overnight, five cars derailed. English passengers from the Bavarian joined Ontario travelers. Trains departed at 3 p.m.
The Dominion government has stopped work at the Signal Hill fortifications in Esquimalt where nine 2 inch gun mountings were nearly finished to command the Straits of San Juan de Fuca for twelve miles. The guns will not be mounted.
Despatches dated June 12 report Japanese forces assaulting along the Mandarin road with infantry cavalry and mountain guns while another column advances along the valley east of the Mandarin road. Russian war news notes Skytop and Oyama preparing a broader offensive as peace talks linger in Washington.
New York dispatch reports Washington directed removal of guns from the fighting tops of the battleship Alabama and noted Indiana will not have tops rebuilt. Range finders may replace guns on other ships after Admiral Togo’s Sea of Japan victory highlighted gunnery range.
In Van Buren Indiana merchants faced losses nearing 100000 from forged Standard Oil payroll checks. Assist treasure F S Davis arrived from New York to lead the inquiry as duped banks and company records uncovered counterfeit signatures and duplicate cheque numbers across multiple oil fields in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
A New York special reports a cable from The Times describing the British steamer St. Kilda sunk by the Dneiper in the China sea. The St. Kilda, owned by Rankin Gilmour, left Hong Kong June 4 for Yokohama with general cargo and full value insurance of £30,000.
Bridgeport reports a British and American Manufacturing boat under construction said to be the fastest craft yet. Keel laid, built on a Herreshoff model, propelled by a fifty horsepower motor, with a projected speed of forty six knots. Details are withheld and witnessing power install is restricted. The project aims to revolutionize torpedo boat design.
A Washington special reports Norwegian residents in the United States have formally asked President Roosevelt to recognize the new government of Norway. Norway is expected to seek recognition from all civilized nations, with Sweden not yet protesting, though such a move may come.
Toronto dispatch reports rising tension at Grand Trunk amid union demands. If McGuigan rejects arbitrators' award, President Perham may call a strike or force confrontation, with fears the action could shut down both ticket and main lines and affect multiple posts.
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