Census of the West Plans Vast Canadian Counting Effort
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta will host censuses next June detailing population by name relation sex age country of birth and address as well as livestock and farm crops. Central office staff will direct field work with enumerators trained to collect schedules showing farm ownership land use crops and yields across provinces and districts.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Northwest
Charee
Earch
Ottawa
Cenes
Yiels
Nunecee Ener
Franco German Deadlock Over Moroccan Police Plan at Algeciras
Paris reports Germany rejects France’s Moroccan police plan at Algeciras, forcing France to end private talks and seek world judgment at the open conference. Reroid and Von Radowitz suspend meetings, heightening Franco German tension and war scare.
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Paris
Germany
France
Algeciras
M. Reroid
Herr von Radowitz
Coldstream Guards Band to Headline Toronto Exhibition
Manager Orr announced arrangements nearly complete to bring the Coldstream Guards Band to Toronto for the exhibition. The principal musical feature of the year is planned with the renowned marching band.
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Coldstream Guards
Toronto
Orr
Parish department funds show growth from 1896 to last year
Record shows receipts rose from about $5,000 in 1896 to a larger total in the previous year. The funds were sufficient to cover all department expenses and still leave a surplus of six dollars.
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Siz
Militia Regulation Seeks Uniform Promotion Examinations
A regulation is adopted requiring officers of permanent units and staff to qualify for each substantive rank by passing the same examinations used for promotions in the Imperial Army. This aims to standardize promotion criteria across forces.
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Omana
Montreal plan to repatriate Chinese under reform group
Several hundred Chinese men are being gathered in Montreal to be sent back to China by the Chinese Reform Association, mirroring an earlier project that moved 11,000 from San Francisco. The movement aims to align the Chinese with this country’s ideas.
British Officers Killed in Nigeria Near Sokoto Dispatch
London reports five British officers and a company of native troops killed by lanatics near Sokoto in northern Nigeria. Lagos dispatch says a punitive expedition has been sent out from Lagos, the British Nigeria capital on the west coast of Africa.
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London
Sokoto
Nigeria
Lagos
Africa
Lago
British Nigeria
Foreigners Report Calm Ties Amid Pekin Watch
Telegrams from relatives abroad show alarm over potential Chinese hostility, but foreigners and ministers in Pekin say Chinese officials and people remain friendly to foreigners. No anti foreign movement in North China is seen as likely, and tensions in Canton and Shanghai are not felt here.
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Pekin
China
Canton
Shanghai
Hodson Resigns as Canadian Live Stock Commissioner
Ottawa reports the Minister of Agriculture accepted F W Hodson's resignation as Canadian Live Stock Commissioner and thanked him for his service. A successor will be appointed to fill the vacancy. Hodson will join the Independent Order of Foresters to head a western settlement program.
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Ottawa
F.w.hodson
Hodson
Independent
Order of Foresters
Railway commission imposes fee for tender profiles
Ottawa reports the National Transcontinental Railway Commissioners will charge bidders $1.00 per mile for profiles on two sections, totaling $295 for tendering firms. The move aims to restrict applications to bona fide contractors and prevent non serious entrants.
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Ottawa
National Transcontinental Railway Commissioners
Transcontinental Railway Commission
Bonafide
Duke of Abruzzi Leads Abruzzi Expedition to Huwezori Peak
Turin reports the Duke of Abruzzi personally supervises a planned expedition to Huwezori Mountain in Eastern Equatorial Africa, dubbed the king of the clouds. He will be joined by ten Italians, including three from his polar trek, and escorted by 250 natives who will leave at altitude due to cold. The group plans to return via the Nile and Egypt.
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Turin
Duke of
Abruzzi
Hruwezori
Equatorial Africa
Nile
Egypt
Canadian Banks to Export US Silver March First
Ottawa reports probable start of US silver export by Canadian banks on March 1 with the Dominion government exchanging Canadian silver for US coin and covering express charges to New York. An estimated $800,000 or more US silver circulates in Canada, and replacing it with equal Canadian currency could yield a substantial government gain due to a 40 percent gap between silver's cost and face value.
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Ottawa
United States
Dominion
New York
Canada
Pacific sealing question to be revisited in Canada Britain talks
After slow Newfoundland fisheries negotiations, diplomats expect a reopening to seek a satisfactory settlement of the Pacific sealing issue. Canadian pelagic sealers remain the main obstacle, with proposals including purchasing Canadian sealing schooners and sharing rocker ies owned by America and Japan. Months may pass before resuming talks, but both sides hope for a final satisfactory settlement.
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London
Amerca
Great Britain
Newfoundland
America
Japan
Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society eyes Saskatchewan acres
A deputation of the Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society of Wheat Dealers recommended purchasing 100,000 acres in Saskatchewan and opening a branch in Winnipeg after a recent visit to Canada. The group believes in the country’s promising future and potential for expansion.
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London
Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society of Wheat Dealers
Saskatchewan
Winnipec
Canada
Yerkes Estate Valuation Questioned by Chicago Financiers
Chicago financiers dispute the reported $15,000,000 estate of Charles T. Yerkes, saying only about $1.61 million may be real after a bankers’ inquiry into the former traction promoter’s holdings.
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Chicago
Charles T. Yerkes
Government Forfeits Pulp Charters Over Contract Breach
Aubrey White affirmed government's authority to cancel pulp company charters. Dryden and Rainy River deposits of 5000 dollars each and 26000 dollars for Montreal River Co. were forfeited due to non fulfillment of contracts.
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Toronto
Dryden
Rainy River
Montreal River Co
Aubrey White
Alberta Doctors Organize for Province College
A northern Alberta meeting of medical men in Edmonton discussed forming a provincial college of physicians and surgeons. The move aims to replace the current college of physicians and surgeons of the north West Territories for Alberta and the region.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
College of Physicians and Surgeons
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
North
West Territories
Mutineers on Trial at Otchakoff in Russia
Lieut Schmidt and thirty seven sailors of the cruiser Otchakoff along with two Odessa University students face military and naval court proceedings. The trial, expected to last ten days, centers on charges of taking part in a movement to overthrow the government and armed resistance. Schmidt pleads insanity as his defence.
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Otchakoff
Russia
Lieut
Schmidt
University of Odessa
Rush to Canadian lands heads Illinois drive
Winnipeg land operator D W Harvey appoints Francis S Bent as Chicago general agent and adds 200 Illinois and tributary state agents to sell western Canada lands. He notes heavy US inquiries and an impending early rush, aided by favorable weather conditions.
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Chicago
D. W. Harvey
Winnipeg
Francis S. Bent
Illnois
Canada
Romance of Zimbabwe Ruins Debated by Royal Geographical Society
Dr. Melver challenged the myth of ancient Semitic origins for Zimbabwe ruins in a Royal Geographical Society lecture. Excavations indicate medieval to post medieval construction by a local people related to the Kaffirs. Frederick Selons supported non civilized occupation and primitive gold mining methods. Two blue and white Nankin china pieces dated no earlier than the sixteenth century. Some members dissented.
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London
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Melver
Royal Geographical Society
Rider Haggard
Medger
British Association
Frederick Selons
Government Takes Over Alberta Creameries in Calgary
The Alberta government assumes control of twelve Alberta creameries formerly operated by the Dominion government. A 1,200 patron delegation met with Prof. Ruddick of Ottawa and Alberta officials in Edmonton, agreeing to manage on the same basis as before.
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Calgary
Alberta
Ruddick
Dairy Department
Ottawa
Edmonton
Booth Advocates Immigration to Canada Under British Flag
General Booth argues before the Colonial Institute that heavy immigration from Britain to Canada could relieve English starvation with 10 000 arrivals expected this year compared with 4 000 last year. He praises Canada’s welcome while urging more generous treatment from colonial powers.
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London
Canada
General Booth
Colonial Institute On
England
Beatitudes Teach Holiness for Kingdom Citizens
The lesson outlines blessed characteristics for believers as members of the kingdom, linking them to the Sermon on the Mount. It argues Israel’s rejection delayed the kingdom, while the church gathers the fullness of the Gentiles and awaits Christ’s return. It emphasizes humility, mercy, purity, righteousness, forgiveness, and endurance amid persecution as marks of the redeemed.
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Americas
Galilee
Christ
Israel
Farabbas
Caesar
John xviii
Matt. xxiii
Stier
God
Jesus Christ
John
Heaven
Earth
Kingdom of Peace
Famine Reported in Northern Japan Provinces
Washington reports famine conditions in Miyagi Nakashima Iwata provinces, with 2.8 million residents affected. Many live on roots and leaves or acorn flour as rice crops fail, and relief efforts are organized by foreign communities of Senta. The Japanese government notes hardships extend through winter and into spring.
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Washington, DC
Japan
State Department
Yokohama
Miyagi
Nakashima
Iwata
Sentai
Tokio
GTP Denies Vancouver Termination Rumor
Montreal Mr F W Morse general manager of the GTP denies a Vancouver story that the Pacific terminus at Kalem Island has been abandoned and no westward construction will occur for years. He says work is proceeding from Edmonton west as fast as the season allows and the line will be completed within the government agreement time.
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Montreal
F. W. Morse
Vancouver
G.T.P. Pacific
Kalen Island
Edmonton
G.T.P
Chinese Government Prepares for Impending Conflict
Professor John Fryer of the State University’s department of Oriental languages reviews a Chinese newspaper reporting that the government ordered a million small arms and one hundred cannons from German manufacturers in anticipation of a threatened outbreak.
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San Francisco
John Fryer
Department of Oriental Languages
The
State University
Germany
Hospital closed in Red Deer after resignations
Red Deer Alberta hospital closes while the board seeks replacements after requesting the resignations of superintendent Miss Davis and nurse Miss Dodd for wilful neglect and heartless conduct toward a patient. The board has consulted the Victorian Order of Nurses and cannot say when vacancies will be filled.
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Red Deer
Alta
Miss Davis
Miss Dodd
Retaining Fee for Blair Says Shaughnessy
Montreal report states Sir Thomas Shaughnessy notes that Hon. A G Blair has not been appointed regular counsel for the CPR. Blair merely receives a retainer of nineteen thousand dollars per year.
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Montreal
Thomas Shaughnessy
A.g.blair
C.pr
Training Lions at Aylmer Ontario Delights Crowd
J F E Appleton known as Senor Cardona trains four lions owned by A A Leslie at the Aylmer fair grounds. In two months he has them performing pyramids see-saw extensions and a staged dinner with all lions seated and fed, proving his rank among world animal trainers.
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J FE. Appleton
Senor Cerdona
A. A. Leslie
Mr. Leslie
Aymer Express
Cardona
Fair Ground
Bostock
Ploughing In January Near Cooksville Report
Richard Goodison, a farmer living about a mile west of Cooksville, reports ploughing a large part of his farm on Saturday January 27 and Monday January 29. The ground yielded readily.
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Richard Goodison
Cooksville
Cork will not surface after sinking 200 feet deep
The article states cork will not rise to the surface if sunk 200 feet beneath the ocean due to water pressure, but at shallower depths it will gradually return to the surface. The description emphasizes cork’s buoyancy under varying depths.
Wheat Market Decline Presses Prices in Weekly Review
Market notes a broad weakening trend across American wheat futures with further declines and increased short selling. Manitoba prices hold steadier in Winnipeg while U S cash and future markets show soft demand. world supplies remain ample with exports running above last year and no immediate shortage in sight.
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Winnipes
United States
Liverpool
France
Germany
Morocco
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Russia
Danube
United
Europe
India
Bradstreet
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Fort William
Port Arthur
King Edward Sends Birthday Greeting to Kaiser
Berlin Herald correspondent reports King Edward wrote a cordial letter to the Kaiser on the occasion of his majesty's birthday. The note foreshadows a friendly meeting between the two monarchs this year, a development Berlin welcomes after strains with the Kaiser’s uncle.
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New York
Berlin
Herald
Edward
Earl of Elgin Denies Resignation Report
London authorities deny the report that the Earl of Elgin secretary of state for the colonies plans to resign over disputes with colleagues about Chinese labor policy. The official stance rejects any such contemplated move and asserts continued service.
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Earl of Elgin
London
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